-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
August: No Days Scheduled
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
August: No 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 11:00: Media Advisory: DCNR Highlights Conservation Workforce Successes Of PA Outdoor Corps. Kings Gap Environmental Ed Center, Cumberland County.
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar: Data Centers & LNG Gas Replace Petrochemicals & Hydrogen As The Latest Natural Gas Shiny Objects That Are Destined To Disappoint. Noon.
August 4-8-- In-Person. Shippensburg University, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Host South Mountain Climate & Land Use Exploration For Educators
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.
August 21-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
-- TribLive: DEP Intern Spots Rare Freshwater Jellyfish Near Presque Isle In Lake Erie [Video]
-- DEP Facebook Video Of Jellyfish
-- Erie Times: DEP Intern Finds Freshwater Jellyfish At Presque Isle; What You Should Know
-- Post-Gazette: DEP Intern Spotted Rare Freshwater Jellyfish In Presque Isle Bay: ‘I Was Stunned’
-- Pin Oak Energy Partners Signs Consent Order With DEP To Address Its Failure To Restore 16 Shale Gas Well Sites And An Impoundment In Beaver County Since 2023 [PaEN]
-- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts By Increasing Reliability From Less Than 75% Now To An Achievable 90% [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Three Proposals To Protect Consumers From A.I. Price Increases: Bring Your Own Generation; Data Centers Must Pay Their Fair Share; An 'All Of The Above' Energy Future, Including Renewables - By Kevin Walker, CEO, Duquesne Light [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute July 31 Webinar: Data Centers & LNG Gas Replace Petrochemicals & Hydrogen As The Latest Natural Gas Shiny Objects That Are Destined To Disappoint [PaEN]
-- PUC Chairman DeFrank Leads National Effort To Strengthen Natural Gas Use Energy Efficiency, Reliability, And Sustainability [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Federal EPA Rollbacks Mean Pennsylvania Must Take The Lead On Cutting Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations - By Melissa Ostroff, Earthworks [PaEN]
-- TribLive Letter: We Need Strong Regulations To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations - By Dr. Gabriel Cisneros
-- Scranton Times: Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens At Sheetz In Dickson City
-- WHYY: PECO Offering $500 Grants To Help Customers Pay Off Overdue Bills
-- PEMA Highlights Upgraded Weather Monitoring And Flood Warning System At Greencastle-Antrim School, Franklin County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: PA’s New Monitoring Stations Will Better Alert Residents To Floods, Other Weather Events
-- The Center Square: State Upgrades Flood Warning System
-- Post-Gazette: Emergency Alerts Sounded During Deadline West Virginia Flooding; Here’s How They Work And When They’re Used
-- The Center Square: Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity Other State Treasurers Urge Financial Institutions To Abandon Environmental, Social And Governance Practices
-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Hosts 2 AmeriCorps Interns Funded By Federal Office Of Surface Mining [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Mountville Boro Wraps Up Stream Restoration Project At Spring Hill Park
-- Erie Times: Erie County Dept. Of Health Expands Wastewater Testing To Include Measles, Drugs
-- York Dispatch: Dozens Of Volunteers Help Clear Codorus Creek Of Debris
-- Tribune-Democrat: Sen. Langerholc Working On Bill To End Vehicle Emissions Testing In Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Seismograph Picked Up Pacific Earthquake From 5,000 Miles Away
-- Tri-County Independent: More Ticks, More Risk: East Stroudsburg University Tick Research Lab
-- Chesapeake Bay Program Exceeds Goal To Open New Sites For Public To Access Water; PA Added 9 Sites In 2024 For Total Of 230
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Cuts Ribbon On Latest Playground Upgrade
-- PA Wilds: New PA Wilds-Themed Wine From Elk Mountain Winery: Drink In The Backdoor View
Train Derailments
Storms/Power Outages
-- Observer-Reporter: Amwell Twp., Washington County Farm Heavily Damaged In Recent Flooding
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Bloomberg Opinion: Coal-Powered A.I. Robots Are A Dirty Fantasy
New Federal Administration
-- Utility Dive: EPA Aims To Revoke ‘Endangerment Finding’ Underpinning Power, Auto Sector Climate Regulations
-- The Economist: US President’s War On Climate Science Has Staggering Implications - By Ralph Keeling [PDF of Article]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Leaders Can’t Pass A State Budget On Time - It’s An Annual Embarrassment And An Annual Crisis
-- PA Capital-Star: Education Advocates Relieved As President’s Administration Releases $230 Million For PA Schools
-- PennLive: Dept. Of Human Services To Bring Back Thousands Of Employees To Offices 2 Days A Week Who Now Work From Home
-- PA Capital-Star: Republican State Senator Wants To Raise PA’s Minimum Wage To $11 Per Hour
-- MCall: Pottstown Questioning Low Bail For Repeat Offenders, The Answer Is Complex And Scary
-- TribLive: John Fetterman’s Memoir ‘Unfettered’ Is Latest Offering In Library Of Congress
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[Posted: July 31, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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