Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.23.25

“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 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 


TODAY 10:00: House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) amending the Solid Waste Management Act to further regulation food processing residuals; House Bill 1210 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing energy consumption reporting requirements for large-scale cryptocurrency data centers;  House Resolution 167 (Sappey-D-Chester) recognizes the week of May 9-18 as Go Public Gardens Days; House Resolution 177 (Mihaleck-R-Allegheny) recognizes April as Low Head Dam Public Safety Awareness Month. Room B-31 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.


TODAY 2:00: DEP, Partners Celebrate Stream Restoration Investments To Little Conestoga Creek In Lancaster County


April 24-- Agenda Posted. 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.   Read more here on the agenda.


April 24-- Agenda Posted. Public Utility Commission Hearing On Review of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth.  Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building. 1:00.  Click Here to watch online.   Read more here on agenda.


April 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.


April 24-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including renewal of two shale gas water projects in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.  SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 6:00 p.m.  Join by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#.  Read more here.


-- DCED Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owner Advisory Group Meets April 24 To Discuss Disposal Options For Wastewater; Updates On Well Plugging, New Methane Reduction Program  [PaEN]


-- Farm & Dairy: PA Environmental Board Delays Vote On Petition To Increase Shale Gas Well Setbacks


-- DEP, Partners Celebrate Earth Day At Schuylkill County Stream Restoration Project; Announce Opening On Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald: DEP Secretary Touts Growing Greener Grant Program, Pine Grove Floodplain Project


-- DCNR Marks Earth Day By Planting Over 400 Trees At Pottstown School District In Montgomery County  [PaEN] 


-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Releases Report Documenting $50 Billion In Annual Economic Benefits Of Natural Ecosystems In Ohio River Watershed - $1.725 Billion In PA  [PaEN]


-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes Newest Local Affiliate - Keep Chester City Beautiful In Delaware County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Watershed Update Highlights County Projects To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution, Grant And Training Opportunities  [PaEN]


-- Guest Essay: A Fish Drawn To Water: My Yellow Breeches Watershed Journey - By Leigh Ann Chow, Cumberland County Master Watershed Steward Candidate [PaEN]


-- Penn State Extension Celebrates Earth Day With Dr. Watt R. Shedd; Road Salt Pollution; Street2Creek Call For Artists In York; Rain Barrel Kits; Learn How To Plant Trees  [PaEN]



-- Fox43: York County Is Using Water Monitoring Technology To Help Prevent Water Pollution, First In The Country


-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County: Street2Creek Storm Drain Art In York - Call For Artists 


-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Soil Erosion Control Rules; Ag Conservation Con 2025 Highlights; Composting Assistance For Ag Producers; More! 


-- Drexel, White Clay Watershed Association Partner to Model Flood Risk And Build Climate Resilience In Southeast PA, Delaware 


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Coal Is Not Clean


-- Gov. Shapiro: FERC Approves Settlement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Prices Hikes, Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Electric Bills  [PaEN] 


-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM Interconnection Electricity Capacity Auction Price Cap, Floor [Negotiated with Gov. Shapiro] 


-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: President’s Climate Plan: Red States Get Hydrogen, Blue States Don’t; PA Hub In Upheaval As Natural Gas Producer Pauses Involvement


-- WHYY: On Earth Day, Protesters Call On Philly Mayor To Denounce Philadelphia Gas Works, Gas Lobby Efforts To Upend Green Energy


-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Rejoins Worst In Nation For Air Quality In Latest ‘State Of The Air’


-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Metro Air Ranked Among Worst In Country, Study Says


-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Among Worst In US; Takeaways From American Lung Assn. Latest Report


-- Erie Times: Canadian Wildfires Drop Erie County’s Grade In State Of The Air Report


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 560 Acre Wildfire In Carbon County Forces Closure Of Popular Trail 


-- MCall: Large Brush Fire Near Jim Thorpe Continues As Crews Contain More Than 50%


