Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.30.25

“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. 

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Still Experiencing Spills, Releases While New Well Development Continues At Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County For 426 Days And Counting  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies DEP Motion To Dismiss BCD Properties Appeal Over Its Illegal Disposal Of Oil And Gas Wastewater By Road Dumping; Case To Proceed On Its Merits  [PaEN]  

-- Sen. Boscola, Sen. Vogel Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Promote Development Of Much-Needed Solar Energy Electric Generation Facilities And Lower Costs For Consumers  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Letter: Cleaner Than Coal Isn’t Clean Enough For Pennsylvania’s Future - By Robert Little, Harrisburg

-- Inquirer: PA Was Known For An Arduous Permitting Process, But New Policies At DEP Aim To Accelerate Building Projects

-- EPA To Host Jan. 13 Meeting On Status Of Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site Cleanup In Palmerton, Carbon County  [PaEN] 

-- The News-Item: Annual ‘Coal Drop’ Set For New Year’s Eve In Shamokin, Northumberland County

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Central Hardwood Forest Conference March 3-6 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension, DCNR Host March 10 Forest Health, Insect And Disease Update Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Strawberry Hill Animal Ambassador For Jan. 29 In-Person Owls Up Close Workshop In Gettysburg  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Names Leanna Bird New Executive Director

-- Williamsport Sun: Hyner Mountain Snowmobile Club Safety Course Offered

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Counting Birds, Connecting With People, Serving Nature

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Survey Findings Note Differences Between Wild Trout, Stocked Trout Anglers

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Warren Times: Don’t Count On Lower Electricity Prices In 2026 [Data Centers Driving Increases]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Public’s A.I. Power Problem Is Not Electricity, It’s The Failure To Protect Ratepayers From Costs They Did Not Choose- Matt Hasan, Ph.D, CEO of aiRESULTS

Gas Explosions

-- Bucks Courier Times: Residents Smelled Natural Gas Days Before Nursing Home Explosion In Bucks County; No 911 Calls For Gas Odor

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Reuters Commentary: The 2025 Energy Transition In 8 Charts - Clean Wins, Dirty Setbacks 

Federal Administration

-- AP: President’s EPA In 2025: A Fossil Fuel-Friendly Approach To Industrial Deregulation

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: After Quiet Off-Year Elections, Democrats Renew Worries About President Interfering In The Midterms

-- The Center Square: Ahead Of Midterms, Pennsylvania Politics Still Swinging

-- PennLive: Republican PA State Treasurer Stacy Garrity Gets Nod From Conservative PAC In Governor Bid

-- The Center Square: PA Public Transit Whiplash Ahead In 2026

-- The Center Square: PA Grabs $193 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Health

-- Republican Herald: Petition Supporting Schuylkill County Man Detained By Federal ICE Attracting Signatures

-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Board Deliberated In Public More Often This Year, Analysis Shows

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