Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 8.20.25

“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. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.

TODAY 1:00: Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

TODAY 6:00: DEP Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County.  St. Raymond of the Mountains Parish, 170 School House Lane, Donegal, PA 15628.   6:00 p.m.

August 21-- 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]

August 21-- 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.  

-- DCED Conventional Oil & Gas Well Advisory Council Meets Aug. 21 On Road Dumping Wastewater, Abandoned Wells, Plan To Reduce Methane Emissions, More  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violations For Failing To Report How Waste Was Disposed Of Safely From 133 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Including 50 Owned By CNX Gas Company  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Volunteers Find Persistent Oily Waste From Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant Spill In Williamsport; Advise Public To Avoid Recreational Use Of River For Now 

-- Public Herald: Closed Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant Has Spill Of Thousands Of Gallons Of Wastewater Into West Branch Of Susquehanna River At Williamsport  

-- Susquehanna River Basin Low Flow Water Conditions Trigger Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 47 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawal Points In PA  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Drought Conditions Begin To Affect Parts Of PA After Rainy Summer

-- Joint State Government Committee Identifies 382 Potential Sites For Geothermal Facilities Using Abandoned Mine Pools; Geothermal Energy Could Reduce A.I. Data Center Energy Demand By 30-40%  [PaEN]  

-- Coalition Of Community Groups, Philadelphia Gas Works Reach Proposed Rate Settlement Containing Wins For Affordability, Clean Energy  [PaEN]  

-- WTAE: Duquesne Light Customers Report Higher Electric Bills This Summer

-- PA Resources Council To Hold 7 Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, Electronics Waste Collection Events in Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]

-- US Geological Survey Study Tracking 7 Key Water Quality Trends In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

-- Penn State Watershed Stewards Sept. 29 In-Person Plant A Tree, Support Healthy Stream Volunteer Event In Shippensburg, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. 

-- Watershed Alliance Of York: 23rd Annual York Watershed Week - Sept. 13 to 20 

-- York Watershed Week Sept. 15 Waterways On Wheels - Codorus Creek Bike Tour, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

-- TribLive: Ragweed Near Full Bloom In Western PA As Fall Approaches

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Agencies Unveil New Toolkit To Help Older Pennsylvanians Stay Healthy, Active Outdoors At Codorus State Park, York County  [PaEN] 

-- Reading Eagle: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Opens 2025 Fall Migration Season

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Inside Climate News: Utilities Want To Regain Ability To Build Power Plants To Feed A.I. Data Center Power Demand In PJM, Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably A Bad Idea [PA, PPL Included] 

-- WITF: Military, A.I. Investments To Undergird PA Economy Says State’s Republican Congressional Delegation; Natural Gas Part Of Plan To Support A.I., Industry 

Other States/Nations

-- WHYY: New Jersey Seeks To Rein In Rising Electricity Bills By Increasing Transparency Of PJM Decisions 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square: School Bank Accounts Take A Hit As Budget Impasse Persists

-- Spotlight PA: Belt Tightening Underway For Libraries, Foster Care And More As State Budget Sits Unfinished 

-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Say Garrity Poised To Run Formidable Campaign In ‘Uphill Battle’ Against Shapiro

-- ABC27: Republican Sen. Mastriano Wants People To Decide Gubernatorial Nominee, Not State Party

-- Inquirer: President’s Push To End Mail Voting, Voting Machines Will Have ‘No Bearing’ On PA Elections, Shapiro Says 

-- PennLive: Journalists Covering Event With Republican US Sen. McCormick, Republican Con. Scott Perry Must Prove Their Citizenship 

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Agencies Training With Federal ICE Must Act With Humanity And Follow Due Process

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