-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
June 4, 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 4, 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
TODAY 10:00: House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 948 (Ciresi-D- Montgomery) prohibiting the blocking of electric vehicle charging stations; House Bill 1239 (Hanbidge-D- Montgomery) preventing owners’ association from blocking installation of solar energy. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 2:30: Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 2:30 p.m. (formal notice)
June 6-14-- Lancaster County Water Week
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.
-- DEP Forecasts Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, June 4 In Susquehanna Valley, Southeast PA, Lehigh Valley
-- Post-Gazette: Expect One More Day Of Hazy Skies Related To Canada’s Wildfires
-- David Staebler Posthumously Honored With Kathy Snavely Environmental Advocate Award By Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
-- CBF: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Progress Underscores Need For Investment And Commitment [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: The Balancing Act - Keeping Farms Productive While Reducing Polluted Runoff
-- Chesapeake Bay Program Model Estimates Lower Amount Of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment Pollution Entering Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State Extension July 23 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing [PaEN]
-- The Patch: Mandatory Drought Restrictions Lifted In Doylestown Boro, Bucks County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Seats Committee To Review Applications To County Disaster Relief Fund
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Fearing Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste, A Mercer County Community Fights To Stop A Landfill’s Re-Opening
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Supreme Court Decision On ‘Title Washing’ And Oil & Gas Rights [PDF of Article]
-- Allegheny County Health Dept: On June 2 The US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Had Elevated Sulfur Emissions Due To An Equipment Breakdown
-- WPXI: Hours-Long US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Breakdown Sends High Levels Of Pollutants Into Air
-- WNEP: Dunmore Residents Return Home As Sinkhole Gets Filled In Lackawanna County
-- Erie Times: One Woman’s Fight Against Litter Is Growing Into A Millcreek Community Campaign
-- WNEP: DCNR Highlights State Parks Amid Federal Cuts
-- WNEP: Danville Area Teacher Completes Tree Climbs In Every PA County; Talks Future Project
-- WESA: New Public Greenspace Planned In Downtown Pittsburgh Is Now Fully Funded
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Outdoor Yoga Classes In Pennsylvania's Local Parks Are The Best Deal In Town This Summer [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Take A Hike! Saturday Is National Trails Day
-- Williamsport Sun: ROAMbler Platform Connects People To Great Outdoors In Pennsylvania Wilds
-- Reading Eagle: Berks Woman Rescues 33 Turtles From Park Construction Site
-- Allegheny Land Trust Welcomes New President & CEO Carrie Gilbert [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Entries To Its Juried Land, Water Wildlife Photo Contest Starting Aug. 1 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Sunday Hunting Is Up For Debate Again In The PA House
Train Derailments
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Meta Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation Energy [Taking More Power From Grid]
-- Bloomberg: A.I.’s Urgent Need For Power Spurs Return Of Dirtier Gas Turbines
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: FERC Skimps On Winter Storm Failure Analysis, No Data On Generators That Failed - By Paul Arbaje, Union of Concerned Scientists
-- Reuters Guest Essay: Five Charts On Key US Electricity And Power Generation Trends
-- NYT: Electricity Prices Are Surging, The Republican Budget Bill Could Push Them Higher [Data Center Boom, Rising LNG Gas Exports, Cuts In Clean Energy Tax Breaks]
New Federal Administration
--The Allegheny Front: Logging Will Increase 10% In Allegheny National Forest Under President’s Directive
-- Williamsport Sun: PA Hardwoods Industry Worries About Impact Of President’s Tariffs On Wood Industry
-- TribLive Editorial: Where Does President Stand On Coal Mining? [Future Of Mine Safety Offices]
-- The Atlantic: FEMA Is Not Prepared, Citizens Could Be On Their Own This Hurricane Season
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- City & State PA: For Bipartisan Group Of PA Politicos, A Decades-Long Shapiro Connection
-- TribLive: Educators Debate PA House Proposal To Set Flat Cyber Charter Tuition Rate
-- PennLive: PA Cyber Charter Private School Censors Student Journalists For Reporting Critically About School
-- PA Capital-Star: Harrisburg City School District Becomes First In PA History To Emerge From Receivership
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Committee Votes To Make State Attorney General A Watchdog On Hospital Purchases
-- Inquirer: PA Hired 119 Former Federal Workers Amid DOGE Shake-Up
-- Inquirer: Want To See A PA Law Changed? Here’s Where Most Ideas Go To Die
-- Financial Times: Could A Small Pennsylvania Town [Stroudsburg] Help Democrats Rediscover Their Mojo?
-- Spotlight PA: Millions For Public WiFi, Digital Skills Classes In PA Cut As President Targets ‘Racist’ Broadband Program
-- Post-Gazette: As Penn State Campuses Close, Regional Colleges Step Up To Support Students
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: With Significant Chinese Student Enrollment, Pitt And CMU Could Feel Hit From President Revoking Visas
-- Republican Herald: Letter Campaign Underway To Support Man Arrested By Federal ICE In Pottsville
-- AP: Some Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Upset President Received A Jersey At Political Rally
-- AP: 50% Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum Start Wednesday
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