-- 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: No 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 10:00: Virtual Only. Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. 10:00 a.m. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here on agenda.
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Understanding Pennsylvania's Legacy Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
TODAY 6:00: 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 24-- Virtual: The Reliable Grid Project Webinar On PJM’s Latest Capacity Auction, Consumer Inpacts, Federal Policy Shifts, 2:00 p.m.
July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie At Jennings Environmental Ed Center. Slippery Rock, Butler County.
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.
-- PA Association Of Conservation Districts Recognizes County Conservationists [PaEN]
-- DEP Healthy Waters Update: Draft Revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement Comments Due; Local Restoration Projects, Grants And Education Opportunities [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Reaches 80,000 Acres Of Preserved Farmland
-- PJM Electricity Capacity Auction Bids For 134,311 MW Come It At Highest Price Allowed Under FERC-Approved Cap [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: PJM Says Settlement Of Complaint Filed By Shapiro Tamped Down Electricity Auction Prices {$380.57 vs. cap of $329.17]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: PJM Grid Operator Auction Will Result In Higher Electricity Bills For PA, NJ, DE Customers
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap As Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled
-- Reuters: Biggest US Power Grid [PJM] Auction Raises Prices By 22% To New Heights
-- What The A.I. Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: Exploding Electricity Demand Already Raising Prices - Ratepayers Need Protection; No Longer An ‘All Of The Above’ Energy Strategy [PaEN]
-- What The A.I. Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN]
-- Citizens Voice: Debate Over Rumored A.I. Data Center Draws Large Crowd In Dorrance Twp., Luzerne County
-- PennLive: Owners Of Idled Steelton Steel Mill Raise The Potential Of The Site Becoming A.I. Data Center In Dauphin County
-- LancasterOnline: Work Already Underway On 450,000 Sq. Foot A.I. Data Center Inside A Vacant Printing Plant; Officials Say It Won’t Affect Water, Electrical Grid
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Many Projects Credited To A.I. & Energy Summit Were Already Underway
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Environmentalists Don’t Want To Talk About Energy, A.I. Policy - By Jeff Nobers, Pittsburgh Works [They weren’t invited to invitation only McCormick Summit]
-- Pittsburgh Works: Environmentalists Against Respectful Civic Discussion Of Energy, A.I. Policy [They weren’t invited to invitation only McCormick Energy A.I. Summit]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Another Hot Weather Alert, Return To Generation Service For July 23 In Its Western Region, Including Parts Of PA [PaEN]
-- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Frequent Met-Ed Power Outages In Southeastern Berks Called Into Question
-- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN]
-- Whitehall Borough Launches New Rooftop Solar System Installed With Help From PA Solar Center, Elysium Solar Energy In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Mine Subsidence Sinkhole Prompts Emergency Declaration In Monessen
-- Beaver Times: Aqua Pennsylvania Buys Beaver Falls Wastewater Treatment System
-- Scranton Time: DEP Responds To Keystone Landfill Permit Review EHB Decision
-- Erie Times: Ocean Conservancy Report: PA Trails In Efforts To Combat Plastic Pollution
-- Erie Times: US. Army Corps Of Engineers Inviting Comments On Draft Plan For Union City Dam Recreation, Wildlife Resources In Erie County
-- Scranton Times: Band Cancelled For Rockin’ The River Concert For Political Reasons Paid $10,000
-- The Allegheny Front - Isabel Kim: Pittsburghers React To Summer Heat, Share Thoughts On Climate Change
-- The Allegheny Front - Isabel Kim: How Small Temperature Shifts Lead To More Blooms And Bees
-- DEP To Again Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In Lycoming County July 23
Gas Explosions
-- TribLive: ‘Series Of Failures:’ Lawsuit Blames Fatal Plum Boro Natural Gas Explosion On Pipeline Leak, Water Heater
-- TribLive: ‘It’s Hard Not To Break:’ Daughter Of Plum Natural Gas Explosion Victims Continues To Grieve Without Closure
-- Post-Gazette: Families Of Plum Natural Gas Explosion Victims File Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against Companies
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Openings For CEO And On PJM’s Board Are An Opportunity To Chart A New Course - By David Lapp, Maryland Office Of People’s Counsel advocating for residential utility consumers
-- Utility Dive: A.I.- Powered Attacks On Computer Systems Rise, Now Outrank Other Risks For Information Security Officers
-- Reuters: Key US Electricity Price And Output Trends So Far In 2025
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Bloomberg: Halliburton’s Decision To Idle Fracking Gear Confirms US Shale Drilling Slowdown
New Federal Administration
-- CBF: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Is Bright Spot Among Harsh Budget Cuts In US House Committee Bill
-- Politico: Republicans Once Said The Free Market Should Decide How The US Uses Energy - No More
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Nearly Doubles Staffers Dedicated To Communicating His Agenda
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Is Shapiro Taking Notes From NYC Mayoral Race? - By Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity
-- TribLive/Inquirer: Gisele Fetterman Doesn’t Want Her Husband Running For President
-- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanians Spent The Most Ever On Gambling Last Year
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Proposed Tax Incentives To Help Steel Industry
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: A False Claims Act Can Help Pennsylvania Fill Budget Gap
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Veterans Administration On Pace To Lose 3%, 200+ Workers, By Year’s End
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill School Program Continue Despite Halt To Federal Funds
-- TribLive/Bloomberg: Americans Are Paying For President’s Tariffs, Not Foreign Companies
-- TribLive Editorial: Should A Corrections Officer Be Suspended Over A Racist Video? [Spoiler - Yes]
-- TribLive: Lawyers As PA Supreme Court To Clamp Down On Washington County DA’s Use Of Death Penalty
-- Spotlight PA: After Years Of Secrecy, Penn State Board Discloses Details Of Closed-Door Meetings
-- Spotlight PA: Albright College Future Still In Doubt After Dramatic Cuts to Avoid Closure
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[Posted: July 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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