Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.21.25

“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

October 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

October 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 9:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. [Agenda- Climate Change and Extreme Weather]

October 22-- House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1834 (Matzie-D-Beaver) and regulation of A.I. data centers by the Public Utility Commission.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

October 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. 9:30 a.m.  [Agenda-- PFAS Team Update, Chromium rulemaking]

October 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m.  [Agenda- Update of federal mine reclamation program.]

October 23-- Virtual. Dept. of Agriculture Controlled Plant & Noxious Week Committee meeting to consider adding 6 plants to Noxious Weed List.  1:00 p.m.  (formal notice & agenda)

October 29-- House Energy Committee holds informational meeting on small modular nuclear reactors. Room B-31 Main Capitol.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- Tuesday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.21.25

-- Penn State Ag Council Honors Jim MacKenzie, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery; Kelly Shenk, Ag Advisor To US EPA With Leadership Awards  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Recognize Lisa & Dave Doseff Of Lancaster With 20th Habitat Of Merit Award  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: How Decisions By PA Supreme Court Shape Rural Communities: Supporting Local Regulation Of Shale Gas Drilling; Biosolids; Stormwater

-- Schuylkill County Republican Herald Editorial: Attacks On Peaceful Protesters Are Wholly Un-American  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Begins Accepting Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant Applications Nov. 3  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter: Watching Low Flows, Amish Liaison Project; Student Salt Sampling; Hydropower Relicensing; Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Podcast

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Proposed Closure Of USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Threatens National Flagship Agricultural Laboratory

-- Tribune-Democrat: Prince Gallitzin State Park Tour Highlights Solar Energy Savings, Potential To Lower Energy Costs [PDF of Article]

-- Altoona Mirror: Students Get Close-Up Look At Solar Energy Array Responsible For Cutting Electricity Costs At Prince Gallitzin State Park  [PDF of Article] 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Electricity Prices Are Soaring And Coal Is A Key Solution - By Matthew Kandrach, Consumer Action For A Strong Economy

-- PennFuture: PA Senate Republicans’ ‘All Of The Above Energy’ Statements Focused On Natural Gas

-- York Dispatch: Large Mulch Fire Still Burning Near Spring Grove, 30 Fire Units Remained On Scene

-- York Daily Record: Student-Led Project In York Suburban School District Starts Community Composting Bin Project 

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna University Environmental Education Program Now Approved To Receive Tax Credit Dollars

-- Penn State University 2025 GIS Day Nov. 17 In State College  [In-Person, Some Virtual]

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Is Growing The Outdoor Economy And Helping Businesses Thrive Thru Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA

-- Post-Gazette: City Of Pittsburgh To Take Over North Shore Riverfront Park To Address Abandoned Boats

-- Fish & Boat Commission, Wayne County, Partners Celebrate Opening Of Indian Orchard River Access On Lackawaxen River

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Dam Removals Boost Fish Passage In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Oakland Dam Demolition In PA]  

-- The Allegheny Front: New Western PA Magazine Celebrates Sport And The Outdoors 

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- Today’s Violations: DEP continues violations for STL Resources LLC failing to restore shale gas well pad and water impoundment in Morris Twp., Tioga County for 2,463 days.  Click Here for more.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP issues multiple erosion & sedimentation violations for continuing problems at EQT Production Co’s massive “Downer” shale gas well pad construction site in Perry Twp., Greene County.  Click Here for more.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP continues violations for 5 abandoned, unplugged Apollo Resources LLC conventional wells in Clearfield Twp., Cambria County abandoned for 626 days - Example, Note Abandoned car:  Click Here for more.

A.I. /Data Centers

-- ABC27: A.I. Data Centers Have To Go Somewhere, PUC Chair Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Markets 400 Acre Former Coal Mine Site In South Strabane Twp., Washington County For A.I. Data Center [PDF of Article]

-- WESA: Washington County CNX Acreage Pitched As ‘Carbon-Neutral’ A.I. Data Center Development Site Using Coal Mine Methane

-- KDKA: 400 Acres Of Former Coal Mines In South Strabane Twp. Being Marketed By CNX For Potential A.I. Data Center In Washington County

-- Bloomberg: Pittsburgh Battery Maker Eos Energy’s New Factory To Boost Power For PA Talen Energy  A.I. Data Centers

Federal Administration

-- Financial Times: The Costs Of President’s Campaign To Censor Climate Science Eliminating Datasets, Firing NOAA Staff - Flying Blind

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: If Governments Aren’t Working, Lawmakers Shouldn’t Be Paid 

-- Schuylkill County Republican Herald Editorial: Attacks On Peaceful Protesters Are Wholly Un-American  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: State Treasurer Stacy Garrity: It Will Take ‘All Hands On Deck’ To Defeat Shapiro [PDF of Article]  

-- AP: PA Gov. Shapiro’s Memoir Is Coming Out In January

-- LancasterOnline: US Postal Service Says Lancaster County Mail-In Ballots Without Correct Postage Will Be Delivered 

-- The Center Square: Liberals And Conservatives Overlap In Rejecting President’s College Education ‘Compact’

-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Food Stamp Shutdown Starves More Than The Poor, But Farmers Too

-- PA Capital-Star: For PA’s Soybean Farmers, President’s Trade Wars, Labor Shortages, Soaring Equipment Costs Are Only The Latest Struggles

-- York Dispatch: York Residents Stand Vigil Outside Federal ICE Facility In Protest

-- TribLive: Small Businesses Tell US Supreme Court President’s Tariffs Are An Illegal $3 Trillion Tax; Hearing Nov. 5 

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