Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.26.26

“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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

October 27-- DEP State Water Plan Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

October 27-- Virtual. US EPA Invites Comments On Reissuance Of Expired EXCO Resources (PA) Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Bell Twp., Clearfield County; Virtual Hearing Set For Oct. 27 [If Requested]  

October 27-- Dickinson College Hosts Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson For Fireside Chat On Actionable Climate Solutions As Part Of Rose - Walters Prize For Global Environmental Activism College Residency. Carlisle, Cumberland County. 

October 28-- Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m.  (formal notice)

October 28-- In-Person. Telephonic. Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Hearing On Proposed Fee Increase, Records Policy And Water Withdrawal Requests, Including One For Shale Gas Development.  5:00 p.m.

October 28-- Virtual. PA Technical Assistance Program, Catalyst Connection Webinar On No-Cost Energy Efficiency Resources To Boost Manufacturing Competitiveness. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

October 29-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting December 15 (formal notice)

November 4-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. [Draft Revisions To Chapter 105 on the agenda.]

-- October 26-- Weekly PA Environment Digest Is Now Available  [PaEN]    

-- PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 17 to 23  [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 119: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 16 Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Forest County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Follow-Up Inspections Of 4 Michael Harju Conventional Wells Found They Continue To Be Abandoned, Not Plugged Going Back To 2020 In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 3 Keystone Crude LLC Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Equitrans LP [EQT] Conventional Well Plugging Results In Multiple Spills, Inadvertent Returns, Failure To Comply With Permits In Greene County  [PaEN]   

-- DEP: Bialy Gas Production Intent To Plug Abandoned Conventional Well Leads To Discovery Of Severely Corroded Contaminated Water Tanks With Holes, Leaking Fluids In Beaver County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: EQT Production Site Prep For Well Plugging Leads To Significant Well Pad, Access Road Erosion Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Tank Failed Causing Release At Diversified Production LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Release Discovered At Deer Run Oil & Gas LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Crawford County 

-- DEP - Day 645: First Amer Energy Inc. Failed To Comply With Order To Restore 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Sites In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Investigating Oct. 4  Seismic Event In Westmoreland County To Determine If There Is A Relationship To Local Shale Gas Operations  [PaEN] 

-- PUC PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee Announces $151,550 In Penalties Against 96 Companies For Violating Underground Utility Notification Regulations

-- PUC Accepting Nominations For PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee

-- Lots, Lots Going On!  PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 24 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For Shippingport Power Station Natural Gas Fuel Yard In Beaver County For Aligned Data Centers Project  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For NFG Midstream Covington Double Natural Gas Pipelines Thru Farmington, Deerfield, Chatham Twps. In Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For XTO Energy Inc. 1.78 Mile, 12-Inch  Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval For Clear Water Technology Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Jessup Twp., Susquehanna County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Permit For CNX Gas Company Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For 165 MW Armstrong Power Natural Gas Power Plant In Armstrong County  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In September; 291 In 2026  [PaEN]  

-- Permits Are Flying!  DEP Posted 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 24 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]  

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 10 Meeting/Hearing On Renewal Of NPDES Water Quality Mining Activities  Permit For The LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Underground Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Stanton Swoyersville Exeter 69 kv Line Rebuild Project In Luzerne County  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Launches Working Group To Review Electric, Natural Gas, Water & Wastewater Utility Ratemaking, Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Celebrates 35th Anniversary In Cambria, Somerset Counties   [PDF of Article]

-- Erie Times-News - Brian Whipkey: Conventional Well Plugging Hits Milestone In PA, But Thousands Remain To Be Fixed

-- The Allegheny Front: How A Federal Rollback Of Methane Reduction Rules For Oil & Gas Operations Could Impact Climate, Public Health 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Natural Gas Driller To Acquire Range Resources In $50 Billion All Stock Deal 

-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Hundreds Of Rain Gardens, ‘Green’ Projects Later, What Is Philadelphia’s Next Plan To Stop Raw Sewage From Spilling Into Local Waterways?

