Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 6.29.25

“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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

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!

June 30-- DEP Press Event Announcing Opening Of SPEED Permitting Program.  11:00 a.m.

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

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-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 29 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Pittsburgh Area 

-- EPA Air Now Current Air Quality Conditions In Pennsylvania

-- 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]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp. Completes Successful Lithium Extraction From Shale Gas Wastewater At Susquehanna County Pilot Plant   [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Kiley Bense: Truckers Say Oil & Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations, Fracking Industry Says No

-- Post-Gazette - Brandon McGinley: July 15 PA Energy & Innovation Summit Will Be The Biggest Day For Pittsburgh In Decades

-- ExploreClarion.com: DEP Warns Customers Of Rimersburg Borough, East Brady Water Systems In Clarion County To Stop Drinking Their Tap Water After Discovering An Unidentified Chemical In The East Brady Water Supply

-- WHYY: Pennsylvania, Delaware Received Federal Funding To Remove PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Drinking Water

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: US Dept. Of Justice Files Criminal Charges Against Philadelphia School District Over Asbestos Management

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: What Will It Mean To Modernize US Steel’s Mon Valley Works?  Blast Furnaces, Carbon Emissions

-- TribLive Editorial: Public Participation Shouldn’t Just Happen When Convenient For Government 

-- WNEP: Girl Scouts Plant Trees To Restore Wildlife Habitat After Devastating Wildfire In Mountain Top, Luzerne County 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Hikers Hit Laurel Highlands For Keystone Trails Assn.’s Guided Excursion

-- LancasterOnline - PJ Reilly: PA State Game Lands Are Safe, While Millions Of Acres Of Federal Public Lands Across The US Are At Risk Of Being Sold

Train Derailments

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Feeling Abandoned, Community Contaminated By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Decides: ‘We Only Have Ourselves’ 

New Federal Administration

-- PennLive: PA Could Lose Over 4,000 Jobs If Federal Solar Tax Credits Are Cut, Industry Group Warns

-- PennLive: PA Lawmakers, Business Groups Urge Congressional Delegation To Protect Federal Nuclear Tax Credits

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers To Miss Budget Deadline, But Don’t Expect Lengthy Impasse

-- Post-Gazette: Fetterman Continues To Frustrate Democrats As Potential Rivals Focus On Party’s Fight Against President

-- Scranton Times: Many Forget The Damage Done By Diseases Like Whooping Cough, Measles And Rubella, Not These Families 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Instead Of Federal ICE Raids On Farmworkers, Overhaul This Visa Program 

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[Posted: June 29, 2025]  PA Environment Digest