Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.4.26

“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]

House Voting Schedule

September 9, 28, 29, 30

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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

​​September 28, 29, 30

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

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

September 8-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is October 13.  Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)

September 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:30 a.m.  [Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits]

September 9-10-- In-Person. PUC: 2026 Pipeline, Electric & Cybersecurity Safety Conference In State College

September 10-- In-Person/Virtual.  Local Organizations To Host Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online . 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)  

September 16-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission regular business meeting. Holiday Inn Express Bloomsburg, 14 Mitchell Drive, Bloomsburg. 9:00 a.m.  (formal notice)

September 16-- Town Hall Meeting On Findings From PA PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Multi-Site Health Study In Bucks, Montgomery Counties And What They Mean For Local Families.  Hatboro-Horsham High School Auditorium, 899 Horsham Road in Horsham, Montgomery County. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: At The Scene On 9/11, Shanksville’s Tiny Firehouse Still Welcomes Families Of Flight 93’s Victims In Somerset County

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Farm Conservation Success In Small Watersheds; When Dams Come Down; Recognition Of Amy Bowers Cordalis  [PaEN] 

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Partners Host Lebanon Valley Clean Water Week Sept. 12-19 [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: US Forest Service Rule Repeal Could Lead To Logging In PA Allegheny National Forest, Virginia National Forest Wilderness Areas

-- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To Sept. 4; Order Still In Place To Require Data Centers, Large Loads  To Go To Backup Generation, If Needed  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Cambria Heights School District Unveils Solar Energy Facility In Cambria County, Will Reduce Energy Costs By $2.5 Million Over 20 Years

-- PennLive Letter: Research Shows Pennsylvania Needs To Diversify Its Electricity Generation Mix - David Gahl, Solar & Energy Storage Industries Institute 

-- September 5 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Warren Times: Allegheny River Cleanup Seeking Volunteers For Sept. 17, 18, 19 Events

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grant Program  [PaEN] 

-- 14th Annual PA Firefly Festival Celebrates Successful 2026 Season In Forest County  [PaEN] 

-- PA Wilds Center Becomes Certified Environmental Partner Of 1% For The Planet 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Is Only State To Split Fish And Wildlife Management, Combining Could Save $34 Million A Year

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: A.I. Data Center Concerns Grow In Upper Burrell Twp As Moratorium End Looms In Westmoreland County

-- TribLive: Murrysville Delays A.I. Data Center Ordinance Following Resident Concerns It Wasn’t Strong Enough In Westmoreland County

-- Indiana Gazette: Center, Burell, Black Lick Townships Seek Community Benefits Agreement With The Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus Power Plants 

-- Scranton Times: Ransom Twp. Looks To Adopt Protections To Get Ahead Of Future A.I. Data Centers In Lackawanna County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA MAGA Country Doesn’t Want President’s A.I. Data Center ‘Golden Goose’ - By Oliver Bateman, Pittsburgh Historian

Storms/Power Outages

-- TribLive: Storms, Flooding Pummel Western PA Downing Trees, Knocking Out Power  

-- Tribune-Democrat: Thousands Without Power As Crews Respond To Storm-Related Incidents In Cambria County

-- WNEP: Heavy Rains Flood Homes And Close Schools In Union County

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Commissioners Issue Emergency Declaration After Heavy Rains, Flooding

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 116,616 Customers Without Power - 6:30 a.m. Sept. 4 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- September 4: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday $4.29/Gallon - $1.18/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver County Average Price Highest at $4.38]

-- September 4: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.14  Ohio- $3.94  PA- $4.29

-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98  Ohio- $2.79  PA- $3.11

-- WNEP: Sheetz Offering Discounts Of Up To 40 Cents/Gallon Thru Sheetz App

-- Scranton Times/ReadingEagle: Record Labor Day Gasoline Prices Expected At Pump 

-- AP: US Diesel Prices Hit A Record High Of $5.85 On Average As President’s War With Iran Disrupts Flow Of Fuel  

-- AOL.com: Vice President Tells Americans To Stop Complaining About Gasoline Prices 

-- The New Republic: Vice President Says You Should Be Grateful Gasoline Prices Aren’t Even Higher

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Let’s Make Sure PA Republicans Are In The Game: Make A Plan To Vote Early By Voting By Mail And On-Demand Voting - By Sen. Greg Rothman, Chair, PA State Republican Party

-- AP: Postal Service Asks US Supreme Court To Let It Intercept And Prevent Delivery Of Mail-In Ballots In States That Do Not Comply With President’s Mail-In Ballot Executive Order 

-- AP: Midterm Election Mail-In Ballots Start To Go To Voters As Litigation Over President’s Mail-In Ballot Order Creates Uncertainty  

-- Wall Street Journal: Behind Closed Doors, PA US Sen. John Fetterman Shows Little Interest In The Work Of A Senator 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA MAGA Country Doesn’t Want President’s A.I. Data Center ‘Golden Goose’ - By Oliver Bateman, Pittsburgh Historian

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Get Vaccinated,’ Geisinger Health Expert Advises In Wake Of Unprecedented Measles Surge 

-- City & State PA: Milk From Oats [Chobani] And Affordable Coats [Burlington]: PA Lands 2 Major Corporations In 3 Days

-- PennLive: Federal ICE Is Going Mobile: Here’s How Vans Could Become Detention Centers In PA

-- TribLive/AP: White House Uses Knock-Offs Of 5 Retro Video Games To Promote President’s Agenda 

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: President Sticks With A Losing Midterm Election Strategy For Republicans - Touting His Record, Making It About Him - By Karl Rove, Republican Political Consultant 

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