Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.8.26

“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 8 [nonvoting], 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 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.

-- Governor's Budget Office Takes $138.5 Million From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee, Marcellus Legacy Fund, Farmland Preservation Fund, Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund To Balance State Budget  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: West Virginia Sues PA Over Limiting Sale Of AEPS Alternative Energy Credits To PA Power

-- TheDerrick.com: Clarion Boro Finds Stormwater Fee Effective Despite Criticism

-- Erie Times: Center For Rural PA Reports 25 Rural Counties Losing Population Faster Than Anticipated

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Sees One Of Its Warmest Summers On Record

-- PA Association Of Environmental Educators Highlights Upcoming Professional Development Courses 

-- WHYY: Want To Understand Lyme Disease Risk?  Look To Mice And Acorns, Not Deer

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage Season Is Looking Special, September Weather Permitting

-- TribLive: Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright Home’s Digital Twin Has Roots With Carnegie Firm

-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: PA Wild Trout Advocates Target Hatchery And Stocking Reform

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shippingport Boro To Vote On $10 Billion Data Center Project Today [Sept. 8] In Beaver County 

-- Pittsburgh Public Source: Upper Burrell Twp. Residents Decry Transparency As TECfusions A.I. Data Center Progresses Despite Moratorium And A Lawsuit In Westmoreland County

-- Observer-Reporter: Springhill Twp. Postpones Votes On A.I. Data Center, Fossil Fuel Power Plant Ordinances To Sept. 17 In Fayette County

-- ABC27: PA Building Trades Union Leader Supports Construction Of A.I. Data Centers, But Wants Them Built ‘Responsibility’

  

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- DEP: Thick Orange Fluid Leaking From Storage Tank At Conventional Gas & Gas Well Site In Monroeville, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Complaint Investigation Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas In A Manner Posing A Safety Risk To Nearby Residence In Mercer County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Pressure Testing Confirms Casing/Cementing Failures In 3 Expand Operating LLC Shale Gas Wells In Bradford County, Including One New Violation  [PaEN] : 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- September 8: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday $4.30/Gallon - $1.19/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Philadelphia Highest at $4.39 then Beaver, Bradford, Greene,  Pike, Potter Counties Average Price at $4.37] 

-- September 8: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.15  Ohio- $3.89  PA- $4.30

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

-- Bloomberg: Europe Natural Gas Hits 3-Year High As Traders Race To Fill Winter Storage

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Hit $98.39 In Multi-week Highs After Attacks On Saudi Energy Facilities

-- Reuters: Goldman Sess $120/barrel Oil Price Risk If Attacks On Middle East Vessels Intensity

Federal Administration

-- Post-Gazette: Partisan Brawl Over Federal Farm Bill In Washington Leaves Farmers Facing Deep Uncertainty

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- KDKA: PA Democratic Congressman Deluzio Says He’s Thinking About Running Against Fetterman In 2028 Primary

-- AP - Marc Levy: 2026 Elections Could Test How Heavy Trading On Prediction Markets Affects Races And Results 

-- AP: President Wants Voters To Pretend He’s On The Ballot; Republican Party Is Going Along For The Ride [PA Included]

-- Spotlight PA: Federal ICE Ramps Up Use Of Penn State’s Airport To Move Detainees Between Immigration Facilities

-- TribLive/CQ Roll Call: Higher Social Security Payroll Taxes No Longer Taboo For Republicans

-- New York Times: Canada Imposes New Tariffs On US In Response To President’s Tariffs As Trade War Intensifies  [PA exports to Canada support 66,800 jobs in PA, $16.1 billion in exports]

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[Posted: September 8, 2026]  PA Environment Digest