-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist
House Voting Schedule
August 10 (voting), 11 (voting)
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 11-- 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.
August 11-- 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 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.
-- 192 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]
-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]
-- DEP Declares Sunday, Aug. 10 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Southeast PA
-- 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]
-- TribLive Letter: Say No To SolEnergy Solar Farms In Buffalo Township, Butler County
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Coal Needs To Be Part Of America’s Energy Future - By Syd S. Peng, West Virginia University
-- TribLive Guest Essay: America Needs Affordable Energy - Coal Doesn’t Fit The Bill - By Jenny Rowland-Shea, Center for American Progress
-- Centre Daily Times: What To Know About Use-Them-Or-Lose-Them Clean Energy Tax Credits
-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: Understanding Aqua Pennsylvania’s Role As Beaver Falls’ New Wastewater Service Provider - By Marc Lucca, President Of Aqua Pennsylvania
-- PennLive: Remains Of Tioga County Man Swept Away In Flash Flood A Year Ago Still Not Recovered
-- MCall - Anthony Salamone: Another Large Sinkhole Opens Near Route 33 In Northampton County
-- Reading Eagle: Riverzilla Cleanup, Fund Along Schuylkill River In Reading
-- Bloomberg: How Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Jeopardizing Health Across North America
-- TribLive: Ackermann Preserve In North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County To Join Old-Growth Forest Network
-- DCNR Names Cody Miller Manager Of Beltzville State Park In Carbon County
-- WPXI: Protesters In Fayette County Support National Park Service, Against Selling Public Park Land
-- Inquirer: Yes, Bears Can Invade Your PA Campsite, Ask Me How I Know
-- Erie Times: Erie County Native Doug Seus Builds Grizzly-Sized Legacy Training Hollywood’s Famous Bears [Don’t Try This At Home]
A.I. /Data Centers
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: $15 Billion A.I. Data Center Project In Cumberland County To Get First Plan Review Monday, Aug. 11
-- TribLive: A.I. Data Center Tenant Could Be Announced At New TECfusions Upper Burrell Site Within Weeks In Westmoreland County
-- Financial Times Visual Story: Inside The Relentless Race For A.I. Capacity; Critics Question The Cost, Environmental Impact And Whether It’s All Needed
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pennsylvania Doesn’t Need To Spend $200 Million On Horse Racing
-- TribLive/Votebeat: President’s Administration Seeks More PA Voter Information, Raises Potential Legal Concerns
-- Inquirer: Republican Con. Bresnahan’s Stock Trades Fuel Doubts About Republican Hold On Key PA Swing Seat
-- TribLive: Mark Cuban Touts Pharmacy Deal With Giant Eagle: ‘We’re Trying To Disrupt An Industry’
-- Observer-Reporter ICE-Detained Washington County Church Member Awaits Immigration Hearing
-- Inquirer: Hundreds Rally In Philly To Support Cafe Owner Being Held In Federal ICE Detention Center
-- Courier Times: Federal ICE Arrested 2 Men In Bucks County Courthouse, Why This Worries Civil Rights Advocates
-- TribLive: As Contract Talks Loom, Union Workers Grapple With Rift Over US Steel-Nippon Deal
-- TribLive/AP: President Orders Colleges To Prove They Don’t Consider Race In Admissions
-- TribLive/AP: President Signs Order Giving Politicians Control Over All Federal Grants, Alarming Researchers
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