-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
April 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
Senate Voting Schedule
April 20, 21, 22
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY: PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers. Pittsburgh.
April 21-- House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 21-- DEP State Water Plan Webinar - Developing A Local Climate Action Plan. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
April 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Caron Building, Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m.
April 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
April 23-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on Constellation Energy Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant, Other Water Withdrawals. Harrisburg. 5:00 p.m.
April 28-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on electric generation resource adequacy, PJM market update, barriers to entry for new power generation. Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m. Watch online.
April 30-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice)
-- DEP Investigating Possible Software Malfunction That Released An Estimated 704,000 Gallons Of Fresh Water From Coterra Energy Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Springville Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 18 [PaEN]
-- LOTS GOING ON! DEP Posted 76 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Restart Of Constellation Energy’s Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Encroachment Permit For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC Project To Rebuild Power Lines To Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Stormwater Permit For SNA North LLC/QTS A.I. Data Center Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues 2nd Air Quality General Permit For Diesel-Fired Nonroad Engines At Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Fearing ‘Unsustainable’ Cost Increases, PA Utilities And Lawmakers Move To Curb Payments To Smaller Than Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities
-- Shapiro Administration Highlights Disaster Recovery Grant Program In 2026-27 Budget Proposal
-- Warren Times: Water Donations Pour In For Mobile Home Park With Unreliable Drinking Water System [PDF of Article]
-- Warren Times Letter: Leadership Runs Dry In Tidioute Community Water Crisis - By Christina Craig, Tidioute Resident [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Federal Funding For Climate Smart A Program Restored To PASA Sustainable Agriculture, With Less Climate
-- TheDerrick.com: Students Put Nature Knowledge To The Test At Venango County Envirothon
-- KDKA: How Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Is Helping Native Trout In Linn Run
-- Philadelphia.Today: Aqua Pennsylvania Employees Celebrate Earth Day With Tree Planting At Hildacy Preserve In Delaware County
-- TribLive: Trash Mounds Along Allegheny River In Braeburn To Be Cleaned Up In Westmoreland County
-- The Allegheny Front: Practicing Climate Communication In The Field And Stream At The Powdermill Nature Reserve
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: Upcoming Professional Development Experiences, Workshops; Girty’s Bees; Humane Animal Rescue; Gen:Thrive; Water Stewardship
-- DCNR Welcomes New Class Of Rangers, Park Managers To Protect And Serve PA’s Public Lands
-- LancasterOnline: Peregrine Falcons Are Flying Over Lancaster City, After Decades, Is There Finally A Nest?
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Courier Times: Amid Community Protest, West Rockhill Twp. Approves A.I. Data Center Rules In Bucks County
-- The Center Square: ‘I Don’t Want You’ Say Residents Fuming Over A.I. Data Center Farm Takeovers In Northampton County
-- The Center Square: Center For Rural PA Told Rush To Build A.I. Data Centers Spawns Uncertainty, Confusion, Lack Of Transparency In Communities
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: A York County Farmer’s Perspective On The A.I. Data Center Dispute In Conewago Township - By Jamie Noerpel, York County Writer & Historian [PDF of Article]
-- Utility Dive: PECO Withdraws $510 Million Rate Hike Proposals Over Affordability Concerns
-- Philadelphia Business Journal: A.I. Data Centers Are Coming For Power, And PECO’s CEO Says There’s No Time To Waste; PECO Can’t Turn Data Centers Away
-- Guest Essay: Why PJM's Price Cap On Electricity Costs Pennsylvanians - By Conservative Commonwealth Foundation [Why They Want You To Pay More For Electricity] [You Paid $28.92 In 2023, $269.92 In 2024, $329 In 2025 With Cap, In 2025 You Would Have Paid $529 Without The Cap]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- April 18: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Dropped 1 More Penny Yesterday, Now $0.99/Gallon Higher To $4.10 Since Feb. 27 [Warren County, PA highest at $4.296]
-- April 18: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.05 Ohio- $3.71 PA- $4.10
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same As Last 3 Weeks
-- Reuters: Iran’s Navy Tells Ships Strait Of Hormuz Shut Again, 2 Vessels Report Gunfire
Federal Administration
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Retained By US DOE Despite Earlier Doubts
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette - Adriana Ramirez: Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Is Underfunded And Undersupported
-- Spotlight PA: Republican Auditor General Says Motor Voter Registration System Works, But Improvements Needed
-- TribLive Editorial: How Long Is Too Long? A Question Of Term Limits
-- Inquirer: Head Of PA’s Civil Rights Agency To Resign As Gov. Shapiro Launches Inquiry Into Agency’s Spending
-- PennLive: Detainees Start Hunger Strike At Clearfield County ICE Detention Facility: ‘Something Is Fundamentally Wrong’
-- WESA: New Ownership Means New Questions For Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Members
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[Posted: April 18, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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