Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.22.25

“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 

TODAY 10:00: Virtual. Game Commission, DEP, DCNR Host Live Banding Of Young Peregrine Falcons; Connection To PA’s Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m. 

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted.  DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  10:00 a.m. 

TODAY Noon: Virtual. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Webinar On Sustaining The State Park, Forest System And Growing PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy. Noon to 1:00 p.m. 

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Graduates Class Of 2025 Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Class Of 2026   [PaEN] 

-- PUC Urges Electricity Customers To Start Shopping, Conserve Energy To Help Avoid Impact Of June 1 Rate Increases Of Between 5% and 16% On Most Electric Bills  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Electric Transmission Upgrades At Crucial Turning Point 

-- The Conversation Guest Essay: Why Your Electricity Bill Is So High And What Pennsylvania Is Doing About It - By Hannah Wiseman and Seth Blumsack From Penn State University  [Data Center Demand, Rising Fuel Costs]

-- MCall Guest Essay: Congress Must Protect Federal Programs To Lower Energy Costs - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA  [Energy Star, Weatherization, Clean Energy]

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light, West Penn Power Officials Grilled At Hearing Over Days-Long Power Outages  

-- WESA: Allegheny County Council Launches Committee To Review Storm Preparedness

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Awards $22.5 Million In Solar for Schools Grants To Help 74 Schools Reduce Energy Costs

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: More Investment Is Needed In Energy Innovation - By Bjorn Lomborg, Copenhagen Consensus Center

-- PEMA: Multi-Agency Resource Center Opens May 22 For Flood Survivors In Somerset County  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Requests Federal Small Business Administration Disaster Aid For Flood Survivors In Somerset County [PaEN] 

-- Attorney General Sunday Joins Coalition Urging Congress To Address Healthcare Budget Shortfall For ‘Heroes’ Who Responded To 9/11 Attacks  

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts 3-Part Business Fundamentals For Compost Operations Webinars Starting June 17  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Seeks Participants For Survey Study On How People Perceive The Safety And Trust Of Their Water  [PaEN] 

-- CBF Blog: Big Spring High School Is Getting Kids Outdoors To Investigate Their Local Environment, Thanks To NOAA Grant  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Educators: June 4 Connecting Youth To Local Watersheds & Other Professional Development Opportunities 

-- Inquirer Editorial: Regional Public Partnership, Not A Push To Privatize Is Better Bet For City Of Chester Water Customers

-- MCall: Bethlehem Landfill Study Details Economic Impact If Forced To Close; Township Official Says Claims ‘Greatly Exaggerated’

-- North Branch Land Trust Completes 220 Acre Conservation Easement On Huntsville Reservoir In Luzerne County [PaEN] 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: North Branch Land Trust Completes Huntsville Reservoir Conservation Easement

-- DCNR Kicks Off Summer Outdoor Recreation Season At Bald Eagle State Park In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: New Centre County Campsites Highlighted As PA Summer Recreation Season Kicks Off

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA’s Trail Of The Year - Path Of The Flood Trail- Combines Optimistic Future With Past Tragedy  

-- Williamsport Sun: Area Doctor Hiking Mid State Trail To Raise Money For Nonprofits

-- Erie Times: Get Ready For Summing, Summer At Presque Isle State Park

-- PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Marienville Hosting Food Trucks, Vendors During Bigfoot Festival June 7 In Forest County

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation - By Darian Jones, Communications & Outreach AmeriCorps Assistant for the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership  [PaEN] 

-- Allentown Parknership To Build Full -Court Basketball Court At Stevens Park  [PaEN]

-- Save The Date! PA Park & Recreation Professionals Day Is July 18  [PaEN] 

-- KDKA: New Signs Posted At Blue Hole Creek Warn Of High Lead Levels In Westmoreland County 

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers

-- The Conversation Guest Essay: Why Your Electricity Bill Is So High And What Pennsylvania Is Doing About It - By Hannah Wiseman and Seth Blumsack From Penn State University  [Data Center Demand, Rising Fuel Costs]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Bloomberg: New Fortress LNG Exporter Disqualified from Puerto Rico Auction; Company Value Has Fallen 80% This Year  [Company Pursuing LNG Projects In PA]

New Federal Administration

-- NYT: President’s Efforts To Downsize Threaten Essential Functions Americans Rely On Before, During And After Natural Disasters 

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: We’ve Seen FEMA Unprepared Before, It Didn’t End Well - By Mark Gongloff

-- The Hill Guest Essay: No One Voted For More Pollution So Why Is EPA Trying To Cut Half Its Budget? - By Natural Resources Defense Council

-- TribLive: Cuts Would Eliminate Federal Local Food Purchase Assistance Program That Directly Benefits PA Farmers, Millions Of Residents 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: Races For Philly, PA Courts Wrapped Up With Expected Outcomes, With 1 Exception

-- WITF: PA Commonwealth, Superior Court Candidates Advancing To November

-- WITF: PA Election Officials Deliver Quiet Night In Complex Election

-- TribLive Editorial: Voters Ousted Incumbents In Dramatic Primary Races

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: To Win Again, Democrats Must ‘Make Life Better’ For All Americans - By Malcolm Kenyatta

-- Spotlight PA: Failed Plot To Steal Local PA Election Shows How Hard It Is To Pull Off Fraud

-- Post-Gazette: From Economic ‘Boom’ To ‘Reckless,’ PA Lawmakers Divided On President’s 

‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill

-- PennLive: PA Cong. Meuser Laughed At After Late-Night Fiery ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Speech: ‘Boy That Was Weird’

-- Inquirer: Some Republican Lawmakers Pushing Back On Penn State’s Plan To Close Campuses; Could That Jeopardize Its State Funding?

-- TribLive: How Do You Navigate New COVID Vaccine Guidance?  We Asked The Experts

-- TribLive: Cuts Would Eliminate Federal Local Food Purchase Assistance Program That Directly Benefits PA Farmers, Millions Of Residents

-- PA Capital-Star: Food Banks Call On Congress To Preserve Food Aid For 38,000 Pennsylvania Seniors

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Nippon And US Steel Await Latest National Security Review 

-- WHYY: Bucks County Commissioners Say Sheriff Does Not Have Power To Sign Agreement With Federal ICE

-- Inquirer: Legal Battle Looms As Bucks County Commissioners Reject Sheriff’s Alliance With Federal ICE

-- WNEP: Allentown Diocese Helping Fund Costly Repairs After Explosives Attack At Schuylkill County Church

-- NYT: US Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar For President For Use As Air Force One 

-- Newsweek: South African President To US President: ‘I Don’t Have A Plane To Give You’ After Being Grilled About False Claims Of White Farmer Genocide

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