Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.16.25

“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!

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

TODAY 6:00: 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-- In-Person. DEP Public Meeting/Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Proposed 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant At Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex in Black Lick & Center Townships, Indiana County. IUP Kovalchick Convention and Athletics Center, 664 Pratt Dr, Indiana, PA.  6:00 - meeting; 7:30 - Hearing.  Read more here.

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.

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

-- Permits For Controversial CNX Resources Drakulic Shale Gas Wells Expire Potentially Ending Appeals; CNX Can Apply For New Permits Starting The Process All Over Again  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: House Bill 502 Energy Facility Siting Legislation A Betrayal Of Local Communities - By Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Report Shares Outline Of Cleanup, Closure Of 3 Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Facilities   [PDF of Article]

-- PA Solar Center: Cornell School District Becomes First In Allegheny County To Go 100% Solar Saving $2.5 Million Over 30 Years  [PaEN] 

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Celebrates 30th Anniversary Oct. 4 At Jennings Environmental Center In Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- Allegheny Conservation District, State, Federal Partners Invest $1.4 Million In Clean Water, Healthy Soil Farming Projects  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Brandywine River Restoration Trust Removes 2nd Dam As Part Of Its Restoration Project

-- TribLive: ‘Trash Wheel’ Could Soon Be Working To Remove Litter From Monongahela River 

-- Penn State Research: Freshwater Tidal Marshes Like The One At The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge In Philadelphia Trap Microplastics, Raising Risks For Ecosystems And People 

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: Old Crow Wetlands Being Degraded By Convenience Store Construction - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society  [PDF of Article]

-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - All That Humans Have Learned Has Come From Nature [PDF of Article] 

-- TribLive: Fall Foliage In Western PA May Be Less Than Splendid, Forecaster Says  

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 24 On PA, DCNR Climate Action Plans, Industrial Decarbonization [PaEN] 

-- WNEP: New York Man Dies In Monroe County ATV Crash

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Welcome Back (River) Otter

Storms/Power Outages

-- Duquesne Light Provides Updates On Actions Taken After April Storms Caused Extended Power Outages

-- WTAE: Updates Ongoing After April 29 Storms Resulted In Thousands Without Power For Weeks, Duquesne Light Says

A.I. /Data Centers

-- DEP To Hold Sept. 17 Meeting/Hearing On Proposed 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant At Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County 

-- TribLive: DEP Gives Preliminary Nod To Homer City A.I. Data Center Power Plant, But Environmental Groups Sounds Alarm Regarding Pollution

-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: The A.I. Boom Is Coming For Pennsylvania, How Will Lawmakers Respond? 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Mount Aloysius College Presents Sept. 23 Program On Big Data Centers, A.I., Crypto At Cresson Public Library

-- Blackstone Private Equity Announced Purchase Of 620 MW Hill Top Energy Center Natural Gas Power Plant In Greene County To Power A.I. Data Center Build Out 

-- Texas Tribune: Texas $7.2 Billion Loan Program For Natural Gas Power Plants Has Approved 2 Projects Generating 578 MW  In Two Years; Rising Costs, Supply Chain Issues Holding Back Interest In The Program

-- EPA Convenes A.I. Roundtable Highlighting Permitting Reform To Make US The A.I. Capital of The World 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Bloomberg: West Texas Natural Gas Falls To 14-Month Low As Negative Prices Persist Due To Pipeline Maintenance

Federal Administration

-- Utility Dive: EPA Plan To End Greenhouse Gas Reporting Would Hurt Carbon Capture Efforts: Industry Coalition: Long-Term Success Of Carbon Capture Rests On Robust Reporting 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Amazon, SpaceX Won Slice Of PA’s $793 Million Broadband Funding Even Though Amazon Isn’t Fully Functional

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Offer Ballot Return Sites, Satellite Voting Locations Ahead Of Election Day

-- PA Capital-Star: New PA Democratic Party Chair Talks Goals For Party Moving Forward

-- PennLive: Gov. Shapiro Fires Back At President For Using The ‘Rhetoric Of Rage’ With His ‘Scum’ Remark

-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro To Speak About Political Violence At Pittsburgh Summit

-- TribLive: New ‘Stand For All’ Organization Created In Pittsburgh To Combat Hate

-- PennLive: PA Republican Con. Meuser Suggests Charlie Kirk Had Christlike Qualities

-- TribLive Editorial: Penn State President’s 47% Pay Raise Makes Financial Trouble Hard To Swallow

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