-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
June 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 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
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
July 2-- DCNR Webinar To Review Findings, Recommendations For Establishing An Outdoor Recreation Statewide Industry Organization. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
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
-- In Memoriam: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Founder Barbara Yeaman
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 28 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: PA Lawmakers Consider New State Energy Siting ‘RESET’ Board To Fast-Track Electricity Projects
-- Uniontown Herald-Standard Editorial: Jeers - Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Dropped To 2nd Lowest Amount Since Distribution Began - Municipalities Can’t Rely On It [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Just Part Of Gas Industry’s Success
-- NRDC, PennFuture, EDF, Other Groups Challenge US DOE Decision To Keep Eddystone Power Plant In Delaware County Running Past Its Planned Closing Date [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Warns PA Members Of Congress Against Cutting Renewable Energy Funds
-- Utility Dive: FERC Chair Calls For More Resources After Electric Grid Operators Came ‘Close To The Edge’ In Heat Wave; PJM Had A Margin Of About 10 GW At Its Peak
-- Environmental Council Of The States Reports US Senate Budget Bill Removes Repeal Of 23 Inflation Reduction Act Climate/Energy Programs; But Still Rescinds Unobligated Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Receives Another $244.8 Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. 2 [PaEN]
-- Delaware Currents: Deadline Looms For New Rules To Improve Delaware River Water Quality; Will EPA Follow Through?
-- PA Trout Unlimited: Coldwater Heritage Partnership Extends Deadline For Conservation Grants, Mariner East Pipeline Settlement Grants To July 22 [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal NRCS Conservation Efforts Facing $754 Million In Proposed Cuts: ‘Threat To Future Generations’ [Cambria County Conservation District] [PDF of Article]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal Emergency Management Agency Pulls $400,000 Grant From Johnstown Water Authority North Fork Dam Renovation; Board Fighting To Keep It [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette: Friday Rain Brings More Flash Flooding To Robinson, Other Areas In Allegheny County
-- WPXI: Robinson Twp. Businesses Washed Out By Flooding For 3rd Time In Recent Years
-- Reading Eagle: Powerful Thunderstorm Knocks Out Berks Heat Wave, Causes Localized Destruction
-- WNEP: Local Farms In NE PA Negatively Impacted By Significant Recent Rain
-- New Online Tool Helps Southeast PA Residents, Businesses Divert Waste From Chester Incinerator, Bucks County Landfill By Recycling, Donating Unwanted Items [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Bicycle Sales Hang On Despite Post-COVID Sales Decline
-- June 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- TribLive: On The Water: RiverLife Launches Shore Thing In The Heart Of The Sister Bridges In Pittsburgh
-- Slippery Rock University Environmental Educator April Claus Leads Childrens’ Interactive Environmental Summer Camp Program At SRU
-- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s ‘Momentum’ Brings Color And Movement To Nature
Storms/Power Outages
-- PennLive: Power Outages In Adams, Franklin Counties Anger Sen. Mastriano: ‘It’s Pure Insanity’
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19 Ohio- $3.00 PA- $3.38
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same As Last Week, All Of June
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Post Biggest Weekly Drop In 2 Years
New Federal Administration
-- Inside Climate News: Chesapeake Bay Program Says No To Full Membership For Virginia Tribal Nations - For Now
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- The Center Square: Weekly Wrap In The Pennsylvania Legislature
-- Inquirer: Proposed Federal Food Stamp Overhaul Could Cost PA $800 Million
-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Warns PA Members Of Congress Against Cutting Renewable Energy Funds
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal NRCS Conservation Efforts Facing $754 Million In Proposed Cuts: ‘Threat To Future Generations’ [Cambria County Conservation District] [PDF of Article]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal Emergency Management Agency Pulls $400,000 Grant From Johnstown Water Authority North Fork Dam Renovation; Board Fighting To Keep It [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport-Area Woman Describes Her Immigrant Husband’s Deportation, Efforts To Get Him Back
-- Williamsport Sun: Details About Number, Sites Of Federal ICE Arrests In Lycoming County Scant
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[Posted: June 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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