Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.21.25

“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]

"It is never too late to do the right thing." -- Nelson Mandela

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 

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. 

-- 120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic  [PaEN] 

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 22  [PaEN] 

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 13 to 19 -- Shale Gas Abandoned Well Violations Hit 70; Conventional Well Not Plugged For 2,045 Days; MarkWest Loses Another 69,000 Of Pipeline Drilling Fluid To Mine Voids  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense/Peter Aldhous: Tracking Oil And Gas Industry Waste In Pennsylvania Is Still A ‘Logistical Mess’  [Part I] 

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense/Peter Aldhous: 20 Years Into Shale Gas Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet To Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste [Part II] 

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Pennsylvania Is Still Cleaning Up Decades’ Worth Of Abandoned Coal Mine Pollution, Now It Must Contend With Millions Of Tons Of Oil & Gas Waste  [Part III] 

-- Inside Climate News Video: Reporter Kiley Bense Talks About Her 3 Part Series On Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Waste [Video] 

-- Slippery Rock University: Luzerne County Student Helps Improve Sustainability At Slippery Rock University ​

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: How To Help Shape The Future Of Recycling In Centre County - By Amy Schirf, Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority

-- Fly Fishing Magazine: Big Spring Creek Conservationists Fight To Save Wild Trout From Warehouse Development In Cumberland County 

-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Annual Christmas Bird Count Channels ‘Addictive’ Activity For Scientific Good

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Conservation District Volunteer Audrey Wells Hosts Sketchers Nature Walk To Spark Connection With Outdoors  [PDF of Article]

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Nonprofit Quarterly: A Canary In A Coal Mine: Amazon’s Luzerne County A.I. Data Center

-- WGEM: Illinois State Regulators Warn Of Impending Energy Shortfalls As PJM Capacity Prices Rise Again 

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 22  [PaEN]

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- Today’s Violations:  DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Reports 69,000 Gallon Pipeline Construction Fluid Loss Into Mine Voids Under Washington County; 476,600 Gallons Lost So Far  [PaEN] 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/AP: President’s ‘A+++++’ Economy Talk Collides With Reality In Allentown, A City Critical To The Midterm Elections

-- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania’s Role In Federal Health Insurance Cost Debate Crystalized Health Care As A Dominating Political Force In 2026 Midterm Elections

-- TribLive Editorial: President’s Veterans Administration Staffing Cuts Test A Promise To Veterans

-- Post-Gazette: Hundreds Taken Into Custody At Pittsburgh ICE Office: Families Separated, Children Held For Hours, Detainees Lacking Criminal Records

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