-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
June 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 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 6-14-- Lancaster County Water Week
June 9-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee information meeting on natural gas 101 - from generation to distribution. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
June 9-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
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.
June 11-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan]. Room 515 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
June 12-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on the abandonment and plugging of oil and gas wells and House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) restoring the authority of the Environmental Quality Board to increase plugging bonds for all oil and gas wells to what it costs taxpayers to plug them. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 7 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PIOGA: DEP’s Plan To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Facilities An ‘Existential Threat’ To The Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republicans Move Bills To Roll Back Any State Regulations, Laws, Guidance At The Request Of Industry [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Still Investigating Fire At Beaver County Ethane Furnace
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Explosion, Smoke Reported At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
-- Marcellus Drilling News: 2 Congressional Bills Target States, Municipalities For Bans On Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: US Army Corps Says Parks Twp. Nuclear Waste Cleanup Should Be Safe In Armstrong County
-- TribLive: Flooding Hammers Murrysville, Areas Near Turtle Creek; 95 People Evacuated In Westmoreland County
-- Post-Gazette: Flooding Prompts Evacuations In Plum, Monroeville; Road Closures In Allegheny County
-- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 7-Part Online Workshop Series On Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Technology Tools Starting June 25 [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center: In The Shade Of Trees, Streams Come Alive
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How Hurricane Ida Sparked A Major Investigation In Brandywine Watershed
-- Tribune-Democrat: Winners Of Home Is Where The Habitat Is Poster Contest Announced By Cambria County Conservation District
-- Penn State Extension July 30 Wednesday Water Series Webinar - Understanding Your Home Water Test Results [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Aug. 6 Wednesday Water Series Webinar - Home Water Treatment Basics [PaEN]
-- DCNR Continues To See 10% Increase In Demand For Camping At State Parks, Forests
-- June 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- DCNR Names Chris Houck Manager At Ohiopyle State Park In Fayette County
-- Post-Gazette: Black Bear Yearling Broke Into An Indiana County Nursing Home; A Resident Wanted To Give Him Cake
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Snails Are Small And Slow Wonders
Gas Explosions
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Still Investigating Fire At Beaver County Ethane Furnace
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Explosion, Smoke Reported At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.14 Ohio- $3.06 PA- $3.23
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs 18, Same As Last Week
New Federal Administration
-- Federal News Network Guest Essay: EPA Administrator Zeldin Vowed To Protect Human Health And The Environment, His Proposed Budget Tells A Different Story - By Marie Owens Powell, AFGE Council 238 (EPA Union)
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Report: Congressional Republican Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt PA Hospitals, Patients
-- Post-Gazette: More Than 600,000 PA Children Could Be Blocked From Full Child Tax Credit In ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
-- TribLive/AP: Congressional Senate Republicans Revise Ban On State A.I. Regulations In Bid To Preserve Controversial Provision
-- TribLive: Harvard Gets Backing Of Other Universities, Including Pitt, In Funding Fight With President
-- Republican Herald Editorial: US Tariffs Are As Dangerous As They Are Illegal
-- Scranton Times: PA Republicans Launch Voter Registration Drive As Democrats’ Advantage Shrinks
-- TribLive: Republican Rift: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Republicans Refuse To Back Moreno For Mayor
-- City & State PA: With An Eye On Judicial Elections, Conservative Activist Scott Presler Leads Voter Training In PA
-- AP: US Supreme Court Rejects Republican Bid To Bar Some Provisional Ballots In PA
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