Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.11.25

“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

April 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

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 

April 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg.  9:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.  DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov  or calling 717-772-8951.  Read more here.

April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams: ID: 274 896 265 706  Passcode: GfvsJL  or telephone +1 267 332 8737  ID: 377 402 179#    Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.   

-- President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition  [PaEN] 

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Coldwater Conservation Grants; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East/Revolution Pipelines Penalty Settlement Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension: May 3 In-Person Workshop On Benefits Of Installing Rain Barrels In  Lancaster County, 10:00 a.m.  [Participants Will Take Home Rain Barrel]

-- Bucks County Beacon Guest Essay: Frack Attack: Is The Delaware River Watershed Shale Gas Fracking Ban At Risk? - By Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware RiverKeeper Network

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Penn State Beaver April 17 In-Person Beaver County - Our Future, Our Environment, Penn State Beaver, 5:30 -8:30 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center, Philadelphia Energy Authority To Hold April 22 Webinar On How Businesses, Municipalities, Schools Can Save Money Going Solar In Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Heat Pump Basics; Tax Implications Of Grid-Scale Solar Facilities; What Does Forest Carbon Sequestration Mean; Reusing Oil & Gas Wells To Store Energy

-- DelcoToday: Aqua Pennsylvania’s New High-Tech Robot Helping To Protect Drinking Water From PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Eliminating Federal BRIC Flood Resilience Program Lacks Economic Foresight, Good Sense

-- PUC Marks April As Safe Digging Month - PA OneCall

-- April 12 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Chester County Resident David Shirey Honored With Keep PA Beautiful’s Community Pride Award By Rep. Lawrence  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: There’s Too Much Trash In Pittsburgh, Time To Redd Up

-- South Mountain Partnership May 16 Spring Partnership Meeting, Regional Trail Coalition Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and York Counties Kick-Off Meeting In Adams County

-- DCNR Celebrates Opening Of ADA-Accessible Pedestrian Bridge At Adams-Ricci Park In Cumberland County

-- PennLive: Wife Of Fisherman Who Died At Dock Street Dam Sues City Of Harrisburg

-- Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $12 Million To Ensure 3,187 Acres On 29 Farms in 17 Counties Stay Farms Forever [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Critics Fear President’s Logging Order Will Harm Mature Trees, Endangered Species In PA’s Only National Forest [Allegheny National Forest] 

-- Apply Now! PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Fall Training In Allegheny, Butler, Cambria, Center/Huntingdon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Native Plants Will Help The Wild To Reclaim Murrysville Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Site In Westmoreland  

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring In-Person Native Plant Sale May 17 & 18 In Berks County 

-- Penn State Extension: May 8 In-Person Workshop On Gardening With Nature - Creating A Pollinator Paradise In Cumberland County, 7:00 p.m.

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: Conservation Partnerships Drive Public Land Access In Pennsylvania 

-- York Daily Record: Photo Gallery: Bald Eagles Fish In The Susquehanna River At The Conowingo Dam  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

-- Scranton Times: Developer Proposes Nearly 1 Million Square Foot Data Center In Archbald Nearly Abutting 2 Low-Income Housing Developments 

-- PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply A.I. To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection  [PaEN] 

  

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

-- TribLive: Yes, Western PA Pays More For Gasoline, You Might Be Surprised How Much More  

-- PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply A.I. To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection  [PaEN] 

-- Bloomberg: Trade War To Slash China’s Demand For Natural Gas Liquids, Plastics Feedstock From US 

-- Bloombeerg: Europe Natural Gas Prices Drop, Market Braces For More Trade Issues

-- Reuters: US Electricity Use To Reach Record Highs In 2025 And 2026, EIA Says

New Federal Administration

-- President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition  [PaEN]   

-- AP-Marc Levy: President’s New Energy Order Puts State’s Climate Law In The Crosshairs Of The US Dept. Of Justice  [PA Included]

-- White House Fact Sheet: President Makes America’s Showers Great Again 

-- The Guardian: Fear Spreads As President Targets Lawyers And Nonprofits In Takedown

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Continues Criticism Of President’s Tariffs, Saying They Deliver Chaos, Higher Prices

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Says PA Mass Transit Agencies Face ‘Dire Situation,’ Criticizes President’s Tariffs; Says President Instilling Fear In Immigrant Communities

-- WHYY: PhilaPort Handles $4.5 Billion Of Imports From China In 2024, President’s Tariffs Put That Business At Risk

-- Warren Times: State Lawmaker Wants To Tax $1.2 Billion In Political Ads In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Hospital Closures And Buyouts On The Rise, PA Must Act To Prevent Disaster - By PA Health Access Network

-- The Center Square: ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Battle Lines Drawn In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: URA, Allegheny County Pledge Nearly $450,000 For Refugee Resettlement After President’s Cuts

-- WESA: 2 Republican PA House Members Sue State Over Trans Student Anti-Descrimination Protections

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Desire To Get Ahead’ Drew People Of Diverse Backgrounds To Johnstown Region, And Still Does

-- MCall: Lehigh University Among Colleges With Student Visas Revoked By President

-- Erie Times: Visas Of 5 Gannon Students Revoked For Traffic Violations

-- MCall Guest Essay: Federal Funds Fueling Slate Belt Transformation - By Slate Belt Rising

-- Post-Gazette: Veterans Affairs Research In Pittsburgh, Elsewhere Stalls Under Federal Hiring Freeze

-- PA Capital-Star: PA US Sen. McCormick Says It’s Too Early To Tell If Tariffs Are Effective In Town Hall Meeting

-- TribLive Editorial: Stock Market Volatility Affects Everyone

-- Reuters: Stocks, Dollar Pummeled Again As Trade War Roils Markets

-- AP: China Raises Tariffs Again On US Goods From 84% To 125%

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[Posted: April 11, 2025]  PA Environment Digest