-- 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
TODAY 2:00: Gov. Shapiro Announces Legislation To Implement His Lightning Energy Plan To Secure Pennsylvania’s Energy Future. Watch online
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Western PA Conservancy Webinar Featuring 5 Women Talking About Careers In Conservation & Preservation. Noon.
TODAY 12:30: 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.
TODAY 3:00: In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem
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.
-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: $180 Million In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Now Frozen Across The US; Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing Our National Conservation Legacy' [PaEN]
-- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Federal Administration Considers Strategies To Overturn Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Ban [PDF of Article]
-- Guest Essay: Geothermal Might Have The Answer For Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Needs - By John Walliser, PA Environmental Council & Kevin Sunday, McNees Wallace & Nurick [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts March 13 Webinar On PA Bright Solar Leasing Program [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Better Air, Less Asthma: Pittsburgh’s Air Is Improving, But It Needs To Be Even Cleaner
-- DEP Provides Update On Lancaster County Plane Crash Cleanup
-- WTAE: 2 Injured After Train Collides With Coal Truck, Derails In Somerset County
-- MCall: Palmer Twp. Wins 2nd Court Case Over Warehouse, Manufacturing Development In Northampton County
-- MCall Guest Essay: PA Must Protect Citizen’s Health By Removing Lead Water Pipes - By Food & Water Watch
-- WNEP: Wildfire Season Underway Across The State
-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR: Forest Landowners Should Plan For Spongy Moths
-- Williamsport Sun: March 15 Bringing Nature Back One Yard At A Time Symposium By Lycoming County Master Gardeners
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Plans $1 Million Upgrade To 16-Acre Connell Park In South Side
-- Williamsport Sun: Leaders Complile List Of Ideas For Williamsport Parks
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: The Signs Of Spring Appearing Are All Around Us Now
-- Pennsylvania's Bat-Woman: Bat Conservation & Rehabilitation Executive Director Shares Her Mission [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Purple Martins That Winter In Brazil Now Being Spotted In Pennsylvania
-- PennLive - Cindy Ross: Deer Often Shed Their Antlers In The Woods: Here’s How You Can Spot Them
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- E&E News/Politico: Natural Gas Pitched As Tonic For Power-Hungry A.I. At Oil/Gas Industry Conference As President’s Tariff Policy Rattled Markets
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 LNG Gas Exporters Seek To Renegotiate Deals To Cover Rising Costs
-- Reuters: Global Oil Supply Growth Is Outstripping Demand, Gunvor CEO Says [Oil Prices Hit 3 Year Low]
New Federal Administration
-- York Dispatch: DOGE Lists York County USGS Water Science Center Among Lease Cancellations
-- MCall Guest Essay: Musk’s Reckless Business Model Imperials Our National Parks - By John Plonski
-- The Hill: President Eyes 30% Payroll Reduction At National Park Service
-- Utility Dive: Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funding Freeze Has Put ‘Many’ Clean Energy Projects On Pause
-- Bloomberg: US Considers Emergency Powers To Restart Closed Coal Power Plants
-- EPA Withdraws Update Of Regulations On Testing Chemicals Under The Toxic Substances Control Act
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer Editorial: Harrisburg Must Reverse Its Persistent Failure To Protect Children And Older Adults In PA
-- Spotlight PA: Debt From Childbirth, Other Medical Care Would Be Relieved Under New Bill
-- Spotlight PA: Not Enough Candidates Run For Elected Poll Worker Positions In PA
-- Scranton Times: Northeast PA Health Care Leaders Discuss Impacts Of Potential Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid
-- PennLive: Republican Con. Scott Perry Defends Republican Medicaid Cuts, Says Those ‘Legitimately’ Enrolled Won’t Lose Coverage
-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Freezes All Hiring Amid Federal Funding Cutbacks
-- TribLive Editorial: What If Penn State Sold Naming Rights To Branch Campuses?
-- TribLive/AP: Stocks’ Sell-Off Worsen As Wall Street Wonders How Much Pain President Will Accept For The Economy
-- TribLive/AP: Elon Musk Eyes Social Security, Benefit Programs For Cuts While Claiming Widespread Fraud
-- Attorney General Sunday Joins Coalition In Proposal To End Google’s Search Engine Monopoly
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[Posted: March 11, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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