Monday, December 22, 2025

Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.22.25

“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

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

-- Committee Schedule


House Voting Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


February 19-- In-Person/Online. PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference.  Pittsburgh.  8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 


-- December 22 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 13 to 19 -- Shale Gas Abandoned Well Violations Hit 70; Conventional Well Not Plugged For 2,045 Days; MarkWest Loses Another 69,000 Gallons Of Pipeline Drilling Fluid To Mine Voids  [PaEN]


-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Reports 69,000 Gallon Pipeline Construction Fluid Loss Into Mine Voids Under Washington County; 476,600 Gallons Lost So Far  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Closes American Refining Group Facilities In Allegheny National Forest Declaring Them Unsafe Due To Hazardous Materials, Structurally Unsound Buildings  [PaEN]


-- Inside Climate News: Fracking’s Forever Problem: 3 Articles On Tracking, Disposing Of Oil & Gas Waste In Pennsylvania - Still A ‘Logistical Mess’  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 20 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times/AP: President’s Return Brought Stiff Headwinds For Clean Energy, So Why Are Advocates Optimistic In 2026? [PDF of Article]


-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Energy Future Shouldn’t Be Held Hostage To Fossil Fuel Myths;  Renewables Aren’t The Reason For Soaring Energy Prices, Grid Fragility - By Douglas Webster, Monroeville  [PDF of Article]


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Guest Essay: From Pennsylvania To The Chesapeake Bay, Miles And Miles Of Precious Waterways - By John Montgomery, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Wildlife, Water Quality Depend On Streamside Forests


-- York Dispatch: Farmland Preservation  Gives York County ‘Something We Can Pass On’


-- LancasterOnline: Here’s When, Where To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Lancaster County


-- DCNR Hosts First Day Hikes On New Year’s Day Across The Commonwealth  [PaEN] 


-- Erie Times: DCNR Asking Public For Input On Presque Isle, Erie Bluffs Master Plan


-- Dec. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available 


A.I. /Data Centers


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 22  [PaEN]


Federal Administration


-- The Guardian Guest Essay: President’s Shuttering Of The National Center For Atmospheric Research Is Stalinist - By Michael Mann, University of Pennsylvania, and Bob Ward, London School of Economics & Political Science


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Warren Times Editorial: State Fiscal Challenges Alarming

-- Spotlight PA: Expanding Broadband In Rural PA Complicated By Federal Rule Changes, Uncertainty In 2025

-- The Citizens Voice: Renewed Concerns Over School District Bathroom Policies Grip Northwest Area

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Time For Cameras In PA Courts

-- Erie Times: A Look At New State Laws Taking Effect In Pennsylvania In 2026

-- The Guardian: US Farmers Say President’s $12 Billion Package Not Enough To Undo Damage From His Tariffs

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Every Day Is Festivus At The White House - The Airing Of Grievances Holiday - By Sam Kazman, InsideSources.com 

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[Posted: December 22, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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