-- 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
September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30
October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Senate Voting Schedule
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
September 8, 9, 10
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
June 2-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 682 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) changing the name of the Dept. of Environmental Protection to the Dept. of Environmental Services. Rules Room [No video coverage]. Off the Floor.
June 2-- NEW. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester) which would establish the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard to modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated renewable energy standards, incentivizing innovation in nuclear and renewable energy, including battery storage, to remain competitive with other states, create jobs and help diversify energy sources and make energy more affordable (part of Gov. Shapiro’s Lightning Energy Plan) [Read more here]; Senate Bill 349 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing minimum decommissioning bonding and other requirements for solar energy facilities; House Bill 589 (Kinkead-D-Allegheny, Gaydos-R- Allegheny) establishing a state landslide and sinkhole insurance program (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
June 3-- NEW. Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider nominations of Darryl A. Lawrence as PA Consumer Advocate and Stephen M. DeFrank to Public Utility Commission. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. 10:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
June 4-- NEW. House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 948 (Ciresi-D- Montgomery) prohibiting the blocking of electric vehicle charging stations; House Bill 1239 (Hanbidge-D-Montgomery) preventing owners’ association from blocking installation of solar energy. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
June 4-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 2:30 p.m. (formal notice)
June 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171. Read more here on agenda.
-- In Memoriam: DCNR State Park Ranger Alec Campbell [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: DCNR Mourns The Death Of Dave Warfel, Weiser State Forest, Wildland Fire Academy Instructor [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: Gerry Kaufman Founder Of The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership In Montgomery County And Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 31 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DCNR Celebrates Path Of The Flood Trail In Cambria County As PA's 2025 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Stakeholders Celebrate Path Of The Flood Trail’s Recognition As 2025 Trail Of The Year: A ‘Remarkable Day’
-- Altoona Mirror: Path Of Flood Trailed Honored As PA Trail Of The Year
-- Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Honors Lancaster County Project To Capture And Treat Over 16 Million Gallons Of Stormwater In Long's Park [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle Makes A Splash In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front Wins Edward R. Murrow Award, Golden Quills For Stories On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Lakeshore Towing & Marine Services, Inc. Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award For Helping To Install 2 Litter Control Booms In Presque Isle Bay, Erie [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Provides Update On The Fight To Lower Energy Prices, Calls On General Assembly To Move His Commonsense Lightning Energy Plan [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: US DOE Orders 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Power Plant In Delaware County To Remain Open Due To The Energy ‘Emergency’ Declared By The President [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: US DOE Emergency Order Halts 2nd Power Plant From Closure [PA Eddystone Peaking Plant]
-- AP: States Are Rolling Out Red Carpets For Data Centers, But Some Lawmakers Are Pushing Back [PA Included]
-- PennFuture: PJM Interconnection Admits Its Bias For Fossil Fuel Power Plants, Rather Than New, Cheaper Shovel-Ready Clean Energy Projects
-- Centre Daily Times - Climate Watch: Why Congress Must Not Pull The Plug On PA’s Clean Energy Progress - By Lisa Richardson, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, State College Chapter
-- Observer-Reporter: Senate Bill Would Cut Drilling Impact Fee Funding From Communities That Restrict Oil, Gas Activity
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 45 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In April; 187 In 2025 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Renaissance - A Model For Economic Growth - By Diana Polson, Keystone Research Center
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Delaware City Refinery Has Released Toxic Air Pollutants For Several Days Due To ‘Boiler Failure’
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Are Allegheny County Elected Officials Abandoning Us In The Fight Against Air Pollution? - By Howard Rieger, Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls
-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires Again Bring Smoke, Haze To Western PA
-- Beaver Times: Pennsylvania Remembers Outbreak Of Deadly Tornadoes 40 Years Later
-- Inquirer: 40 Years Ago A Rare And Deadly Tornado Outbreak Struck Pennsylvania; Are More In Our Future?
