-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
July 15, 16
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: No Session Days Scheduled
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!
TODAY: No Agenda Posted Yet. PA Sen. McCormick’s PA Energy & A.I. Summit In Pittsburgh - Watch Live
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar On Proposed New Bay Agreement: Clean Water for a Healthy Bay - Exploring The Revised Goal. Noon.
TODAY 7:30: In-Person. DEP Town Hall Meeting On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Leak In Bucks County. Upper Makefield Twp. Building, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown. 7:30 p.m.
July 16-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Montgomery County. 6:30 p.m.
July 16-- Virtual. Environmental Health Project To Launch Compounds Of Concern Online Tool During Webinar. 7:00 to 8:00 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.
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert For July 15; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! [7.9.25]
-- The Reliable Grid Project: July 16 Webinar - Understanding PJM, The Capacity Auction And Why Electricity Prices Are Rising, Noon
-- TribLive: Homer City Site Developers In Indiana County To Present 4.5 GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug. 7 Workshop
-- Post-Gazette: Google To Invest Billions For Hydroelectric Power From Holtwood, Safe Harbor Dams On Susquehanna River and A.I. In PA
-- Financial Times: Google, Brookfield Strike $3 Billion Hydropower Deal For 670 MW From Holtwood, Safe Harbor Dams On Susquehanna River With Options For 3 GW, Including Facility Upgrades
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Partners With Google Cloud To Accelerate Nuclear Power Reactor Construction Using A.I.
-- Post-Gazette: [Update] President, McCormick Set To Announce $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Investments For Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette: $75 Billion Investment Coming To PA In A.I., Energy; What Tech, Energy Leaders Saying Before Pittsburgh Summit
-- Rise Of The Machines: Senate, House Members Express Concern That Demand For Power To Run Computers Is Impacting The Price And Availability Of Electricity For ‘Ordinary People’ [5.12.25]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Are A.I. Data Centers The Next Big Thing For Natural Gas?
-- Environmental Advocates Oppose Gov. Shapiro’s Attendance At Sen. McCormick's Energy, A.I. Summit Today In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- PennLive: A.I. Data Centers Meet Community Resistance In PA: ‘Seems Like It’s Being Rushed’
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Energy And Innovation Summit Is A Great Opportunity For Pittsburgh, But People Must Come First [PaEN]
-- DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 98%, Has Reviewed Nearly 20,000 Permit Applications So Far This Year [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry Leaders Call For Faster Permitting To Boost PA’s Competitiveness In A.I. And Energy Sectors
-- Citizens Voice: Second Sinkhole In South Wilkes-Barre Leads To Evacuation
-- The Litterbug Continues To Strike: Strike Back By Entering The PRC Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Operations In Lycoming County July 15
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 8-10 In Gettysburg [PaEN]
-- Patch.com: Three New Hope-Solebury HS Students Receive Malcolm P. Crooks Scholarships From Aquetong Watershed Association
-- PA Capital-Star: Glen Onoko Falls, A Dangerous Beauty In The Poconos, Could Soon Reopen To Visitors
-- Brandywine Conservancy & Museum Of Art Announces New Leadership, Organizational Changes [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Are There More Fireflies In PA This Summer? Here’s Where To See Them Near Philly
Storms/Power Outages
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Storm Damages Luzerne County-Owned Infrastructure
-- WNEP: Swift Floodwaters Cause Chaos For Campers, Animals In Luzerne County
-- WNEP: Flooded Roads Disrupt Sullivan, Lycoming Counties, Closes Roads
-- LancasterOnline: Dozens Of Water Rescues, Flooded Homes Report In Lancaster County Monday
New Federal Administration
-- National Parks Group To Congress: Our National Parks Need More Staff And Funding, Not Less
-- TribLive/Bloomberg: Zuckerberg Says Meta Will Build Gigawatt-Size A.I. Data Centers; One Under Construction In Louisiana Is Nearly The Size Of Manhattan
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WITF: PA House Democrats Pass State Budget Without Buy In From Senate Republicans
-- Post-Gazette: PA House Passes Budget Bill With Negotiations Incomplete And Many Steps Remaining
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Passes Budget Bill: ‘Still Much Work To Do,’ Senate Republicans Say
-- TribLive/AP: 20 States, Including PA, Sue Over $6 Billion+ Education Funding Pause
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Prepares For ‘Painful Reductions’ Due To Federal Spending Cuts
-- Independent Fiscal Office Estimates New Federal Income Tax Deduction For Seniors Will Reduce Taxes By $1.1 Billion
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Opioid Settlement Fails To Fund Full Cost Of Crisis - By Ted Kopas and Jeff Balzer, Westmoreland County Commissioners
-- TribLive Editorial: Faith In 911 System Needs To Be Maintained
-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Plan To Endorse Challenger To Josh Shapiro In September, Gearing Up For 2026
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: PA Announces Redesign Of Provisional Ballot Envelopes
-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro, DNC Chair Say Sen. Street Should Step Down As State Democratic Party Leader While Running For Congress
-- Republican Herald: Fmr Rep. Edward Lucyk Remembered As Family Man, Fighter For Coal Region People
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[Posted: July 15, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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