-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
August: No Voting 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 Voting 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 16-- Penn State Extension Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Pollinator Festival At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
August 18 - 23-- Registration Open! Philadelphia Solar Week
August 19-- No Agenda Posted Yet. Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)
August 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.
August 20-- DEP Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County. St. Raymond of the Mountains Parish, 170 School House Lane, Donegal, PA 15628. 6:00 p.m.
August 20-- Penn State Extension Hosts 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health. 1:00 to 2:00 p.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.
-- DEP Issued Violations To Iron Cumberland, LLC For Illegally Disposing Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 16 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: More PA Government Agencies Turning To A.I. - Critics Say That’s Risky [Possible DEP Pilot For Permit Reviews]
--- DEP Sets Sept. 17 Public Meeting/Hearing On Air Quality Permit For The Proposed 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant At The Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permit For 204 Aboveground Storage Tanks Totaling 1.3 Million Gallons At Proposed Amazon A.I. Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Aug. 17 In Entire Service Area; 22 Hot Weather Alert Days So Far This Summer [PaEN]
-- PUC Hearings On Proposed Rate Increase For Wellsboro Electric (22%), Valley Energy Gas (19%), Citizen Electric (11%)
-- DEP Will Hold Sept. 24 Hearing On A Chapter 105, Stormwater Permits For The PennDOT I-80 Reconstruction Project In Stroud Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Ohio River Basin Confluence Summit Set For Oct. 16-18 In Louisville, KY [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: US Geological Survey Monitoring Shows Progress In Reducing Nutrient, Sediment Pollution In The Long-Term, But Less So In Recent Years
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Launch New Regional Environmental Movement Community [PaEN]
-- Hanging Out With Goats And The Creek Rats Of The Creek Clean Up Project In Franklin County [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Monitoring Weather, Flood Conditions, Keeps Everyone Safer
-- Giant Food Stores, Keep PA Beautiful Award 37 Healing The Planet Grants To Support Local Native Tree Planting Projects [PaEN]
-- DCNR Completes Bushkill Creek Stream Restoration Project At Jacobsburg Environmental Ed Center In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: How Boal City Brewing Became A Hub For Centre County’s Outdoor Recreation Boom
-- Republican Herald: Pottsville To Raze Blighted Building, Expand Playground
-- Post-Gazette: How Does Neighborhood Mosquito Spraying Work?
-- Post-Gazette: Another Line Of Mosquito Defense - Larvicide
-- Penn State Extension: Forest Farming - Maple Syrup Webinar Dec. 19, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
-- TribLive: Game Commission’s Elk Cam Returns Ahead Of Mating Season In Elk County
-- Game Commission: Online Elk Cam Fires Back Up For Peak Elk Rutting Season
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: High Point Lake Dam In Somerset County To Undergo Rehab Project To Meet Safety Standards
-- Courier Times: Lights Out: Why Some Bucks County Officials Call For Residents To Turn Off Outdoor Lighting To Help Migrating Birds
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Natural Insect Repellents Abound In Nature [PDF of Article]
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- TribLive: US Steel Early Findings Pinpoint Gas Valve Failure As Cause Of Fatal Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Blast
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: After Another Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Advocates Call For Accountability
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: In Clairton, A Community Deals With Fatal Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- Post-Gazette: Lifelong Friends Mourn Man Killed In US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Post-Gazette: Inside DEP’s Mobile Lab That Tested Mon Valley Air Quality After US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
A.I. /Data Centers
-- PennLive: Plans For A.I. Data Center In Union County Business Park Scrapped; Developer Would Have To Upgrade Electric System
-- Republican Herald Letter: Push For A.I. Data Centers Raises Questions - By Tim McCabe, South Abington, Lackawanna County
-- Citizens Voice: Shapiro Boasts About Workforce Opportunities A.I. Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County
-- Gov. Shapiro Highlights Workforce Opportunities At Amazon A.I. Data Center In Luzerne County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Hope Utilities To Build Gas Pipeline For Ohio A.I. Data Center Fuel Cell Project
-- TribLive Letter: PJM Electricity Capacity Auction Proves Markets Work - By Glen Thomas, Fmr Chair, PUC
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.14 Ohio- $3.09 PA- $3.22
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count 18, Same As Last Week
New Federal Administration
-- PA Capital-Star: AmeriCorps Is Under Siege In PA And Other States; What Happens In The Communities It Serves?
-- WESA/NPR: After A Freeze, President’s Administration Reluctantly Agrees To Fund Electric Vehicle Chargers
-- WPost: President’s Administration Limits Tax Credit Subsidies For Solar, Wind Projects
-- AP: As Canada Wildfires Choke US With Smoke, Republicans Demand Action, But Not On Climate Change
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: PA Budget Debacle: Taxpayers Losing Money As State Leaders ‘Can’t Get Their Act Together’
-- TribLive: Food Stamp Skimming Escalates In PA, Officials Push For Secure EBT Cards
-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. Deluzio Accuses President’s Administration Of Undercutting Veterans Administration During Uptick In Staff Shortages
-- PA Capital-Star: AmeriCorps Is Under Siege In PA And Other States; What Happens In The Communities It Serves?
-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Strikes Down 2 Federal Orders Against Diversity Programs At Schools And Colleges
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Ester Soliman 25-Year Lancaster Resident, Deported To Philippines By Federal ICE From Clinton County Prison With No Notice To Family
-- PennLive Editorial: Our Communities Won’t Accept The Politics Of Cruelty
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