-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings 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
Senate Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings 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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a DEP Environmental Justice 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.
TODAY 10:00: Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)
TODAY 6:00: Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? And Going Higher? 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
March 6-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. Bike Co, 1536 N American St, Philadelphia.
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Dr. Pouné Saberi, MD Speaks On How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve Individuals Exposed To Health Threats From Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: FracTracker Alliance Mapping Oil & Gas Impacts In Pennsylvania And Beyond
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Considers Selling US, European Petrochemical Plants, Including Beaver County Facility
-- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy Storage, Cooling Facility In Schuylkill County
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Canadian Bitfarms Cryptocurrency Mining Co. Wants Pennsylvania’s Power, So It’s Buying 2 Stronghold Waste Coal-fired Power Plants In Carbon, Venango Counties
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: US Steel Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement With Residents Living Near Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Over Air Pollution Complaint
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Data Centers Drive Higher Forecasts For Electric Demand In PA, Sparking Climate Worries
-- March 26 Lunch & Learn Meeting On Project To Demonstrate Scale Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Recovery In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: 27 Appalachian Groups Call On DOE To Assess Full Impact Of Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Proposal, Suspend ARCH2 Funding
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Delaware River Basin Commission Renews Concern That Sea-Level Rise Will Flood Drinking Water Intakes In Philadelphia, Southern NJ
-- Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Water Utilities: US Water Alliance One Water Summit In Pittsburgh July 8-11; SPC Forming Delegation [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Testing Reveals Toxic, Cancer-Causing Contaminants At Erie’s Abandoned EMI Property; What’s Next?
-- Organic Farmers Assn.: The Organic Voice - How Organic Farming, Healthcare Can Work Together
-- Western PA Conservancy: Apply Now To Treevitalize Pittsburgh For Support In Planting Trees In Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, April 1 Deadline
-- Western PA Conservancy: Apply Now For Community Gardens Support, Deadline March 15
-- Penn State Extension - Home Garden News: Mountain Mint A Pollinator Powerhouse; Plant Disease Clinic; Herb Of The Year German Chamomile
-- PA Envirothon: Volunteers Need For Envirothon Judges, State Envirothon Testing Day
-- The Center Square: Spruce Creek Land Dispute In Huntingdon County Pitts Landowners Against DCNR
-- Altoona Mirror: Court May Decide Spruce Creek Land Dispute Over Half-Mile Stretch Along Stream
-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grants [PaEN]
-- TribLive: New Hempfield Municipal Complex Will Connect To Five Star Trail In Westmoreland
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Bill Reintroduced To Allow More Sunday Hunting In PA
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Canadian Bitfarms Cryptocurrency Mining Co. Wants Pennsylvania’s Power, So It’s Buying 2 Stronghold Waste Coal-fired Power Plants In Carbon, Venango Counties
-- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy Storage, Cooling Facility In Schuylkill County
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Data Centers Drive Higher Forecasts For Electric Demand In PA, Sparking Climate Worries
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Jump 8% On Record LNG Gas Flows To US Export Plants
-- Financial Times: Oil Prices Fall After OPEC+ Confirms Crude Production Increase
New Federal Administration
-- River Reporter: Local Congressmen, EPA Reopen Fracking Conversation In Delaware River Basin In NE PA
-- River Reporter: Luzerne County Reps Push For End To ‘Rain Tax’ [Stormwater Management/Chesapeake Bay Program From EPA]
-- EPA Administrator Travels To NE PA To Talk About Unleashing American Energy Dominance In Monroe County
-- AP: $75 Million Was Awarded To Plant Trees In Places That Badly Need Them; In Anti-DEI Push, That’s Over
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Ukrainian Supporters Rally In Pittsburgh After Contentious White House Meeting
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Protesters Urge US Senator McCormick To Take Action To Support Ukraine
-- Spotlight PA: Calls For Private Cyber Charter Taxpayer Funding Reform Intensify After Audit Found Ballooning Revenue, Surpluses
-- Warren Times: Local Refugee Programs Upset With Termination Of Resettlement Agreements
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: DOGE Cuts To Veterans Administration Deserve Particular Scrutiny
-- TribLive: Uncertainty Swirling For University Researchers Impacted By Proposed NIH Cuts
-- TribLive/AP: US Tariffs On Canada, Mexico Take Effect; As China Takes Aim At US Farm Exports
-- AP: Wall Street’s Losing Streak Deepens As President’s Tariffs Kick In
-- PennLive: Democrats Issue Rebuke Of President: ‘A Disaster For PA’ - Cuts, Firings, Tariffs
-- Inquirer Editorial: President Addresses Congress As Country Tumbles Into Disarray
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February Tax Collections $44 Million (1.6%) More Than Anticipated; Up $104.3 Million (0.4%) For Fiscal Year
-- Independent Fiscal Office February Tax Revenue $74 million (2.6%) Over IFO Estimates: $144 million (0.5%) Over Estimates For Fiscal Year
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[Posted: March 4, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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