-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
July 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!
TODAY 11:30: Gov. Shapiro To Sign Legislation Repealing Ban On Sunday Hunting
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. Williamsport. 6:30 p.m.
July 10-- Virtual. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Noon.
July 10-- Virtual. Black Appalachia Coalition Hosts Steel Sick Webinar: When Breathing Becomes A Battleground, Noon
July 10-- 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-- NEW. 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.
-- Punxsutawney Garden Club Honored With Keep PA Beautiful’s Community Pride Award In Jefferson County [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Health Dept., PA Resources Council To Hold 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: ‘Invaluable Service’: The Role Of Community Science In The Chesapeake Bay Region [ALLARM - Dickinson College]
-- PublicNewsService.org: PA Farmers Calculate Return On Climate-Friendly Ag Practices
-- The Allegheny Front: WV University Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In Appalachian Streams
-- WESA: Allegheny County Could Soon Take More Active Role In Cleaning Up Public Health Hazards
-- MCall Guest Essay: Raising Clean Energy Requirement Good Move For Pennsylvania - By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment, & Jim Brown, Audubon Mid-Atlantic
-- TribLive: EQT Buys Olympus For $1.8 Billion, Consolidates Grip On Southwest PA Natural Gas
-- Scranton Times: Solar Energy Facility Proposed In Scott Twp., Lackawanna County
-- Chester County Press: Kennett Township Supervisor Blasts PECO For Unreliable Power Service
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Task Force 1 Heads To Texas To Assist With Rescue And Recovery Efforts
-- Inquirer: Philly City Trash Worker Strike Ends In Deal With Union
-- Post-Gazette: Friends Of Flight 93 Launch $500,000 Fundraiser Campaign Ahead Of 25th 9/11 Anniversary
-- WITF: Why Pennsylvania Is Removing Dams And How It’s Helping Fish, Rivers And Communities
-- DCNR Seeks Members For NextGen Advisory Council [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Partnering Opportunities, STEELS Standards At Core Of Inaugural Regional Environmental Literacy Ripple Effects Convening
-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: First Waves Program Touts Environment For Local Kids [PDF of Article]
-- Penn State Extension July 31 In-Person Workshop In York On Watershed Friendly Lawns For Homes, Golf Courses And Parks [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape Awards Nearly $100,000 in Grants for Parks, Trails, Land Stewardship [PaEN]
-- Eire Times - Brian Whipkey: Are You Seeing Lots Of Fireflies In PA? Here’s What’s Happening In Rural Areas
-- PA iMapInvasives Program To Hold 2025 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Aug. 1-31; Webinar Overview Set For July 23 [PaEN]
-- WESA: PA Lawmaker Says Bill To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban Rooted In Environmentalism
Federal Mega Budget Bill
-- Reuters Commentary: President’s Big Bill Shrinks America’s Energy Future
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- Reuters: PJM, America’s Largest Power Grid, Is Struggling To Meet Demand From A.I.; Electricity Bills Are Projected To Surge 20% This Summer [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Amazon Building 2 New Data Centers In Pennsylvania
-- Reuters: EIA Forecasts Record Power Use In 2025, 2026 As Natural Gas Generation Slides, Renewables Increase
-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor Urges FERC To Set Conditions On NRG Energy’s Plan To Buy 13GW In Gas-Fired Generation From LS Power To Avoid Market Abuses
-- Utility Dive: DOE Report: Load Growth, Plant Retirements Could Drive 100X Increase In Blackouts By 2030; Clean Energy Advocates Say It Likely Exaggerates The Risk
Other States/Nations
-- Bloomberg: Texas Flooding Killed More Than 100 People, Preliminary Damage, Economic Loss at $18 to $22 Billion
New Federal Administration
-- TribLive: President’s Participation In Energy Summit At Carnegie Mellon Met With Backlash
-- Appalachian Voices: Urge Government Leaders To Continue Funding For Appalachian Regional Commission
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Regional Commission Faces 93% Budget Cut, Sparking Outcry From Local Economic, Community, Education Organizations
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: PA Lawmakers Consider Eliminating Some Sale Tax Exemptions To Raise Money
-- Independent Fiscal Office: New Federal Tax Changes Will Reduce Corporate Income Tax Revenue Due PA
-- The Center Square: House Resolutions: Symbolic Gesture Or A Waste Of Time?
-- TribLive: New Book Claims Gov. Shapiro’s Jewish Faith Was Not Why He Lost Out As VEEP Pick
-- ABCNews: Weeks After Receiving President’s Endorsement, PA Republican Con. Meuser Opts Not To Challenge Gov. Shapiro
-- WNEP: Republican Con. Dan Meuser Will Not Run For Governor In 2026
-- Inquirer Column: Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity Can’t Champion Rural Hospitals While Cheering A Bill That Will Shut Them Down
-- WITF: Manheim Twp. Nurse Enters Race For Democratic Nomination Against Republican Con. Smucker
-- Republican Herald: Hunger In Schuylkill County To Rise Amid Food Stamp Cuts, Official Say
-- York Dispatch: Impact Of President’s Tax, Spending Law On York County? 20% Of Residents On Medicaid, 13% Rely On Food Stamps, Both Cut Under The New Law
-- Altoona Mirror: Federal Funding Freeze On Afterschool Programs Could Be ‘Catastrophic’ For Bedford County Students
-- Republican Herald Editorial: One Federal Judge Struck Down President’s Near Total Ban On Asylum Following The Law, US Supreme Court Ignores It
-- The Center Square: Coca-Cola Driver Says Teamsters Union Extorted Money For Political Use, Now He’s Taking Them To Federal Court
-- Inquirer: 30,000 Veterans Administration Employees Have Left, VA Cancels Mass Layoff Of 80,000
-- TribLive Editorial: What Does The Future Of Diversity Look Like?
Click Here for latest PA Environmental News
Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook
Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter
Read Weekly PA Environment Digest
Diversity - Equity - Inclusion
[Posted: July 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest
No comments :
Post a Comment