Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.10.25

“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

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

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 

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-- 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.

March 17-- House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 362 (Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) making changes to the powers and duties of the PA Energy Development Authority to allow for disbursement of federal Solar for All Program funding (sponsor summary); House Bill 660 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) setting minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products (sponsor summary). Room 515 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.

-- March 10 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 1 to 7:  Cryptocurrency Facility, 9 More Shale Gas Wells Abandoned; Attorney General Investigates Conventional Wastewater Spill; Pipeline Ordered To Provide Clean Water  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: State Attorney General Launches Criminal Investigation Into Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated Venango Water Company Spring  [PaEN]

-- DEP:  Diversified Production LLC Abandons Shale Gas Powered Cryptocurrency Facility In Elk County; 9 More Violations For Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Week  [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] 

-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference By PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University, Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Featured Heath Experts, Scientists, Advocacy Groups On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- 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] 

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

-- DEP Posted 92 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Observer- Reporter: Project Aims To Increase Geothermal Energy Use In State  [PDF of Article] 

-- WESA: Next Up For Nuclear Power: Small, Transportable And Made In A Factory Near Pittsburgh 

-- Post-Gazette: Chester, Delaware County Leading The Fight For Environmental Justice [LNG Export Facility]

-- WESA: Southwest PA Works Toward Water Quality Improvements With $2.7 Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP

-- MCall: Meet The Lehigh Valley Drone Pilots Helping To Fight Wildfires, Protect Musikfest  

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Area Deals With Elevated Wildfire Risk

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Bridge Contractor, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Partnership Supports High School Urban EcoStewards Program    

-- Reading Eagle: Volunteers Help Remove Invasive Plants From Berks Park

--Lebanon Valley Conservancy Partners With 2 Farm Owners To Preserve 120 Acres Of Farmland In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

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

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

-- Bloomberg: How Natural Gas Became America’s Most Important Export

-- Financial Times: US DOE Secretary Says US Shale Can ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ At Low Oil, Gas Prices; Industry Says No

New Federal Administration

-- Grist: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Withdraws Proposed Rules To Prevent Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Releases In Response To President’s Executive Order

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Thousands In Limbo As Shapiro Administration Again Tries To Convince Lawmakers To Fund Home Repair Program

-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Business, Customers Feeling Pressure From Rising Egg Prices

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What Mister Rogers Would Have Thought Of The President - He Abhorred Bullies More Than Anything- By Maxwell King

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[Posted: March 10, 2025]  PA Environment Digest