Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.6.25

“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

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

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 9:15: Agenda Posted.  DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. 9:15 a.m. Questions should be directed to: RA-EPAQTAC@pa.gov.  [Agenda: VOC reporting by conventional oil/gas and shale gas wells; Air pollution from A.I. Data Centers.  Read more here.]

TODAY 10:00: Public Utility Commission meeting to consider model tariff for connection large load - A.I. data centers-- to the local electric grid.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.   Read more here.

November 12-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Shale gas well setback petition will not be considered until at least the next meeting on Dec. 9. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.

November 12-- 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. [Agenda: DEP Environmental Justice Program; EJ Concerns With A.I. Data Centers]

-- House Environmental Committee Puts Spotlight On Proposed Penn America LNG Gas Export Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Speakers Decry LNG Gas Export Plant Proposal On Delaware River In Chester, Delaware County: ‘Our Community Says No’

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Chester Mayor, Environmentalists Object To LNG Gas Export Terminal Proposal In Delaware County: ‘We’ve Moved On’

 

-- Moms Clean Air Force PA Urge Gov. Shapiro To Protect The RGGI Program Regulating Carbon Pollution From Power Plants To Cut Climate Pollution  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: With Federal LIHEAP Funding Not Available, PA Heating Utilities Pledge Not To Disconnect Low-Income Customers This Month

-- TribLive: US Army Corps: Remediation Efforts To Begin This Winter At Nuclear Waste Dump In Parks Twp., Armstrong County 

-- Observer-Reporter: All Coal Miners Out Of Hospital From Greene County Underground Mining Accident

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Update: 2024 Annual Report; Funding & Training Opportunities; Bedford, Cumberland, Lancaster, Snyder, Susquehanna County Projects  [PaEN]

-- Jane and Erich Neal Channel Environmental Passion Into Master Watershed Steward Service In Bucks County; Sign Up Now For Spring Training  [PaEN]  

-- WTAE: 40 Years Since The Flood Of Record For Monongahela River

-- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Hosts 3-Part Wilderness Skills Series On Water, Earth & Air, Fire Starting Nov. 8 In York County

-- WNEP: Pennsylvania Research Lab Sees Increase In Tick Population

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Fall Raptor Migration Report Last Week

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County Planning Commission Gives Preliminary Approval To 1,400 Acre A.I. Data Center Project, Related 900 WM Power Plant,  18 Million GPD Water Treatment Plant In Monongahela Twp [PDF of Article].

-- Reuters: PPL Corp Signs Agreements With A.I. Data Centers To Connect 20.5 Gigawatts Of Power In PA, A 40% Jump Over 3 Months [Enough Electricity To Power Nearly All The Homes In PA 3 Times Over]  

-- Utility Dive: Exelon’s A.I. Data Center Load Forecast Grows To 18 GW; Market Monitor Continues Call For Review Of PECO - Amazon Data Center Agreement Impact On Ratepayers

-- TribLive: CMU Researchers Find Selfish Traits In Cutting-Edge A.I.s  

Storms/Power Outages

-- 45,660 Without Power In Pennsylvania due to winds, storms [7:00 a.m.]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Producers Ink Near Record Contract Volumes, Even As Fees Climb, Rising Costs

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: PA Budget Negotiators Continue Work As Frustration With 128-Day-Old Impasse Increases

-- WITF: 4 PA House Members Leaving Seats As A Result Of Election - 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans 

-- WESA: ‘Democratic Energy,’ Anger At President Powered Wins Up And Down PA Ballot, Observers Say

-- TribLive: Democrats Look To Build On Election Wins In PA, Elsewhere As Republicans Refocus

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: How PA Democrats Roared Back To Life In Off-Year Election

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republican State Chair Says Party Is Undeterred By Election Losses, Will Refine Its Strategy For Next Year

-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Say There’s Work to Do After Losing PA Supreme Court Fight

-- PennLive - John Baer: Will 2025 Election Results Predict 2026 Election Outcomes? [Maybe, Maybe Not]

-- WHYY: Democrat Ousts Republican Fred Harran In Bucks County Sheriff’s Race Over Agreement Signed With Federal ICE 

-- Post-Gazette: Election Turnout Spiked Across Pittsburgh As Democrats Surged In PA, Nationally

-- WHYY: Philly Suburbs Record Highest Off-Year Voter Turnout Since 2011

-- TribLive Editorial: High Turnout Shows PA Voters Are Engaged

-- WESA: Food Stamp Partial Benefits Again Delayed By President’s Administration Red-Tape Process, PA Officials Say

-- TribLive: Federal Food Stamp Benefits Remain In Limbo, Grocers Brace For Potential Impact  

-- PA Capital-Star: Pennsylvanians Grapple With Surging Health Insurance Premiums Due To Lack Of Congressional Republican Action On Expiring Subsidies

-- The Center Square: Report Says PA Faces Highest Costs For Colleges

-- TribLive/Reuters: US Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Legality Of President’s Tariff Powers

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[Posted: November 6, 2025]  PA Environment Digest