Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 8.21.25

“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]

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!

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. 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.  [Read more here on agenda]

TODAY: Virtual. Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium

August 27-- Virtual.  State Of Solar Energy In PA Webinar - Electric Bills Are Rising, We Need Cheap, Reliable Solar Energy Now. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

August 27-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Green Infrastructure And Ordinances Webinar. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

August 27 & 28-- In-Person. Emerging Leaders In Berks County Survey Of Freshwater Mussels & Eel Weirs During Schuylkill River Paddle.  

-- DEP: Leatherwood LLC Issued Violations For Illegally Disposing Of 43,176 Gallons Of Conventional Gas Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog/PennLive: 1.3 Million+ Oil & Gas Wastewater Stored At The Closed Eureka Resources Facility In Williamsport; DEP Issued Violations 10 Days Before Aug. 17 Spill Into Susquehanna  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: More Than 1.3 Million Gallons Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Stored At Eureka Resources Facility In Williamsport Without Required Alarms Among Violations DEP Issued 10 Days Prior To River Spill

-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Issued Violation 10 Days Before Tank At Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Facility Leaked Oily Discharge Into Susquehanna River

-- DEP: Day 38 Of Cleanup: Borehole Found Under Stormwater Basin During Continuing Cleanup Of Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad After A 34-Hour Uncontrolled Wastewater Release In Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pennsylvania Is A Commonwealth, Its Leaders Need To Act Like It 

-- DEP Announces SPEED Permitting For Oil & Gas Well Pads, Air Quality, Dam Safety, Chapter 105, 102 Permits  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Residents, Landowners Tell DEP They Oppose New 2nd Rustic Ridge Underground Coal Mine In Donegal, Westmoreland County

-- Post-Gazette: Montour Run: A Perfect Storm Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Firefighting Foam, Frequently Stocked Fish 

-- Delaware Currents: Public Wastewater Agencies Ask For Reprieve To New Federal Water Quality Improvement Rules On A Portion Of The Delaware River  

-- Penn State Extension Oct. 14 Webinar On Landscaping Around Onlot Septic Systems, Noon to 1:30 p.m.  ​

-- Penn State Extension Nov. 11 Webinar On What Home Buyers Should Know About Onlot Septic Systems During Property Transfers, Noon to 1:30 p.m. 

-- Spotlight PA: When The Ground Gives Way In Sinkholes, Landslides, Homeowners Are Often Left With The Bill, PA Lawmakers Propose A Safety Net

-- TribLive Editorial: Sinkholes Are A Problem, Lawmakers Could Do Something About Them 

-- WTAE: Duquesne Light Cancels Participation In Allegheny County Storm Response Meeting At Last Minute

-- WHYY: Philly Climate Activists Celebrate A Rare Win In Their Battle To Reform The Philadelphia Gas Works

-- York Daily Record: Rural York County Water Systems Struggle With New PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Standards

-- LehighValleyLive: Radon Testing Scheduled For Bethlehem Schools After JAMA Study Raises Concerns

-- Post-Gazette: Mold, Lead, Air Quality, Radon And More Environmental Factors Threaten Health Of PA Schoolchildren, New Report Says 

-- WHYY: Report: Many Pennsylvania School Districts Fail To Address Environmental Hazards

-- Post-Gazette: Major Upgrade Underway On Ohio River’s Montgomery Locks And Dam

-- PA iMapInvasive Program News: Invasive Replace-ive Great Success; Biological Control Of Knotweed; Tracking Invasive Species; Diversity Of French Creek Valley  

-- Erie Times: Goats-- Nature’s Lawn Mowers-- Are Back To Clear Out Invasive Species

-- DCNR Invests $2.1 Million To Expand, Improve ATV, Snowmobile Trails Across PA; Deadline To Apply For Next Round Sept. 30  [PaEN]  

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County And Regional ATV Trail Awarded Planning Funds

-- Warren Times: Region Is Recipient Of DCNR Snowmobile Trail Grants

-- DCNR Grants News: 50 Outdoor Ambassadors Complete Training; New Furnace Run Park Nature Center, Franklin County; Registration Opens For PRPS 2025 Urban Exchange 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces 2025 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces New Board Members: Margarita Caicedo, Paul Roth, Mike Teeter

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary First Update On Fall Migration Season 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: Springdale Borough Enacts New Public Comment Limits Ahead Of 2nd Meeting On A.I. Data Center Meeting In Allegheny County

-- York Daily Record: Windsor Twp. Supervisors To Address A.I. Data Center Zoning Aug. 21

-- PennLive: Dallas Company To Buy Swatara Township Golf Course For $45.6 Million To Develop A.I. Data Center In Dauphin County 

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Commissioner: A.I. Data Center Developers Can’t Use $6.7 Million Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grant To Turn Their Blakely Property Into Mine Waste  Dump If Their Project Is Rejected  [PDF of Article] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Financial Times: US Oilfield Services Group Weatherford International Expands Russian Unit Despite New Sanctions  [Works With PA Shale Gas Industry, Member of Marcellus Shale Coalition] 

New Federal Administration

-- PA Capital-Star: Union Calls Continued Delay Of Silica Dust Rule A ‘Death Sentence’ For Coal Miners In PA And Beyond

-- TribLive: President To Expand Push To Whitewash ‘Woke’ Museum Exhibits On Slavery 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pennsylvania Is A Commonwealth, Its Leaders Need To Act Like It 

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Says President’s War On Mail-In Voting, Voting Machines Will Have ‘No Bearing’ In PA

-- PennLive: PA Responds To 2nd US Justice Dept. Letter Seeking Sensitive Voter Information

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Redistricting War Is Coming To PA, Here’s How Josh Shapiro Should Respond - By Patrick Beaty, Fair Districts PA 

-- WITF: Attorney General Sunday Weighs New Mental Health Diversion Program For PA Counties

-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Lawmaker Effort Launches To Reintroduce Welfare Work Requirements

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court Rules School Board Member Posts On Social Media Accounts Not Automatically Subject To State Open Records Law

-- Post-Gazette: Mt. Lebanon Teen, Who Is Trans, Gets Opportunity To Tell Her Health Care Story To Gov. Shapiro

-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Direct PA, Other States To Check Immigration Status Of Their Medicaid Enrollees

-- WITF: Federal ICE Detains Man At Central PA DUI Court, Attorneys Say ICE Targeting Low-Level Crime

-- PennLive - John Baer: Looks Like VP Vance Is Chasing Vice Presidential Vacations Record

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