Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.25.25

“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

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 

-- New Report: Role Of Community-Based Watershed Organizations In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment In Pennsylvania - Barriers & Recommendations  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Electricity Supplier Urges Careful Planning For Data Center ‘Extreme Energy Demands’

-- PA Capital-Star: Data Centers’ Demand For Electricity Brings Unprecedented Opportunity, Challenges

-- York Daily Record: New Solar Energy Canopies At Pinchot State park Save Money, Power Community

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Lead On Renewable Energy - By Erika Strasburger, Pittsburgh City Council

-- House, Senate Members Introduce Gov. Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability  [PaEN]

-- DEP Partners With PennTAP And Catalyst Connection On RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program To Reduce Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across PA [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Launches AirView Public, New App To Help Communities Protect Residents From Oil & Gas Pollution; Communities Can Join Today  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: DEP OKs Rustic Ridge Underground Coal Mine Expansion Beneath PA Turnpike 

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking Student Leaders For Young Ambassadors Program,  Grades 10-12  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Schuylkill County’s Kaye Shwenk Wins Keep PA Beautiful Affiliate Volunteer Of The Year Award 

-- TribLive: As Plastics Waste Grows Globally, Latrobe Worshippers Put Faith In Recycling Efforts 

-- Erie Times: Single-Use Plastic Bags, Banned From Erie Giant Eagle Stores 3 Years Ago, Have Returned 

-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% Increase In Columbia Gas Natural Gas Rate  [PaEN]

-- PUC Issues Management, Operations Audit For Peoples Natural Gas And Aqua PA Water Company

-- PUC Enhances Cyber Rulemaking To Meet Next-Generation Utility Security Challenges

-- April 26 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Eyes Forming Trail Authority

-- York Daily Record: Officials: Close To 1,000 Acres Burning Across 2 Michaux State Forest Wildfires  

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Wildfires Burn Nearly 1,000 Acres: Officials 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 560-Acre Carbon County Wildfire Near Fully Contained 

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Spring Beach Walk Reveals Good Conditions With Federal Funding Uncertain 

-- The Derrick: 175 Students From Clairon, Jefferson, Forest Counties Celebrate Earth Day At Cook Forest State Park

-- The Derrick: Local Catholic Students Write Why Earth Day Is Important 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Students Soak Up Lessons In Nature Thru Trout In The Classroom Project 

-- The Allegheny Front: From Classroom To Creek: Students Learn About Trout By Raising And Releasing Fish 

-- WESA: 2 Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch Atop Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning  

New Federal Administration

-- York Dispatch: Future Of USGS Office In York County Still A Mystery

-- Tribune-Democrat: DOGE To Cut National Park Service Lease For Somerset Borough Office Space

-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: States Using Courts To Fight President’s Climate Policies

-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Data Show Earth Continues To Get Hotter

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: PA Republican US Senator McCormick Tells Hundreds Of Local Republicans To Keep 2024 Momentum Going

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Republican State Sen. Argall Should Have Put Decency Ahead Of Political Rhetoric When He Asked A 6th Grade Girl About Pornography During A Civics Bee 

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Higher Ed Leaders Talk Affordability, Accessibility During State Board Of Higher Ed Hearing

-- Warren Times: New Sensory Rooms Coming To Warren County Schools To Meet Needs Of Students With Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders 

-- Warren Times: First Lutheran Church To Hold Diversity And Inclusion Programs In Warren 

-- Post-Gazette: Five Federal Research Grants Canceled At Pitt, Highest Number In PA

-- WITF: Federal ICE Confirms Additional Deportations Of Refugees To Bhutan

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[Posted: April 25, 2025]  PA Environment Digest