-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
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
Senate Voting Schedule
July 17
September 8, 9, 10
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
July 18-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day. Kutztown Headquarters.
July 19-- In-Person. Hollow Oak Land Trust Bugfest At Montour Woods Pavillion In Moon Twp., Allegheny County, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
July 22-- In-Person. Environmental Quality Board hearing on Proposed Regulation Related To Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans. DEP Southwest Regional Office, Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m.
July 22-- Virtual and Last. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. 6:30 p.m.
July 23-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. The Nature Place Rookery Room, 575 St. Bernardine Street in Reading, Berks County. 10:00 a.m. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here on agenda.
July 23-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. Trinity Point Church of God, 180 West Trinity Drive, Clarion. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.
July 23-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Understanding Pennsylvania's Legacy Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
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.
-- Environmental Health Project Releases Compounds Of Concern Online Tool To Help Frontline Residents Better Understand Health Symptoms Related To Chemicals In Industrial Pollution, Released By Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]
-- Environmental Groups Rallying To Protect Delaware River Watershed From Shale Gas Fracking [PaEN]
-- EPA Is 'Clearing The Regulatory Path For America To Dominate The Global A.I. Revolution' [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What’s Next After Big-Time A.I., Energy Summit? Shapiro: The Proof Will Be When Shovels Go In The Ground [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Stands Out At High-Profile A.I. Energy Summit; Other Democrats Used Summit To Bash President’s Policies
-- TribLive Editorial: PA Energy & A.I. Summit - It’s Easy To Promise Big, But Corporate Investments Can Change With Market Winds
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: McCormick’s Energy, A.I. Summit Accomplished What It Set Out To Do, But What’s Next?
-- PA Capital-Star: A.I. Data Centers Like The Ones Coming To PA Are Using More Power, Regular Customers Are Footing The Bill
-- NPR: Power Prices Expected To Soar Under New Federal Megabill Tax Cut And Spending Law
-- Fox News: Electricity Prices May Spike Due To A.I. Data Center Demand If US Doesn’t Boost Energy Output, White House Warns
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 17 In Its Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions, Including Parts Of PA [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Sustainability, Community Impact Concerns Shade A.I. Data Center Investment
-- Utility Dive: PPL Utilities, With Blackstone Venture, Is ‘Biggest Winner’ From PA Energy & A.I. Data Center Summit
-- LancasterOnline: Google To Buy $3 Billion Worth Of Electricity For Data Centers From Holtwood, Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Plants
-- WTAE: Massive Natural Gas-Powered Data Center Project In Homer City Promises Economic Revival
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Secures Massive Natural Gas Deals For 4.5 GW Homer City, 3.6 GW Bruce Mansfield Natural Gas Power Plant Projects
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak, Chloe Jad: Companies Pledged $90+ Billion In Major Investments In A.I. And Energy At Pittsburgh Summit. Here’s A List
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Montgomery County’s Sen. Pennycuick Behind Bill To Give Tax Breaks To A.I. Data Centers And Waive Regulatory Requirements To Locate In PA
-- Courier Times: Bucks County Residents, Sen. Santarsiero Say DEP Isn’t Doing Enough To Make Energy Transfer/Sunoco Define The Extent Of Petroleum Pipeline Leak And Clean It Up [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Insurance/DEP Highlight 30 Years Of Underground Petroleum Products Storage Tank Insurance Fund Work; Paid Over $1.3 Billion To Clean Up Tank Leaks [PaEN]
-- PennVEST Invests $222.2 Million In 31 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects In 21 Counties [PaEN]
-- Northampton, Bucks County, Municipal Authority Announces Public Water Connection Project For 334 Homes With PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: All Adults, Children Tested Near PA Military Bases Have PFAS In Their Blood, Study Says
-- Environmental Working Group: Frequent Violations Of Paraquat Pesticide In Pennsylvania Points To Health Risks For Farmers, Rural Residents
-- Tribune-Democrat: Conservation District Leaders Tour Somerset County Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Site: ‘Now I See Hope’ [Federal Funding] [PDF of Article]
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Celebrating The Waters Of Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Stops In Potter County To Highlight Investment In Key Gas Station Near Northcentral Regional ATV Trail To Build Outdoor Recreation Economy [Owner Failed To Comply With Storage Tank Regulations]
-- WTAE: Laurel Caverns Proposed As Pennsylvania’s Next State Park
-- WNEP: Scranton Mural Tells Story Of Lenape Tribe
-- 4th Annual Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Comes To Shikellamy State Park Aug. 2 In Selinsgrove [PaEN]
-- PA Parks And Forests Foundation Welcomes New Staff And Interns [PaEN]
Train Derailments
Storms/Power Outages
-- TribLive: Western PA Storms Impact Power, Roads In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties
-- Centre Daily Times: Power Restored To State College Area After Thousands Reported Outages Again
New Federal Administration
-- EPA Announces Next Set Of Actions On Coal Ash Disposal Requirements
-- EPA Moves Ahead With Next Phase Of Reorganization, Cuts
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Stands Out At High-Profile A.I. Energy Summit; Other Democrats Used Summit To Bash President’s Policies
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Gov. Shapiro: VP Vance Parachutes Into NE PA To Lie About Benefits Of President’s Federal Mega Tax, Budget Bill
-- PA Capital-Star: In Luzerne County, VP Vance Touts President’s Tax Cuts, But Ignores Medicaid Cuts
-- MCall: Here Lehigh Valley’s Congressional Candidates’ Money Is Coming From, How They Are Spending It
-- PA Capital-Star: US Dept. Of Justice Wants Pennsylvania And Other States To Turn Over Voter Lists, Election Info
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Key PA Senate Republican Shoots Down Recreational Marijuna Proposals During Late Budget Update
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Legalizing Marijuana Could Be Public Transit’s Pot Of Gold - Sen. Sharif Street
-- York Daily Record: President’s Medicaid Cut Would Cause Hardship For Families With Special Needs Kids
-- MCall: PA Court Officials Say Federal ICE Can Operate In Lehigh County Courthouse Public Areas
-- Erie Times: ‘Good Trouble’ Protests Thursday Against President’s Policies Follow ‘No Kings’ Day
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