Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.19.26

“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 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 20-- Virtual. Sierra Club Pennsylvania Hosts Webinar On Energy Storage In PA, 6:30 p.m.

September 22-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Backyard Stream Repair Webinars (1 of 5) - Evaluating Your Stream.  10:00 to 11:30 p.m.

September 22-- Virtual. Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Webinar: Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalty Agreement.  6:00 p.m.

September 23-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Council meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  Read more here on agenda.  (formal notice)

September 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m. (formal notice)

September 30-- House Energy Committee meeting.  Agenda TBA.  Click Here to watch online.

October 14-- In-Person. DEP Public Meeting/Hearing On Major Amendment To Water Quality Permit For Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County.  Homer Center High School Auditorium, 70 Wildcat Lane, Homer City. 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. 

-- Read Carefully!  PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 19 [PaEN] 

-- Permits Flying!  DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 19 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Restart Of Constellation Energy Three Mile Island Data Center Nuclear Power Plant In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On New Water Quality Permit For Amazon Data Services ADS Berwick Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric JUNI-NEBU 500 kV Transmission Line Project In Perry County To Serve Large Loads  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Stonehouse Substation & Transmission Line Project In Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Nov. 5 Hearing On Natural Soil Products Composting Permit Renewal, Modification For The Facility In Frailey Twp., Schuylkill County [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Fracking For Shale Gas Flourishes Amid Data Center Surge In Western PA; Citizens Continue To Raise Environmental, Health Concerns

-- PA Capital-Star: 2 PA-Based Drilling Companies-- Apex Energy, Ohio Gasco-- Involved In Leasing Land In Wayne National Forest In Ohio For Fracking Shale Gas

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Luzerne County Recommends $230,030 For Recreation, Conservation Projects From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Funds

-- The Allegheny Front: Sept. 24 & 25 Pittsburgh Film Fest Puts Spotlight On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Fight Against Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- ProPublica: EPA To Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells 

-- WNEP: Gov. Shapiro On President’s New Chesapeake Bay Order: He Can Do Whatever Photo-Ops He Wants In The Oval Office, These Decisions Will Be Made In Local Communities

-- Altoona Mirror: Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee Exceeds Requirement For Sediment Reduction In Blair County

-- Republican Herald: Lake Wynonah Resident Demands Day In Court As Dam Safety Dispute Escalates In Schuylkill County

-- Call For Presentations: Bucknell University River Symposium Nov. 6-7  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 10 Waterways On  Wheels - Swatara Rail Trail, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- The Conversation: At An Old Steel Site In Pittsburgh, Bacteria Evolved To Survive And Eat Industrial Pollution - By Catherine Armbruster, Carnegie Mellon University

-- The Allegheny Front: Westmoreland County Farmer Daryln Brewer Hoffstot’s New Book Is A Love Letter To Her Western PA Farm And The Nature Around Us

-- WNEP: Fall Foliage Approaching: Pocono Mountains Forecast Predicts Vibrant October Sights

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader - Liz Baumeister Field Notes: Susquehanna Riverlands Adventure II  

-- KDKA: Young Peregrine Falcon From Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Nest Dies After Injury

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Will Pennsylvania’s Bog Turtles Survive The President’s Administration? - By Ted Williams, Outdoor Writers Association Of America 

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Observer-Reporter: Springhill Township Adopts A.I. Data Center, Fossil Fuel Power Generation Ordinances In Fayette County

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: County Judge Hears Arguments Over PAX-1 A.I. Data Center Project In Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County

-- Inquirer: A.I. Data Center Developer Sues Upper Merion Twp. Over Rejected Data Center Proposals In Montgomery County

-- Scranton Times: 22 Regional A.I. Data Center Projects And Where They Stand In NE PA

-- PennLive Guest Essay: No Dollar Amount From A.I. Data Center Developer Is Worth A Lifetime Of Noise And Risk In Gregg Township, Union County - By Summer Gelnett, Unite Against Data Centers

-- TribLive: Despite Delay, Local Officials Happy With First Superload Transport To Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County; Next Load Monday

-- TribLive: ‘A.I. Is Inevitable’: PA US Sen. Fetterman, McCormick Back A.I., Balk At Calls For Regulation 

-- Reuters: Ten Days That Changed The Course Of A.I. - A.I. Companies Reeling As Their Own Creations Threatened To Break Humanity Itself 

-- Bloomberg: Google Joins OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta (Facebook) In Disclosing Incidents Of A.I. Agents ‘Inadvertently’ Hacking Systems

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- UPDATED:  DEP -  Day 29: Cleanup Of 336,000 Gallon Spill Of Fracking Flowback Fluid From An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Continues At INR OPR LLC Pad In Young Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water, Cement Spill, No Secondary Containment Or Sedimentation Controls At Conventional Well Plugging Site In Indiana County  [PaEN] 

Storms/Power Outages

-- Erie Times: Erie City Council Approves $4 Million For Massive Storm Cleanup

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- September 19: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Up 1 Cent From Yesterday To $4.56/Gallon - $1.44/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Crawford and Warren Counties $4.77  Highest Average Prices] 

-- September 19: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.47  Ohio- $4.53  PA- $4.56

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

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Why Allegheny County’s Former Top Republican Official, Became A Democrat: ‘I Can’t Do This’

-- AP: PA Republican Congressman Fitzpatrick Keeps Distancing Himself From President, It May Not Save Him In Midterm Elections 

--  Dept. Of Labor & Industry: PA Unemployment Rate Drops To 3.7% In August, Lowest In Over 2 Years

-- AP: Shapiro Administration Rules For PA Medicaid Recipients Spark Lawsuit From People With Disabilities

-- WITF: York Pastor, Haitian Immigrant ‘Pulled Of The Plane’ As Deportation Stayed, Intervention From Elected Officials Allegedly Influenced Decision

-- WITF: President’s Dept. Of Homeland Security Explains How It Identified Potential Noncitizen Voters, Says It Will Provide List To Pennsylvania

-- WESA: UPMC To Pay President’s Dept. Of Justice Nearly $1 Million, Agrees To 10-Year Moratorium On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth Under 19

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