-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
July: 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
July: 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 1:30: DEP, DCNR, PUC To Announce 2 GW Of Solar Power Installed In PA, 1:30 At Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, York County
TODAY 4:00: PJM Interconnection Announces Results Of Latest Power Auction
TODAY 10:00: In-Person. Environmental Quality Board hearing on Proposed Regulation Related To Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans. DEP Southwest Regional Office, Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m.
TODAY 11:00: Virtual Press Briefing: Ohio River Valley Institute, Keystone Energy Efficiency Assn. Highlight What The Pittsburgh A.I. & Energy Summit Missed. 11:00 a.m.
TODAY 6:30: Virtual and Last. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. 6:30 p.m.
July 23-- Virtual Only. Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. 10:00 a.m. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here on agenda.
July 23-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. Trinity Point Church of God, 180 West Trinity Drive, Clarion. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.
July 23-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Understanding Pennsylvania's Legacy Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
July 24-- Virtual: The Reliable Grid Project Webinar On PJM’s Latest Capacity Auction, Consumer Inpacts, Federal Policy Shifts, 2:00 p.m.
July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie At Jennings Environmental Ed Center. Slippery Rock, Butler County.
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.
-- PA Envirothon: Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Competes In NCF International Envirothon In Calgary, Alberta Thru July 26 [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson Brings A Green Thumb To Philadelphia Rain Garden [PaEN]
-- Echo-Pilot: Franklin Conservation District Manager Dave Stoner Wins PACD Employee Excellence Award
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network: Now On-Demand - 2025 Watershed Congress Presentations [PaEN]
-- LandStudies: Ripple Effect - 9 Years Of Lancaster Water Week Partnership Highlighting Watershed Restoration Projects
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Stormwater Committee Awards Contract For Floodplain Restoration Project On Beaverdam Branch Of Juniata River
-- Observer-Reporter: Flash Flood Warnings Issued By NWS In Pittsburgh Doubled In 2025
-- Republican Herald Guest Editorial: Texas Floods Show Danger Of Ignoring History And Common Sense
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Proactive Williamsport Project Maps Extensive Network Of Stormwater Outfalls
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: New GIS Mapping Tool Helps Emphasize Importance Of Groundwater Recharge, Helps Landowners With Decision Making
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Families Learn About Water Chemistry, Aquatic Health Through Hands-On Floating Classroom
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Students Fish, Kayak, Study Pond Life During West Branch HERYN Program At Bald Eagle State Forest
-- Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN]
-- Mountain Watershed Assn.: DEP Issues Violation To Highlands Sporting Clays For Lead Contamination Of Blue Hole Creek In Somerset County
-- York Daily Record: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Notice Of Intent To Sue J&K Salvage Alleging Pollution Of Codorus Creek
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Local Action Can Protect Allegheny County From Rising Energy Costs Caused By President’s Budget Bill - By Gregory Bernarding, Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades, & Jeanneen Zappa, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
-- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. Holds July 30 Training On Managing PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contaminated Water, Waste In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Stop Playing Whac-A-Mole With PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ - By Lara Williams, Bloomberg Opinion
-- WPXI: Family Leaves Mon Valley After Testing Shows Elevated Benzene Levels At Their Home
-- Financial Times: ‘Net Zero’ Emissions Standard Paused As Shell Quits
-- TribLive: West Nile Virus Detected In Allegheny County; 7 Neighborhoods To Get Sprayed
-- WNEP: Luzerne County Cuts Band From Playing Rockin’ The River Due To ‘Politics And Propaganda’ Concerns
-- DCNR Unveils New Statewide Recreation Plan, Celebrates 2nd Annual Outdoors For All Day In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Outdoor Spaces, Shared Spaces Recreation Plan Unveiled
-- PhiladelphiaToday: Circuit Trails Community Grant Program Fuels Opportunities For Thousands To Experience Philadelphia Region Circuit Trails
-- Centre Daily Times: Wilderness City Disc Golf Course In Centre County Is Soaring In Popularity
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Heritage Trail Wrapping Up $500,00+ Trail Addition In Mayfield
-- Local Conservation Groups Unite To Boost Bluebird Habitat At Lundale Farm In Chester County; July 23 Bird Walk [PaEN]
A.I. /Data Centers
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds July 31 Meeting At Penn State Harrisburg Campus On Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant; Webinar On Aug. 6
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Leaders Eye Long-Term Impact Of Energy, A.I. Summit Beyond Big Announcements [Only 25% Of Investments In Western PA]
-- Warren Times Editorial: McCormick Impresses On Energy
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
New Federal Administration
-- CBF: US Senate Committee Shields NOAA Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work From White House Budget Cuts
-- E&E News: President Axes Nuclear Waste Oversight Pane While Pursuing Nuclear Power Expansion
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Beaver Times: Online Gaming Overtakes Slots As PA’s Primary Gambling Moneymaker
-- PA Capital-Star: Republicans Outraise Democrats With PA Likely At The Center Of Determining Control Of US House
-- WNEP: Luzerne County Cuts Band From Playing Rockin’ The River Due To ‘Politics And Propaganda’ Concerns
-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Blanket Prescription Drug Tariffs Will Hurt Pennsylvanians - By Dale Shupp & Judy Shupp, Shupp Family Farm In Tunkhannock, Wyoming County [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: PA’s Rural Hospitals In Danger Because Of Republican Medicaid Cuts
-- TribLive Editorial: What Happens To Nursing Homes If Federal Medicaid Takes A Hit?
-- TribLive: Unions Rallying In Pittsburgh Pitch President’s ‘Chaos’ As Chance To Grow Ranks
-- TribLive: Carnegie Mellon President Reopens The Fence, Says President’s Visit Angered Many On Campus
-- MCall: Federal ICE Says Allentown Grandfather Was Never Taken Into Custody, Calls Family’s Story A ‘Hoax’
-- Reading Eagle: PA Bill Would Ban Law Enforcement From Wearing Masks In PA
-- Bloomberg: GM Profit Falls As President’s Tariffs Add $1.1 Billion In Costs
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[Posted: July 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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