PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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]

House Voting Schedule

July 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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

July 16, 17

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!

TODAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. 9:30 a.m. [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Update]

TODAY Noon: Virtual. The Reliable Grid Project Webinar - Understanding PJM, The Capacity Auction And Why Electricity Prices Are Rising, Noon

TODAY 6:30: 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.

TODAY 7:00: Virtual. Environmental Health Project To Launch Compounds Of Concern Online Tool During Webinar. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

July 17-- Virtual. ReImagine Appalachia, Central Appalachian Network Host Webinar On Nature Based Hazard Mitigation To Reduce Flooding. Noon.

July 17-- Virtual. PennTAP Hosts Webinar On Funding & Incentives To Support Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Projects. 10:30 a.m. to Noon.

July 17-- Virtual. Western PA Conservancy Webinar On Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, 25 Years Of Conservation In PA, Noon.

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.

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 Extends Maximum Generation Alert To July 16; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert [PaEN]

-- List Of More Than $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Data Center Investments, Commitments Or Plans Announced At The PA Energy & Innovation Summit [PaEN]

-- WESA: President Rolls Out A.I. And Energy-Related Investments During CMU Summit

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Energy And A.I. Summit Draws Critiques, Hopes For New Investment

-- PA Capital-Star: McCormick, President Tout $90 Billion For PA In A.I. Development And Energy Projects To Fuel It

-- The Center Square: President Celebrates $90 Billion Plan For A.I. Infrastructure In PA [Video]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy/Innovation Summit: An Overview Of $90 Billion+ In Investments Announced Tuesday [PDF of Article]

-- Post-Gazette: Touting $90 Billion In Investments, Leaders Make Bipartisan Push For PA To Be A Revolutionary Tech, Energy Hub [Critics Say President’s Agenda Undercuts Clean Energy, Efforts To Combat Climate Change]

-- Post-Gazette - Chloe Jad, Anya Litvak: At Pittsburgh Energy And Tech Summit, Optimism And Warnings Over Future Of A.I.

-- WashPost: Nvidia Says President Lifts Ban On Selling Some A.I. Chips To China [The Country The US At ‘War’ With Over A.I.]

-- TribLive: A Look At The Blockbuster Deals Announced At The PA Energy & Innovation Summit

-- TribLive: $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Deals Could Start ‘Economic Renaissance’ In PA, McCormick Says