Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 8.13.25

“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]

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

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: Susquehanna River Basin Commission - A.I. Data Centers Have A Dramatic Demand For Water, And The Potential To Be Among The Largest Water Consumers In The Basin  [PaEN] 

-- PJM Announces Fast-Track Stakeholder Process To Seek Solutions For Connecting Large-Load A.I. Data Centers To The Electric Grid; Aug. 18 Workshop  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Conventional Well Plugging Operation Contaminates Spring In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- ABC27: Project To Upgrade Several Natural Gas Pipelines Underway

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Twilight Pond Walks To Learn About Pond Ecology In Beaver, Centre, Mercer, Venango, Westmoreland Counties Starting Aug. 19  

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Region Sees Driest Start To An August Since Late 1800s 

-- TribLive: Member Of Congress Summer Lee Tours Creek Near Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill At Request Of Concerned Residents 

-- Manada Conservancy Protects 185 Acres On. The Kittatinny Ridge In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 

Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- Post-Gazette: Search For Answers Beings After Deadly Blast Rips Through US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works In Allegheny County 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Affirms Commitment To Clairton Coke [Coal] Works After Deadly Blast

-- The Allegheny Front: US Steel: Workers Were Preparing Maintenance Job Before Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Site Of Monday’s Explosion, Has A History Of Problems 

-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion Opens Deep Wound For Family, Co-Workers Of Men Killed In Blast  

-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Employee Describes Blast That Sounded Like ‘Two Trains Colliding’ - Then Silence 

-- TribLive: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Employees Stay Focused Despite Deadly Blast

-- AP: Massive Rescue Effort Led To Pulling Workers From Debris Of US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion Site

-- Whatever Happened To: DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County In June  [PaEN] 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Senate Hearing: Susquehanna River Basin Commission - A.I. Data Centers Have A Dramatic Demand For Water, And The Potential To Be Among The Largest Water Consumers In The Basin  [PaEN] 

-- WITF: PA Water Supply Could Be Strained By New A.I. Data Centers, Susquehanna River Basin Commission Says

-- WVIA: Answers Still Needed After Senate Hearing In Lackawanna County On A.I. Data Center Development In PA 

-- PJM Announces Fast-Track Stakeholder Process To Seek Solutions For Connecting Large-Load A.I. Data Centers To The Electric Grid; Aug. 18 Workshop  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Launches Fast-Track Push To Set Rules For Adding A.I. Data Centers By End Of Year 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- US EIA: Natural Gas Prices To Increase 34% From $3.20 to $4.30 Next Year Due To Increase In LNG Gas Exports 

-- Bloomberg: BKV Corp. CEO: Increase In LNG Gas Exports Will Drive Natural Gas Prices Up 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Budget Disagreements Burst Into The Open At PA Capitol

-- TribLive: Republican Controlled PA Senate Advances Budget, Transit Plans

-- WITF: Senate Republicans Pass Dead-On-Arrival Mass Transit Funding, Temporary State Budget

-- The Center Square: Stopgap State Budget In PA May Not Break Gridlock

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: State Budget Delay Brings Worry, Chaos

-- Post-Gazette: PA School Leaders Warn Of Cuts, Loans If State Budget Impasse Drags On

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: School District Consolidation Will Be Necessary For PA

-- PA Capital-Star: Governor’s Nominee For Education Secretary Clears Senate Committee

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Wineries Turn To Lawmakers For Legislation To Protect Them From Tariffs, Climate Change, Immigration Policy Changes 

-- TribLive Editorial: Is It Finally Time For Legal Marijuana In PA?

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