Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.29.25

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]

Senate Voting Schedule 2025

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule 2026

January 6, 26, 27, 28

February 2, 3 (Governor’s Budget Address), 4

Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2

March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25

April 20, 21, 22

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

House Voting Schedule 2025

December 15 [non-voting], 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule 2026

January 6 (NV), 26, 27, 28

February 2, 3 (Governor's Budget Address, 4

Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2

March. 23, 24, 25

April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

December 1-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery in Trainer Borough, Delaware County.  Read more here.

December 2-- DEP Hearing On Revision To Title V Air Quality Permit For a Glass Furnace At The PQ LLC Facility In Chester, Delaware County. Chester City Hall, One 4th Street in Chester. 7:00 p.m.  Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority wastewater plant in Chester, Delaware County. Read more here.

December 2--  DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Constellation Energy Generation Co. Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Limerick Township, Montgomery County. Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the US Steel Fairless Steel Plant in Falls Township, Bucks County. Read more here.

December 2-- Chesapeake Bay Program Executive Council meeting. National Aquarium in Baltimore. 1:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Click Here to register to join via Zoom.  [Agenda includes revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement.]  Read more here.

December 4-- Location/Remote Access Added. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for instructions on joining remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

December 5-- Virtual. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee, Subcommittee On Future Planning. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or 717-772-8951. (formal notice)

December 9-- NEW. Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.  [Agenda Includes Petition On Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells. Read more here.]

December 11-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace at  twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395. (formal notice)

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft 2026 Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report-- 37% Of PA Streams Have Impaired Water Quality For One Or More Uses; Increase In Streams Assessed  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: Emergency Management Disaster Aid Scores Increase In State Funding To Offset Loss Of Federal Support   

-- PublicPower.org: US DOE Extends Closure Date Again For Eddystone Natural Gas Power Plant In Delaware County Under ‘Emergency’ Order  [Click Here for Order]  

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt’s 8 Planned Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Met With Pushback From Community

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Tenaris Bets Big On Koppel Steel Plant’s Future In Oil, Gas Pipe Production

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Sees Dip In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In Recent Years [Because It Isn’t Based On Gas Production, But Number Of Wells

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Road Salt Use Issue Should Be Simple, Leave Politics Out Of It

-- WHYY: Which Species Could Be Impacted By Proposed Weakening Of Federal Endangered Species Act Protections?

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: Why Your Electric Bill Is Rising This Winter And How To Prepare [A.I. Data Center Demand, Rising Natural Gas Costs]

Gas Explosions

-- TribLive: 2 Years After Rustic Ridge Natural Gas Explosion That Left 6 People Dead, Lot Could See New Home Built Next Year In Allegheny County 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $3.01  Ohio- $2.68   PA- $3.22

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same As Last Week

Federal Administration

-- The Guardian: How President Derailed Coal Country’s Clean Energy Revival: ‘Deeply Demoralizing’

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Emergency Management Disaster Aid Scores Increase In State Funding To Offset Loss Of Federal Support

-- PA Capital-Star: Carnegie Mellon University Seeks World’s ‘Best and Brightest’ But Visa Woes Anti-China Rhetoric Have Some ‘Freaked Out’

-- TribLive Editorial: Crushing College Debt Isn’t Smart

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[Posted: November 29, 2025]  PA Environment Digest