"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]
House Voting Schedule
June 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 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
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. 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.
TODAY 2:00: EPA To Make Major Policy Announcement With PA, OH, WV Members Of Congress [Probably Repealing Power Plant Emission Controls]
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.
-- 19 Projects Recognized With 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
-- $100/Well Bounty Established For Previously Unknown Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners Under New Program Funded By Oil Region Alliance; 4 Penn State Extension Workshops Set [PaEN]
-- PennLive: 2.8-Magnitude Earthquake In Sullivan County [Epicenter 1 Mile From 2 Shale Gas Well Pads]
-- PA Trout Unlimited, 17 Other Environmental, Conservation Organizations Expressed Opposition To Proposed DEP Changes To Spill Reporting Requirements [PaEN]
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rare Earth Elements Study At Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Systems; Controlled Burn All Female Crew; Statewide AMD Conference [PaEN]
-- Call For Nominations! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards [PaEN]
-- University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card Shows Declined Health From 2024, Presents Long-Term Improvement [PaEN]
-- WHYY/AP: Chesapeake Bay Health Grade Dips After Hottest Year On Record, Extreme Rainfall Patterns
-- Senators Yaw, Martin: PA Senate Resolution Designates June 8-14 As Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week In Pennsylvania
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Health Dept. Fines US Steel $918,000 For Air Pollution From 167 Uncontrolled Pushes At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works In 2024
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: A Future Fueled By Washington County - By Electra Janis, Washington County Commissioner [Hydrogen Hub]
-- Inquirer/Capital & Main- Audrey Carleton: Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities For Years, A New Bill Could Change That
-- Pittsburgh’s Environmental Action Day July 12, City County Building, 9:00 a.m.
-- University Of Pennsylvania: Penn Medicine Sustainability Initiatives, Comprehensive Climate And Sustainability Action Plan
-- PA Environmental Council: Artists-In-Residence Announced For Reflections Through Art - Susquehanna River Water Trails Project [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna Greenway: Benefits To Choosing Mineral Sunscreen - Better For Your, Better For The River
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: With Pollinator Week Just Around The Corner, It’s Time To Go Native
-- York Daily Record: Osprey In Dangerous Lake Redman Nest Aided By Met-Ed, Game Commission
-- Reading Eagle: New Wildlife Viewing Platform Unveiled At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Train Derailments
-- Beaver Times: Pitt Researchers Visit Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Environmental Testing
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- Reuters: Data Center Demand To Push US Power Use To Record Highs In 2025-26, EIA Says
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Financial Times: US Oil Output Set For First Annual Drop Since Pandemic
New Federal Administration
-- EPA To Make Major Policy Announcement With PA, OH, WV Members Of Congress, 2:00 p.m. [Probably Repealing Power Plant Emission Controls]
-- Bloomberg: President Poised To Repeal Emission Curbs On Power Plant Pollution
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive: PA Democrats Try New Approach To Raising State Minimum Wage In Some Counties
-- PennLive: PA Private Charter School CEOs Earn More Money Than School District Superintendents, Oversee Fewer Students
-- TribLive Editorial: What Could Medicaid Cuts Mean For Pennsylvanians?
-- Inquirer: Clash During Anti-ICE Protest In Philadelphia Leds To 15 Arrests, 2 Injured Police Officers, 2 Hurt Demonstrators
-- ABC27: PA Republican Con. Meuser Pushes Back Against Critics Of Using Natural Guard Troops In LA
-- TribLive: Fetterman: Dems Lose ‘Moral High Ground’ When They Don’t Condemn Protest Violence, Vandalism
-- PA Capital-Star: PA National Guard Soldiers To Help With Traffic, Crowd Saturday At President’s Military/Birthday Parade
-- PennLive: Juneteenth Events In Central PA Include Harrisburg’s First Parade Celebrating The Holiday
-- Erie Times: No Kings Protest In Erie, Nationwide
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[Posted: June 11, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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