Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.2.25

“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 4:00: PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on A.I. Data Centers - Impacts, Operations, Policy Considerations.  Marywood University Nazareth Student Center, 1300 University Ave., Scranton. 4:00 p.m.  Click Here to watch online.

September 3-- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing on Tropical Storm Debby one year later. Gunzburger County Office Building, 1 N. Main St., Room 216 in Coudersport, Potter County.  11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

September 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting. DEP New Stanton Office.  (formal notice)

September 4-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on energy and manufacturing in Southwest PA. Pittsburgh International Airport, 1000 Airport Blvd, Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online (if available).

September 4-- Virtual. -- Penn State Extension Webinar: Forest Farming - Introduction To American Ginseng, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

September 5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Hosts Workshop On Manure Management Essentials In Indiana County, 9:00 a.m. to Noon

-- In Memoriam: Ad Crable - Family Man, Outdoor Enthusiast, Admired Journalist  [PaEN]

-- Water At Risk: What Is Your Township's Plan For A.I. Data Centers?  Sept. 15 Hearing In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association   [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Electric Bills Increased 10-20% Since June - Community Solar Could Be A Solution - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Eyes New Natural Gas Pipeline In Murrysville, Westmoreland County 

-- Altoona Mirror: Legislative Study Identifies 382 Potential Mine Water Geothermal Sites In PA  [PDF of Article]

-- LehighValleyNews.com: Ecologically Mindful Martin Guitar Announces Company’s Inaugural Sustainability Summit Oct. 9 At Easton, Northampton County Facility 

-- Appalachian Regional Commission POWER (Workforce & Economic Revitalization) Grant Letters Of Intent Due Sept. 12 

-- Inquirer: Why Some Severe Storms Come With No Warning In Philly 

-- Inquirer: Manayunk Church Prepares For Floods By Turning A Main Street Mill Into A Modern Noah’s Ark

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Fortifies Riverview Park’s Slopes In Ongoing Landslide Battle

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Parks, Fairmount Park Conservancy Fall Programs Guide Available

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Do Cars Have To Yield To Pedestrians At PA Rail Trail Crossings?  [Spoiler - No]

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Water At Risk: What Is Your Township's Plan For A.I. Data Centers?  Sept. 15 Hearing In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association   [PaEN]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: PA Won’t Take Part In National Rush To Redraw Congressional District Maps

-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Challenge Unlikely To End After Federal Court Rules PA Can’t Throw Out Misdated Mail-In Ballots

-- AP-Mark Levy: PA Democrats Attract Some Buzz In The Party’s Bid To Take Back The US House 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Legislature’s 3 Big Disabling, Chosen Dysfunctions - By Jodi Reese & Doug Webster, Volunteers With Fair Districts PA and FixHarrisburg  

-- PennLive: Protection From Abuse Orders Are Routinely Violated In PA; Why The Law Fails Victims

-- TribLive: PA ‘Pennie’ Health Insurance Users Brace For ‘Sticker Shock’ As Premium Hikes Loom Due To Failure Of Congress To Act On Tax Credit

-- TribLive/AP: President Plans Hefty Taxes On Imported Drugs, Risking Higher Prices And Shortages 

-- Post-Gazette: Veterans Group Seeks Apology From US Steel Owner Nippon Steel For Use Of American/Allied POWs During WW II As Forced Labor 

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Politicizing Federal Reserve Hurts Economy 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Americans Too Eager To Wage Culture Wars

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