Monday, June 30, 2025

Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 6.30.25

“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 30

July 1, 2

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 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 


WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!


TODAY 11:00:  DEP Press Event Announcing Opening Of SPEED Permitting Program.  11:00 a.m.


TODAY 6:30: In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities.  Washington County. 6:30 p.m.


July 1-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities.  Crawford County. 6:30 p.m.


July 1-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing [Free Water Test], Noon to 1:00 p.m.


July 2-- DCNR Webinar To Review Findings, Recommendations For Establishing An Outdoor Recreation Statewide Industry Organization. Noon to 1:00  p.m.  


July 7-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Harrisburg. Noon


July 8-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting August 12.  Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277. 


July 8-- 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


-- June 30 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 7 to 27 - Finding 27,000 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Not Tracking Water/Wastewater Pipelines; Failure To Comply With DEP Orders; Inadvertent Pipeline Construction Returns - Again  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 28 [PaEN]  


-- DEP Publishes Notices On Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Northeast Supply Enhancement Quarryville Pipeline Loop, Compressor Station Permits/Approval In Chester, Lancaster Counties  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 28 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Spotlight PA: Costs Of Amazon’s $20 Billion Promise To Build Data Centers In PA Unknown: Impact On Electricity Supply, Power Costs To Consumers, Tax Revenue Forfeit 


-- ExploreClarion.com: DEP Now Issues Boil Water Advisory To Customers Of Rimersburg Borough, East Brady Water Systems In Clarion County After Identifying Mystery Chemical In Water As Sodium Bisulfite, Mislabeled Chemical Mistakenly Introduced Into The System  [Click Here for advisory, explanation]


-- TheCoolDown.com: Residents Of Chambersburg, Hanover Celebrate Critical Water Supply Rebounds After Recent Crisis


-- The Allegheny Front - Julia Fraser: PA’s SPEED Program Lets Developers Skip Line For Some Environmental Permit Reviews


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Susquehanna River Basin In PA Falling Short On Climate Change Flooding Prep, Penn State Study Says


-- Courier Times: These Bucks County Dams Beckon Visitors, But They’re Deadly; What Can Be Done?


-- Warren Times: Penn State Watershed Stewards Offer Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kits 


-- Warren Times: Warren County Seeks To Transfer Closed Grunderville Landfill From Allegheny National Forest To Discuss Recreational Uses Along The Allegheny River 


-- WNEP: Crews Called To Water Rescue At DCNR Seven Tubs Recreation Area In Luzerne County


-- TribLive/AP: How To Protect Yourself From Ticks Year-Round


-- Post-Gazette: Penn State DuBois, Mont Alto Wildlife And Forestry Programs Will Live On After Campus Closures


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Crop Of 23 Peregrine Falcons And Juvenile Bald Eagles Have Flown The Coop In Pittsburgh Region, But Are Begging Their Parents For Food 


-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Learn How To Garden For Dragonflies, 70 Other Things For Plant Fans In July  


Train Derailments


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Work On Rail Safety Must Continue After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment


Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers


-- Spotlight PA: Costs Of Amazon’s $20 Billion Promise To Build Data Centers In PA Unknown: Impact On Electricity Supply, Power Costs To Consumers, Tax Revenue Forfeit


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- Reuters: US Energy Firms Eye New Northeast Natural Gas Pipelines, Buoyed By President, Demand Outlook


-- Bloomberg: Electronic Warfare During Iran Strikes Crashes Global Shipping’s Navigation System, Including Oil, LNG Natural Gas Ships


New Federal Administration


-- Wall Street Journal: US Senate Budget Bill Stuns Clean Energy Industry With New Tax On Wind And Solar Energy


-- Financial Times: US Cycling Faces ‘Devastating’ Consequences From Trade War


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Will Miss 4th Consecutive Budget Deadline, But Talks Are Progressing

-- Inquirer: PA’s State Budget Will Be Late, Here’s What That Means

-- PennLive: Gov. Shapiro Says Federal Budget Bill ‘Betrays The Very People’ The President Vowed To Help 

-- Spotlight PA: Costs Of Amazon’s $20 Billion Promise To Build Data Centers In PA Unknown: Impact On Electricity Supply, Power Costs To Consumers, Tax Revenue Forfeit 

-- Post-Gazette: Amid Concern Over Penn State Campus Closures, Local Businesses Plan For What’s Next

-- Inquirer: Bucks County Sheriff Bringing President’s Politics To The County, His Critics Warn; How Did He Get There? 

-- TribLive: Activists, Elected Officials Rail Against UPMC’s Decision To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors 

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[Posted: June 30, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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