Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.27.25

“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 

-- Saturday - PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 9.27.25

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 27 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 27 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Shapiro Administration: PJM Regional Electric Grid Operator Passed Over Qualified Candidates Suggested By A Bipartisan Coalition Of Governors To Fill Vacant Board Seats  [PaEN]  

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro Don’t Sell Pennsylvania Out To Polluters - Public Facing Health Challenges From Oil & Gas Industry, Methane, A.I. Data Centers - By Josephine Gingerich, Physicians For Social Responsibility PA

-- DEP Sets 3 Hearings On Proposed Implementation Plan For RACT Under National Ozone Pollution Standards  [PaEN]  

-- Clean Air Council, Partners: EPA Grants Petition To Require Allegheny County Health Dept. To Fix Flaws In Permits Issued To US Steel Irvin Facility, Neville Chemical Plant

-- Clean Air Council Applauds Philadelphia For Lawsuit Over Deceptive Labeling Of Non-Recyclable Plastic Products

-- Penn State Extension Water Quality Insights Webinar: Dec. 5 Watershed Nutrient Management, 11:00 a.m. to Noon

-- Post-Gazette: Leaves In Western PA Already Changing And Falling, Why So Early?

-- Appalachian Trail Community Conservation Collaborative Seeking Local Partners; Oct. 1. Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In Berks, Lebanon Counties, Deadline Dec. 19

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Erie Access Improvement Grants, Deadline Dec. 1

A.I. /Data Centers

-- PennLive: Hampden Township, Feeling Heat From Residents, Presses Pause On A.I. Data Centers In Cumberland County 

-- Food & Water Watch: Hampden Township Rejected Ordinance Allowing A.I. Data Centers Near Community Spaces In Cumberland County

-- Citizens Voice: PPL Receives PUC Approval For Power Lines To Serve Amazon A.I. Data Center At Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Lancaster City A.I. Data Center Water Allotment To Be 80% Less Than Former Printing Plants

-- WPXI: A.I. Photo Of Fire At Norwin High School Circulated On Social Media Friday Prompts Panic In Westmoreland County 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- AAA Gasoline: National- $3.13   Ohio- $2.88   PA- $3.28

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same As Last 9 Weeks

Federal Administration

-- AP: President’s Transportation Dept. Pulls Trail, Bike Grants It Deems ‘Hostile’ To Cars

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court: Washington County Must Notify Mail-In Voters Their Ballots Have Errors And Give Them A Chance To Vote Provisionally 

-- Spotlight PA: PA Lawmakers, Shapiro Administration Officials In Ireland At Steelers Game During State Budget Crisis That’s Requiring State Agencies To Avoid Travel, Cancel In-Person Meetings, Schools To Borrow Money, Counties, Nonprofit Groups To Lay Off Staff

-- TribLive: 125 Westmoreland County Workers Get Layoff Notices Due To State Budget Delay  

-- TribLive: Armstrong County Announces Furloughs, Program Cuts Due To State Budget Delay

-- TribLive: State Budget Impasse Leaves School Districts In Limbo Over $4 Billion In State Funding 

-- TribLive: PA Transgender Patients Fight President’s Justice Dept. Subpoena Seeking Their UPMC Records 

-- TribLive: Mother Of Carrick High School Stabbing Suspect Says Son Received Threats On Social Media 

-- WPXI: A.I. Photo Of Fire At Norwin High School Circulated On Social Media Friday Prompts Panic In Westmoreland County 

-- Inquirer: SPS Plans To Build Smaller Factory With More Robots, Fewer Jobs At Its Burned Montgomery County Facility

-- Erie Times: Former Millcreek Erie County School Superintendent Ian Roberts Arrested By ICE In Iowa Where He Is Serving As Superintendent Of Des Moines Public Schools

-- City & State PA: Philadelphia Pushes Back Against President Scrubbing Slavery From National Park Signs

-- TribLive Letter: Did We Really Vote For This? By Karla Thomas, Westmoreland County

-- TribLive Letter: MAGA Has Abandoned Conservative Creed - By Bill Werts Jr., Allegheny County 

-- Post-Gazette/AP: President Escalates Retribution Campaign With Charges Against Comey, Threats Against Liberal Groups 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader/AP: President Escalates Retribution Campaign

-- AP: President Swings By Ryder Cup Soaking Up Fans’ Love After Vowing Revenge On More Of His Enemies 

-- Inquirer Editorial: President’s Push For Political Prosecutions Upends A Cornerstone Of American Democracy

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[Posted: September 27, 2025]  PA Environment Digest