Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.29.25

“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

January 6, 26, 27, 28

February 2, 3 (Governor’s Budget Address), 4

Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2

March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25

April 20, 21, 22

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

January 6 (NV), 26, 27, 28

February 2, 3 (Governor's Budget Address, 4

Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2

March. 23, 24, 25

April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

January 1-- DCNR Hosts First Day Hikes On New Year’s Day Across The Commonwealth

January 6-- DEP Public Meeting On Project Gravity A.I. Data Center Proposal Water Quality Permits In Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County.  Valley View High School, 1 Columbus Drive Archbald,  5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

January 6-- Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meeting. 4:00 p.m.

January 13-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.

January 13-- Penn State Extension Webinar - Spotted Lanternfly Research Updates & Panel Discussion. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

January 14-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. 9:30 a.m. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov or 717-787-7565.

January 14-- DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting. 9:30 a.m.  Contact: Stacey Box 717-772-5622 or sbox@pa.gov. 

January 14-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered [Coal Mining] Equipment meeting. DEP New Stanton Office. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Peggy Scheloske mscheloske@pa.gov or 724-404-3143.

January 14-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hosts Data Centers in the Susquehanna River Basin – Let's Talk Water Usage With SRBC.  Wrightsville, York County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

February 19-- In-Person/Online. PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference.  Pittsburgh.  8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

-- December 29 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 20 to 26 - 378,000 Gallon Gasoline Spill; 521,600 Gallon Spilled Into Mine Voids; Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture  [PaEN]

-- DEP Orders Monroe Energy's MIPC, LLC To Provide Replacement Water To Residents In Delaware County Potentially Impacted By A 378,000 Gallon Gasoline Leak Reported From The Chelsea Pipeline Station And Tank Farm  [PaEN]

-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Shale Gas Pipeline Drilling Fluid Losses To Mine Voids Climbs To Over 521,600 Gallons In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Conducting Federal Superfund Pollution Assessment Of Abandoned American Refining Group Oil & Gas Facilities In Allegheny National Forest  [PaEN]  

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

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Daylighting 3 CNX Midstream Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Longwall Coal Mining In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Water Quality Permits For 13.1 Mile Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement Project In Armstrong, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For 750 MW Marcus Hook Energy Natural Gas Power Plant, Delaware County [PaEN] 

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

-- DEP Soliciting Information For Use In The Development Of The Next Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards; Including Specifically For Copper  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Letter: We Must Focus On Renewable Energy Sources - By Mary Ann Lauffer, North Huntingdon

-- PennLive Letter: President’s War On Wind Energy Will Make Your Electric Bill Higher - By David Kyle, New Columbia

-- Scranton Times: Abandoned Mine Subsidence Sinkhole That Swallowed Car Filled, Patched In Blakely, Lackawanna County

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Concrete Big Contributor To Climate Change; University Of Pennsylvania Researchers Say They Can Shrink Its Footprint

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Altoona Mirror: PA House Moves Legislation Giving Local Governments Authority Over Projects Of Regional Significance [House Bill 1764] 

-- MyChesCo.com: DEP Steps Into Spotlight With A.I. Data Hearing, Lackawanna County; Energy Savings, For Local Governments; Fuel Leak From Monroe Energy Tank Farm

-- Wall Street Journal: Be Prepared To Keep Paying More For Electricity - A.I. Data Center Demands, Rising Natural Gas Prices, Grid Infrastructure Costs [PDF of Article]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 29  [PaEN] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Reuters Commentary: Five Energy Market Trends To Track In 2026 - The Year Of The Oil, LNG Natural Gas Glut 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: A Year Defined By Accountability

-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Leaves Board Of Pardons Seat Empty After Concerns Over Member’s ‘Inappropriate’ Questioning

-- Post-Gazette:  More Pittsburgh-Area Students Turn To The Trades As College Costs Rise

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[Posted: December 29, 2025]  PA Environment Digest