Monday, March 30, 2026

Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 3.30.26

“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

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

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 


March 31-- Agenda PostedDEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. 9:30 a.m. Contact: Brie Sterling bsterling@pa.gov


April 1-- Draft Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Contact: John S. Chippo jchippo@pa.gov(formal notice)


April 1-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Speaker Series: Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Dr. Robert Walter And The Potential Of Restoring Buried Pre-Colonial Landscapes And Removal Of Legacy Sediments.  RiverKeeper Office, Wrightsville, York County.


April 7-- DEP Public Hearing On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Quality Plan Approval Application. Penn State Beaver Auditorium, 100 University Drive in Monaca, Beaver County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Read more here.


April 16-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting.  Penn State, State College.  10:00.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov


April 30-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov(formal notice)


-- March 30 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]


-- DEP Issues Repasky Enterprises Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 18 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County  [PaEN] 


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 28 [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 4.1 Mile, 16-Inch EQT ARO LLC Aboveground Shale Gas Development Water Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County  [PaEN]  


-- DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN] 


-- DEP: If Requested, A Hearing Will Be Held May 14 On J.C. Cleaners Hazardous Waste Site In Gettysburg, Adams County And The Failed Attempt To Contain Groundwater Contamination  [PaEN] 


-- DEP To Host April 8 Meeting On North East Waste Systems Municipal Waste Transfer Station permit In Hazleton, Luzerne County [PaEN] 


-- DEP To Hold 21 Climate Conversation Workshops Across The State From April 6 Through June 11 To Hear Community Concerns, Ideas About Climate Change [PaEN] 


-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: Electric Vehicles Skirt The Gasoline Tax [In Nevada]    [PA Adopted A Road Use Fee On EVs in April 2025


-- Tribune-Democrat: Flight 93 Memorial Added To State’s New Highway Of Heroes Trail 


-- TribLive: First Of 3 Eggs Hatch At US Steel Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh [Video] 


A.I. /Data Centers


-- TribLive Letter: PJM Is The Reason Electric Bills Are So High - By Danielle Jouenne, General Counsel, Energy Association Of PA [PA Electric, Natural Gas Utilities]


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: What You Can Do About Your Rising Electric Bills In Pennsylvania; March 31 Means End To Winter Moratorium On Utility Shutoffs


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Special Report: Pittsburgh Eyes Multibillion Dollar A.I. Data Center Boom [Package Of 5 Articles] 


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - March 30  [PaEN] 


Today’s Oil & Gas Violations


-- DEP Issues Repasky Enterprises Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 18 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County  [PaEN] 


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- March 30: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday-- 83 Cents/Gallon Higher To $3.94 Since Feb. 27 

-- March 30: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.99 Ohio- $3.82  PA- $3.94

-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98  Ohio- $2.79  PA- $3.11


-- PennLive: Americans Just Spent $8 Billion More On Gasoline As A Result Of President’s War On Iran, And It’s Only Getting Worse


-- AP: President Now Threatens Widespread Destruction Of Iran’s Oil Infrastructure, Power Plants And Desalination Plants


-- Financial Times: US President Says He’s Considering Seizing Strategic Kharg Island, Taking Oil In Iran, Just Like In Venezuela


-- TribLive/PA: President Says He Has ‘No Problem’ With Russia Breaking The Oil Embargo Of Cuba He Imposed


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: The PA Primary Races Likely To Shape PA House, Senate

-- TribLive/PennLive: More PA Democrats Consider Challenging Fetterman In 2028 Primary

-- Inquirer: Return Of Gas Pump Stickers: How PA Democrats Are Using Affordability To Hammer President On His War On Iran

-- TheDerrick.com: About 300 Join ‘No Kings’ Protest In Franklin, Venango County; 2 Grove City College Students Give Opposing Perspectives

-- Erie Times: Star Wars Mandalorian And Grogu Come From Pennsylvania

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[Posted: March 30, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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