PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

September 10 (non-voting), 11 (NV), 12 (NV), 13 (NV), 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 2:00: Media Advisory: Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Join National Business Leaders To Celebrate Growth In PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy At REI Outdoor Outfitter Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County

TODAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. 9:30 a.m. (formal notice)

TODAY 10:30: Virtual. Delaware River Basin Commission Business Meeting. 10:30 a.m. Read more here.

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.

-- Environmental Quality Board Adjourns Without Discussing Or Acting On Any Of 3 Pending Oil & Gas Rulemaking Petitions [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Two Greene County Townships Declare Disaster Emergencies, Seek Public Funding For Drinking Water Systems Amid Claims That Shale Gas Industry Contaminated Wells

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Two Greene County Townships Declare Disaster Emergencies, Seek Public Funding For Water Systems Amid Claims The Gas Industry Contaminated Water Wells

-- The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Issues Boil Water Advisory For Village Of Reno In Venango County Due To Bacteria In Water Hauled To The System To Make Up For Water Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Spill In July 2023 [PDF of Article]

-- EPA To Allow Construction Of Power Plants, Industrial Facilities Before Air Quality Permits Are In-Hand [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Report - PA Electric Companies Struggle With Outages

-- WHYY: Horsham Twp. Has Big Plans To Redevelop Former Willow Grove Naval Base In Montgomery County [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Susquehanna River Hit Record Flood Crest 14 Years Ago In Luzerne County

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: In PA And Across The Nation Small Towns Need Federal Help To Address Catastrophic Flooding - By Paige Cognetti, Mayor Of Scranton

-- PUC Sets Sept. 30 In-Person Hearings On Future Of The ‘Troubled’ Private Rock Spring Water System In Centre County [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Allegheny County Air Polluters Must Help Pay To Improve Our Air Quality - By Paul Klein, Allegheny County Council

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Host 2 Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- LehighValleyNews.com: City Of Allentown Environmental Advisory Council Partner For City-Wide Trash Container Survey

-- North Branch Land Trust/Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Sept. 27 Natural Tie Dye - Iron Oxide Pigments From Local Mine Drainage, Picton Wildlife Sanctuary, Luzerne County, Noon to 2:00 p.m.

-- Lumber Heritage Region Now Accepting Applications For Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Healing The West Branch Of The Susquehanna River, The Sum Of Its Parts - By Ben Moyer, President, Chestnut Ridge TU Chapter [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals: Bucknell University 20th Annual River Symposium Nov. 7-8 [PaEN]

-- Morning Call: Radon Testing In Bethlehem Schools Is ‘Overdue,’ But Some Board Members Worried About Cost

-- Tribune-Democrat: Retired Letter Carrier Paul Donati Now Ambassador For Flight 93 Story

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Ranger Rich Hatfield Honored By North Country Trail Association [PDF of Article]

-- The Allegheny Front: President’s Administration Wants To End ‘Roadless Rule,’ Including In The Allegheny National Forest

-- Altoona Mirror: Bedford County Approves ATV Trail Study

-- AP: Head Of Tick Research Lab Of PA Says Spreading Invasive Tick Species Makes For ‘Ticker’ Year [Video]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Historic Number Of Trees Planted In Bay Watershed Committees In 2024, Overall Tree Canopy Declines Across The Region

-- Penn State Extension Sept. 26 In-Person Workshop On Managing Invasive Plants, State College, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Oct. 3 In-Person Workshop On Managing Invasive Plants, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, Huntingdon County, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Oct. 8 In-Person Workshop On Managing Invasive Plants, State College, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Save Our Old Growth Forests From President’s Administration - By Stephanie Wein, PennEnvironment & Christopher Borgatti, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers [Roadless Rule, Allegheny National Forest]

-- PA Trout Unlimited News: Remains Opposed To Stocking Class A Streams; Healing The West Branch Susquehanna River; Annual Meeting Sept. 20

-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards $196,832 To Support 16 Education Projects In 10 Counties; Next Round Of Grants Opens Sept. 15

-- Game Commission: Public Plays Important Role In Monitoring Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease In Deer; How To Report Sick Deer

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: EHD Disease Confirmed In 4 NW PA Counties, Testing Being Done In SW, SE PA

-- Game Commission: Highlights From Sept. 5 Board Of Game Commissioners Meeting; 500 Acres Added To State Game Lands

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Most Earthworms Are Not Native To Pennsylvania; Here’s How They Got Here

A.I. /Data Centers

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Residents Ask Questions, Get Few Answers On Proposed $15 Billion A.I. Data Center In Cumberland County

-- WNEP: Sugarloaf Twp. Families Push Back Against Proposed PPL Transmission Line Project In Luzerne County To Feed 1,283 Acre, 15 Building A.I. Data Center Campus

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: PJM Interconnection’s Fossil Fuel Bias Is Giving Us Pollution, High Electric Bills - By Jake Schwartz, Chesapeake Climate Action Network

-- Reuters: US Power Use To Reach Record Highs In 2025 And 2026 Due To A.I. Data Centers, Cryptocurrency, EIA Says

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas