Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.26.25

“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

October 3 (NV), 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

September 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

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

September 26--. Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  10:00 a.m. 

September 26-28-- PA Society For Ornithology Birding Festival In Allentown: Field Trips; Awards; Holly Merker Co-Author Of Ornitherapy Keynote  

September 29-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 664 (Webster-D-Montgomery) directing PennDOT to develop best practice guide for road salt management.  Room 515 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch live.

September 30-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 505 (Donahue-D-Lackawanna) modernizing the Act 129 electric utility energy efficiency program as part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan.  Room B-31 Main Capital. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

October 1-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on mitigating crop damage from deer in Southwest PA.  Room 515 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

October 1-- DEP  Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For Vitro Meadville Flat Glass In Crawford County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville.  10:00 a.m. to Noon

October 6-- Virtual. EPA To Hold Virtual Hearing  [If Requested] On Draft Permit Renewal For A Columbia Gas of PA Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Beaver County 

October 6-10--  Virtual. PA Green Gov Council To Mark Commonwealth Sustainability Week With Special Webinars 

-- Friday - PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 9.26.25

-- Part I - 500 Feet Isn’t Enough:  Michelle Stonemark Tells What It’s Really Like Living Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad - Nosebleeds, Headaches, Nausea, Air Pollution, Vibrating House, Sleepless Nights, Anxiety - In Cecil Twp., Washington County   [PaEN]

-- Part II - 500 Feet Isn’t Enough:  42 Scientific Studies, 20+ Years Of Experience With Shale Gas Drilling In PA; A State Grand Jury Report; Criminal Convictions; Public Complaints; Lawsuits; Media Reports All Document The Need To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: CNX Shale Gas Driller Proposes To Install Bat Boxes As Homes For Bats In Waynesburg, Greene County  [PDF of Article] 

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX  [PaEN]  

-- Environmental Hearing Board Agrees There Is ‘Acute’ Danger In CNX Misusing A Deposition In An Appeal Before The Board To ‘Punish’ An Environmental Advocate For Her Advocacy Against CNX  [PaEN] 

-- On Feb. 13 Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Held A Webinar To Educate Medical Professionals, Public On Exposures To Natural Gas Facility Pollution; Real Washington County CNX Facility Case Study Used [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Cornell School District’s Solar Energy Project To Save Millions Of Dollars 

-- PUC Audit Investigations Identify Millions In Savings For Utilities And PA Consumers

-- LancasterOnline: Armstrong Ceiling Tiles Plant Upgrade Could Increase Emissions Of Pollutants Near Marietta, Maytown

-- Scranton Times: Heavy Rain Causes Flooding In Scranton

-- September 27 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Daily Local News: Litter Lifters: Volunteers Make A Clean Sweep In Coatesville For World Clean Up Day

-- WPXI: Game Commission Seeking Info On Illegal Dumping Incident In Westmoreland County 

-- DCNR September 25 Fall Foliage Report: Cool Nights In Late August And Early September Jumpstarted Noticeable Color Changes Throughout Penn’s Woods

-- PA Capital-Star: PA State Parks See Increase In Visitors Following Federal Cuts At National Parks, Recreation Areas 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Parks Could See ‘Significant’ Funding Bumps As Part Of Regional Asset District Recommendation

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Announces Winners Of 2025 Photo Contest

Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- TribLive: $100 Million Recycling Facility To Replace ‘Primitive’ Slag Pits At US Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant In Pittsburgh 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- PJM Interconnection Adds 2 Members To Its Board Of Managers

-- TribLive: Springdale Residents Remain Skeptical Of A.I. Data Center Plan In Allegheny County

-- The Allegheny Front: From Coal Plant To A.I. Data Center - An Allegheny County Community Voices Concern In Springdale 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: $10 Billion+ Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus, 4.5 GW Power Plant Moves Forward In Indiana County  [PDF of Article]

-- Wall Street Journal: Spending On A.I. Data Centers At Epic Levels - Echoes Of Dot-Com Bubble  [PDF of Article]  

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Morning Call: Nearly 200 Northampton County Workers Face Furloughs Due To Lack Of State Budget

-- The Center Square: National Democrats Spending Big On PA Supreme Court Races

-- WITF: PA Democrats Decry Jeffrey Yass Spending In Judicial Races, Compare Him To Elon Musk

-- Inquirer: $7 Million Has Poured Into PA Supreme Court Retention Election So Far

-- TribLive: President’s Justice Dept. Sues PA Over Failure To Release Personal Voter Information 

-- AP: President’s Justice Dept. Sues PA, 5 Other States To Turn Over Personal Voter Data 

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Garrity Brings Gubernatorial Campaign To Bucks County

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court Strikes Down Pittsburgh ‘Jock Tax’

-- Morning Call: President Puts Tariffs On Heavy Trucks, Citing Need To Protect Mack Trucks

-- AP: President Puts Import Taxes On Prescription Drugs Raising Costs For Seniors In US

-- Bloomberg: President Proposes Using Tariff Money On Farm And Other Products To Bailout US Agricultural Sector Hit Hard By His Trade Policies

-- AP: President Signs Order To Crack Down On ‘Left-Wing Terrorism,’ Naming 2 Top Democratic Party Donors George Soros, Reid Hoffman As Possible Targets 

-- TribLive/Reuters: Ex-FBI Chief James Comey Criminally Charged As President Targets Critics 

-- The Guardian: President’s Comments At Charlie Kirk Memorial: ‘He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them.’ ‘That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them, I’m sorry.’

-- The Center Square: PA Republican Rep. Fritz Floats ‘Political Intimidation’ As A Criminal Offense After Charlie Kirk Assassination 

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