Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.22.25

“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 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 10:00: Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1834 (Matzie-D-Beaver) and regulation of A.I. data centers by the Public Utility Commission. Click Here for copies of testimony.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

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

October 23-- NEW.  Agenda Posted. PA Public Utility Commission meeting agenda includes consideration of  proposed Interconnection & Tariffs For Large Load Customers [A.I. Data Centers - Docket: M-2025-3054271].  Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

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.

-- DEP Reports 20% Of Streams Damaged By Underground Coal Mining; Total Incidents Of Damage To Homes, Streams, Land, Water Supplies Increased 17.5% Since 2003, In Spite Of A 31% Decline In Acreage Mined  [PaEN] 

-- Dickinson College To Host Environmental Defense Fund Panel Discussion On Accelerating The Clean Energy Transition Oct. 29  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces $352.9 Million Eos Energy Investment To Expand PA Battery Manufacturing, Relocate HQ To Allegheny County, Creating 735 Jobs

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

-- TribLive: Eos Energy Announces $350 Million Expansion Of Battery Plant In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Battery Maker Eos Energy A Win Pittsburgh Has Been Waiting For

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Core Natural Resources [Consol Energy] Scaling Back 4-Year-Old Project To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant Of The Future  [PDF of Article]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Marks 35 Years Of Impact At Annual Statewide Conference [PaEN] 

-- York Daily Record: Adams County Woman Turns Old Vinyl Siding Into Eco-Friendly Patio With Help Of CRDC Plastics Recycling Company In York

-- York Daily Record: ‘Historic’ Conowingo Dam Agreement Leads To Environmental Improvements In The Susquehanna River Over Next 50 Years

--  Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Engineering Assessment Authorized For Erosion Near Wilkes-Barre Flood Wall

-- WITF/Spotlight PA: As Warehouses Boom In Berks County, Officials Plot Route 222 Expansions To Keep Up

-- South Mountain Partnership: Tuckahoe Project Receives Spirit Of South Mountain Award  [PaEN] 

-- Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Nov. 8 Shohola Elementary School, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Bristol Township Environmental Advisory Committee In Bucks County Announces New Award To Recognize Student Environmental Excellence  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times Editorial: Rural Tax Base Needs Protection From Expanding Public Land Acquisitions 

-- Pennsylvania Wilds: PA Wilds Kicks Off Holiday Shopping Season With Online Makers Market Oct. 25 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Update On Fall Migration Season, Upcoming Events

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Of Lebanon County Host In-Person Oct. 27 Birds In Your BackYard - Native Plants, Feeders & More In Lebanon, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Training Online, In-Person; Eagle Watch Bus Tours Begin Jan. 3 

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- Today’s Violations: DEP notified of spill at INR OPR LLC shale gas well pad in Young Twp., Indiana County where cleanup so far filled up 21 roll-off containers with contaminated material from the pad.  Click Here for more.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: John E. McCool; Medina Res Dev Co. LLC; Nucomer Energy LLC failed to submit August monthly shale gas production, waste generation disposal reports for wells in Erie, Forest, Warren counties. Example: Click Here for more.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP issued violation to Mifflin Energy Resources LLC for failing to submit annual production, waste generation/disposal, well integrity reports for 2023 & 2024 for conventional oil & gas wells in Greene County. Holds 33 permits.  Click Here for more.

