Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.8.25

“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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

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 1:45: Joint House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee and Energy Committee information meeting on sustainable agriculture and anaerobic digestion.  Friendship Fire Hall, 212 Fourth Street, Port Royal, Juniata County. 1:45 p.m.  Check Online Availability

September 8 to Nov. 3-- Virtual/In-Person. Penn State Extension Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania. 

September 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.  Read more here on agenda.

September 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171.  Read more here on agenda.

September 9-- Virtual. DEP Virtual Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Rupture In Upper Wakefield Twp., Bucks County.  6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

September 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-6395 or twallace@pa.gov.  Read more about the agenda.

-- September 8 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 - 2nd Township Declares Disaster Emergency; New Shale Gas Well Casing/Cement Failure; 100 Conventional Well Owners Get Violations For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- Springhill Township Becomes 2nd Township To Declare Disaster Emergency After Residents Were Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- Petition To Extend Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells May Be Back On The Table At Environmental Quality Board Sept. 9 If Motion Succeeds  [PaEN] 

-- PA Senate Republicans Introduce Bill To Eliminate Need For Any State Permits, Any Public Review Of Permits Before Construction Of A.I. Data Centers, Related Power Plants  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - Sept. 6 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 55 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Hazelwood Recycling Center Looks To Expand To Include Waste Transfer Station, Worrying Residents

-- WTAE: Legacy Of Flight 427: A Look At PA’s Deadliest Plane Crash 30 Years Later

-- TribLive: ‘Gear For Deer’ Seeks To Boost The Number Of First-Time Hunters

-- KDKA: Pete The Turtle Who Went Missing From Crawford County Wildlife Center Found 20 Miles Away 3 Years Later

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Risk And Reward Of Having A.I. Data Centers As Electric, Water Utility Customers

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week -  September 8  [PaEN] 

-- The Economist: A.I. Costs Have Risen Alarmingly High; What If The A.I. Stockmarket Blows Up?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WESA: PA Senate Returns For Scheduled Session, But Budget Deal Not Imminent

-- PennLive: As State Budget Impasse Wears On, Schools, Some Local Agencies Say They Are Already In Crisis

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Will PA Remain A Swing State?  Voter Registrations Are Increasingly Going Republican

-- Spotlight PA: Pharmacies In PA Can Now Give COVID Shots, That Doesn’t Mean Widespread Access Will Follow

-- Inquirer: Chasing Federal ICE: ‘Rapid-Response’ Activists Follow Agents, Then Stand Up For Immigrants During Arrests 

-- TribLive Editorial: Florida Is Promoting Dangerous Policy To Please Anti-Vaxxeers

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[Posted: September 8, 2025]  PA Environment Digest