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“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

Budget Hearings March 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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

Budget Hearings March 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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

March 6-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. Bike Co, 1536 N American St, Philadelphia.

-- National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Outlook - Pennsylvania

-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project - The Science Is In, Shale Gas Development Harming Public Health - Arming People To Prevent, Reduce Harm [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Proposed Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act Reintroduced In Congress To Identify, Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Residents Demand Answers On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Inspection Report For 2023 Flash Flood

-- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Aren’t Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: As Energy Demand Rises, America Needs Fossil Fuel Plants And Solar Power - By Tim Gallagher, ReliabilityFirst

-- PUC PAOneCall Damage Prevention Committee Announces $348,750 In Penalties For Underground Utility Violations

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh’s Covestro Makes Strides Toward Climate Neutrality…. At Texas Plant

-- Pike Conservation District: How Water Moves The Land And How You Can Control It - By Nick Kremp, Head Resource Conservationist

-- Pike Conservation District News: March 31 Results Of Microplastics Study; April 5 Rain Barrel Workshop; Much More

-- Altoona Mirror: Sustainable Agriculture Growing In Pennsylvania

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Conservation Is A Good Investment - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- PennLive: DOGE Cutting Harrisburg-Area USDA Farm, Rural Development, USGS Water Research Center, Other Offices After Pushing Employees Out

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Farmers Face A Triple Whammy Of Threats: Tariffs, Bird Flu And Federal Funding Cuts

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Aqua PA Sues Company Alleging It Contaminated Drinking Water Source With ‘Significant’ Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Keys To Keeping Volunteers Include Knowing Your Audience And What Excites Them - By John Zaktansky

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Forest School Educator Dr. Jean Lomino Shares The Benefits, Key Components Ahead Of Naturalist Certification Course Set For April 14-17 In Central PA - By John Zaktansky

-- WHYY: Philadelphians Push City Council For More Illegal Dumping Prevention

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To End Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia

-- PA iMapInvasives Program: Replace Your Invasive, Non-Native Plants, Shrubs With Native Plants At 5 Upcoming Give-Away Events Starting May 3 [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Accepting Nominations For PA Wilds Champions Until April 7; Awards Celebration July 24

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust To Host Open House Events

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: First Signs of Spring on the Susquehanna Greenway - By Darian Jones

-- Centre Daily Times: DOGE To End 2 Leases In State College Area, Including US Fish & Wildlife Office; What We Know

-- PA Firefly Festival Hosts Firefly Naturalist Guide Training June 21 At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County [PaEN]

-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Can Find Wild Trout In More Than 3,200 Miles of PA Streams, Here’s Where

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: National Park Service Considers Culling Deer On Its Lands In Somerset, Fayette Counties

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 Gasoline Prices Set To Climb As President’s New Tariffs Kick In

-- American Gas Association: President’s Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Billion A Year

New Federal Administration

-- PennLive: DOGE Cutting Harrisburg-Area USDA Farm, Rural Development, USGS Water Research Center, Other Offices After Pushing Employees Out

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Farmers Face A Triple Whammy Of Threats: Tariffs, Bird Flu And Federal Funding Cuts

-- Centre Daily Times: DOGE To End 2 Leases In State College Area, Including US Fish & Wildlife Office; What We Know

-- US General Services Administration: List Of Federal Buildings, Properties Potentially For Sale

-- AP: President Directs Federal Agencies To Find Ways To Bypass Endangered Species Protections To Increase Logging In National Forests [Allegheny National Forest]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- NBCNews: Republicans Advised To Avoid In-Person Town Halls After Confrontations Over Layoffs, Cuts Go Viral

-- Beaver Times: President’s Tariffs On Imports Could Cost Pennsylvania $5.3 Billion

-- American Gas Association: President’s Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Billion A Year

-- TribLive: Western PA Braces For Sticker Shock As Tariffs Bring Uncertainty For Consumers, Businesses

-- KDKA: Pittsburgh Grocer Braces For Price Increases Amid US Tariffs: ‘There’s Nothing We Can Do’

-- York Dispatch: Tariffs, Especially On Canadian Goods, Will Have Profound Effect In York, Official Says

-- WNEP: How President’s Tariffs Will Affect Northeast PA; Steel Company; Electrical Distribution Co.; Others

-- Financial Times: President’s Tariffs Will Bring ‘Nothing But Pain’ To Rural America, Farmers Say

-- PennLive: DOGE Cutting Harrisburg-Area USDA Farm, Rural Development, USGS Water Research Center, Other Offices After Pushing Employees Out

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Farmers Face A Triple Whammy Of Threats: Tariffs, Bird Flu And Federal Funding Cuts

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Takes The Dumbest Tariff Plunge - Tariffs Will Increase The Cost Of An SUV By $9,000, A Pickup Truck By $8,000; Is This How The New Republican Party Plans On Helping Working-Class Voters?

-- The Guardian: President Declares Administration ‘Just Getting Started’ In Address To Congress

-- WTAE: 3 Federal Buildings In Western PA Up For Potential Sale As President Plans To Shrink Federal Government

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: 3 Federal Buildings In Luzerne County Among 440 Listed For Potential Sale

-- US General Services Administration: List Of Federal Buildings, Properties Potentially For Sale

-- Beaver Times: Penn State Beaver Campus Among List Of Possible Closures

-- Post-Gazette: Fayette Community Rallies Behind Penn State Campus At Risk Of Closure

-- Republican Herald: Closing Penn State Schuylkill Campus ‘Would Be Devastating’ Says Pottsville Superintendent

-- Spotlight PA: Final Say On Penn State Campus Closures Might Not Involve The University’s Governing Board

-- Spotlight PA: Reviving Rural PA Should Start With Shoring Up Local Governments, Says State Commission

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Faced With Exploding Costs, PA Seeks Clampdown On Medicaid-Funded Use Of Ozempic, Other Weight-Loss Drugs

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