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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.23.25

“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

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


May 27-- Virtual. Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Webinar On Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Practices For Dirt & Gravel Roads  [PaEN]


May 28 -- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00 a.m.  Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.comRead more here.


June 4-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 2:30 p.m.  (formal notice)



-- Environmental Hearing Board Agrees There Is ‘Acute’ Danger In CNX Misusing A Deposition In An Appeal Before The Board To ‘Punish’ An Environmental Advocate For Her Advocacy Against CNX  [PaEN]


-- Late Night Dumping II:  Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts  [PaEN] 


-- PA American Water Begins Construction Of Pipeline To Provide Replacement Water For Dimock Township Residents Who Had Wells Contaminated By Shale Gas Drilling 20 Years Ago In Susquehanna County  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Industry Needs More And Better Regulation - By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee


-- DEP Supports 68 Environmental Education Projects Across PA With $1.1 Million In Grants [PaEN] 


-- Energy Future PA Co-Chairs: Federal Budget Proposal That Eliminates Clean Energy Tax Credits Puts Billions In Private Investment, Thousands Of Jobs At Risk In PA  [PaEN]


-- Observer-Reporter: Southwest PA Schools Among Those To Receive Funding To Install Solar Panels


-- The Citizens Voice: Hanover Area School District Gets $400,000 Grant For Solar Energy Facility


-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria County Commissioners Take Steps Toward Solar Energy Project At Prison


-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 18.4% Rate + 37.5% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase For Valley Energy Gas; 11% Rate + 26% Customer Charge Increase For Citizens' Electric  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The Future Is Nuclear, The US, Pittsburgh Must Be Ready


-- WHYY: Philadelphia Residents Are Tracking Air Quality And Pollution From Their Rowhouses In Real Time


-- May 24 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Here’s What We Must Do In Pennsylvania To Keep Our Water Safe - By Justin Ladner, President PA American Water


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Too Good To Go App Aims To Reduce Food Waste In Pittsburgh


-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie’s Urban Farms Dig In To Counter Federal Cuts To Food Aid - By Liz Allen, Retired Erie Times Editor


-- GantNews: US Endowment For Forestry & Communities Receives $298,000 Grant From Susquehanna River Basin Commission  To Support Clearfield County Mine Reclamation


-- WeConservePA/Lancaster Farming: Conservationist Troy Firth Wants To Keep Pennsylvania Forests Strong 


-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Preserves 71.97 Acres Of Forest Land In Rockland Township 


-- WeConservePA: North American Land Trust Acquires Historic 16-Acre Joseph Davis Tract Within Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Editorial: Diamonds To North Branch Land Trust


-- PA Wilds Announces 2025 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners To Be Recognized At July 24 Dinner Celebration 


-- PA/NY Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Unveils New Website


-- WESA/WPSU: New Campground Opens At Bald Eagle State Park As Reservations Spike At PA Campgrounds


-- DCNR: 600-Mile Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Reopens For This Season; Riding Permit Applications Being Accepted


-- DCNR Welcomes New Class Of Rangers And Park Managers To Protect And Serve Pennsylvania’s Public Lands 


-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights June Events - Lehigh River Sojourn, Stream Team Volunteer, Other Events 


-- Watch Replay Of Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcon Banding


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Report Calls For Pennsylvania To Promote Safe Passage For Wildlife


-- TribLive: Cicadas To Surface In Pennsylvania For 1st Time Since 2008 


Storms/Power Outages


-- WESA: PA Lawmakers Question Pittsburgh-Area Utilities On April 20 Storm Response, Power Outages


-- PUC Marks National Electrical Safety Month With Urgent Storm Safety Message 


Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: With Soaring Summer Temps Ahead, A.I. Data Centers Could Strain Electricity Supplies In The Delaware Valley


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: TECfusions Unveils Plans For Massive Data Center, A.I. Campus, Up To 3 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plants At Former Alcoa Site In Westmoreland County  [PDF of Article]  


New Federal Administration


-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie’s Urban Farms Dig In To Counter Federal Cuts To Food Aid - By Liz Allen, Retired Erie Times Editor


-- PA Capital-Star: US Senate Vote To Nix California Tailpipe Emissions Standards Blocks PA, 16 Other States


-- Utility Dive: US House Republican Budget ‘Worse Than Feared’ For Clean Energy - Analysts 


-- RollingStone: Republican US Senator From Missouri Begs For Disaster Aid As FEMA Snubs Another Republican State 


-- NPR: Federal Judge Further Halts President’s Executive Orders Shutting Down Offices, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: PA Republican Legislators Vow No Tax Increases To Cover Federal Funding Cuts

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: PA Governor’s Residence Underwent Extensive Security Upgrades Before Last Month’s Arson Attack

-- TribLive: PA Health Experts Predict Spike In Uninsured Pennsylvanians With US House Bill Medicaid Cuts

-- TribLive: Penn State Votes To Close 7 Campuses: New Kensington, Fayette, DuBois, Mont Alto, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York In 2027

-- Post-Gazette: Report: Federal Panel Remains Divided On US Steel Deal, President’s Decision Awaits

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Judge Blocks President’s Order to Dismantle Dept. Of Education, Fire Employees

-- AP: President Revoked Harvard University’s Ability To Enroll International Students

-- NPR: Federal Judge Further Halts President’s Executive Orders Shutting Down Offices, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers

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[Posted: May 23, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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