-- 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!
TODAY thru August 14-- Penn State Ag Progress Days
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.
-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Suspends Rhodes Estate Water Companies Litigation Schedule On Future Ownership [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County] [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Baer: Want A Better City? Want A Better State? Work For It!
-- Lancaster City Council Approves Lease With Partners For Environmental Stewardship For Landmark Nature Preserve, Environmental Center [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council StoryMap: Reforestation Of Abandoned Mine Lands In PA, 487,000 Seedlings Planted Since 2016
-- TribLive: Buffalo Twp. Supervisors OK Controversial Solar Energy Facility Despite Resident Resistance In Butler County
-- The Center Square: Senate/House Bipartisan Legislation Offers Incentives For Warehouse Owners To Install Solar Energy On Acres Of Roof Tops
-- State Of Solar Energy In PA Webinar August 27 - Electric Bills Are Rising, We Need Cheap, Reliable Solar Energy Now [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Philadelphia Solar Week August 18 to 23
-- Observer-Reporter: From Shopping To Shade, Ways To Reduce Your Rising Electric Costs [PDF of Article]
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: Finding Common Ground In The Climate Crisis, Friday, Aug. 15, 4:00 p.m.
-- Post-Gazette: Member Of Congress Summer Lee, Local Officials Call For More Funding To Fight Climate Change Impacts
-- Observer-Reporter: King Coal Show Marks 70 Years Of Celebrating Mining Heritage In Southwest PA Aug. 16-23 In Washington County
-- WNEP: Severe Rainstorm Leaves Several Communities In Scranton, Wilkes-Barre Area Damaged
-- Observer-Reporter: North Franklin Supervisors Considering Solutions To Flooding Issues In Washington County
-- Inquirer/WPost: I’m A Microplastics Researcher, Here’s How I Limit The Plastic In My Life
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Pest Attacking Wissahickon’s Beech Trees At ‘Extinction Level’ Is Just One Of Growing Threats To Region’s Forests
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Staghorn Sumac, Cecropia Moth, Evening Primrose, Chanterelle Soup
-- Reading Eagle: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Unveils Pollinator Meadow
-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Engineer, Resource Conservation Technician Positions [PaEN]
-- MCall Guest Essay: Bicycle Wreck Along Lehigh Valley Trail Offers Lesson In Human Decency - By John Sise, Northampton County
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Snake-Like Lampreys Swim In Parts Of PA, But They Kill Too Many Fish In Lake Erie
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: A Worker’s Story Of The Deadly Explosion At The US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant
-- Post-Gazette: After US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion, Air Quality Stayed Within Normal Range, Experts Caution That May Not Tell The Whole Story
-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion Could Mark Turning Point: ‘To Have These Incidents Every Few Years Is Just Not Acceptable’ To Nippon Steel
-- WSJ: US Steel Clairton Plant Explosion Presents Challenge To Nippon Steel’s Investment Plans
Gas Explosions
-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Neighbors File Additional Lawsuits Ahead Of Natural Gas Explosion Anniversary In Allegheny County
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: The Pros And Con Artists Of A.I. Data Centers; 3-Hour Senate Hearing Like A 'Sales Seminar For Oceanfront Condos In Oklahoma' [PDF of Article]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: President’s Call For A.I. Investment Shouldn’t Ignore The Burdens That Technology Places On People - Higher Electricity Bills, Strain On An Already Overwhelmed Grid - By Aya Saed, Green Software Foundation
-- Financial Times: Who Will Pay For The $3 Trillion A.I. Data Center Building Boom? - ‘The Capital Required Is Absolutely Immense’
-- Financial Times: China’s DeepSeek’s Next A.I. Model Delayed By Attempt To Use Chinese Chips; Highlights Dependence On US Nvidia Chips [Guess That’s Why President OK’d Sale Of US Chips To China]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Financial Times: US Shale Oil/Gas Producers Say OPEC+ ‘Price War’ Will Halt Shale Boom
Other States/Nations
-- Canary Media: In Appalachia, Fracking For Shale Gas Is Not The Job Creator The Industry Claims
New Federal Administration
-- Inquirer: These Are Independence Park Exhibits President Could Have Removed Next Month [Mostly Related To Slavery]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: President’s Attempts To Hide The Unpleasant Truths About Our Actual History Are The Real Disparagement - By Sharon Ann Holt, Fmr Editor of Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Despite A Flurry Of Action, No Clear Path For A State Budget
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers End 3 Day Run Of Votes With No Budget In Place
-- Tribune-Democrat: Compromise Elusive As PA’s Late Budget Remains Unresolved
-- Inquirer Editorial: Republican Public Transit Proposal Is Too Little, Too Late
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: More PA Counties Step Up To Keep Social Services Afloat During State Budget Impasse
-- AG Sunday Announces $200 Million Recovery From State Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy Agency For General Fund
-- PennLive - John Baer: Want A Better City? Want A Better State? Work For It!
-- TribLive Editorial: Money’s Role In American Politics Could Get Even Worse
-- Spotlight PA/Votebeat: Stricter Voter ID Rules In PA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Most Ballot Fraud Cases In Recent Years, Analysis Finds
-- York Daily Record: Stelson Moves Into Congressional District Ahead Of Bid To Unseat Republican Con. Scott Perry
-- Beaver Times: With US Senate In The Rearview, Bob Casey Prepares To Take On New Roles
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Ex-Professor Pushes CVS Pharmacy Probe After 2 Central PA Pharmacists’ Suicides
-- Inquirer: These Are Independence Park Exhibits President Could Remove Next Month [Mostly Related To Slavery]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: President’s Attempts To Hide The Unpleasant Truths About Our Actual History Are The Real Disparagement - By Sharon Ann Holt, Fmr Editor of Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography
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