Saturday, March 28, 2026

Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 3.28.26

“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)


-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh


-- House Energy Committee Hears How Geothermal Energy Could Meet 100% Of PA’s Electricity, Heating Needs Offering True Energy Independence And Freedom From Foreign Energy Markets Costing Pennsylvanians Billions  [PaEN]  


-- Peoples Gas Proposes To Increase Residential Base Rate By 13.1% or Just Over $16 Per Month 


--  TribLive - Jack Troy: Peoples Natural Gas Proposes Raising Average Monthly Bill $16 Or 13.1%


-- DEP Invests $1.47 Million+ To Support 12 Local Projects In Five Counties To Buy Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Build Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Next Rounds Of Applications Due April 1, Oct. 7  [PaEN] 


-- York Daily Record: DEP Goes To Court Accusing J&K Junkyard Of Violating Its Order Closing The Scrapyard In York County


-- PA Emergency Management Agency Announces Over $38.4 Million In Federal Aid Was Delivered To Help Recovery From 2024 Hurricane Debby In 13 Counties


-- Saint Vincent College Student Maura Jodkin Presented Research Poster On Abandoned Mine Drainage At Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment


-- Apply Now For PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals College Environmental Science Scholarships Named For Gifford Pinchot, Maurice Goddard & Zulene Mayfield  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette: PA House Committee Advances Bill To Require Radon Testing, Mitigation In Schools


-- Post-Gazette: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Renews Push For Environmental Justice As Federal Policies Are Rolled Back


-- Manada Conservancy Hosts April 23 Building Backyard Biodiversity Workshop With Elyse Jurgen, Waxwing EcoWorks In Hershey


A.I. /Data Centers


-- Scranton Times: Archbald Denies Application For 18 Building A.I. Data Center Campus 


-- Scranton Times: Developer Submits New Site, Road Plans For 1,800 Acre A.I. Data Center Campus In Salem Twp., Luzerne County


-- Scranton Times: Hollenback Twp. Supervisors Table Vote To Replace Special Counsel For A.I. Data Center Issues In Luzerne County


-- TribLive: Digital Gold Rush: With The A.I. Data Center Boom Heading To Western PA, Virginia Offers A Roadmap And Warnings


-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 21 Webinar: Agriculture Meets Hyperscale A.I. Data Centers   [PaEN] 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City: Turning An Unexpected Place Into A.I. Data Center Hub In Indiana County


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Map Of Where Proposed A.I. Data Center Sites Are In Pittsburgh Region


-- Utility Dive: Proposed PJM A.I. Data Center Colocation Plan Takes Fire From Vistra Power, Data Center Group, Others 


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- March 28: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday-- 83 Cents/Gallon Higher To $3.94 Since Feb. 27

-- March 28: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.97 Ohio- $3.84  PA- $3.94

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


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Down 2 From Last Week 


-- Reuters: Spiking US Diesel Prices Keep Trucking Industry Stuck In Years-Long Slump


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Fmr Member Of Congress Susan Wild Reports She’s Considering US Senate Run Against Fetterman

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[Posted: March 28, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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