-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
August: No Voting Days
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 12
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 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.
-- Senate Hearing: To Communities Facing Rapid A.I. Data Center Development: Review Your Zoning Ordinance NOW, Before It's Too Late To Have Meaningful Siting, Mitigation Conservations [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: DEP Primer: Recurring Challenges Of A.I. Data Centers: Frequent Site Plan Changes, Inconsistent Zoning, Outdated Sewage Facilities, Limited Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Making More Pipeline Repairs In Upper Makefield Twp. Where A Previous Leak Contaminated Water Wells; Township Says It Didn’t Know [PDF of Article]
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: PA Has A Chance To Reduce Pollution, Save Lives By Reducing Oil & Gas Facility Air Pollution - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project [PDF of Article]
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Americans Just Got Scammed On Their Electricity Bills; President Promised To Cut Electricity Prices By Half Within 12 Months On Campaign Trail - By Elea Castiglione, Research Assistant
-- Northeast Pennsylvania Environmental Partners To Recognize 8 Individuals And Organizations At Annual Awards Program Oct. 23 In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Audubon Council Recognizes Jim Bonner With Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance To Provide Green Professional Operations & Maintenance Training To Pre-K To 12 School Facility Teams [PaEN]
-- Green Building Innovation Expo Set for Sept. 2 In Pittsburgh; Free Exhibit Hall [PaEN]
-- TribLive: DEP Sets Aug. 20 Hearing On New Rustic Ridge 2 Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County
-- Rep. Vitali: PA House Environmental Committee Examines Costs And Environmental Impacts Of Burning Waste Coal In PA
-- PUC Highlights National 8-1-1 Day To Promote Safe Excavation, Worker Safety
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Protecting Clean Water Together - Thinking About Disaster 70 Years Later - The Flood Of 1955 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Water At Risk - Protecting The Heartland Of Woods And Water In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Central PA Must Prepare For Potentially Catastrophic Flooding - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Executive Director
-- WHYY: Aging Under A Warming Planet, How Philly Is Preparing To Support Its Older Population
-- MCall: First West Nile Virus Mosquito Cases In Lehigh Valley Reported
-- ClearWater Conservancy Breaks Ground On Hamer Community Conservation Center In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Wildlands Conservancy Protects Over 2,500 Acres In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- Heritage Conservancy Protects 90 Acres Of Woodland and Family Farm In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- West Chester University, East Whiteland Township Preserve 52 Acre Farm From Anonymous Donor In Chester County [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Jersey Shore’s Alex Butzler Conquers Appalachian Trail
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- AP: Explosion At US Steel Plant In Allegheny County Leaves 2 Dead, 10 Injured
-- Post-Gazette: 2 Workers Killed In Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Blast That Rocked Mon Valley; ‘Time-Consuming, Technical’ Probe Begins
-- TribLive: What They’re Saying About Explosion At US Steel’s Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- Post-Gazette: Residents Describe Terror And Heartbreak Of Deadly Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- TribLive: Other Recent Accidents At US Steel Clairton, Where Coke [Coal] Is Made At Near 2,000 Degrees
-- Post-Gazette: What To Know About The 109-Year-Old US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Site Of Deadly Explosion
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Deadly Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Kills 2, Injures 10 In Latest Incident At Troubled Plant [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: PA Environmental Groups Address US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion: ‘The Issues Are Not Getting Better’
-- Breathe Project Statement On Tragedy At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Offers Residents Air Monitors Around Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Clairton Works Explosion Demands Full Investigation, Attention From Tokyo
-- TribLive Editorial: Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion Is Moment Of Calm In Partisan Storm
-- Whatever Happened To: Energy Transfer Reported An Uncontrolled Release Of Ethane For 9.5 Hours From Its Revolution Natural Gas Processing Plant Explosion/Fire In Washington County [PaEN]
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Senate Hearing: To Communities Facing Rapid A.I. Data Center Development: Review Your Zoning Ordinance NOW, Before It's Too Late To Have Meaningful Siting, Mitigation Conversations [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: DEP Primer: Recurring Challenges Of A.I. Data Centers: Frequent Site Plan Changes, Inconsistent Zoning, Outdated Sewage Facilities, Limited Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Residents Attending PA Senate Hearing Voice Concerns About Proposed A.I. Data Centers In NE PA
-- Scranton Times: PA Senate A.I. Data Center Hearing Largely Touts Benefits
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: A.I. Data Centers In NE PA Are ‘4th Industrial Revolution’
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Proposed A.I. Data Center In Cumberland County Draws Resistance, Skepticism
Other States/Nations
-- TribLive: Ford To Invest Nearly $2 Billion In Kentucky Assembly Plant To Produce Electric Vehicles
New Federal Administration
-- Natural Resources Defense Council: 300+ Actions By The President That Directly Threaten Health, Environmental Protections For Families And Communities
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: PA Senate Is Back Tuesday And Poised To Pass A Short-Term Budget, Will It Have Transit Funding?
-- Inquirer Editorial: PA Senate Republicans Must Step Up For All Pennsylvania On State Budget
-- PA Office Of Attorney General Website, Email Accounts, Land Phone Lines Systems Down
-- PennLive: ‘Cyber Incident’ Shuts Down PA Attorney General’s Website, Phone System
-- Spotlight PA: State Delays New Contract With Extra Accountability Measures For PA Elder Abuse Agencies
-- Inquirer: Immigrant Detentions In NJ, PA Rise As More People Without Criminal Records Are Held
-- PennLive: Financial Exaggerations Fuel PA’s Private Cyber Charter School Reform Debate
-- MCall: The Economic Impact Of Colleges, Universities In Lehigh Valley?
-- TribLive: Nvidia, AMD To Pay 15% Of A.I. Chip Sales To China To US Government [Selling A.I. Chips To China?]
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