-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule 2025
December 8, 9, [Canceled- 10]
Senate Voting Schedule 2026
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 2025
December 15 [non-voting], 16, 17
House Voting Schedule 2026
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
December 8-- Virtual. DEP To Host Virtual Update On Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
December 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277. [Agenda Includes Petition On Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells. Read more here.]
December 10-- DEP Public Meeting On Boyertown Landfill Hazardous Site In Montgomery County [Click Here for DEP webpage.]
December 11-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395. (formal notice)
December 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Contact: Bob Haines at robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565. (formal notice) [Agenda includes update on biosolids beneficial use]
December 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or 717-772-8951
December 17-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Permit For The PEI Power LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Lackawanna County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality Permit for the Portland Power, LLC 400 MW power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County hoping to attract an A.I. data center project. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Ecopax LLC Facility In Forks Twp., Northampton County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality Permit for the Surteco North America facility in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
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-- DEP Declares Sunday, Dec. 7 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter In Susquehanna Valley
-- DEP: CNX Gas Suffers Shale Gas Well Casing Failure While Zipper Fracking 3 Wells In West Finley Twp., Washington County; CNX Waited Over 10 Hours To Notify DEP [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: How Pittsburgh Can Jump On The Highway Removal Bandwagon
-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Regenerative Farm Benefits Land, Consumers; Here’s How
-- WITF - The Spark Podcast: Journalist Roundtable: Key Developments In Environment, Education And Energy Across Pennsylvania
A.I. /Data Centers
-- TribLive: Elected Officials Eye Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal As Borough Council Prepares To Vote Dec. 16
-- York Dispatch: Constellation Energy To Divest From York 1, York 2 Natural Gas Power Plants [Dedicated To Feeding A.I. Data Centers] [PDF of Article]
-- Financial Times: Climate Rift Opens Between Amazon, Rivals Over Powering A.I. Data Centers With Clean Power; Accused Of Pressuring Group To Change Emission Rules [PDF of Article]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 8 [PaEN]
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Today’s Violation: DEP: Range Resources Appalachia failed to completely cleanup fracking fluid chemicals spill at a shale gas well pad in Robinson Township, Washington County for 78 days and counting. Read more here.
Federal Administration
-- TribLive/AP: National Park Service Drops Free Admission On Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, Adds President’s Birthday
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette: A.I. Poised To Play Increased Role In PA Election Campaigns In 2026 And Beyond
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: We Need People Of Faith To Speak Out For Democracy And Liberty From The Pulpit, The Streets, Community Centers And Podcasts - It Is The Moral Imperative Of This Time - By Rev. Richard Cizik, Evangelicals For Democracy
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