-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
"It is never too late to do the right thing." -- Nelson Mandela
Senate Voting Schedule
September 8, 9, 10
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
House Voting Schedule
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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
September 2-- NEW. PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on A.I. Data Centers - Impacts, Operations, Policy Considerations. Marywood University Nazareth Student Center, 1300 University Ave., Scranton. 4:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online.
September 3-- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing on Tropical Storm Debby one year later. Gunzburger County Office Building, 1 N. Main St., Room 216 in Coudersport, Potter County. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
September 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting. DEP New Stanton Office. (formal notice)
September 4-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on energy and manufacturing in Southwest PA. Pittsburgh International Airport, 1000 Airport Blvd, Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online (if available).
September 4-- Virtual. -- Penn State Extension Webinar: Forest Farming - Introduction To American Ginseng, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
September 5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Hosts Workshop On Manure Management Essentials In Indiana County, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 30 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 30 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Sept. 9 Virtual Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Rupture In Upper Wakefield Twp., Bucks County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments Stormwater Permit For The Hyperion Midstream 2 Mile Long Titan To Athena Loop Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Oct. 1 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For Vitro Meadville Flat Glass In Crawford County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: $12 Million North Belle Vernon DEP Mine Subsidence Prevention Project To Begin Next Week In Westmoreland
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights County Clean Water Accomplishments; Funding Opportunities; County Watershed Specialists; Intern Projects; More Clean Water Resources [PaEN]
-- PennDOT: 2 New Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open At Sheetz Stores In Blair, York Counties
-- TribLive: PUC Releases Annual Scorecard On Power Company Outages
-- Tribune-Democrat: Fish & Boat Commission: Conditions At High Point Lake Dam Worsening, $5.6 Million Will Make Dam Safer
-- WTAE: Do You Live By An Unsafe Dam? Use Our Tool To Find Out
-- Republican Herald: USDA Issues Emergency Drought Declarations To Help Columbia, Schuylkill Counties For Earlier Dry Weather
-- Protecting Presque Isle Bay & Lake Erie: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Expands Anti-Litter Programs With Key Partners [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Have Penn State Tailgaters Cleaned Up Their Act? Recycling Education Efforts Continued
-- PA Recycling Markets Center Sept. 16 Webinar: Recycled Metals Commodities Markets Update, 1:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Sept. 17 In-Person Tap Talks - York County Water Quality Monitoring, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Has 4 Human Cases Of West Nile Virus So Far This Summer
-- Tribune-Democrat: Events Planned For 9/11 Anniversary At Flight 93 Memorial
-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Invites Comments On Future Of Kinzua Beach, Information Center
-- Citizens Voice: Study Of Wilkes-Barre’s Kirby Park Natural Area Suggests Ecological Improvements
-- PennLive: New 18-Acre Park In Cumberland County Will Include Pickleball Courts, Dog Parks
-- The Allegheny Front: Coudersport Ice Mine, Which Naturally Grows Ice In Summer, Sees Busiest Year Since Reopening In 2014 In Potter County
-- Penn State Extension Feb. 6 Webinar On PA Invasive Species - Plants Fueling Pest Invasions, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- TribLive: US Steel Restarts 2 Batteries Involved In Deadly Blast At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works To ‘Hot Idle’ Mode
A.I. /Data Centers
-- September 2--PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on A.I. Data Centers - Impacts, Operations, Policy Considerations. 4:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- Lehighton Times Guest Essay: Mine Water Discharge For A.I. Data Centers A Cool Idea - By Ed Socha
-- New Castle News/Sunbury Daily Item: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Monitoring A.I. Data Center Development
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19 Ohio- $3.21 PA- $3.30
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs 18 - Same As Last 5 Weeks
New Federal Administration
-- TribLive/AP: EPA Fires Employees Who Publicly Criticized Agency Policies Under President
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: Eugene DePasquale Seeks To Lead PA Democratic Party As Interim Chair
-- Post-Gazette - Adriana Ramirez: What Happened To Republicans? Before The President It Meant Something To Be A Republican
-- Post-Gazette: 10 PA Lawmakers Refuse Pay During State Budget Standoff
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Senate Republicans Betraying Small Businesses With Proposed Crushing ‘Skills’ Gambling Tax - By Cliff Maloney, Citizens Alliance
-- Attorney General Sunday Provides Update On Disruption To Website, Email, Telephones
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Welcoming Diversity Is An American Value [Not The President’s ‘Vicious Will’ He’s Trying To Impose On Every Aspect Of Our Society]- By Bill White [PDF of Article]
-- Wilkes-Barre Guest Essay: My Father Told America - ‘I Have A Dream’ - Today, The Dream Needs Us - By Martin Luther King III
-- TribLive/AP: President Suggests More US Cities Need National Guard, But Crime Stats Tell A Different Story
-- Wall Street Journal: Federal Court Rejects President’s Global Tariffs Delivering A Blow To Central Prong Of His Economic Agenda
-- Financial Times: President’s Tariffs Ruled Illegal By US Appeals Court, But Stay In Place
-- AP: What Happens To President’s Tariffs Now That A Federal Court Has Knocked Them Them Down?
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[Posted: August 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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