-- 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!
TODAY Noon: Virtual. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Noon.
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Black Appalachia Coalition Hosts Steel Sick Webinar: When Breathing Becomes A Battleground, Noon
TODAY 6:00: Virtual. Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Host Webinar Ahead Of Statewide Native Tree And Shrub Sale. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
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.
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.
-- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Prices; Hold Your Breath! [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: As More A.I. Data Centers Connect To PA’s Electric Grid, Some Worry Prices Will Spike
-- Financial Times: US Utilities Plot Big Rise In Electricity Rates As Data Centre Demand Booms
-- Scranton Times: Developer Looks To Build 30+ Data Centers In North Pocono Using 1.5 GW Of Power In Lackawanna County
-- The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Details $5.5 Million Upgrade Costs For Rhodes Estates Water Systems In Venango County Area; Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Effort To Find Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Coming To Allegheny County
-- Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Patrice Tomcik, Mother, Butler County Resident And Moms Clean Air Force Member [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: Longtime FracTracker Alliance Activist Ted Auch Moves On, His Concerns About The Industry Persist
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Proposed RESET Energy Facility Siting Board Must Be Scrapped - By Dr. Barbara Brandom, Concerned Healthcare Providers of PA & Mark Oseicki [House Bill 502]
-- Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell Post Presentations From Conference On Using Abandoned Mine Pools As Resources [PaEN]
-- Clean Air Council, NRDC Sue EPA Over Toxic Refinery Chemical That Threatens Fenceline Communities [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Federal Judge Questions Feds’ Move To Drop Criminal Case Against Erie Coke [Coal] Supervisor For Illegal Air Pollution
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy Consortium Led By Western PA Universities Vie For $160 Million National Science Foundation Grant
-- TimesOnline: Tamaqua Boro Hears Lehigh Anthracite’s Solar Energy Facility Plans In Schuylkill County [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Massive Wind Turbine Blade Slices Into Westmoreland County Business
-- PennLive Editorial: Texas Flood Tragedy Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Pennsylvania
-- Bloomberg: Few Texas Homeowners Hit By Extreme Rains Have Federal Flood Insurance
-- PA Dept. Of Insurance: Why Should I Consider Flood Insurance?
-- Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Public Input Virtual Workshop July 15, 6:30 p.m.
-- ReImagine Appalachia, Central Appalachian Network Host July 17 Webinar On Nature Based Hazard Mitigation To Reduce Flooding [PaEN]
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Aug. 7 Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Cumberland County Farmer Wins Land Us Battle Sparked By Debate Over Land Application Of Food Processing Residuals He Never Used
-- DCNR Grants News: Celebrate Park & Recreation Professionals Day! July 18; Video Highlights Of Recreation Career Options; Heritage Song Playlist Competition
-- Courier Times: Bucks County Offers Plenty Of Scenic Sites For Health-Sustaining Walks
-- WHYY: Penn’s Landing Park Over I-95 In Philly Taking Shape
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying To Help Limit West Nile Virus Transmission
-- DEP West Nile & Jamestown Canyon Virus Monitoring, Control Program Website
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternflies Are Aback In The Pittsburgh Area, And They’ll Be Here A While
-- Susquehanna Greenway: The Hatch Of The Mayflies - A Summer Spectacle On The Susquehanna River - By Darian Jones, Communications & Outreach AmeriCorps Assistant
-- Hollow Oak Land Trust: July 19 Bugfest At Montour Woods Pavillion In Moon Twp., Allegheny County, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Historic Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban
Federal Mega Budget Bill
-- Appalachian Voices: How The President’s Plan For The Federal Budget Hurts Appalachia
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Prices; Hold Your Breath! [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: As More A.I. Data Centers Connect To PA’s Electric Grid, Some Worry Prices Will Spike
-- Financial Times: US Utilities Plot Big Rise In Electricity Rates As Data Centre Demand Booms
-- Scranton Times: Developer Looks To Build 30+ Data Centers In North Pocono Using 1.5 GW Of Power In Lackawanna County
-- Philadelphia Business Journal: Massive 6 Million Square Foot Data Center Proposed In New Castle, Delaware
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Newsweek: Oil & Natural Gas Drilling Plummets Under President Despite ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Promise Due To Market Forces
-- Reuters: APA Corp Said It Curtailed US Natural Gas, Liquids Production In 2nd Quarter On Weak Prices
Other States/Nations
-- Bloomberg: Few Texas Homeowners Hit By Extreme Rains Have Federal Flood Insurance
New Federal Administration
-- Inquirer: At Least 7 EPA Workers In Philly Office Placed On Leave After Signing Declaration Of Dissent
-- Reuters: President Calls Wind, Solar Energy Bad For Power Grid; Texas Shows Otherwise
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Medicaid Cuts In President’s Tax Bill Will ‘Devastate’ Access To Health Care In Rural PA, Critics Say
-- York Daily Record: President’s Budget Bill Could Result In Over 42,000 People Losing Medicaid, Food Stamp Benefits In Republican PA Congressmen Perry, Smucker Districts
-- PA Capital-Star: US Dept. Of Justice Presses Pennsylvania For Answers On How It Manages Voter Rolls
-- The Center Square: PA Democratic Cong. Deluzio Introduces New Federal Insurrection Act Proposal
-- Post-Gazette: How PA Democrats Could Use Republican Spending Bill In 2026 Congressional Races
-- PA Capital-Star: Allegheny County Joins Immigrant Sanctuary Lawsuit Seeking To Block President’s Funding Cuts
-- Post-Gazette: Butler County Residents, Lawmakers At Odds Over Sheriff’s Partnership With Federal ICE
-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County DA Signs Agreement For Federal ICE Program
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[Posted: July 10, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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