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House Voting Schedule
June 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 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 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
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
June 23-- NEW. House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) restoring Environmental Quality Board authority to change oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts [Read more here]; House Resolution 218 (Haddock- D-Lackawanna) directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on compensation and benefits packages for game wardens, waterways conservation officers and DCNR rangers; Senate Bill 109 (Laughlin-R-Erie) reducing fee for Lake Erie groin structures. Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
June 24-- NEW. House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 505 (Donahue-D-Lackawanna) modernizing the Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan). Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
June 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m.
June 25-- NEW. House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 502 (Steele-D- Allegheny) fast-track energy generation projects of 25 MW and larger and energy storage facilities of 10 MW or larger overriding local government control and public input [Read more here]; House Bill 1239 (Hanbidge-D-Montgomery) limits the ability of homeowner's associations (HOAs) to restrict the installation of rooftop solar energy systems. Room 515 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
June 25- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Read more here on the agenda.
June 25-- Protect PT, Partners Webinar: 5 Years Later - A Progress Report On PA's Grand Jury Report On Fracking. Noon.
-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22, Monday, June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Action Days In Western PA
-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Philadelphia Area
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 21 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 21 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Cecil Twp. Zoning Hearing Board Dismisses Range Resources Validity Challenge To 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance For Shale Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Commonwealth Court Overturns Elizabeth Townships’s Approval Of Olympus Energy Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Will Appeal EHB Decision To Allow CNX Resources To Drill Shale Gas Wells Just Hundreds Of Feet From Homes In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 38 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In May; 225 In 2025 [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Estimates CY 2025 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenues At $235 Million, $70 Million More Than CY 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 15 Orphan Conventional Gas Wells In Clinton County [PaEN]
-- PUC Pipeline Safety Programs Earn Top Marks From Federal Evaluators
-- PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Service Area June 22-25, Electricity Use To Exceed Summer Forecast Peak, But Adequate Reserves Should Be Available [PaEN]
-- WTAE: Duquesne Light Urging Western Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Heat
-- PUC Approves Next Phase Of State Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program
-- Keystone Newsroom: A Light From Above: How One Pennsylvania Church In Union County Put Their Faith In Solar Energy
-- Cameron County Chamber Innovation Center Kitchen Switches To Electric Induction Stove, Energy Star Appliances With Help From West Penn Energy Fund [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension, PA Farm Bureau Host October 10 Energy & Agriculture Conference In Harrisburg; Sponsorships Available [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Electric Vehicle Fees Could Double For PA Drivers Next Year
-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay News: Bay Awareness Week; More County Projects; Funding, Technical Assistance
-- Guest Essay: Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Making Clean Water Possible On A Gettysburg Farm And Across Pennsylvania - By Becky Nas, 4th Generation Farmer [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands: 11,020 Native Trees Planted At Peacedale Preserve In Chester County Reforestation Effort [PaEN]
-- Request Native Trees Now For Fall Planting Thru PA Interfaith Power & Light, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Importance Of Manure Application Setbacks For Protecting Private Drinking Water
-- Penn State Extension July 16 Webinar On Keys To Water Wellhead Protection, 1:00 p.m.
-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day July 18 At Kutztown Headquarters
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Ohio River Restoration Plan Hopes To Rally Federal Support For Watershed
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Ohio River Basin, Essential To America’s Economy And Environment, Needs More Attention From Washington
-- Penn State: 18% Of Private Wells Sampled Have PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Levels Beyond Drinking Water Standards; July 2 PFAS Webinar [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Study: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In 65% Of Sampled Private Wells; 18% Had Levels Beyond Standards
-- Carlisle Sentinel: Study: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In 65% Of Sampled Private Wells; 18% Had Levels Beyond Standards
-- WVIA: Lackawanna County Wastewater Treatment Plant Takes A Proactive Approach To PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- Erie Times: Erie Coke [Coal] Facility Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Crimes, To Pay $700,000 Penalty For Clean Air Violations
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out Of School’ In Allegheny County, Study Shows
-- June 21 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Republican Herald - Ron Devlin: Blight-Resistant Chestnut Seeds Set In Soil In Cressona Orchard
-- Beaver Times - Martha Murdock, Master Gardener: Ensure Pollinator Success By Making Garden A Way Station
-- WHYY - Susan Philliips: It’s PA’s Spotted Lanternfly Season: Here’s What Researchers Know And Want You To Do
-- DCNR: Shapiro Administration Honors Delaware River As PA’s 2025 River Of The Year
-- MCall: How $2.6 Million In Federal Funds Will Close Key Trail Gap, Make Lehigh Valley Safer For Bicyclists
-- June 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- Join July 2 Webinar To Review Findings, Recommendations For Establishing An Outdoor Recreation Statewide Industry Organization [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Communities Win When We Invest In Outdoor Recreation - By Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council
-- MCall - Anthony Salamone: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Being Pitched As A Federal ‘Gateway Community;’ What Does That Mean?
-- TribLive: Rachel Carson Trail Challenge Pushes Hikers To The Limits
-- Tribune-Democrat: ATVs Become Nuisance On Future Ghost Town Trail Extension In Ebensburg Area
-- TribLive: Rapid Flow In Kiski, Yough Rivers Increase Risks As Seasoned River Runners Urge Caution
-- AP: After Hiking 1,100 Miles Of The Appalachian Trail, It’s Ice Cream They Devour [Video]
-- TribLive: Point State Park Parking Lot Closed Until Early Fall In Pittsburgh Due To Repairs
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights July Activities
-- Erie Times: Shallow-Water Ciscoes Fish Gone From Lake Erie For Decades Rediscovered In PA Lake
Gas Explosions
-- WVIA: UGI, PUC Settle Natural Gas Eruption Case That Killed A Woman In Monroe County
Train Derailments
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: EPA’s Work On Train Derailments Far From Done
Storms/Power Outages
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Consumers Shouldn’t Subsidize The Energy Needs Of Data Centers - By Matthew Kandrach, Consumer Action For A Strong Economy
New Federal Administration
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Penn State Hit With $27 Million Cut In Climate-Smart Farming Grant, Will Reapply
-- Capital & Main: A Coal Miner’s Daughter Takes On DOGE To Protect Miners’ Health
-- CNN: EPA Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil & Gas Industry
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: One Bad Backward Bill Will Hurt The Nation - By John Quigley
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Four-Letter Word Missing From The Big Beautiful Bill - JOBS - By Kate Harper & Conor Lamb, Energy Future PA
-- The Center Square: Appalachian Regional Commission Set For 93% Reduction In Funding In Big Beautiful Bill
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: PA Lawmakers Will Miss June 30 Budget Deadline As State Faces $5.5 Billion Shortfall, Top Republican Says
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Transportation In Pennsylvania Is A Bipartisan Issue - By Former Governors Mark Schweiker and Ed Rendell
-- Beaver Times/Spotlight PA: After Minnesota Shootings, Some PA Lawmakers Seek Privacy, Personal Protection Increase
-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports PA Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 3.4% In May For 8th Consecutive Month
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