Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.18.25

“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 20-- In-Person. Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts 500 Feet From Fracking Tour in Washington County. Center for Coalfield Justice, 31 East Chestnut Street, Washington.   9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

September 23-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee informational meeting on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ and their uses in consumer products.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

September 24-- Virtual. Protective Buffers PA Webinar - Safeguard Our Backyards - Join The Campaign For Health-based Protective Buffers From Shale Gas Operations. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 24-- Possibly Virtual Only. Agenda Posted.  DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. 

September 25-- Virtual.  Environmental Health Project, Partners Webinar On Health Professionals Toolkit For Protecting Patients From Medical Conditions Related To Oil & Gas Development [PA Medical Society Learning Center Course Available]. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

-- Independent Research Study By Pitt, Duquesne Ties Water Well Contamination To Shale Gas Drilling In 2 Greene County Townships That Declared Water Disaster Emergencies  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star/Public Source: Study Ties Southwestern PA Communities’ Water Woes To 2022 Shale Gas Frack-Out, Narrow State Law

-- TribLive: DEP Faces Citizen Concerns About Air Permit For 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant For The 3,200 Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County 

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Day Thursday, Sept. 18 For Particulate In Southwest PA 

-- Morning Call: Air Products To Lay Off Employees At Lehigh Valley Plant; Teamsters Say Cuts Are A ‘Direct Result Of The Country’s Shift Away From Clean Energy Production’ 

-- WHYY: Residents In 3 Philadelphia Neighborhoods Can Apply For Cool Roof Coatings, Here’s How 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, DCNR PA Woodland Resilience Enhancement Program Cost-Shares Forest Practice Plan Writing, Implementation  [PaEN] 

-- Restoring Centre County Stream Health Will Be On Display At Halfmoon Creek Field & Stream Day Sept. 28  [PaEN] 

-- The News-Item: PSU Professor Proposed Kulpmont As Potential Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant Location In Shamokin Creek Watershed  

-- The News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Awarded Grant To Study How Acid Mine Drainage Impacts The Watershed 

-- Spotlight PA: Help PA Decide How To Spend $14 Million To Help Communities Recover From 2024 Tropical Storm Debby

-- WESA: From A Flush To A River: Behind The Scenes At ALCOSAN’s Wastewater Treatment Plant

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Forestry Officials Says Fall Leaves Should Be ‘Vivid,’ But Quick

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Find Tree Planting Volunteer Opportunities Near You This Fall

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Celebrates 50th Farm Preserved Through Conservation Program 

-- DCNR Grants News: Nov. 6 Grants Workshop; Last Mile Of South Bethlehem Greenway Completed; Bloomsburg Trail Improvements; Waterway Access Grants 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Registration Deadline For Ghost Town Trail Marathon Approaching 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Western PA Should Have A National Park

Storms/Power Outages

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Promises Improvements After Storm-Caused Power Outages In April

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: DEP Faces Citizen Concerns About Air Permit For 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant For The 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County 

-- LancasterOnline: Developer Of 2 A.I. Data Centers In Lancaster Wants Judge To Block Lancaster City Zoning Appeal By Resident  

-- The Citizens Voice: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate PPL’s Proposed 12-Mile Power Line Project To Feed A.I. Data Center In Luzerne County [PDF of Article]  

Federal Administration

-- AP: National Academy Of Sciences Rebuffs EPA’s Effort To Undo Regulations Fighting Climate Change

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: 3 Police Officers Killed, 2 Injured In York County Shooting

-- Morning Call: 3rd Bomb Threat At An Allentown School In A Week Under Investigation

-- Warren Times: Warren School District Investigates 4th School Threat In A Week

-- PennLive - John Baer: What’s Wrong With Late PA Budget - That’s Not A Question 

-- Spotlight PA: A Big Transit Deal Is Off The Table, But PA’s Budget Still Isn’t Done, What Gives?

-- City & State PA: Q&A With Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity: ‘Pennsylvanians Deserve Better’

-- Politics PA: Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Says ‘Shapiro Makes Kirk Assassination About Himself’; Sharp Reversal From Her Tuesday Comments

-- Post-Gazette: Fmr Gov. Corbett Endorses Republican Stacy Garrity For Governor

-- Inquirer Editorial: Reject Republican Push To Oust PA Supreme Court Justices

-- Tribune-Democrat: Shapiro Says National Guard Deployments By President Are ‘Dangerous,’ Disrupts Community Trust 

-- Inquirer: Shapiro Touts Violent Crime Reduction In Chester, Reiterates His Command Of National Guard In Face Of President’s Threats

-- WESA: President’s Administration Threatens To Withhold $460 Million In Food Stamp Funding If PA Doesn’t Share Personal Data 

-- WNEP: 100 Volunteers In Columbia County Pack 15,000 Meals For Families In Need At Bethany Church In Berwick 

-- Spotlight PA: Food Banks, Community Groups In PA Prepare For Strain As President’s Cuts To Food Stamp Benefits Draw Near  

-- WITF: Stricter Work Requirements For Food Stamps Program Already Underway In PA

-- AP: Fox News Host Apologizes For Saying Mentally Ill Homeless People Should Be Executed

-- Tribune-Democrat: Health Insurance Costs To Soar In PA Without Congressional Action: Commissioner 

-- WESA: Amid Federal CDC Turmoil, PA Joins Northeastern States In Regional Public Health Coalition

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: RFK Jr.’s Vision Of CDC Should Alarm Congress

-- AP: Without Insurance, Immigrant Patients May Face Unregulated ‘Medical Deportation’ [PA Included]

-- Centre Daily Times: Shapiro Administration Will Close Rockview State Prison, Quehanna Boot Camp

-- WHYY: PA Immigrant Advocates Call On Gov. Shapiro To End State Collaboration With Federal ICE 

-- AP: Man Charged With Ramming Car Into FBI Gate In Pittsburgh, Later Use Latin Phrase About Tyrants

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