Friday, June 13, 2025

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.13.25

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“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 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

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

June 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

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


June 6-14-- Lancaster County Water Week


June 6-14-- Delaware County To Host 4th Annual Sustainability Conference


June 16-- House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Resolution 221 (Shusterman-D-Chester) designating June 16 to 22 Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania. Room 515 Irvis Building. 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


June 17-- Virtual. Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Webinar On Exploring Knowledge Gaps In Environmental And Occupational Health Issues Affecting Communities, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.


June 17--  In-Person. Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Ripple Effects Environmental Literacy Convening To Offer Hands-On Learning.  Williamsport 


June 18-- In-Person. Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Environmental Justice Areas - What You Need to Know Workshop.  Burgettstown Public Library, Washington County.  6:00 to 7:00 p.m. 


June 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m.


June 25- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m.


June 25-- Protect PT, Partners Webinar: 5 Years Later - A Progress Report On PA's Grand Jury Report On Fracking. Noon.



-- DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry;  3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports  [PaEN] 


-- Rep. Vitali: PA House Environmental Committee Examines Problem Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells


-- The Center Square: Higher Plugging Bonds Floated To Help The State’s Abandoned Conventional Well Problem


-- DEP’s Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets June 25 On Well Development Pipelines; Wastewater Management Practices; Future Well Plugging Funding Needs  [PaEN] 


-- Protect PT, Partners To Host June 25 Webinar: 5 Years Later - A Progress Report On PA's Grand Jury Report On Fracking  [PaEN] 


-- PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Roll Back Environmental, Health, Safety Regulations By Doing Nothing And Avoiding Accountability  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: President Coming To Pittsburgh For PA US Senator McCormick’s July 15 PA Energy & Innovation Summit  


-- Sen. McCormick: President Coming To July 15 PA Energy Innovation Summit In Pittsburgh


--  TribLive: Fetterman, McCormick Team Up On Bill To Bring Federal DOE Office Of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management To Pittsburgh


-- TribLive: Congressional Republican Budget Bill Will Cost Thousands Of Clean Energy Jobs, Millions In Investment In PA, Advocates Say


-- NextPittsburgh: Allegheny County Is Home To The First Electric Street Sweeper In US


-- Beaver Times: For First Time, PJM Power Grid Operator Concerned Supply Might Fall Short Of Summer Demand


-- Erie Times: Tests Reveal Contamination At Vacant BASF Property In East Erie


-- WHYY: Delaware City Refinery Equipment Repaired, In Operation, After Almost 3 Weeks


-- PUC Applauds Multi-Agency Response That Secured Safe, Reliable Water For East Dunkard Community In Greene County 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Stream Evaluation Reports In Berks, Clinton, Forest, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lycoming, Pike, Potter, Tioga, Westmoreland Counties


-- Lancaster Farming: York County Says Real-Time Monitoring Paints Accurate Pollution Picture


-- DEP Notice It Reorganized And Rescinded Water Program Technical Guidance, Permit Documents In DEP’s eLibrary


-- AG Sunday Announces 7th Annual Drug Take Back Weekend At Pocono Raceway June 20-22 


-- June 14 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Nearly $10 Million Invested To Protect 2,672 Acres Of Prime Farmland On 25 Farms In 18 Counties  [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Preserves West Philly’s Summer Winter Community Garden


-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News:  Celebrating Summer Solstice; Still Open, Still Awesome 


-- WESA: With Wheels, Willpower, Pittsburgh Teens Find Access To The City’s Greenspaces


-- PA Natural Heritage Program News: Habitat Focus To Plant Conservation; Camera Trapping; Invasive Species Prevention Film; Saving The Places We Care About


-- WHYY: ‘TERRA’ Weaves Women’s Bodies Into The Forest Of Northwest Philly’s Schuylkill Center


-- Erie Times: Live Camera Covers Purple Martins Trying To Hatch Eggs, Raise Nestlings


New Federal Administration


-- The Allegheny Front: Despite Federal Court Order, Black Lung Screening For Coal Miners Not Fully Functioning  


-- PA Capital-Star: President Signs Law Repealing Vehicle Emission Standards Affecting PA And 17 Other States 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Says President Brings ‘Chaos’ In Militarized Protest Response

-- WHYY/AP: Gov. Shapiro Says President Shouldn’t Deploy Troops To Philly Protests As LA Response Divides Governors

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Leaders Vow To Protect Protesters’ Rights But Warn About Giving In To Angreer And Violence

-- The Center Square: How Does Gov. Shapiro Wield The PA National Guard?  At His Discretion

-- KYW: President Preparing To Send Federal ICE Tactical Teams To Philadelphia

-- AP: Finding A Strong Candidate For Governor In PA May Help Republicans Protect Its US House Majority 

-- TribLive: Doubled Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Leave Western PA Businesses Uneasy

-- PA Capital-Star: Foreign Aid Cuts Could Impact Agriculture Industry In PA And Other States, Advocates Say

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh’s Federal Research Losses Top $42 Million

-- Spotlight PA: Immigrant Detentions Surge At PA Center Accused Of Abuse As President’s Crackdown Intensifies 

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Correctional Facility Says It Will No Longer Honor Federal ICE Detainers

-- MCall: Bethlehem Protests Call For Action After Federal ICE Raid At Five 10 Flats

-- Observer-Reporter: No Kings Rallies Planned In Washington, Fayette Counties

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[Posted: June 13, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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