-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
May 12, 13, 14
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Senate Voting Schedule
May 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
May 12-- Agenda Posted. Joint Hearing Of Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees on PJM grid Reliability Resource Initiative Planning and generation market updates. Room 8E-B East Wing. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda.
May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
May 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Read more here on agenda.
May 13- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m
May 14-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- Environmental Health Project: 34 Organizations Sign Letter Urging Pennsylvania To Adopt Measures To Better Protect Public Health, Environment From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republicans Vote To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Committees To Hold May 12 Hearing On PJM Grid Reliability Initiative, Electric Generation Markets Update [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates House Passage Of Community Solar Energy Legislation In PA [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Solar Grants Being Held Hostage In PA Legislature As Demand Soars
-- DEP Invites Comments On PA Energy Development Authority Energy Development Plan
-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Reduced Carbon Emissions 52.3%, Energy Use 25.6% And Saved $44.2 Million In Energy Costs In 2024 [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Map Shows What’s Possible With Examples Of Federal Clean Energy Investment In PA
-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management: Report: PJM Grid Operator At Inflection Point, Reform Needed To Reduce Energy Costs, Increase Clean Energy Resources
-- Environmental Integrity Project, Partners List Industries Requesting Exemptions From EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulations-- 23 In PA [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: President’s 2-Year Exemption From Hazardous Air Pollutant Regs Gives Coal Plants ‘A Free Pass To Pollute’
-- PUC Appoints Chris Yother Director Of Bureau Of Audits
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: 850+ Volunteers Collected 81,261 Pounds Of Litter, Trash At 24 Community Cleanup Events [PaEN]
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Deploys 3rd Litter Control Boom In Erie At Erie Water Works [PaEN]
-- DEP Notice Continuing Suspension Of Enforcement Of PA Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program
-- May 10 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- WESA/Spotlight PA: More Money For Agriculture Innovation Pitched By Gov. Shapiro After High Demand
-- LancasterOnline: 13,750 Trees Planted Near Octoraro Reservoir In Southern Lancaster County By Chester Water Authority, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Newly Flowing Manayunk Canal Will Soon Be Home To Thousands Of Mussels, But Not For Eating, To Clean The Water
-- BucksCoToday: Ursinus College Students Set Sail With Aqua Pennsylvania’s Floating Classroom At Green Lane Reservoir
-- PA Recreation & Park Society To Hold May 22 Playground Maintenance Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Discover NE PA: Reconnecting With Northeastern PA’s Rivers & Streams
-- WITF: DCNR - Michaux State Forest Wildfires Human Caused
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project: The Legacy And Evolution Of The Susquehanna River Trail
-- Citizen Science: Shippensburg Center For Land Use And Sustainability Hosts May 20 Webinar On Tracking Wildflower Climate Resilience [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: One Of The State’s Prettiest Wildflowers Is Blooming Earlier: Is That Trillium Already?
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Frick Environmental Center In Pittsburgh Aims To Help Residents Create Migratory Bird-Friendly Spaces At May 10 Event
-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Resource Conservation Technician [PaEN]
Storm Damage/Power Outages
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Say More Proactive Approach Needed For Weather Disasters; Mayor Signs Order To Establish Mitigation Plan
-- TribLive: City Of Pittsburgh’s Top Emergency Official Did Not Alert City Leaders To Absence During Storms
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- Utility Dive: PJM, Utilities Urge FERC To Dismiss Call For Settlement Talks On Issues Around Colocation Of Energy Generation With Data Centers
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Reuters: Exclusive: US, Russia Explore Ways To Restore Russian Natural Gas Flows To Europe, Sources Say
-- Reuters: US Energy Companies Seek Exemption From President’s Plan To Move LNG Gas On US-Built Ships
New Federal Administration
-- Grist: President’s Budget Calls Low-Income Energy Assistance Program ‘Unnecessary’
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Shapiro: John Fetterman Is Best Judge Of His Own Health, Ability To Do His Job
-- WESA: Marijuana Legalization Advances In PA, But Critics Want To Know Who Will Profit
-- TribLive/AP: Republican Congressional Lawmakers Berate PA Haverford College President For Not Discussing Discipline For Antisemitism
-- TribLive/NYT: Barbie Doll Prices Spike As President’s Tariffs Loom
-- Reuters: President Says 80% Tariff On Chinese Goods ‘Seems Right’
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[Posted: May 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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