-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
July 1, 2
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!
TODAY 6:30: In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Crawford County. 6:30 p.m.
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing [Free Water Test], Noon to 1:00 p.m.
July 2-- DCNR Webinar To Review Findings, Recommendations For Establishing An Outdoor Recreation Statewide Industry Organization. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
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
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.
-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Request To End Appeal Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution [PaEN]
-- PUC Seeks $395,000 Penalty Against UGI Utilities For 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Suburban Harrisburg; $50,000 Penalty Against Contractor [PaEN]
-- PennLive: PUC Files Complaints Against UGI, Plumber For 2022 Dauphin County House Explosion
-- KYW: Deadly Explosion In Philadelphia’s Nicetown Neighborhood Could Be Natural Gas-Fueled, Source Says
-- TribLive Letter: Air Pollution And Dementia - By Dr. Marti Haykin
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Drain The Swamp, Bring DOE's Fossil Energy Office To Pennsylvania - By Athan Koutsiouroumbas, Long Nyquist Lobbying Firm
-- Mountain Watershed Association Files EHB Appeal Of DEP's Approval Of The 1,452 Acre Expansion of the Rustic Ridge #1 Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Remembering Ryerson Station State Park's Duke Lake, Lost To Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining In Greene County 20 Years Ago - By Sarah Sweeney, Center for Coalfield Justice [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Federal Mine Safety Office To Close In August After Years Of Investigating Deaths, Injuries Of Miners
-- The Derrick: PennDOT Opens 2 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In The Area
-- DEP Launches New Streamlining Permits For Economic Expansion & Development (SPEED) Permit Review Program [Release + Video]
-- Bucks County Beacon - Naomi Weiss: ‘Regulatory Sandbox’ Bill Proposed By PA Republican Senator Would Allow Businesses To Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
-- Call For Presentations: Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference March 23-25, 2026 [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: National Water Utility Conference Coming To Pittsburgh July 8-11
-- Scranton Times: Improved Scranton Recycling Collection Begins Next Week
-- WHYY: William Penn Foundation Puts Up $5 Million To Spark Innovation Around Legal Dumping
-- Williamsport Sun: Wyoming Valley Sanitation Authority Completes Streambank Restoration Project ON Mill Creek
-- Help Wanted: Ursinus College Conservation Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Nature Adventures Can Support Kids Health
-- Altoona Mirror: Sept. 11 National Memorial Trail Project Receives Grant From Appalachian Regional Commission
-- WNEP: Boy, 17, Drowns At Seven Tubs Recreation Area In Luzerne County
-- The Center Square: Bill To Lift Sunday Hunting Ban On Way To Governor
Storms/Power Outages
-- LancasterOnline: Overnight Flooding Impacts Thousands In Lancaster County
-- PennLive: More Than 10,000 Without Power After Storms Rip Through Central PA
-- Pennsylvania Power Outages [17,817 as of 6:51 a.m. July 1]
Other States/Nations
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Core Natural Resources Delays Reopening Of Underground Longwall Coal Mine In WV After Fire Due To High Carbon Dioxide Levels
New Federal Administration
-- Reuters - Commentary: US Power Plant Pollution Climbs On Higher Coal Use
-- TribLive/AP: US Senate Republican Tax Bill Could Crush Wind, Solar Power, Advocates Say
-- EPA Announces It Will Revise Power Plant Wastewater Standards To Support Electric Reliability And Unleash American Energy [Again]
-- US Dept Of Energy Announces Updated NEPA Procedures To End Permitting Paralysis, Unleash American Energy
-- AP: EPA Employees Put Names To ‘Declaration Of Dissent’ Over Agency Moves Under President
-- AP: NOAA Delays Cutoff Of Key Satellite Data For Hurricane Forecasting
-- Michigan Advance: Michigan Joins 14 Other States In Challenging President’s Energy Emergency Executive Order [Not Pennsylvania]
-- Reuters: US Supreme Court Dealt Blows To EPA And Environmental Protections
-- Wall Street Journal: New EPA Leader Shakes Up Agency With A ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Mandate
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Governor Anticipates A Budget Deal ‘Very Soon’ As Lawmakers Blow Through Budget Deadline
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Gov. Shapiro Says State Budget Deal ‘Very Close’
-- PennLive: PA Budget Deadline Slips By, As Shapiro, Legislature Continue To Negotiate
-- WESA: Gov. Shapiro, State Democrats Warn Of Federal Cuts In Congressional Republican Spending Bill
-- Tribune-Democrat: Uncertainty In Congress Clouds PA Budget Negotiations; Democrats Rail Against Federal Medicaid Cuts
-- Inquirer: Federal Budget Bill Poised To Cut Medicaid, Here’s What’s At Stake For 5 Philly-Area Families
-- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Said He Not Sure Food Stamps Will Be Able To Exist In PA Under President’s Budget Bill
-- MCall: Farmers Market Program For Senior Squeezed By Federal Cuts: ‘It’s Raining On Our Older Adults’
-- TribLive: Long Day Of US Senate Budget Votes Made Fetterman Miss A Trip To Beach With His Family
-- Inquirer: As DOGE Cuts Take Effect, Philly-Area Small Nonprofits Trying To Adapt
-- KYW: PA Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans Announces He Won’t Seek Re-Election
-- TribLive Editorial: Does PA Chamber Video Sell Pennsylvania As A State For Business Or Just Roast New York City?
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Federal ICE Must Release Detained Georgia Journalist
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[Posted: July 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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