-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
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 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
April 1-- Environmental Health Project Webinar On What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
April 1-- DEP To Host Webinar On New Program To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil And Gas Operations. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
April 7-- [Tentative Agenda] House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing an environmental justice permit review program in DEP to consider cumulative impacts of pollutants on communities [Read more here.] House Bill 969 (Pielli-D-Chester) requires outdoor night lighting practices that reduce light pollution from public facilities.
-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
-- PUC Launches Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth, Sets April 24 Hearing [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CMU’s Energy Week Tackles Balancing Sustainability Goals With A.I.
-- Utility Dive: PJM Fast-Track Interconnection Process Draws 26.6 GW In New Electric Generation Capacity
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Expect Higher Electric Bills This Summer By As Much As 20% [Thousands Of Energy Projects Stuck In PJM Review] - By Rob Altenburg, PennFuture
-- Gov. Shapiro: What Labor, Industry, Environmental, Consumer Leaders Are Saying About The ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan To Secure Pennsylvania’s Energy Future
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases Natural Gas Industry Water Use Report 2019-2023
-- Erie Times: Resolution To Study Renewable Energy On Lake Erie Advances Out Of PA House Committee
-- DEP Environmental Justice Office Highlights 2024 Accomplishments, Updates On Shell Petrochemical Plant, Homer City Energy Site, More [PaEN]
-- EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@ epa.gov [PaEN]
-- TribLive: US Steel Board Hopefuls Could Sell Nonunion Assets To Fund Mon Valley Investments, United Steelworkers Say
-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Chesapeake WILD Grant Proposals; 3 NFWF Grant Opportunities Now Open [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Federal Freeze On Funding For Pennsylvania Farmers A Blow To Momentum For Cleaner Waterways - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Pays $15,000 Fine For Leachate Violation
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Commissioners Oppose Biosolids Company Expansion
-- PUC Appoints Matt Homsher As Secretary Of The Commission
-- March 29 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Natural Lands: Borough Of Chester Heights Adds 40 Acres Of Open Space In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- WESA: RiverLife Breaks Ground On Allegheny Riverfront Park Reno, Part Of Plan To ‘Complete The Loop’
-- North Branch Land Trust April 12 Birding Walk & Birdhouse Craft Event, Luzerne County
-- LehighValleyLive.com: Trout Fishing In PA: Health Benefits, Consumption Warnings
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: First Bald Eagle Chick Hatches At US Steel’s Irvin Plant In Allegheny County
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Climb 2% On Decline In Daily Output, Record LNG Gas Flows
New Federal Administration
-- The Allegheny Front: Farmers Were Counting On Clean Energy Grants, Then Presiden’ts USDA Moved The Goalposts
-- EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@ epa.gov [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: Fossil Fuel Companies Get Direct Email Line To President For Air Pollution Control Exemption Requests
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Top PA Elections Official: No State On Its Own Can Replace Federal Election Cybersecurity Resources Eliminated By President
-- Post-Gazette: McCormick, Fetterman Joint Book Event Comes As Constituents Press For Town Halls
-- Inquirer: Republican US Sen. McCormick Defended DOGE, President And Called Signal Chat A Mistake In First Tele-Town Hall
-- WESA: Collaboration Or Combat? How Fetterman & Lamb Take Different Democratic Approaches To President
-- Inquirer: Republicans Garrity-Mastrianao For Governor In 2026?
-- TribLive: Western PA Car Dealers Preparing For Bumpy Ride When President’s Tariffs Kick In
-- PennLive: Federal ICE Deports At Least 4 Bhutanese Men Who Had Settled In PA
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh College Students Fear Federal ICE Could Hit Campuses After String Of National Arrests
-- Erie Times: PA Senate Proposal Requires State, County Prosecutors To Notify Federal ICE About Undocumented Migrants
-- Inquirer: Bucks County Resident Diagnosed With Measles After Visit To Texas
-- AP: Federal Dept. Of Health & Human Services Will Cut 10,000 Jobs As Part Of Major Restructuring Plan [10,000 Already Took Early Retirements]
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[Posted: March 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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