PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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]

"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

Senate Voting Schedule

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- 129 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]

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 31 [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- Freeport Township Declares Disaster Emergency After Residents Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event Have Been Without Permanent Water Supplies For 3 Years-- We’re Not Blaming Anybody, We Just Want Good, Clean Drinking Water [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Towns Push Back To Stop Proposed LNG Gas Export Terminals, As President Pushes LNG Exports

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 23 to 29 - Township Declares Disaster Emergency Over Polluted Water Wells; 70 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Derry Twp. Sets Sept. 2 Hearing On Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland

-- KDKA: DEP Issues Drinking Water Warning To Residents Of Industry Boro, Beaver County - Excessively High Levels Of Manganese