-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
September 30
October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Senate Voting Schedule
October 3 (NV), 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
TODAY 10:00: 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-- Postponed. House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1539 (Madsen-D-Dauphin) establishing an Electric School Bus Grant Program. Room G-50 of the Irvis Building. 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
-- DEP Moves To Dismiss BCD Properties Appeal Challenging A DEP Letter Advising It Does Not Comply With Waste Regulations Allowing The Disposal Of Its Oil And Gas Wastewater By Road Dumping [PaEN]
-- TribLive Letter: Pollution Coming To Creeks Near You, New Shale Gas Drilling Permits Filed With DEP In Affecting 4 Townships In Allegheny, Butler Counties - By Eric Greisinger, Forest Steward Of Greisinger Family Tree Farm
-- The Center Square Guest Essay: The Shale Gas Solution, Protecting National Security With Domestic Energy Supply - By Lauren Jessop
-- Union Of Concerned Scientists Reports 16 A.I./Data Center Electric Transmission Projects In PA Imposed $461.8 Million In Costs On Ratepayers In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Is The Sun Setting On PA’s Solar Future As President Rescinds $156 Million In PA Solar Funding Blocking Power Production
-- Utility Dive: Some State Lawmakers Urge PJM To Take Steps So Clean Energy Projects Can Meet Federal Tax Credit Phase Out Deadlines
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Is There Opportunity For Population Growth In Pittsburgh’s Outlying Counties? [Shell Petrochemical Plant Increases In Jobs, Gross Domestic Product ‘Do Not Yet Appear In The Data’]
-- Erie Times: Oct. 8 Public Meeting On Future Of Abandoned Erie Coke [Coal] Works Property
-- Inquirer: Bankruptcy Of Re-Match Leaves 11,000 Tons Of Artificial Turf Containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Abandoned Across PA
-- The Center Square: PA House Passes Bipartisan Landslide Insurance Bill; State To Step In Where Insurance Companies Step Out
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches A Crossroads; PA Remains The Outlier With Decades Of Shortfalls In Curbing Farm Runoff Frustrating Other States
-- Explore Clarion: Clarion Conservation District Holds Oct. 15 Meeting On Assessment Of Canoe Creek Watershed
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna TU Chapter Meeting Oct. 8 To Feature Discussion Of Trout Unlimited Abandoned Mine Reclamation Efforts
-- Morning Call: Northampton County Farmland Preservation Program Reaches 20,000 Acres
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: New Preserve, Nature Center To Offer Urban Respite In City Of Lancaster
-- WHYY: Drexel University’s Academy Of Natural Sciences Cuts Museum Hours Over Funding Concerns
-- PA Forestry Association: 139th Forest Symposium Nov. 1 In State College On Wildlife Habitats And The Game Commission [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden To Use Prescribed Fire In Its Meadow, A First For Allegheny County
-- Inquirer: PA State Parks Saw 30% Bump In Campground Reservations After President Closed Federal Recreation Sites
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: From Forest To Furnace And Back Again: PA’s Greenwood Furnace State Park In Huntingdon County
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Improvements To The Pond At Kirby Park Are Underway
-- Inquirer Editorial: Vigilance Needed If President’s Attempts To Rewrite History Of Slavery At Independence Mall Persist
-- Williamsport Sun: How Does Low Water Impact A Fishery? A Closer Look
-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - So What’s The Difference Between Algae And Scum?
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Investigators Zero In On Cast Iron Valve In US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Breathe Project Response To US Chemical Safety Board’s Report On Fatal Explosion At The US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Residents Push Back Against Proposed A.I. Data Center Zoning [PDF of Article]
-- WNEP: Archbald Residents Voice Opposition To Proposed A.I. Data Center Zoning Law
-- Union Of Concerned Scientists Reports 16 A.I./Data Center Electric Transmission Projects In PA Imposed $461.8 Million In Costs On Ratepayers In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Capitol Wire: Team Pennsylvania’s Strategy For Data Centers And A.I. Promotes Regional Cooperation
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring, Wholesale Electricity Costs Up As Much As 267% [PDF of Article]
-- AP: Regulators Struggle To Keep Up With The Fast-Moving, Complicated Landscape Of A.I. Therapy Apps [PA Mentioned]
Federal Administration
-- Environmental Defense Fund: President’s Subsidies For Costly Coal Saddle Families With High Electric Bills, More Pollution
-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: President Launches Broad Effort To Help Revive Flagging US Coal; Blocking Clean Energy Projects
-- US Dept. Of Energy Announces $625 Million Investments In Recommission, Retrofit Coal-Fired Power Plants
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Tribune-Democrat: Counties, School Boards Call For End To State Budget Stalemate
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissioners [Republicans] Cancel Public Meetings Amid State Budget Crisis
-- TribLive Editorial: Irish Trip During State Budget Impasse Is Tone-Deaf For Lawmakers
-- TribLive: As State Budget Impasse Drags On, Proposals Aim To Prevent Future Ones
-- Observer-Reporter: PA Supreme Court Rules [Against] Washington County’s Mail-In Ballot Lawsuit
-- Spotlight PA: The Group Behind Misleading Mailer Targeting The PA Supreme Court Retention Elections
-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University, Other PA Colleges Targeted In Active Shooter ‘Swatting’ Hoax Sunday
-- TribLive: Older, Disabled Pennsylvanians Bear Brunt Of Home Care Staffing Crisis
-- Spotlight PA/Next Generation NewsRoom: Parents In Southwest PA Worried About Rising Vaccine Exemption Rates
-- WESA: Routine Vaccination Rates Continue To Decline Among PA Kindergarteners
-- WHYY: Montgomery County Offers Free COVID, Flu Vaccines At Community Clinics
-- York Dispatch Editorial: On Public Health, PA, Other States Are On Their Own [Vaccines, EPA, Education]
-- TribLive/Reuters: President’s Secretary Of Defense Denounces ‘Decades Of Decay’ In Military Caused By Policies Promoting Diversity And Inclusion
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[Posted: September 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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