Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.15.25

“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 

February 17-- 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-- NEW. 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.

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

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

-- Governor’s Updated Regulatory Agenda Includes Proposed Annual Permit Fee For Shale Gas Wells; Updated Conventional Waste Disposal and Coproduct Waste Regs.  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Business Meeting March 13, Including 6 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawals  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Says Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaked Fuel In Bucks County For At Least 16 Months 

-- WHYY: Upper Makefield Residents, PA Officials Call For Energy Transfer Jet Fuel Pipeline To Be Shut Down Pending Spill Investigation In Bucks County

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: FERC Approval Of PJM Fast Track Power Plant Plan Favors Natural Gas, Leaves Clean, Abundant Energy Behind For Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PJM Extends Cold Weather Advisory Through Feb. 20 For Its WESTERN Region [Not PA At This Point]  

-- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Electric Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging  [PaEN] 

-- PA Environmental Educators Urge Action In Response To New Federal Directives Impacting Environmental Education; Take National Survey Gathering Insights From Educators  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: Delaware River Wins 2025 Pennsylvania River Of The Year

-- DEP Sets March 20 Environmental Justice Hearing On New NPDES Water Quality Permit For The Westmoreland Landfill In Rostraver Township   [PaEN]  

-- DEP Invites Comments On Advanced Water Quality Impairment Restoration Plan In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County  [PaEN] 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Winter Salt Week Unites 300 Volunteers, 30 Groups  Concerned About Fresh Water  [PaEN] 

-- Spotlight PA - Marley Parish: Customers Of Shoddy, Private Rural Water Company Need Relief And Fast, Stakeholders Say; A Judge Is Mulling Next Steps 

-- DEP To Host March 3 Hearing On Route 115 Associates Warehouse Water Quality Permit In Monroe County

-- Lancaster Farming: Need To Optimize Nitrogen Applications For Chesapeake Bay Health

-- TribLive: Diesel Spill From Tanker Accident Leaves Sheen On Allegheny, Ohio Rivers

-- PennLive Guest Essay: City Of Harrisburg Still Has No Plan To Stop Raw Sewage From Flowing Into Susquehanna River - By Ted Evgeniadis, Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper 

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts March 11 Webinar Update On Recycled Paper Commodities Markets, Including Impacts Of Tariffs  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Sets March 19 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For The Cleveland Cliffs Butler Works, Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Declaring An Exceptional Event Related To 2023 Canadian Wildfires And Impacts On PA Air Quality  [PaEN] 

-- Feb. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names Kate Gundersen-Thorpe Manager For French Creek State Park Complex In Berks, Chester Counties

-- Intern Wanted: Allegheny County Department Of Sustainability Summer Intern [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Bird Flu Is Killing Wild Birds And Mammals, Too 

-- WESA: Great Backyard Bird Count Monitors Avian Behavior In Pennsylvania 

-- TribLive: Bird Watchers Flock To Eagle Cam At US Steel Irvin Works

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.16  Ohio- $3.03   PA- $3.37 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Same For 9 Weeks: 15

-- Courier Times: Shocked By Your Higher PECO Electric, Natural Gas Bill?  Here’s Why You’re Paying More

-- President Forms National Energy Dominance Council To Promote Oil, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Refined Petroleum Products, Uranium, Coal, Biofuels, Geothermal Heat, Kinetic Movement Of Flowing Water, Critical Minerals  [PaEN] 

-- Wall Street Journal: US Oil, Gas Frackers And Saudi Officials Tell President They Won’t Drill More No Matter How Many Regulations Are Rolled Back, Prices Are Too Low [PDF of article] 

-- AP: President Creates Council For ‘Energy Dominance,’ Boosts Natural Gas Exports And Offshore Drilling

New Federal Administration

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Climate Programs Hit By Federal Spending Freeze, Governor Says In Lawsuit vs. President

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Nonprofits, States Scramble As President Pauses Funding For Many Chesapeake Bay Restoration Programs

-- The Hill: EPA Fires 388 Probationary Employees

-- The Hill: Dept. Of The Interior Fires 2,300 Employees Who Were On Probationary Status

-- Reuters: Sweeping US Dept. Of Energy Layoffs Of Up To 2,000 Hit Nuclear Weapons, Radiation Waste Sites, Funding Offices, Hydro Plants, National Labs 

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