Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.27.25

“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 

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. 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Daylighting 3 CNX Midstream Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Longwall Coal Mining In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Water Quality Permits For 13.1 Mile Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement Project In Armstrong, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For 750 MW Marcus Hook Energy Natural Gas Power Plant, Delaware County [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 27 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Soliciting Information For Use In The Development Of The Next Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards; Including Specifically For Copper  [PaEN] 

-- Lehigh Valley Business Guest Essay: Powering Pennsylvania’s Future Requires Durable, Predictable State, Federal Permitting - By Stephanie Catarino Wissman, American Petroleum Institute - Pennsylvania 

-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Penalty Amount Against US Steel Over Water Pollution Raises Eyebrows For Environmental Groups: It’s ‘Laughable’

-- Public Utility Commission: Post-Christmas Winter Storm Safety  [PaEN]  

-- TribLive: Water Main Break Repaired At Winfield Mobile Home Park After Persistent Water Issues In Butler County

-- LancasterOnline: PA Lawmakers Want To Restore 24-Hour Agenda Notice For Local Government Meetings After PA Supreme Court Ruling

-- Spotlight PA: What’s At Stake For Allegheny National Forest As President US Forest Service Considers Rescinding Roadless Area Conservation Rule  [Part II]

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

-- Lancaster Gather & Grow Street Tree Grant Program Offering 500 Free Native Trees To Lancaster County Partners To Boost Tree Canopy, Improve Local Water Quality

-- WHYY: Your Philly Christmas Tree Could Get A 2nd Life Benefitting City Gardens, Trails And Even Goats 

-- Centre Daily Times - Mark Nale: The Evening Grosbeak Is In Trouble; PA Researcher Hopes To Find Answers With Help Of Citizen Scientists  [PDF of Article] 

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Geometric Shapes In Nature  [PDF of Article] 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette - Adriana E. Ramirez: The People Of Springdale Are Right To Hate Data Centers: ‘We’re Giving Up Too Much For Too Little’

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Be Prepared To Meet Energy Challenges - By Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council

-- Wall Street Journal: States See A Federal Power Grab In Clash With President Over A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article] 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: With Health Insurance Sicker Shock Due To Failure Of Congressional Republicans To Act, Pennie Insurance Market Specialists Find Themselves On Front Lines Of PA Affordability Crisis

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Health Care In 2025 After Massive Policy Swings By Federal Government: Health Insurance Cost Soaring, Vaccines, More 

-- WESA: Federal Judge Quashes Subpoena From President’s Justice Department For UPMC’s Young Transgender Patient Records

-- AP: Allegheny County Implementing Involuntary Outpatient Mental Health Care Services

-- WHYY: New Congressional Republican Food Stamp Requirements May End Your Benefits; Here’s What You Need To Know  

-- WashPost Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro Acted On Hair Discrimination, But Academic Achievement Gap Undermines Children’s Futures - By Rev. Joshua C. Robertson, Rock Church In Harrisburg

-- LancasterOnline: PA’s List Of Wacky Political Party Names Signals Strong 3rd Party Impulse

-- TribLive: State Reports Record High Monthly Gambling Revenue, Citing Rise In Sports Wagering Income

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