-- WNEP: Crews Battle Blustery Winds In Bear Mountain Wildfire


-- WHYY: Philly Navy Yard Wins ‘Gold’ Ribbon For Sustainable Development On Site At Risk Of Climate-Driven Flooding 


-- Williamsport Sun: Victims Of Tropical Storm Debbie Flooding Can Now Apply For More Aid


-- MCall: C.F. Martin’s Latest Guitar For Earth Day, Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition 


-- PA Recreation & Park Society: People, Parks & Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Recreation, Community And Organizational Development  [PaEN] 


-- Allegheny Land Trust, Game Commission Partner To Preserve 266 Acre Deer Creek Conservation Project In Indiana Twp., Allegheny County  [PaEN] 


-- PennLive: Nature Conservancy Acquires 509 Acres Of Land In Dauphin County, Transfers To Game Commission


-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator Newsletter Helps You Celebrate Earth Day!  [PaEN]


-- Allegheny Land Trust, Cannon Design Release Plans For New Mobile Learning Lab  [PaEN]


-- April 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


-- Republican Herald: See The Grandeur Of Our Nation During National Park Week


-- NYT: A Guide To Visiting National Parks In An Uncertain Summer Of Firings, Buyouts, Lack of Seasonal Workers, Closed Campgrounds, Limited Hours


-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Seeking Funds For ATV Trail Feasibility Study


-- PennLive: Hummingbird Migration Underway In Pennsylvania


-- PA Firefly Festival Receives Over 1,800 Entries To Campout Lottery; Private Guided Firefly Eco-Tours Available At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County  [PaEN]  


Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

 

-- Republican Rep. Eric Nelson To Introduce Bill To Accelerate Data Center Permitting


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


-- Warren Times: Instead Of ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’ US Rig Counts Falling, Layoffs Increasing


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Corp. To Acquire Privately Held Olympus Energy Shale Gas Producer 


-- The Economist: America Won’t Be Able To Bully The World Into Buying More US Natural Gas


New Federal Administration


-- Beaver Times: Logging Poised To Accelerate In Allegheny National Forest


-- PoliticsPA: Presidents Of 11 PA Colleges Condemn President’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’


-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Earth’s Warming Affecting Americans From Coast To Coast


-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Climate Change Wreaks Havoc In Gardening, Fishing And Just Living


-- Utility Dive: Climate Advocates Brace For President's Executive Order Targeting Nonprofits' Tax Exempt Status 


-- Reuters: Climate Nonprofits Anticipate Fight With President Over Tax Exempt Status


-- Inside Climate News: EPA Continues To Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans To Terminate Nearly 300 Employees


-- Reuters: WV Republican US Senator Asks HHS To Reinstate Programs Aimed At Protecting Coal Miners


-- EPA Administrator Zeldin Delivers Earth Day Message

  

-- White House: On Earth Day, We Finally Have A President Who Follows Science


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Why The Law That Forces People To Get Mental Health Help Didn’t Stop The Governor’s Residence Arson Attack

-- TribLive/AP: US Justice Dept. Drops Lawsuit Accusing Hazleton Of Diluting Power Of Hispanic Voters

-- MCall: President’s Tariffs Could Cost Average American Household $3,800 Per Year

-- TribLive Editorial: Delay In Announcing Penn State Campus Closures Will Impact Student Choices

-- PoliticsPA: Presidents Of 11 PA Colleges Condemn President’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’

-- TribLive: Carnegie Mellon President Joins University Leaders In Condemning ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny College President Among Higher Ed Leaders To Sign Letter Against ‘Government Intrusion’

-- The Center Square: Expiring Federal Health Insurance Tax Credits Loom Large In Pennsylvania

-- KDKA: Hermitage, Greenville, Sharon Offering $5,000 Incentive To Move There

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Be Ready For The Self-Inflicted Financial Crisis Of 2025

-- AP: US Treasury Secretary Says Trade War With China Is Not ‘Sustainable’

-- Reuters: IMF Cuts Growth Forecasts For Most Countries In Wake Of Century-High US Tariffs

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