Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 4.3.26

“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]

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

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

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 1:00: Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.

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 7-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Data Centers - State And Local Regulation (Part 2). 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

April 13-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Geothermal Energy Opportunities.  Noon to 1:00 p.m. 

April 14-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.

April 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.  Read more here on agenda.

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)

-- DEP Files Contempt Of Court Action, Fines Eureka Resources $100,000 For Multiple Violations At Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Bradford, Lycoming Counties  [PaEN]  

-- PA Environmental Council Hosts Western PA Environmental Awards May 6 In Pittsburgh, Meet The Honorees  [PaEN]  

-- DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Honor 2026 Litter Hawk Youth Award Winners  [PaEN] 

-- April 4 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Celebrates Earth Day With April 25 Naturepalooza! 

-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Visit Recently Completed River Restoration Project At Bendigo State Park In Elk County Ahead Of Trout Season Opening April 4   

-- DCNR: Apply Now For Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Permit 

-- WNEP: Pocono Whitewater Looks To Hire 100 Workers For Upcoming Rafting Season

-- Friends Of The Allegheny Wilderness: US Forest Service New Regional Headquarters To Be In Warren  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards $40,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 6 Local Projects

-- Wellsboro Gazette: Wellsboro Attains Gold Certification As Bird Town

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Archbald Residents To Hold April 6 Information Session On A.I. Data Centers As They Face 51 Building Proposals And A Power Plant 

-- WITF/WVIA: Panel Discusses How Energy Demand From A.I. Data Centers Will Impact Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times:  PA A.I. Data Center Economic Buildout: 8,500 Temporary Jobs, 8,300 Operations Jobs, 7,196 MW Of Power Needed, $12 Billion In Annual Economic Output, If All Proposals Built 

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Continuous Buzz From Massive A.I. Data Center In Vineland NJ Disrupting Sleep, Causing Anxiety; Will Be Powered By 35 Natural Gas Turbines

-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor Asks FERC To Reject Talen-Energy Capital Power Plant Deal Because Diverting The Power To Serve Data Centers, Removing Generation From PJM Capacity Market Would Increase Prices, Undermine Grid Reliability 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- April 3: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Continues To Climb - Up 4 More Cents From Yesterday To $1.00/Gallon Higher To $4.11 Since Feb. 27  [Mifflin County Highest At $4.18]

-- April 3: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.09 Ohio- $3.75  PA- $4.11

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

Federal Administration

-- EPA Proposes To Add Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals To Drinking Water Contaminants List

-- NPR: EPA Flags Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: Shapiro Rises To #2 Democratic Leader Contender After Newsom In DC Poll 

-- The Center Square: Paid Family Leave Proposal: Vital Safety Net Or Massive Tax Increase?

-- Spotlight PA: PA Could Require Paid Family Leave-- If Lawmakers Can Decide Who Bears The Cost

-- The Center Square: Group Behind Project 2025 Grades PA Incumbent Members Of Congress On Job Performance

-- WITF/NPR: President Lacks Statutory Authority To Establish National Eligible Voter List For States

-- TribLive/AP: President Unveils 100% Tariff On Some Patented Drugs On ‘Liberation Day’ Anniversary  [US Supreme Court Declared Liberation Day Tariffs Illegal, Refund Process Not Yet Set Up]

-- AP: Federal Judge Rules Against Deportation Of PA Man By President’s ICE After Murder Conviction Overturned After Spending 40 Years In Prison 

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