-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
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
Senate Voting Schedule
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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
March 9-- In-Person. Protect PT Hosts In-Person Living Near Shale Gas Workshop In Westmoreland County.
March 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171. Read more here.
March 11-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem
March 11-- Virtual. Western PA Conservancy Webinar Featuring 5 Women Talking About Careers In Conservation & Preservation. Noon.
March 12-- NEW. Agenda Posted. Senate Republican Policy Committee hearing on flood mitigation strategies, state programs to repair streams and stream cleaning. Penn College Professional Development Center, 1067 Hagan Way in Williamsport. 1:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online.
March 12-- Virtual. Delaware River Basin Commission Public Input Session On Climate Resilience Plan.
March 12-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. Columbia Market House , 15 S 3rd St, Columbia, Lancaster County
March 13-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission business meeting. Read more here.
March 13-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. Discover NEPA/Mericle Commercial RE, 100 Baltimore Dr, Wilkes-Barre
March 13-- DCNR, Penn State Extension Forest Health, Insect, Disease Update Webinar, 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
March 14-- In-Person. Grassroots Conservation Fair, Wellsboro, Tioga County. 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Bob Donnan - 15 Years Of Shale Gas Development Through Aerial Photos [PaEN]
-- DEP Orders Energy Transfer/Sunoco To Install Water Treatment Systems In Over 200 Homes Impacted By Petroleum Products Pipeline Leak In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Ordered To Supply Homes With Bottled Water, Filtration Systems In Wake Of Pipeline Spill
-- Oil & Gas Advisory Board To Hear DEP Update On Water, Wastewater Shale Gas Well Development Pipelines; Methane Migration; Guidance On Dewatering Impoundments March 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents Raise Objections To 2nd Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- PA Environmental Educators Want You To Share Your Moment Of Joy And Wonder About The Environment! Who Couldn’t Use A Little More Joy! [PaEN]
-- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3 Million Over 20 Years; Help Achieve City’s 100% Renewable Energy Goal [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: State Budget Season Offers Hope For An Energy Future Made In PA - By Kate Harper and Conor Lamb, Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: President’s ‘Common Sense’ Approach Should Include Clean Energy - By Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show March 7: PA Environmental Professionals Contribute To Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.
-- WHYY: Aqua PA Sues Chemical Company Alleging PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination In West Chester
-- TribLive: Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Could Be Sold As Shell Looks To Offload Chemical Assets
-- March 8 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Volunteers Needed! OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule [PaEN]
-- MCall: Bethlehem Will Spend Millions To Improve, Expand Its Parks Over Next Decade
-- Discover Northeast PA: Exploring ‘Spine’ Trails With PA Environmental Council
-- WHYY: Spring Garden Bicycle Lanes Still On Track To Connect Delaware To Schuylkill River Trails, For Now [Federal Funding Issue]
-- PA iMapInvasives Program Releases Results Of Citizen Science Invasive Species Scavenger Hunts In 2023, 2024 [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Erie Removing Trees Of Heaven To Fight Spotted Lanternflies
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events: Invasive Species; Land Conservation; Adapting To Change
-- Warren Times: Warren County Beauty Captured In Photo At Philadelphia Flower Show
-- TribLive/AP: 1st National Analysis Finds America’s Butterflies Disappearing At ‘Catastrophic’ Rate
-- Game Commission Applauds Legislation To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban
Train Derailments
-- Post-Gazette: PA, OH Lawmakers Push For Study Of Long-Term Health Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- AP - Marc Levy: In A Reversal, Plans For US Natural Gas Power Grow, Complicating Progress On Climate [PA Natural Gas]
-- Scranton Times: Developer Proposes Massive Data Center Campus In Lackawanna County
-- Inside Climate News: Utility, Grid, Energy Systems Experts Tell US House Committee Renewable Energy Needed To Keep Up With Energy Demand, Reduce Costs
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Barron’s: President Wants To See More Natural Gas; How He Could Tank The Price: Approve More LNG Gas Export Projects To Double US Capacity By 2028 [Industry Wants Higher Prices]
New Federal Administration
-- Williamsport Sun: Federal Cuts Includes Lease For Williamsport US Geological Survey Office
-- Wall Street Journal: 2nd Federal Judge Blocks President’s Funding Freeze Indefinitely Saying Cutting Off Funds To State Governments ‘Fundamentally Undermines’ Democracy
-- AP: President Changes Course And Delays Some Tariffs On Mexico And Canada
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Slam Shapiro On Taxpayer-Funded Communications Work, Plane Use [General Assembly Fails To Ban Gifts To Legislators Since 1681]
-- Inquirer: PA House Democrats May Be On Board With Voter ID Expansion, If Part Of Larger Election Reforms, House Speaker Says
-- Spotlight PA: Election Changes Needed As PA Counties Struggle With Outdated Rules, Top State Election Official Says
-- TribLive: PA Program Has Intercepted Over 120 Weapons In Schools Before They Could Be Used
-- Post-Gazette: UPMC Expands Services In Rural Northwest PA
-- MCall: 5 Years Later, How COVID Changed The Lehigh Valley
Wildfire Of Uncertainty
-- TribLive: Western PA Veterans Weigh In On President's Plan To Cut 80,000 Jobs At Veterans Administration: ‘It Is Shameful’
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Merchants Grapple With Rising Costs Amid Shifting Tariff Landscape
-- WITF: Church World Service Lancaster Refugee Program Still Without Federal Funding
-- Wall Street Journal: 2nd Federal Judge Blocks President’s Funding Freeze Indefinitely Saying Cutting Off Funds To State Governments ‘Fundamentally Undermines’ Democracy
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Invokes A Law That Doesn’t Give Him Power To Impose Sweeping Tariffs, Someone Should Sue
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President’s Tariffs Whack President’s Voters; What Happened To Republican Concern For Working Class?
-- AP: President Changes Course And Delays Some Tariffs On Mexico And Canada
-- The Economist: President’s Economic Delusions Are Already Hurting America; President And Reality Are Drifting Apart
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[Posted: March 7, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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