-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
July 14, 15, 16
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
July: No Session Days Scheduled
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!
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.
July 15-- In-Person. DEP Town Hall Meeting On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Leak In Bucks County. Upper Makefield Twp. Building, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown. 7:30 p.m.
July 15-- Virtual. Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar On Proposed New Bay Agreement: Clean Water for a Healthy Bay - Exploring The Revised Goal. Noon.
July 16-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Montgomery County. 6:30 p.m.
July 16-- Virtual. Environmental Health Project To Launch Compounds Of Concern Online Tool During Webinar. 7:00 to 8:00 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.
-- DEP Approves Permit For 400 MW, 2,716 Acre Mineral Basin Solar Energy Project On Abandoned Mine Land In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On An Air Quality Permit For A Proposed 218 MW Natural Gas Power Plant For A Data Center In Bradford County; Site Originally Proposed For An LNG Gas Facility [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 12 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 70 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: PA Leaders, President To Meet At Carnegie Mellon On Natural Gas, Data Centers As A.I. Threatens To Worsen Climate Change
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Summit To Showcase Intersection Of Energy, A.I. And Policy
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous/Residual Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Aug. 14 Hearing On A Stormwater Permit For The Proposed AAMPA Warehouse Project In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- July 28 Webinar: SLAPP Suits: Legal & Communication Strategies To Protect Your Voice In A Legally Risky Environment [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Support For Multi-Agency Resources Center For Those Impacted By Severe Storms In Susquehanna County; Center To Open July 14 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Communities Need Help To Cope With Storms Climate Change Is Accelerating - By Jen Mazzocco
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Government And Citizens Share Responsibility For Emergency Preparedness [PDF of Article]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Don’t Waste It: This Is An Opportunity To Rethink Philly’s Trash Collection System
-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Wilkes-Barre Hosts Screening To Raise Awareness Of Heightened Firefighter Cancer Risk [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ other risks]
-- DEP: Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance Documents In Development [PaEN]
-- TribLive: West Nile Virus Found In Mosquito Samples From Multiple Allegheny County Neighborhoods
-- DCNR, Volunteers, Local Officials Celebrate Opening Of First Phase Of Rothrock State Forest’s Musser Gap Trail In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Ebensburg To Unveil StoryWalk On Ghost Town Trail
-- Inquirer: Some Federal Campsites Closed By President In PA Are Back Open, Others May Not Be Open All Summer
-- Inquirer: FDR Park Opens 1st Phase Of Comprehensive Overhaul: ‘Once-In-A-Generation Investment’
-- Reading Eagle: Blue Marsh Lake Federal Recreation Area Closed To Swimming Due To Algae Levels
-- Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie July 26 At Jennings Environmental Ed Center In Butler County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Fireflies Making Noticeable Return To Western PA
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- Wall Street Journal: Can Pittsburgh’s Old Steel Mills Be Turned Into An A.I. Hub? [PDF of Article]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.15 Ohio- $3.06 PA- $3.26
-- Baker Hughes: PA Drilling Rigs At 17, Same As Last Week
-- S&P Global: US Power Sector Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Investments; 106 GW Planned For 197 Sites
New Federal Administration
-- Warren Times: State, Private, Tribal Forestry Division Proposed To Be Eliminated In National Forest Service That Helps Local Companies
-- Inquirer: Some Federal Campsites Closed By President In PA Are Back Open, Others May Not Be Open All Summer
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Nearly 2 Weeks Past Deadline, PA Officials Share Few Details On State Budget Progress
-- The Center Square: Gov. Shapiro Says ‘Be Proud’ Of Legislative Leaders Amid Budget Talks [Video]
-- TribLive Editorial: Should Pennsylvania Eliminate Sales Tax Exemptions?
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Needs To Stop Subsidizing Horse Racing And Put That Money Toward Transit
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: 20 Years After Pay Raise Scandal, Reformers Say Harrisburg Still Lacks Transparency And Integrity
-- AG Sunday Announces Settlement With 8 Opioid Manufacturers To Bring $28 Million To PA
-- TribLive: 911 Outage Strikes Pennsylvania, State Official Says Techs Still Working On It
-- TribLive: Veterans Administration Insists Veterans Services Remain Robust In Pittsburgh Despite Staff Cuts [VA Refused To Say How Many Staff Cut]
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill School Districts Being Hit By Federal Funding Delay
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Perils Await In Next Year’s Federal Tax Season
-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Approves Tuition, Fee Increases For Fall Term, Lifts Hiring Freeze
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[Posted: July 12, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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