Monday, May 19, 2025

Late Evening - Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.19.25

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-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


May 20 6:00 p.m.-- DEP Online Update on Community On SPS Technologies Warehouse Fire In Montgomery County. 6:00 p.m.


May 20 10:00 a.m.-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov  or (717) 783-8411.  Click Here for options to join remotely.   (formal notice)  



-- House Committee Told PA Needs An Energy Policy, Doing Nothing Means We Are Going To Run Out Of Power; Overreliance On One Fuel-- Gas-- Is Raising Electricity Prices [PaEN]   


-- Solar Energy Advocates, Business Owners Urge PA Lawmakers To Unlock $156 Million In Solar For All Federal Funding  [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Bucks County Climate Lawsuit Against Big Oil Tossed By County Judge


-- The Center Square: Legal, Energy Experts Praise Dismissal Of Bucks County Climate Lawsuit


-- PUC PA OneCall Damage Prevention Committee Announces $160,425 In Penalties For Underground Utility Violations


-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Honored With A Foxwynd Foundation $10,000 Visionary Leadership Award  [PaEN] 


-- Headwaters To The Ohio Water Network Hosts May 29 Webinar On The Changing Landscape Of Federal Clean Water Funding & Policy  [PaEN] 


-- CBF: White House Proposes To Eliminate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Training (B-WET) Program  [PaEN] 


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Fall Into Negative Territory In Texas Due To Pipeline Maintenance


-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Is Your Electric Bill Too High?  Thank LNG Gas Exports - By Lt.. General Russel L. Honore (Retired)  [Stop Selling LNG To Our Competitors]


-- US DOE Releases Response To Comments On 2024 LNG Gas Export Study Saying No Discernible Impact On Climate Emissions, Minimizing Impacts On Prices [DOE Said The Opposite In December


Other States


-- Utility Dive: Electric Utilities Must Disclose PJM Votes Under New Maryland Law 


New Federal Administration


-- Inside Climate News: Federal Judge Orders President To Restore USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Funding  [Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Was Party In Lawsuit]


-- US DOE Releases Response To Comments On 2024 LNG Gas Export Study Saying No Discernible Impact On Climate Emissions, Minimizing Impacts On Prices [DOE Said The Opposite In December


-- The Hill: US DOE Now Says LNG Gas Export Environmental Impacts ‘Outside’ Its Authority


-- Utility Dive: US House Republican Budget Squeezes Out Of Committee, But Deeper IRA Clean Energy, Climate Cuts Could Come 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: PA Progressive Group Pressures Fetterman To Resign

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports Nearly 11% Increase In Gambling Revenue Over Last April

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[Posted: May 19, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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