-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule
January 6, 26, 27, 28
February 2, 3 (Governor’s Budget Address), 4
Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2
March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
April 20, 21, 22
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
House Voting Schedule
January 6 (NV), 26, 27, 28
February 2, 3 (Governor's Budget Address, 4
Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2
March. 23, 24, 25
April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
State Office Closings: Harrisburg Capital Complex Offices Will Be Closed Friday, Dec. 26 Due To Weather; Check Here For Other Closings Or Call Ahead
DEP Updated Calendar Of Events For 2026
January 6-- DEP Public Meeting On Project Gravity A.I. Data Center Proposal Water Quality Permits In Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County. Valley View High School, 1 Columbus Drive Archbald, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
January 6-- Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meeting. 4:00 p.m.
January 14-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hosts Data Centers in the Susquehanna River Basin – Let's Talk Water Usage With SRBC. Wrightsville, York County. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
February 19-- In-Person/Online. PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference. Pittsburgh. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Conducting Federal Superfund Pollution Assessment Of Abandoned American Refining Group Oil & Gas Facilities In Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]
-- Farm & Dairy: Two Workers Die From Injuries Months After Ohio Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Explosion In Wayne National Forest
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Region Continues To Be Haunted By 2025’s Extreme Weather Events
-- Morning Call: 3 Moravian Academy Students Found A.I.-Based Company To Detect Pollution In Construction Site Runoff
-- DEP Soliciting Information To Update Water Quality Standards For Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards
-- DEP Publishes Schedule Of 2026 Advisory Committee, Board Meetings
-- December 27 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Spotlight PA: The Battle For The Heart - And Health - Of The Allegheny National Forest In PA
-- PennLive: First Day Hikes 2026: Where To Start The New Year Outdoors In PA
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Schuylkill Trail Sinkhole Repaired, Area Reopened For Christmas Eve ‘As A Holiday Present’
A.I. /Data Centers
-- The Center Square: Don’t Count On Lower Electricity Prices In 2026; Driven By A.I. Data Center Demand In PJM
-- The Center Square: 2025 - The ‘First’ Year Of A.I. - Higher Electricity Prices; More Shale Gas Fracking; Community Controversy
-- Guest Essay: Lessons From A.I. Data Centers And Shale Gas Fracking Tours - By Scott Cannon, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Diversified Prod LLC failed to comply with March 7, 2019 Consent Order to plug and restore two abandoned conventional oil and gas wells in Georges and Nicholson Townships, Fayette County for 2,478 days and counting. Read more here.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Minard Run Oil Co crude oil pipeline rupture in Jenks Township, Forest County in the Allegheny National Forest resulted in a release travelling 150 feet into Guiton Run (High Quality) and down the stream for 1,400 feet. Remediation underway. Read more here.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Review of two Chesapeake Appalachia LLC shale gas wells at McGraw well pad in Washington Township, Wyoming County found continuing gas venting from casing/cementing failure from July 29, 2019 -- 2,335 days and counting. https://tinyurl.com/yetp3r4d Read more here.
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $2.84 Ohio- $2.78 PA- $3.07
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs-- 18-- Same For 5 Weeks
-- Reuters Commentary: Renewables With Batteries Produce Cheaper Energy Than Natural Gas; LNG Gas Exports Glut Turning Into A Sinkhole
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