Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles/ NewsClips - 7.4.25

“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

July 7, 8, 9

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

No Session Days Scheduled

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!

July 7-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Harrisburg. Noon

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.  Read more about the agenda.

July 9-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Williamsport. 6:30 p.m.

July 10-- Virtual. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities.  Noon.

July 14-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities.  Susquehanna County. 6:30 p.m.

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Red Barn Annex, Ag Progress Days Site, Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County. 10:00 a.m.

-- Remember The Words Of The Declaration Of Independence As We Work For A Better, Safer, Healthier, Cleaner Environment To Secure Our Unalienable Rights To Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 5 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 5 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- CNX Resources Challenges Environmental Hearing Board Authority To Add Conditions To Permits For Shale Gas Wells At The Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Completes $1.8 Billion Acquisition Of Olympus Energy

-- WHYY: PUC Judge Denies Philadelphia Gas Works Request For Internal Emails, Texts, Memos From Climate Groups Participating In Its Rate Case, It Would Violate The First Amendment 

-- PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 6 In Its Western Region, July 7 In Its Mid-Atlantic & Southern Regions, Including Areas In PA  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Summer’s Triple Threat - Energy Bills Rising, Grids Straining, Help Shrinking - By Destenie Nock, Peoples Energy Analytics  

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City To Start 2 Phases Of New Water Pipeline From Susquehanna River That Will Cost Up To $50 Million

-- PA Wilds Center: New Products Celebrating The Landscapes Of The PA Wilds Developed As Part Of Inaugural PA Wilds Collaborative Series Launch July 24 

-- Republican Herald: Harmful Algae Bloom Advisory At Blue Marsh Lake National Recreation Area 

-- Warren Times: New Boat Launch Opens On Allegheny River Thanks To Warren Conservation District, Western PA Conservancy

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center: The Prairie Is Beginning To Bloom In Butler County   

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Fledgling Bald Eagle Tempts Fate As He Practices Flying And Landing Before Leaving The Irvin Works Nest   

Federal Mega Budget Bill

-- PA Groups Say Federal Megabill Will Increase Pollution, Raise The Cost Of Living, Reduce Energy Choice  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Western PA Republicans See Hope, Democrats Doom In Passage Of President’s Megal Bill

-- Utility Dive: US House Passes Megabill Sending It To President With Steep Cuts In Clean Energy; President Promised Additional Restrictions On Wind, Solar, EV Subsidies 

-- E&E News/Politico: Energy Winners And Losers In Republican MegaBill

Gas Explosions

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Power Restored To Downtown Wilkes-Barre After Natural Gas Leak, Additional Repairs Continue To Gas Pipeline

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.16  Ohio- $2.90  PA- $3.34 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Down 1 From Last Week To 17

New Federal Administration

-- TribLive/AP: EPA Puts On Leave 139 Employees Who Spoke Out Against Policies Under President

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: President’s Massive Tax Bill Could Cost PA $800 Million To Keep Food Benefits Program Going

-- Republican Herald: PA Officials Warn Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Have ‘Devastating Effects’

-- MCall: PA Hospitals Expected To Lose Out Under Megabill Medicaid Cuts

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Republican Con. Ryan Mackenzie Lauds ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ As Democrat Opponents Blast It

-- WITF: Republican Con. Lloyd Smucker Voted For Megabill After Assurances From President He would work To Lower The Size Of The Federal Deficit

-- Gov. Shapiro, Rhoads Industries Announce A Nearly $100 Million Investment To Expand Shipbuilding, Manufacturing At Philadelphia Navy Yard

-- Warren Times Editorial: Our Nation Is More Than Its Politics

-- TribLive Editorial: Let Freedom Ring - Stand Up To Tyranny

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Scraps Office For Equity, Diversity, Inclusion As President Pushes Against DEI 

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh Rebrands Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Office to Office Of Institutional Engagement & Well-Being After Pressure From President’s Actions

-- TribLive: University Of Pennsylvania To Update Swimming Records Set By Lia Thomas, Settling With Feds On Transgender Athletes Case

-- Wall Street Journal: US Economy Added 147,000 Jobs In June, But Nearly Half Were In Government; Many Private Employers Not Hiring Anymore [Due To Tariffs, Immigration Crackdown, Uncertainty] 

-- The Economist: President’s Megabill Will Erode The Foundations Of America’s Prosperity

-- Financial Times: President Tightens Grip On Power With ‘Big Beautiful’ Policy Triumph

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[Posted: July 4, 2025]  PA Environment Digest