Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9/23/25

“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 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 10:00: 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.

TODAY 6:30: Virtual. Environmental, Health Groups Host Webinar On What The A.I. Boom Means For You And Society - Big Promise Or Big Problems?  6:30 p.m.

September 24-- DEP Hearing On Individual NPDES Stormwater Permit for I-80 Reconstruction In Monroe County.  Monroe County Public Safety Center, 100 Gypsum Road, Stroudsburg. 5:30 p.m.

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-- Agenda Posted. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee + DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee joint meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact Laura Henry at 717-772-5713 or ahenry@pa.gov. [Permitting New Hazardous Waste Facilities]

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.

-- Gov. Shapiro: PJM Electric Grid Operator Is 'Not Working Anymore,' 'I Won't Stand For A Status Quo That Perpetuates Slowdowns And Rising Costs’  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Pummels PJM Regional Grid Operator In Call For Reforms

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Pennsylvania Leaving PJM Regional Electricity Grid Is Still On The Table, Shapiro Says

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Threatens To Go ‘Own Way’ If PJM Regional Electric Grid Operator Won’t Change 

-- Inside Climate News: PA Governor Threatens To Pull Largest Power Producer Out Of PJM Regional Power Grid Citing Need For ‘Significant Reform’

-- The Center Square: Shapiro: States In PJM Need More Power In PJM Regional Grid Management

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Gov. Shapiro Said Electric Grid Operator PJM Needs Reform To Put Consumers First 

-- Bloomberg: Spiraling Power Costs Are Now A Major Political Issue In The US [Gov. Shapiro]

-- SpotlightPA/Inside Climate News: The Natural Gas Boom In PA Was Supposed To Lower Energy Bills Here, Why Didn’t That Happen?

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower Pennsylvanians’ Electric Bills, Instead, They’re About To Get Worse

-- PA House Energy Committee Sets Hearings On Regulating A.I. Data Centers, Warehouse Solar, Electric School Buses, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors  [PaEN]  

-- Inside Climate News: Natural Gas Was Pitched As A Stopgap Between Other Fossil Fuels And Renewables, Instead It Has Derailed Pennsylvania’s Transition To Clean Energy 

-- TribLive: CNX Resources Will Apply For New Shale Gas Well Permits At The Controversial Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: CNX’s Firebrand CEO Nick DeIuliss To Retire  

-- 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]

-- CNX Resources Announces Alan Shepard As Next CEO

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Shale Gas Driller CEO Nick Deluliis To Retire, Alan Shepard To Take Helm  [PDF of Article]

-- PUC PA OneCall Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $150,375 In Penalties For Underground Utility Notification Violations

-- KYW: Tanker Truck Spills Thousands Of Gallons Of Home Heating Oil Into Ridley Creek In Delaware County

-- 2024 Annual Report On DEP’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Program Highlights Abandoned Mine Drainage, Watershed Restoration Efforts  [PaEN]

-- State Conservation Commission Launches New Farm Conservation Certification Program  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Transforms Kitz Family Farm In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Trifecta Of Rainy, Hot, Dry Weather Could Be Pattern Of The Future 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network: Final EPA Lower Delaware River Water Quality Standards Praised By Environmental Leaders As Being Guided By Good Science  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP Sept. 24 Hearing On Individual NPDES Stormwater Permit For I-80 Reconstruction In Monroe County 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Earth Conservancy Seeks Artists For Native Wildflower Seed Packet Design Contest  

-- Morning Call: Hanover Township Residents Deserve Better Than Warehouses And Broken Promises - By Monica Beaky, Hanover Twp. Residents Against Warehouse Development

-- Delaware Currents: Summer Flooding In Delaware River Watershed To Increase In Size, Frequency, Study Finds 

-- DEP To Host Aquatic Resource Restoration Conference March 3-4 In State College [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Benezette Elk Viewing Areas Unaffected By Weekend Wildfires In Elk County

-- Tribune-Democrat: Ghost Town Trail Turns 31 Saturday, Cambria County To Host Anniversary Celebration

-- TribLive: Plans To Revamp Cheswick’s Rachel Carson Riverfront Park Could ‘Rejuvenate’ Community  

-- Williamsport Sun: Hawk Watching Can Be An Addictive, Fun Hobby For Birders

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: Springdale Boro To Resume A.I. Data Center Conversation This Week In Allegheny County

-- Standard Speaker: PPL Proposes Carbon County Power Line To Feed Another A.I. Data Center  [PDF of Article] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Bloomberg: Spiraling Power Costs Are Now A Major Political Issue In The US [Gov. Shapiro]

-- SpotlightPA/Inside Climate News: The Natural Gas Boom In PA Was Supposed To Lower Energy Bills Here, Why Didn’t That Happen?

Other States/Nations

-- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Nearly 600 Groups Write Congress Urging A Strong And Fair Farm Bill, Address Harmful Provisions Enacted In The ‘Big Beautiful’ Budget Bill [Includes PASA Sustainable Agriculture, More PA Groups]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Courts Extend Pause On PA Attorney General’s Office Cases As Cyberattack Fallout Continues

-- Spotlight PA: What A National Democratic Group, The ACLU, PA’s Richest Person Are Now Spending On PA Supreme Court Judicial Retention

-- PennLive: Voters Loyal To President, PA Farmers Face Chilling Impact Of Immigration Raids On Their Workforce

-- TribLive: Bracing For The Worst: Allegheny County Agencies, Nonprofits Fear Further Federal Cuts

-- WHYY: PA Disability Advocates, Long-Term Care Facilities Bracing For Impacts Of Pending Federal Medicaid Cuts

-- WHYY: PA Elected Officials Warn Proposed Federal Cuts Could Be ‘Devastating’ For Social Services

-- Shapiro Administration Releases Clear, Evidence-Based Guidance To Protect Vaccine Access And Personal Freedom After Federal Panel Sows Confusion

-- WESA: Shapiro Directs PA Health Insurers To Disregard New Recommendations From CDC Vaccine Panel 

-- PennLive: PA Legislative Autism Caucus Chair Seeks To Convene Hearings To Examine Causes

-- AP: President Promotes Unproven Ties Between Tylenol, Vaccines And Autism Without New Evidence

-- Inquirer: President’s Claim Tylenol And Autism Are Linked Is Wrong, Drexel Scientist Says

-- PennLive: PA House Committee Approves Gun Bills On Party-Line Votes, Republicans Opposing

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

-- 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.’

-- ReligionNews.com: These Christian Music Performers Supported The Charlie Kirk Memorial - Brandon Lake, Chris Tomlin, Phil Wickham, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes, Michael W. Smith, Matthew West 

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