“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
Senate Voting Schedule
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester) establishes the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard to modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated energy standards, incentivizing innovation in nuclear and renewable energy, including battery storage, to remain competitive with other states, part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 20-- 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)
-- May 19 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 10 to 16 -- 18 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; 2,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill; Consol Still Cleaning Up Water Supply Contamination [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 17 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 91 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Air Quality Plan Approval For Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Another Study Identifies Health Risks During Unconventional Oil & Gas Production Even For Those Living Within 1,000 Feet Or More Of Wells [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: PA Senate Bill Would Cut Drilling Impact Fees For Communities That Restrict Fracking
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: New England Needs PA’s Natural Gas - Dems Won’t Let Them Have It - By Jessica Towhey, Communications Strategist
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Centers Could Reshape Landscape In NE PA
-- E&E News/Politico: Bucks County Judge Rejects Bucks County Climate Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Industry
-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Negatively Affects Our Children’s Health - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby - Lehigh Valley
-- TribLive: PennDOT Worker Taken To Hospital After Driver Hits Litter Cleanup Truck In Allegheny County
-- NextPittsburgh: Rachel Carson EcoVillage Residents Eye Move In After 5 Tumultuous Years Of Development
-- ABC27: Spotted Lanternflies Starting To Hatch In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun - Guest Essay: White House’s Approach To Tariffs May Bring Serious Consequences To PA Hardwood Industry - By Scott Seyler, Northland Forest Products, Inc.
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Fmr Erie County Gravel Mine Gets 2nd Chance As Forestland; Bosland Growth Planting 70,000 Trees This Spring
-- York Dispatch Editorial: A Homegrown Way To Counter Invasive Species, Replace Them
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator News Blooming With PA Native Species Day; Pollinator Activities; Educator Workshops [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Can You Fly A Drone At A State Park In Pennsylvania? [Spoiler - Only In 6 Parks]
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- WPost - Salena Zito: I Have Seen The Future Of A.I. Data Centers, It’s In Western Pennsylvania [Homer City Project]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Centers Could Reshape Landscape In NE PA
-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Power Plants Cheaper To Buy Than Build To Satisfy A.I. Data Centers’ Thirst For Energy [Taking Power Off The Grid For ‘Ordinary People’]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Power Plants Cheaper To Buy Than Build To Satisfy A.I. Data Centers’ Thirst For Energy [Taking Power Off The Grid For ‘Ordinary People’]
New Federal Administration
-- Williamsport Sun - Guest Essay: White House’s Approach To Tariffs May Bring Serious Consequences To Hardwood Industry - By Scott Seyler, Northland Forest Products, Inc.
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive: These Primary Judicial Races Could Affect Caregiving Statewide
-- Spotlight PA: PA Lawmakers Took $119,000 In Gifts, Trips, More From Those Seeking To Influence Them In 2024
-- TribLive: Campus Closures: Necessary Move Or De Facto Removal? Penn State Clashes With Its Land-Grant Mission
-- MCall Guest Essay: Guns Are Here To Stay In US, That’s An Opportunity Not A Threat - By Bill Brown, Saucon Valley School District Director
-- Williamsport Sun - Guest Essay: White House’s Approach To Tariffs May Bring Serious Consequences To Hardwood Industry - By Scott Seyler, Northland Forest Products, Inc.
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[Posted: May 19, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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