-- City Life: Climate Change Is Here, Philadelphia Isn’t Ready
-- EPA Completes Final Cleanup Actions At Reading Drum Site Following Fires At The Lincoln Chemical Company [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Avina Unveils More Details On Proposed 100 Million Gallon Ethanol To Jet Fuel Plant At Pittsburgh Airport
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: US Steel A Major Source Of Pollution In PA; Will Its Sale Lock In Emissions For Another Generation?
-- Courier Times: These Dams Look Harmless, But They’re Deceptive, Dangerous And Deadly
-- MCall - Anthony Salamone: Easton Loses Nearly $1 Million Federal Grant For Trail Extension, But City Officials Hope Project Will Continue
-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners: June 12 In-Person Trees For Climate Change Workshop [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension June 25 Pennsylvania Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts In-Person Pest Biocontrol School Oct. 15 In Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times - Paul Zavolta, Master Gardener: Embracing Moss In Your Yard
-- TribLive: Laurel Caverns Proposed As PA’s First Underground State Park
-- May 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Upgrades Coming To Sunbury Wetland Ecological Education Park
-- Berks Nature Announces Retirement Of President Kim Murphy [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: River Otters In Western PA Are An Environmental Success Story
-- LehighValleyLive: Easton Joins Statewide Bird Town, Nature Conservation Effort
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Spring Is A Time To Nerd Out Over Nature
Train Derailments
-- The Allegheny Front Wins Edward R. Murrow Award, Golden Quills For Stories On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- AP: States Are Rolling Out Red Carpets For Data Centers, But Some Lawmakers Are Pushing Back [PA Included]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.15 Ohio- $2.94 PA- $3.26
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 1 to 18 Again
-- Gov. Shapiro Provides Update On The Fight To Lower Energy Prices, Calls On General Assembly To Move His Commonsense Lightning Energy Plan [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: US DOE Orders 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Power Plant In Delaware County To Remain Open Due To The Energy ‘Emergency’ Declared By The President [PaEN]
-- PennFuture: PJM Interconnection Admits Its Bias For Fossil Fuel Power Plants, Rather Than New, Cheaper Shovel-Ready Clean Energy Projects
New Federal Administration
-- MCall - Anthony Salamone: Easton Loses Nearly $1 Million Federal Grant For Trail Extension, But City Officials Hope Project Will Continue
-- US Dept. Of Labor Pauses Job Corps Workforce Training Centers To Phase Out Their Operations Nationwide
-- The Citizens Voice: 2 Labor Dept. Job Corps Centers To Be Closed In Luzerne County
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A Solution For Senior Care
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Does Shapiro Have A Secrecy Problem? - By Oliver Bateman
-- Observer-Reporter: Long Branch, Washington County Poised To Elect First Openly Gay Mayor In Western PA
-- TribLive: President Promises To Raise Tariffs On Imported Steel To 50%, Praises US Steel Deal
-- The Center Square: President: No ‘Shoddy Steel From Shanghai’
-- Tribune-Democrat: Proposed Food Stamp Cuts Could Impact Resident’s Access To Local Food Options, Advocates Say
-- PA Capital-Star: Federal ICE Bail Funds In PA Help Undocumented Immigrants Fight Deportations
-- Inquirer: Adams, Moutour, Clairon Counties On President’s List Of ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ They Say It Has To Be A Mistake
-- PennLive: County Commissioner ‘Mystified’ Why Dauphin County Is On President’s ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ List
-- York Daily Record: York And Gettysburg On President’s List Of ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’
-- TribLive: Dept. Of Homeland Security Threatens Federal Funding For Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Over Immigrant Stance
-- The Center Square: Feds Put 16 Pennsylvania Jurisdictions On ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ List
-- TribLive: CMU, Pitt Students Speak Out As Chinese Student Visas Are Threatened
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why President’s Attacks On International Students Hurt Pennsylvania’s Future - By Mark Singel
-- US Dept. Of Labor Pauses Job Corps Workforce Training Centers To Phase Out Their Operations Nationwide
-- The Citizens Voice: 2 Labor Dept. Job Corps Centers To Be Closed In Luzerne County
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Now Is The Moment To Pressure Putin, Not Appease Him
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