Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 8.11.25

“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

August 11

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

August 12

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 10:00: Agenda Posted. PA House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on how Pennsylvania should subsidize the remediation of waste coal piles. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  (formal notice)  Read more here.

TODAY 1:00: PA Senate Republican Policy Committee hearing on A.I. data center development. Valley View High School Auditorium, 1 Columbus Drive in Archbald, Lackawanna County. 1:00 p.m.  Click Here to watch online.  (Committee announcement)  Read more here.

August 12-14-- Penn State Ag Progress Days

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 11 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 2 to 8 - Shale Gas Wastewater Spill Day 25; Failed To Restore Plugged Well Site In 43 Months; 25 Months - No Action On Spill Cleanup  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: 25 Days After An Uncontrolled Release Of Wastewater At A Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad, Cleanup Continues In Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 9  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 9  PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week  [PaEN]  

-- ABC27: PA Lawmaker Concerned ‘Getting Stuff Done’ Is Cutting Corners When DEP Has Too Few Inspectors To Oversee Gas Industry 

-- Spotlight PA: President’s Solar Crackdown Will Lead To Higher Energy Costs For PA Consumers, Renewable Energy Advocates Say 

-- MCall: Republicans Budget Bill Stops Federal Tax Credit For Electric Vehicles On Sept. 30 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Rebuild America’s Navy At The Fmr Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site - By William Lewis, US Navy  

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: DEP To Blame For Degradation Of Old Crow Wetlands By Issuing Deficient Permit For Rutter’s Market Near Huntingdon

-- Tribune-Democrat: Beekeeper Peggy Parks’ Honey Business Creating A Buzz In Cambria County  

-- Altoona Mirror: Hollidaysburg Shade Tree Commission Completes Tree Survey

-- Tribune-Democrat: Benscreek Canoe Club’s Whitewater Valve Motor Damaged By Lightning Strike At Quemahoning Reservoir 

-- Republican Herald: Fish Commission Executive Director Tim Schaeffer Says Plenty Of Good Fishing Weather Is To Be Had

Gas Explosions

-- Inquirer: A Natural Gas Explosion In Nicetown, Philadelphia Blew Out Her Rowhouse’s Windows, Then Her Landlord Ghosted Her 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Federal Regulators Should Take Seriously Concerns Of Local Residents Opposed To Restart Of The Undamaged Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1  

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Utility Dive - Commentary: Why Utilities Must Rethink Natural Gas Procurement For A High-Demand Future 

-- Financial Times: Big Oil Heeds Call To ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ As Green Energy Transition Slows [Refocusing Exploration In Anticipation Of A World Hooked On Fossil Fuels For Decades]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WESA: PA Budget Is 6 Weeks Late, Lawmakers Can’t Agree On Transit Funding

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Democrats Hold Sunday Vote On Transit Funding Bill

-- WHYY: Shapiro Urges Actions From State lawmakers Just Days Before SEPTA Deadline

-- Post-Gazette: Rural And Small PA School Districts Turn To Sharing Services As They Face Shrinking Budgets, Declining Enrollments 

-- PA Capital-Star: Counties, Municipalities In PA Look To Ease Economic Hardship Threatening Main Street [Carnegie, Allegheny County]

-- Post-Gazette: Another Roadside Birth Renews Call To Reopen Maternity Unit In Elk County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Hospitals Brace For Impact Of Republican Medicaid Cuts

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: President’s New Order Asks Officials To Abandon ‘Housing First’ Homeless Policy Before Matching People With Services

-- TribLive: PA Rape Crisis Centers Face Another Possible Year Of Flat Funding

-- Beaver Times: PA Attorney General Urges US Dept. Of Justice Crackdown On Offshore Gambling Sites

-- TribLive Editorial: The Fed Was Right To Say No On Interest Rates  [Bloomberg]

-- Post-Gazette: Grocery Prices Are Rising, And President’s New Tariffs Could Soon Make It Worse 

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