-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
August: No 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 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!
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities. Noon to 1:15 p.m.
August 11-- NEW. 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-- NEW. 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.
-- Guest Essay: Paying The Price For Natural Gas And A.I. Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges - By Aftab Khan, PJM Executive Vice President Of Operations, Planning and Security [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Al’s Quick Stop Convenience Store Developer Proposes A.I. Data Centers In Blakely, Lackawanna County; Q/A With Developer Aug. 13 [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Residents See 1st Glimpse Of Massive 180 MW A.I. Data Center In Springdale, Allegheny County
-- KDKA: Former Site Of Springdale Coal-Fired Power Plant Could Become A.I. Data Center
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Threatens To Cancel Solar For All Program That Would Lower Energy Bills For Families [PaEN]
-- PA Supreme Court Rules No Republican Senate, House Members Can Intervene In Legal Challenge To Act 96 That Took Away Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Cover Taxpayer Costs For Plugging [PaEN]
-- House Members To Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Advance Geothermal Energy Development [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Geothermal Energy In House
-- WHYY: PA Residents, Firefighters Support Legislation To Ban PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam
-- Pike County Courier: The Watershed Stewards Of Twin Lakes
-- Chestnut Hill Local: A Swim In The Schuylkill River, Advocates Dream Of Philadelphia As A Water Recreation Wonderland
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Health Of Pittsburgh’s Rivers Has Improved, But Still Face Threats From Pollution, Report Says
-- WTAE: DEP Issues Compliance Order To Beaver County Slag Dump For Burning Solid Waste Without Permit
-- August 6 DCNR Resource Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants News: Sharing History Of Segregated CCC Camp; ATV/Snowmobile Grants; Musser Gap Trail Segment Opens
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Hold Women In The Big Woods Program At French Creek State Park Sept. 5-7 [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Tag Along With Monarchs; The Story Of Protecting 1,158 Acres; What’s Your Birth Month PA Native Species?
-- PennLive: Invasive Blue Catfish Growing Threat In Susquehanna River Is Targeted By New Legislation
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Activities, Educational Programs In August
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Al’s Quick Stop Convenience Store Developer Proposes A.I. Data Centers In Blakely, Lackawanna County; Q/A With Developer Aug. 13 [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Residents See 1st Glimpse Of Massive 180 MW A.I. Data Center In Springdale, Allegheny County
-- KDKA: Former Site Of Springdale Coal-Fired Power Plant Could Become A.I. Data Center
-- Financial Times: Inside The A.I Race - Can Data Centres Ever Truly Be Green?
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
Other States/Nations
-- Natural Resources Defense Council: New Report Outlines Reforms to Property Insurance Plans Of Last Resort Amid Escalating Climate Disasters
New Federal Administration
-- EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days With 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive - John Baer: From PA To DC, Politicians Are Making A Long, Hot Summer Miserable
-- PennLive: PA House Democrats Nudge Transit Bill Forward As State Budget Picture Remains Murky
-- PA Capital-Star: Safety Net Programs Likely To Be First Affected By Continued PA Budget Impasse
-- Inquirer: More Than 300,000 Pennsylvanians Could Lose Medicaid; Some Don’t Even Know They’re On It
-- WHYY: PA Home Health Care Agencies Call For $370 Million In State Budget To Avoid Care Crisis
-- Beaver Times: PA Reports Huge Growth In Number Of Gamblers Seeking Help To Stop
-- TribLive: Students For Justice In Palestine Fights Suspension Imposed By University Of Pittsburgh
-- Centre Daily Times: How Centre County Residents, Organizations Are Responding To Growing Federal ICE Fears
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The Government Can’t Turn Everyone Into Immigration Enforcement Officers
-- The Center Square: Dept. Of Labor & Industry Uses A.I. Chat System To Process Unemployment Compensation Requests
-- AP: New Study Sheds Light On ChatGPT’s Alarming Interactions With Teens
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[Posted: August 7, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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