PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

House Voting Schedule

July: No Days Scheduled

September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

July: No Days Scheduled

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!

July 28-- In-Person. Penn State Extension $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. Mercer County Extension Office, 463 North Perry Highway, Mercer, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

July 28-- Virtual. Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services & Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar: SLAPP Suits: Legal & Communication Strategies To Protect Your Voice In A Legally Risky Environment. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

July 29-- In-Person. Environmental Quality Board hearing on Proposed Regulation Related To Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans. DEP Southeast Regional Office, Norristown. 10:00 a.m.

July 29-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Webinar On $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. 4-H Building McKean County Fairgrounds, 7172 PA-46 in Smethport. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

July 30-- Virtual. Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar On Proposed New Bay Agreement:Engaged Communities - A Closer Look At The Proposed Goal. Noon.

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Red Barn Annex, Ag Progress Days Site, Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County. 10:00 a.m.

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-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 19 to 25 - More Criminal Charges; Weeks Long Wastewater Cleanups Continue; 27 More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Cuts To Clean Energy Credits In Republican Spending Bill Rattle PA’s Solar Industry

-- Post-Gazette: DEP Biologists Are Tracking Jamestown Canyon Virus Detected In PA Mosquitoes

-- DCNR: What People Are Saying About The New Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Who Pays The Price For New A.I. Data Centers? - By Destinie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Founder Of Peoples Energy Analytics

-- TribLive Guest Essay: A.I., Cryptocurrency And PA’s War On The Little Guy - By Joe Morinville, Energy Independent Solutions

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: PUC Urges Consumers To Prepare For Higher Summer Electric Bills

-- Inquirer: Betty, University Of Pennsylvania’s New Supercomputer Joins The A.I. Arms Race In Montgomery County; Hums Louder Than A Jet Plane Taking Off, Uses As Much Electric As 1,000 Homes

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Talen Energy Announces Purchase Of Moxie Freedown Gas Power Plant In Salem Twp. To Lock Up Power For Data Centers

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Republican Field Begins To Emerge In 2026 Race For PA Governor

-- Inquirer: Republican Sen. Mastriano Says Early Endorsement Won’t Keep Him Out Of 2026 PA Governor’s Race: ‘I Have A Plan’

-- Commonwealth Foundation: Shapiro Shouldn’t Get In The Way Of PA’s Energy Momentum

-- TribLive Editorial: Should Washington County DA Be Second-Guessed On Death Penalty Cases?

-- TribLive: Police Investigate Vandalism At Republican Con. Mike Kelly’s Office In Hermitage

-- TribLive Column: Cruelty The Theme Of President’s Administration - By Joseph Sabino Mistick

-- Republican Herald Editorial: They Came For The Nice Guy At The Pizzeria, Too [PDF of Article]