-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
August: 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
August: 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!
August 4-8-- In-Person. Shippensburg University, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Host South Mountain Climate & Land Use Exploration For Educators
August 6-- In-Person. DCNR Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant Applications. 6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
August 6-- Virtual. Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing. 1:30 p.m. Read more here.
August 7-- Virtual. Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities. Noon to 1:15 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.
August 21-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
-- August 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 2 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Aug. 20 Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecasts Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Monday, August. 4 In Erie, Mercer County, Scranton & Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Abandoned, Active Mines Are Not Tourist Sites - Stay Out! - By Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- Inside Climate News: Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack Of Pollution Targets And Accountability
-- Courier Times: Buckingham Township Received PennVEST Federal Funding For PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Treatment System In Bucks County
-- PittsburghUnonProgress.com: PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Offer Eco Scouts Program For A Lesson In ‘Stuff’
-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Flood Museum Planning To Reopen Soon After Weather Damage
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Approve Match For Susquehanna RiverWalk Trail Extension
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Proposed State Senate Bill To Fast Track Data Centers, Limit Local Zoning [Senate Bill 939] [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A.I. Data Centers And Cryptocurrency Mining Energy Use Needs A Clear Disadvantage - By Karen Elias, Climate Reality [PDF of Article]
-- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. Data Center Demand, PJM Electricity Auction, What Lehigh Valley Utilities Say To Expect [PPL - Last 2 PJM Auctions Have Increased Monthly Bills $20 With No Benefit To Customers] [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I. Impacting Energy Production And Prices?
-- Post-Gazette: Cryptocurrency Firm Among Dark Money Donors In Race For Pittsburgh Mayor
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Erie Times: National Fuel Gas Increases Gas Rates 12.2%; How Much More Erie-Area Homes Will Pay
-- Reuters: Oil Price Falls As OPEC+ Proceeds With September Output Increase
-- Reuters: BP Makes Its Largest Oil & Gas Discovery In 25 Years Offshore Brazil
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Using ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Revenue To Fund SEPTA Will Disproportionately Harm PA’s Black Communities - By Solomon Jones
-- WESA: Health Care Is Embracing A.I.: Some PA Lawmakers Say Guardrails Are Needed
-- Spotlight PA: Voting Machines Rarely Malfunction During PA Elections, New Data Show
-- Spotlight PA: We Finally Know Who Paid For Josh Shapiro’s Inauguration Celebrations (Kinda)
-- Post-Gazette: Cryptocurrency Firm Among Dark Money Donors In Race For Pittsburgh Mayor
-- Post-Gazette Letter: Republican Con. Mike Kelly Gets To Play Be Different Rules Than We Do - By Rob Power
-- WESA/Spotlight PA: Fear Grips Berks County Latino Community As Federal ICE Raids Take Place Nearby
-- Inquirer: Montgomery County Municipal Officials Face Pressure To Adopt Anti-ICE Policies Across 62 Communities
-- Observer-Reporter: Protesters March In Uniontown As Part Of National ‘Rage Against The Regime’ Demonstrations In Fayette County
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Americans Bear The Burden Of President’s Tariffs - By Jack Ochs, University of Pittsburgh
-- PennLive Letter: The Normalization Of Cruelty In American Politics Must Stop - By Karen Smith, Cumberland County
-- York Dispatch/AP: Reference To President’s Impeachments Removed From Smithsonian Exhibit
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