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Blakely Boro Introduces Ordinance Restricting, Regulating A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article] 

-- York Dispatch: West Manchester Twp. Next York County Community To Take Up A.I. Data Center Zoning [PDF of Article]

-- JDSupra.com: PA Senate Republican A.I. Data Center Siting & Permitting Act Creates Confusing, Contradictory, Less Certain Permitting System  [Senate Bill 991]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Western PA Companies Are Meeting The Growing Energy Demands Of A.I. Data Centers [Natural Gas, Coal]  [PDF of Article]  

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

-- TribLive: Shapiro Highlights A.I. Potential For The State At Pittsburgh Global Summit

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Says PA ‘All In’ To Lead Country, Globe On A.I., Health

-- Financial Times: Fallout From The A.I.-Fuelled Dash For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants - Supply Crunch In Giant Turbines Taking Years For Delivery

-- Bloomberg: Halliburton Is Branching Into A.I. Data Center Power Supplies As Fracking Demand Stagnates 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Reuters: EQT Production Beats Quarterly Profit Estimates On Strong, Higher Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters Guest Essay: US LNG Gas Exporters And Households On Natural Gas Already Saddled With Record-High Energy Bills On Collision Course  [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Changes To LNG Gas Sustainability Law As US, Qatar Increase Pressure 

-- Bloomberg: Halliburton Is Branching Into A.I. Data Center Power Supplies As Fracking Demand Stagnates 

Other States/National

-- Bloomberg: Disaster Recovery Is Big Business

Federal Administration

-- Utility Dive: US Dept. Of Energy Cancels $700 Million In Battery And Manufacturing Project Grants

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF: PA Barrels Toward 4 Months Without State Budget As Lawmakers Remain At Odds 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Republican Budget Plan Draws Criticism From Democrats As ‘Unserious’

-- Post-Gazette: Partisan Disagreements Flare Up Again On Day 113 Of PA State Budget Impasse

-- Erie Times: PA Senate Republican State Budget Proposal Spurs More Bickering, Budget Now Nearly 4 Months Overdue

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Won’t Pay Social Services Next Month Due To State Budget Impasse

-- The Center Square: Taxpayers Pay Over $89 Million In Taxes A Day To State Government While Lawmakers Fumbles State Budget

-- The Derrick: State Owes Titusville Schools ‘Over $10 Million’ Due To Ongoing State Budget Impasse

-- PA Capital-Star: Philadelphia Preschools Say They’ll Have To Close Classrooms If PA State Budget Isn’t Passed Soon

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissioners OK Loan To Pay For Human Services Amid State Budget Impasse

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Takes Step Toward $9.9 Million Line Of Credit Amid Ongoing State Budget Impasse

-- York Daily Record: No State Budget, No Money From Us Say York County Officials As They Cut Off Payments To State

-- Spotlight PA: Guns, Soda Tax, Paid Sick Leave: How PA Supreme Court Rulings Have Shaped Cities

-- WESA: Why PA Supreme Court Justice Retention Races Are So Contentious

-- TribLive: Fetterman Sides With Republicans On Ending Filibuster To Reopen Federal Government

-- PennLive: Stelson Attacks Republican Con. Scott Perry After He Claims Democrats Hate The Military

-- TribLive: 70-Year-Old Woman Injured By A Supporter Of The President During A No Kings Protest Calls On Westmoreland Commissioners To Condemn Political Violence

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Residents Confront Council Over KKK Hate Group Materials At Children' s Halloween Parade In Cumberland County

-- PennLive: Central PA Group Preparing To Resettle White South African Refugees After President’s Administration Bars Mostly Black, Brown Or Muslim Refugees

-- TribLive/PennLive: President’s $100,000 Visa Fee Could Worsen Doctor Shortages In Rural PA

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Health Insurance Subsidy Talks Cannot Wait

-- Post-Gazette: 300,000 Pittsburgh-Area Residents Will Lose Food Stamp Benefits Amid Federal Government Shutdown

-- Farm & Dairy: President Floats Buying Argentinian Beef To Cut Prices For Americans; Would Hurt American Cattle Producers And Disrupt The Free Market 

-- TribLive/New York Daily News: President Demands His Dept. Of Justice Pay Him $230 Million Personally To Compensate Him For Past Investigations, Report Says 

-- AP: President Says He’d Have Final Say On $230 Million In Personal Compensation He Seeks From His Dept. Of Justice Over Past Federal Investigations Into His Conduct 

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