-- 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 10:00: In-Person. DCNR Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant Applications. 6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
TODAY 1:30: - Virtual. Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing. 1:30 p.m. Read more here.
August 7-- 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.
-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Code Orange Air Quality Action Day August 6 For: Scranton & Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport Areas
-- FracTracker Alliance: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Released 17.9 Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Beaver County Group Calls On DEP For More Timely Reports On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Pollution
-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: New Report Shows How Health Outcomes Improved After 2016 Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Closure In Allegheny County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Core Natural Resources Cuts Back On Metallurgical Coal Operations, Lays Off Workers Amid Market Downturn
-- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Independent Power Producers Hit Back At Utilities [Like PPL] That Want To Build Their Own Generation Due To PJM Price Surge
-- NYT: EPA Is Preparing To Cancel $7 Billion In Solar For All Grants [$56 Million At Stake In PA]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: America Under This President Is Surrendering To The Climate Crisis - By John Dernbach, Widener University Law School [PDF of Article]
-- Reading Eagle: Rhoads Energy Gets DEP Alternative Fuels Grant For 2 Propane-Powered Trucks
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Draft Chesapeake Bay Agreement Falls Short; Bay Faces Pivotal Moment And A Stronger Bay Agreement Is Needed [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Steady Funding For Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Advances In Congress
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: After Devastating Flooding In July Across The Country, What Does The Future Hold For The Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
-- Public Opinion - A.I. Assisted: Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Native Tree, Shrub Sale Ordering Now Underway
-- Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable In Berks County [PaEN]
-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $9 Million In Grants To Advance Water Sector Cybersecurity
-- PA Environmental Council: Apply Now For Cycling Activation Mini-Grants Of Up To $15,000 [PaEN]
-- PA Recreation & Park Society Upcoming Training And Educational Opportunities
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July Now Available [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Group Seeking Help After Trash Dumped On Honan Avenue Trail
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In Lycoming County Aug. 6
-- Penn State Extension Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Aug. 16 Pollinator Festival At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Sept. 4 Webinar: Forest Farming - Introduction To American Ginseng, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Game Commission: DMAP Deer Hunting Permits Sales Begin Aug. 11
-- Daily Herald - Salena Zito: How Opposition From Outdoorsmen Made A Difference On The Proposed PLM Sale Of 1.2 Million Acres Of Public Land In Montana
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Independent Power Producers Hit Back At Utilities [Like PPL] That Want To Build Their Own Generation Due To PJM Price Surge
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Financial Times: President’s Alaska LNG Gas Export Ambitions Fall Flat With Asian Allies Despite Tariff Pressures
New Federal Administration
-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Rules President Cannot Reallocate Billions Meant For Disaster Mitigation
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro Calls For Further US Aid For Gaza, Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
-- City & State PA: PA Senate Republican Leader Suggests ‘6-Month Budget’ Amid Ongoing PA Budget Impasse
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: It’s Not A Surprise, But It’s Disappointing That Pennsylvania Still Doesn’t Have A State Budget
-- TribLive: State Budget Impasse Reaches 36 Days, With Sides Still At Odds On Key Issues
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Luzerne County Struggling With Funding Delays Due To State Budget Stalemate
-- Post-Gazette: Some Area Nonprofits In Wait-And-See Mode During State Budget Impasse, But Not Concerned About Any Program Cuts
-- Spotlight PA: Nursing Home Industry Fights Additional Oversight Of Wall Street Acquisitions
-- WESA: Downtown Pittsburgh Offices Continue To Empty, But Efforts To Reimagine Them Take Hold
-- The Center Square: Analysis: Nearly 40% Of PA Schools ‘Persistently Dangerous’
-- WHYY: PA Universities Cutting Costs Thru Layoffs, Mergers To Meet Financial Challenges
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Bilingual ‘Radio Centro’ Loses One-Third Of Its Budget From Federal Broadcasting Cuts
-- The Center Square: Only Philadelphia In PA Remains On Federal ‘Sanctuary Jurisdiction’ List
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Counties No Longer On List Of ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ As President Releases New List
-- WESA: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Absent From Revised Federal ‘Sanctuary Jurisdiction’ List
-- TribLive/AP: President’s Dept. Of Health & Human Services Pulls $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development
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[Posted: August 6, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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