PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

House Voting Schedule

August: 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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

August: No Days Scheduled

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!

August 4-8-- In-Person. Shippensburg University, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Host South Mountain Climate & Land Use Exploration For Educators

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.

August 21-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

-- 166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 26 to August 1- Coterra Contaminates 13 More Water Wells; Shale Driller Fails To Restore 16 Well Sites; Dewatering Abandoned Impoundment Halted; Another Pipeline Construction Spill [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Local Stormwater Projects Protect Streams, Chesapeake Bay - By Andrew Reilly, Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

-- TribLive: Penn Hills School District Nets $136,495 Rebate From Duquesne Light For Lighting Upgrades

-- WNEP: Wilkes-Barre Hosted Accessible Outdoor Day At Kirby Park

Gas Explosions

-- TribLive Editorial: Rustic Ridge Natural Gas Explosion Lawsuits Shouldn’t Be A Surprise To Plaintiffs, But For Some They Are

A.I. /Data Centers

-- York Dispatch: Local Officials Are Preparing For A Wave Of A.I. Data Centers In York County [PDF of Article]

-- MCall: Why PPL Could Be The ‘Big Winner’ In Deal To Boost Power For A.I. Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette: The Promise To Revive The Old Bruce Mansfield Coal Plant Into Natural Gas Power Plant Sparks New Wave Of Optimism

-- Post-Gazette/The Center Square: Public Meetings Scheduled For Discussion Of Bringing Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Back Online

-- Post-Gazette: How Josh Shapiro And Dave McCormick Are Forging ‘Pennsylvania’s Destiny’ With Bipartisan Approach [A.I. Energy Summit]

New Federal Administration

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The President Makes Sure We Don’t Know About The Climate - By M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University