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 17 ACAP Webinar On Building Better Agricultural Erosion Control Plans Using PAOneStop Tools  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Cracks Apparent In Chesapeake Bay Region’s Glass Recycling Efforts [PA Included]

-- TribLive: Perryopolis-Area Archaeological Dig That Uncovered Prehistoric Human Use Called ‘Significant Find’ In  Fayette County

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Democracy Wins In Archbald Boro With Denial Of A.I. Data Center Proposal And Should Inspire Others

-- PennLive/LehighvalleyLive: Pennsylvania Now Has 80 Sites Targeted For A.I. Data Centers Statewide; We’ve Mapped, Tracked Each One

-- Penn State Dickinson Law School Hosts Nov. 5 In-Person Symposium On A.I. Data Centers - A Problem-Solving Approach  [PaEN]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 26  [PaEN] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- October 26: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday $4.43/Gallon - $1.32/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Venango, Warren Counties $4.77 Highest Average Price]

-- October 26: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.28  Ohio- $4.40  PA- $4.43

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

-- WHYY: President’s Heating Oil Reserve Release Unlikely To Ease Sky-High Prices In Pennsylvania, Experts Say; Heating Oil Price Nearly Doubled Since Last Fall

-- WVIA Podcast: How And Why Electric, Natural Gas, Water Rates Are Increasing

-- PA Petroleum Distributors Assn: No Change In Handling Of Dyed Diesel Fuel In PA 

-- AP: In His Own Words: President On Gasoline Prices And Energy Costs Since Launching The War With Iran: ‘We’re Making A Freaking Fortune’

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Just Hit Highest Price Since 2022 On Winter Risks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Axios.com:  Shapiro Looks Like A 2028 Powerhouse - With An Asterisk

-- Morning Call: Affordability Is Voters’ No. 1 Concern Ahead Of Midterm Elections; What Does That Mean For The Lehigh Valley Races? 

-- Scranton Times: Healthcare Affordability Concerns Galvanize Voters 

-- AP: President Failed To Stop Inflation, Now Republicans May Pay the Price In The Midterm Elections  [PA Included] 

-- WESA: Gov. Shapiro Says PA ‘Prepared’ To Protect Voters From President’s Legal Challenges

-- PennLive Editorial: Unsubstantiated Attack Ad By Republican Con. Scott Perry Against Janelle Stelson Is Exactly What’s Wrong With Politics In America

-- PennLive: 9 Noncitizen PA Residents Charged By Feds With Illegally Voting  [8.5 Million Registered Voters In PA]

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[Posted: October 26, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

Penn State Dickinson Law School Hosts Nov. 5 In-Person Symposium On A.I. Data Centers - A Problem-Solving Approach

The Penn State Dickinson Law Center for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Law will host an in-person Symposium On A.I. Data Centers - A Problem-Solving Approach at the Greg Sutliff Auditorium, Lewis Katz Building at University Park from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and live-streamed to the Carlisle location of Dickson Law.

Join an interdisciplinary symposium of engineers, architects, scientists, educators, activists, citizens, and civic leaders in a candid and thought-provoking confrontation of issues surrounding A.I. and data centers. Network with experts across fields.

Data centers have lately seen their popularity rise quickly and sink even more quickly across the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Many local communities and even some states have voiced unmistakable hostility to data center construction. 

Because of their necessity to the AI buildout now unfolding with ramifications at regional, national, and global scales, however, this impasse demands our fullest attention. 

This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together experts, activists, citizens, and civic leaders to discuss these and other issues surrounding AI and data centers.

Click Here to register and for more information.  Questions should be directed to Professor Jamison Colburn at jec38@psu.edu. 

[Posted: October 26, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 17 ACAP Webinar On Building Better Agricultural Erosion Control Plans Using PAOneStop Tools

The Penn State Extension Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training hosts a December 17 ACAP webinar on Building Better Agricultural Erosion Control Plans using PAOneStop Tools from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Preventing accelerated soil erosion is essential to protecting Pennsylvania's streams and waterways from sediment pollution and maintaining water quality. 

Most Pennsylvania farms are required to develop and maintain an Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plan under the Clean Streams Law and 25 Pa. Code § 102.4(a).

This webinar will examine common challenges and frequent mistakes in Ag E&S Plan development and provide practical strategies for improving plan accuracy, quality, and regulatory compliance. 

Participants will also receive a demonstration of available planning tools, including PAOneStop, a free web-based platform for developing farm maps, Ag E&S Plans, and Manure Management Plans. 

Attendees will gain practical guidance, resources, and techniques they can immediately apply to avoid common pitfalls and streamline the planning process.

Who is this for?

-- Agricultural conservation professionals

-- Farmers and agricultural landowners

-- Natural resource and watershed professionals

What will you learn?

-- Identify common mistakes and challenges in Ag E&S Plan development

-- Improve plan accuracy, quality, and regulatory compliance

-- Use PAOneStop tools to streamline Ag E&S Plan development and farm mapping

Click Here to register and for more information.

Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities.

[Posted: October 26, 2026]  PA Environment Digest