Saturday, September 13, 2025

Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.13.25

“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 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule


House Voting Schedule

September 22 (non-voting), 23 (NV), 24 (NV), 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 15-- Virtual/In-Person. Penn State EarthTalk Turning Abandoned Mine Drainage Into Sources Of Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements. 4:00 p.m.


September 16-- Virtual. PA Recycling Markets Center Webinar: Recycled Metals Commodities Markets Update, 1:00 p.m. 


September 16-- Virtual. PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Webinar On Understanding Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation In Your Municipality.  6:00 to 7:00 p.m. 


September 17-- Virtual. PA iMapInvasives Webinar On Boat Cleaning Stations To Prevent Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species, 10:00 a.m.


September 17-- In-Person. Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Hosts Meeting On Upper Watershed Assessment & Restoration Plan In Northumberland County. Brady Fire Co. Social Hall, 700 Maple Street Ranshaw.  6:00 p.m. 


September 17-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar On Solar Energy Development. Noon to 1:30 p.m.


September 17-- In-Person.  Penn State Extension Tap Talks - York County Water Quality Monitoring, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.



-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 13 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- DEP: Eureka Resources Submits Plan To Cleanup, Close All 3 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Remove 4.6 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Left In Lycoming & Bradford County Facilities  [PaEN]


-- WTAE: 2 Greene County Townships Issue Emergency Declarations 3 Years After Water Well Contamination From Fracking 


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Low Flow Water Conditions Trigger Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 39 Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Points In PA, 20 More In Caution  [PaEN] 


-- Center For Coalfield Justice To Host 500 Feet From Fracking Tour Sept. 20 In Washington County  [PaEN]  https://tinyurl.com/2amseewr


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PUC Orders PA Natural Gas Utilities To Catalog Older Plastic Pipes For Safety Concerns [PDF of Article]


-- PUC Electric Power Outlook: Risks To Adequate Electricity Supplies May Emerge In PJM By 2033; Extreme Cold Constraints On Natural Gas Availability Could Risk Outages As Early As 2026  [PaEN] 


-- AP: US Electric Grids Under Pressure From Energy-Hungry A.I. Data Centers Are Changing Strategy - Bumping Data Centers Off Grids During Power Emergencies  [PJM Included] 


-- WESA: PA Must Invest In Energy Production, Technology To Lead ‘A.I. Revolution,’ Officials Say   


-- DEP Sets Advisory Committee Meetings On State Water Plan Starting Oct. 7  [PaEN]


-- The Allegheny Front: How To Start Composting At Home


-- The Allegheny Front: It’s Easy To Compost, Just Drop Off Your Food Waste At A Pittsburgh Farmers Market


-- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Startup Aims To Make Food Waste Recycling Easy And Affordable


-- The Allegheny Front: Composting And Feeding Food Waste To Animals Have Big Climate Benefits, Study Finds


-- DCNR Names Ben Bender Manager For Shikellamy State Park Complex In Union County


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: America’s Outdoor Future Needs A Bold New Funding Model, Lori McCullough, The Great Outdoors Fund


-- WESA/WPSU: Expanded Sunday Hunting Starts In PA This Weekend, Except In State Parks


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: As Northern Snakeheads Invade Area Waters, Scientists Rush To Understand The Impact


A.I. /Data Centers


-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Project Withdrawn In Blakely, Days Ahead Of Zoning Hearing In Lackawanna County 


-- WESA: PA Must Invest In Energy Production, Technology To Lead ‘A.I. Revolution,’ Officials Say 


-- The Center Square: Energy Questions Loom Large On A.I. Horizons


-- The Center Square: PA Republican Sen. McCormick Lays Out Stakes For A.I. And Energy Dominance  [Video]


-- PA Capital-Star: A.I.- Driven Nuclear Power Revival Among 5 Takeaways From Pittsburgh Summit


-- AP: US Electric Grids Under Pressure From Energy-Hungry A.I. Data Centers Are Changing Strategy - Bumping Data Centers Off Grids During Power Emergencies  [PJM Included] 


-- Post-Gazette: How A.I. Will Change The Physical World: Day 2 Of A.I. Horizons Summit


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Markets Brace For Glut With No Sign Of China Demand Rebound


Federal Administration


-- EPA Releases Proposal To End Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: Politics Should Not Have A Body Count: ‘With every hateful social media post and every “libtard” and “MAGAt,” we are making an active decision to choose enmity over solutions.’ 

-- Morning Call - Bill White: PA Is Challenging Florida For Title Of Stupidest State In The Nation  [PDF of Article]  [Disfunctional General Assembly]

-- TribLive: Longtime Chief Of Staff To Republican Senate Leader Kim Ward To Take Job With UPMC

-- TribLive: Penn State President Gets 47% Pay Raise In Wake Of Campus Closure, WPSU Closure Decisions

-- ABCNews: President Doubles Down On Blaming ‘Radical Left’ After Vow To Go After Political Violence; ‘I Couldn’t Care Less’ About Bringing The Country Together

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[Posted: September 13, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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