NOTICE: PA Environment Digest Is CLOSED Tuesday, Feb. 3
“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
February 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
February 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
TODAY 11:30: Governor’s Budget Address. 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 9:00: House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Game Commission 2025 Annual Report. Room 523 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
February 4-- House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2150 (Mullins- D-Lackawanna) requiring data centers in Pennsylvania to send information about their energy and water use to DEP and require DEP to aggregate the information and create an annual report on data center impacts; and House Bill 2151 (Donahue-D-Lackawanna) directing the Center for Local Government Services to draft a model ordinance and offer technical support to municipalities with regard to the siting of data centers. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
February 4-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 1759 (Scott-D-Montgomery) allows municipalities to adopt penalties for dumping tires (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. Call Of Chair. Click Here to watch online.
February 4-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Fish & Boat Commission 2025 Annual Report. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
February 4-- Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: John S. Chippo jchippo@pa.gov. (formal notice) [Proposed fee increases]
February 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. 1:00 p.m. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov or 717-787-7565.
February 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. 9:15 a.m. Contact: RA-EPAQTAC@pa.gov.
February 6-- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Mariana Fletcher marifletch@pa.gov or 717-497-0714.
February 9-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee to hold hearing on Stream Impairment In Pennsylvania. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
February 10-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277.
February 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.
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.
February 26-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Department of Environmental Protection.
March 2-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources. Click Here to watch live.
March 3-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Public Utility Commission.
March 5-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Public Utility Commission. Click Here to watch live.
-- House Committee OKs Bill To Give PUC More Authority To Regulate A.I. Data Centers, Other Large Loads To Protect Ratepayers, Electric Grid [PaEN]
-- Washington County Residents On Water Wells Not Aware A MarkWest Pipeline Drilling Project Lost 1.2 Million Gallons Of Drilling Fluid In Mount Pleasant & Robinson Townships [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Study Finds PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In 65% Of Private Water Well Samples, 18% Had Levels Above Drinking Water Standards
-- Dept. Of Health Fact Sheet: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Private Well Water
-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets PennVEST Infrastructure Funding For Lead Water Line Replacement, Upgrades
-- At Noon Monday, DEP Declared Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Monday, Feb. 2 In Liberty-Clairton Area Of Allegheny County
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay News Highlights County Water Quality Action Planning Process, Watershed Restoration Projects, Funding Opportunities [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Has Leadership, Momentum, And Legislation For Cleaner Waters At Home And The Chesapeake Bay - By Julia Krall, PA Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- American Water Charitable Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Water & Environment Grants From Service Territory, Deadline March 6
-- Inquirer Editorial: A Court Was Right To Stop The Sale Of Chester’s Water System, But It Still Needs Help
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Highlights A.I. Data Center Water Use [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Buckhorn Solar Energy Facility Renews Option To Build On Blair Council Of Governments Property
-- PennEnvironment: Bipartisan Bill To Set Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards Passes PA House, Moves To Senate
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Intermunicipal Relations Committee Still Aims For Mandatory Statewide Recycling
-- Erie Times: Lyme Disease, 2 Other Tick-Borne Illnesses Spike In Erie
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 164 Acres Of Forestland, Wetlands In French Creek Watershed, Adds To Conservation Area In Erie County [PaEN]
-- WESA: Can You Forest Bathe Indoors? Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Says Yes
-- PA Biological Survey Releases Digital Booklet On The Importance Of Fungi [PaEN]
A.I. /Data Centers
-- House Committee OKs Bill To Give PUC More Authority To Regulate A.I. Data Centers, Other Large Loads To Protect Ratepayers, Electric Grid [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: $10 Billion A.I. Data Center Campus, Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed For Former Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Site In Beaver County [Shippingport Boro Approved Jan. 28, Another Hearing To Be Set] [PDF of Article]
-- NE PA Institute For Public Policy & Economic Development: Exploring The Dynamics Surrounding Data Centers In Northeastern Pennsylvania
-- Wall Street Journal: Google Is Spending Big To Build A Lead In A.I. Energy Race By Buying Energy Companies [PJM Highlighted] [PDF of Article]
Gas Explosions
-- Courier Times: What Attorneys In Bucks County Nursing Home Natural Gas Explosion See In NTSB Report
Train Derailments
-- WESA: New Tracker, Trial Aim To Document Residents’ Symptoms After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front/The Lever: The Train Derailment That Never Ended [Norfolk Southern]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Utility Dive: US EIA: Natural Gas, Electricity Prices Spiked Year Over Year In November: Natural Gas Up 88.5%, Electricity Rates Rose 20.3% In PA
-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Prices Plunge By Most In 30 Years On Warm Weather Forecast
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Housing, Affordability And New Revenue: What To Watch For In Gov. Shapiro’s State Budget Address Today
-- Post-Gazette: Southwest PA Republicans Clash With State Party Over Sen. Bartolotta
-- Inquirer: Philly DA Says ‘Don’t Be A Wimp’ After Gov. Shapiro Decried His Comparison Of President’s ICE Agents To Nazis
-- Reading Eagle: Concentrated Effort Puts Berks County Near Top In PA For Human-Trafficking Charges, DA Says
-- TribLive: Fundraiser For Family Of Oakmont Man Detained By President’s ICE Raises Nearly $70,000
-- Observer-Reporter: Haitian Community In Charleroi Prepares For End Of Temporary Protected Status
-- Altoona Mirror: Haitians In Berks County Brace For End Of Protections
-- Spotlight PA: President’s ICE Buys $87 Million Warehouse In Berks County As It Plots Expansion Of Immigration Detention Centers Across The US
-- AP: President’s $45 Million Expansion Of Immigrant Detention Sites Faces Pushback From Communities
-- Inquirer: Janelle Stelson Almost Beat Republican Con. Scott Perry In 2024, She Keeps Outraising Him As She Prepares For Rematch
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports January Tax Revenue $178,2 Million Over Estimate (4.7%), Up $416.8 Million For Fiscal Year (1.7%)
-- Independent Fiscal Office: January State Tax Revenue Exceeded IFO Estimate By $146 Million (3.9%); Fiscal Year To Date Revenues Up $362 Million (1.4%)
-- Wall Street Journal: US Manufacturing In Retreat And President’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping
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