-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
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
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
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.
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.
-- Celebrating 30 Years Of Excellence As The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources [PaEN]
-- PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ On-Lot Septic System Reg Changes Focus Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting July 8 [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Commonwealth Court Rules Elizabeth Twp., In Allegheny County Violated Its Own Zoning Ordinance To Allow Shale Gas Well Pad, Pipeline To Be Built In A Residential Area
-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp., Greene County In Federal Court Over Limits On Heavy Equipment Hauling On Local Roads To Prevent Damage [PDF of Article]
-- Penn State Extension Adds McKean County Workshop To Promote $100/Well Bounty To Find Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners; Workshops Set In Clarion, Crawford, Mercer Counties [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Natural Gas Leak Results In Power Being Cut To Much Of Downtown Wilkes-Barre, Turning Off Street Lights Throughout The City
-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Natural Gas Rate Drops This Quarter
-- DEP Ends Drought Watch Across The State, All Counties Have Returned To Normal Status; 17 Water Suppliers Still Have Restrictions [PaEN]
-- ExploreClarion.com: Boil Water Advisory Lifted For East Brady, Rimersburg Water Service Area
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: US Senate Approves Federal Budget Bill With Critical Improvements, But It Risks Higher Energy Prices For Families [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Electric Grid Power Capacity Needs Of Larger Industrial Customers Could Threaten Industrial Growth In Pittsburgh Region [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Receives $22.7 Million In US DOE Loan For Energy Storage Production Expansion In Turtle Creek [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald: PA Anthracite Council Asks President To Impose Tariffs To Preserve Coal Industry [Supports Foreign Steel Making] [PDF of Article]
-- Inside Climate News: Federal Budget Megabill Gives Tax Breaks To Companies Exporting Metallurgical Coal That Supports Foreign Steel Making
-- PennLive: Harrisburg’s Water Utility Offers $1.4 Billion Plan To Cut Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna River
-- The Holcad: Westminster College Students Partner With Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition On Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Project [PaEN]
-- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7-9 [PaEN]
-- PA State Grange, Farmers Stress How Federal Food Stamp Cuts Will Hurt PA Farms, Families [Release + Video]
-- July 5 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Politico.com: 200 Pennsylvanians Find Common Ground On Climate Change, Immigration, Voter ID In Just A Few Days
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jeri Jones - Geology, Dirt Track Racing, Star Gazing And The Zoom Rock Room - By Wayne W. Kober [PaEN]
-- Health/DCNR/DEP Highlight Lyme Disease, Tick Bite Prevention Best Practices [Release +Video + Photos]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land - Landowners Blaine & Terry Aikin Tell Their Story About Gentle Bear Run, Venango County [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Adds 203 Acres To State Game Lands In Mercer County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Ranked Among Best Sunset Spots In US
-- Tribune-Democrat: Unsafe Section Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail In Somerset County To Remain Closed As Rocks, Trees ‘Fall Nonstop’
-- DCNR Resource News: 30 Years Of Excellence; DCNR Employees Honored By Governor; Delaware River Of The Year; Naturalistic Fish Passage At Sunbury; Much More!
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: How Flinging Crickets In The Air Helped Save Purple Martins In Western PA
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights July Education, Outdoor Experience, Special Events
Storms/Power Outages
-- Attorney General Sunday Warns Consumers Of Potential Scams Following Storms, Flooding
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Financial Times: Canada’s Bid To Become An Energy Superpower To Ward Off Ill Effects Of US President’s Tariffs
-- Bloomberg: Canada LNG Natural Gas Is The First Sign Of A Global Natural Gas Oversupply
-- Reuters: Oil, Natural Gas Activity Contracted In Q2 On Higher US Steel Tariffs
-- Reuters: US Paves Way For Energy Transfer To Resume Ethane Exports To China Amid Trade Truce [To Strengthen Chinese Industry]
New Federal Administration
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: US Senate Approves Federal Budget Bill With Critical Improvements, But It Risks Higher Energy Prices For Families [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: PA Anthracite Council Asks President To Impose Tariffs To Preserve Coal Industry [Supports Foreign Steel Making] [PDF of Article]
-- Inside Climate News: Federal Budget Megabill Gives Tax Breaks To Companies Exporting Metallurgical Coal That Supports Foreign Steel Making
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: Pace Of PA Budget Talks Hit By Federal Budget Bill As Gov. Shapiro Slams Cuts To Medicaid, Food Stamps
-- The Center Square: A Round-Up Of State Legislative Action For The Week Of June 30
-- PA State Grange, Farmers Stress How Federal Food Stamp Cuts Will Hurt PA Farms, Families [Release + Video]
-- TribLive: 300,000+ In PA Could Lose Medicaid, Food Stamp Benefits Under Congressional Budget Bill, Shapiro Says
-- York Daily Record: PA Caregivers Brace For Federal Medicaid Cuts: ‘In The Fight Of Our Life’
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Hospitals Brace For Medicaid Cuts: ‘An Explosion Of Need’
-- WESA: Republican Medicaid Cuts Could Close Some PA Hospitals, Bruise Others
-- TribLive: Can Supermarkets Like Giant Eagle Fill Void Left By Ailing Pharmacy Industry In PA?
-- Courier Times: PA Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Lone Republican No Vote On Megabudget Bill In US House
-- PennLive: Democrats Move To Put Pressure On Republican Con. Scott Perry: ‘Cruelty Is The Point,” ‘It’s Not Accidental’
-- Politics PA: State Sen. Sharif Street Announces Candidacy For Dwight Evans’ Congressional Seat
-- Politico.com: 200 Pennsylvanians Find Common Ground On Climate Change, Immigration, Voter ID In Just A Few Days
-- PennLive Editorial: Can A 34-Year-Old Philadelphian Save The Democratic Party And America? We Shall See [Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta]
-- TribLive/AP: Analysis Shows President’s Tariffs Would Cost US Employers $82.3 Billion
-- TribLive: America’s Debt Surpasses $36 Trillion And Wold Keep Growing Under Congressional Budget Bill
-- The Economist: The Big Beautiful Bill Reveals The Hollowness Of The President’s Economic Policies
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[Posted: July 3, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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