Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.20.25

“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

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

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. 

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests More Than $14 Million In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In Watershed Restoration, Recreation, Sewage And Flood Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 20 [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 3 Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Requests; 22 Total For 2025  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 31 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In November; 429 In 2025  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense/Peter Aldhous: 20 Years Into Shale Gas Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet To Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste

-- Spotlight PA/Inside Climate News: Outdated, Disconnected Systems Leave PA Unable To Comprehensively Track Toxic Oil And Gas Industry Waste

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of The NPDES Wastewater Permit For The BET Associates IV, LLC Anthracite Mining Discharge In Schuylkill, Carbon Counties Affecting 7,479 Acres  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Environmental Groups Challenge FERC Permit For Cuffs Run Pump Storage Hydroelectric Facility On Susquehanna River In York County

-- York Dispatch: Community Mourns Passing Of Former York Water President Jeff Hines After Brief Illness

-- TribLive: Murrysville Approves $7/Month Stormwater Fee Despite Equity Concerns

-- PennLive: DEP Halts Operations At Lancaster County Mascaro & Sons Compost Plant After Fire Burned For Nearly 2 Weeks Releasing Hazardous Materials Into The Air

-- LancasterOnline: DEP Halts Operations At Penn Twp. Compost Plant During Days-Long Fire

-- PUC Announces Appointment To PA OneCall Damage Prevention Committee

-- Clean Air Council: Feet First Philly Awards 16 Public Space Enhancement Project Mini-Grants To Improve Walkability In Communities Across Philadelphia 

-- Pennsylvania Environmental Council Awards $50,000 In Cycling Mini-Grants  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Sen. Langerholc Announces $150,000 Trail Maintenance Grant For Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority

-- Pocono Record: Will Cold Weather Kill Ticks? You May Be Disappointed With The Answer

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Rare Hummingbird At A Pittsburgh Feeder Part Of A New Migration Trend

A.I. /Data Centers

-- TribLive: Springdale Council Members Say They Legally Had Little Choice In A.I. Data Center Approval; Options Were Approval Or Doomed Legal Battle, They Say 

-- Inquirer: Plans To Develop A.I. Data Center At PennHurst State Hospital Site Move Forward As East Vincent Twp. Officials Scrap Ordinance Regulating Data Centers

-- Utility Dive: FERC Members Raise Alarms About PJM Failure To Meet Reliability Target; Next Load Forecast Could Be Significantly Lower Due To Stricter Vetting Of Data Center Projects

-- Utility Dive: FERC Orders PJM To Craft New A.I. Data Center Colocation Connection Rules

-- Reuters: FERC Directs PJM To Set New A.I. Data Center Rules On Direct Connection To Power Plants

Storms/Power Outages

-- Morning Call: Power Outages In Lehigh Valley top 10,000 As High Winds Down Trees And Wires

-- PennLive: Thousands Left Without Power In Central PA Due To High Winds: PPL

-- LancasterOnline: Strong Winds Damage Property, Leave Thousands Without Power In Lancaster County

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National: $2.86  Ohio: $2.61  PA: $3.10 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs At 18 - Same For 4 Weeks

-- Reuters: Energy Transfer Scraps Development Of Lake Charles LNG Gas Export Project In Louisiana Due To Concerns About Looming Global Oversupply

-- Bloomberg: New Fortress Energy’s Delinquent Payments Mount Amid Debt Talks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: PA Lawmakers Need To Answer Tough Questions On State Budget - The Need For Shame Is Abundant

-- Spotlight PA: Provisional Ballot Rejections Drop In Many PA Counties After State Redesigns Envelope

-- Post-Gazette/PennLive: President’s Tariffs Tank Pennsylvania’s Lumber Industry; Now It Seeks A Bailout

-- Post-Gazette: 2nd Man Dies In Custody At Clearfield County ICE Detention Center Since August

-- Spotlight PA: PA Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Becomes Democrats’ Key Ally In US House Health Care Fight

-- Bloomberg: US Consumer Sentiment Has Fallen 30% Since Last December

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[Posted: December 20, 2025]  PA Environment Digest