Monday, February 17, 2025

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.17.25

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


House Voting Schedule

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 6

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 7:00: Agenda Posted. Cecil Township, Washington County Zoning Hearing Board hearing on Range Resources challenge to shale gas setback ordinance.  7:00 p.m.  Click Here to watch online.   Read more here.


February 18-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Caron Building. 9:00 a.m.  Check webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely.  Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or (717) 772-8951.  [Update on federal climate, energy grant programs]


February 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Caron Building.  10:00 a.m. Visit Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely.  Contact: Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. 


February 20-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out.  Room G50 Irvis Building.  Noon.  Click Here to watch live.


February 25--  Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30: Department of Environmental Protection.  Click Here to watch live.


February 26--  House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch online.


February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture. Click Here to watch live.


February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch online.


March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch online.


March 4-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a DEP Environmental Just permit Review Program. Lathem Hall, Widener University, 1 University Place, Chester.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.   Read more here on legislation.


-- February 17 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 25 to Feb. 14 - Shale Gas Well Ordered Plugged After 8 Years; 20 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Well Leaking Gas For 23 Months And Counting  [PaEN] 


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment -  February 8 [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 100 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline In Bucks County Operational Again After Leaking Fuel For 16 Months,  Some Are Worried 


-- Erie Times: Solar Business Fuels $100 Million Expansion At Crawford County Glass Plant: ‘It’s A Win-Win’  


-- LancasterOnline: Solar Energy Projects On Manheim Twp. School Campus Could Save $10 Million 


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Reason For Hope In Turbulent Times - When The Public Demands Better, Change Can Happen - By Kartik Amarnath, Vote Solar


-- Republican Herald: Very Cold Weather Coming; US About To Get 10th And Chilliest Polar Vortex This Winter


-- TribLive: Heavy Rain Brings Flood Warnings To Western PA


-- KDKA: Officials Preparing For Possible Ice Jams, Flooding Along Pittsburgh-Area Rivers 


-- WPXI: South Buffalo Twp. Residents Evacuated Due To Flooding In Armstrong County 


-- PA Power Outages Due To High Winds: 74,469 Primarily In Eastern PA [7:13 a.m.] 


-- York Dispatch: State Of York County’s Air Quality: No Time To Breathe A Sigh Of Relief


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- The Economist: Will Europe Return To Putin’s Natural Gas If Negotiations End Ukraine War?  Lower Gas Prices Could Revive European Economy Without Expensive US LNG Gas 


New Federal Administration


-- Inquirer: PA Programs In Limbo From Federal Freeze Are All Environmental, Energy  


-- CBS News: Federal Mine Safety Inspector In Western PA Has A Message For Elon Musk On Firing Federal Workers: ‘This Isn’t Just About A Government Budget - This Is Life And Death’  


-- Gettysburg Connection: National Park Service Job Cuts Include Gettysburg


-- Inquirer: President’s Firings Reach Independence Hall, Other PA Natural Historic Sites


-- Reuters: China’s Retaliation To President’s Tariffs Will Likely Kill US Coking, Metallurgical Coal Exports To China


-- Bloomberg: President Ends Climate Work Of Office Inside Homeland Security  That Responds To Disasters 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: As PA Budget Hearings Kick Off This Week, Talk Of $6 Billion Deficit, Ozempic, And Federal Funding Freeze

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Roads Would Get More Money In Next Budget, But A Highway Funding Gap Remains

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro Corporate Tax Plans Good Start To Avoid Budget Blues

-- PennLive: New Administration’s Crackdown Sparks Fear Among Immigrants In Central PA

-- HuffPost: PA Republican Cong. Bresnahan Said He’ll Vote No If Budget Guts Health, Food Stamp Benefits His Constituents Rely On

-- Spotlight PA: Public Health Improvements Not A Priority For Berks County Amid Budget Crunch, Officials Say

-- Reading Eagle: Airport, Passenger Rail Service, Fiscal Responsibility Among 2025 Priorities For Berks County Commissioners

-- WESA: PA Legislators Push For Extreme Risk Protection Orders To Prevent Firearm Suicides

-- PA Capital-Star: Tim Lambert New Editor Of PA Capital-Star

-- Wall Street Journal: Individuals Pardoned For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol Argue Pardons Apply To Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn 

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[Posted: February 17, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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