-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
April 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
Senate Voting Schedule
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 11:00: House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 2178 (Warren-R-Bucks) provides for duties and liabilities for persons responsible for a hazardous spill (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 11:30: House Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 2302 (Takac-D-Centre) requiring the licensing of water well drillers (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 28-- Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds another hearing on electric generation resource adequacy, PJM market update, barriers to entry for new power generation. Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m. Watch online. [The first meeting in 2026]
April 28-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2429 (Cerrato-D- Montgomery) which would require utilities to create publicly available distribution system hosting capacity maps (sponsor summary). Room 60 East Wing. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 28-- NEW. House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Resolution 361 (Matzie-D-Beaver) directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the costs and benefits of continued membership in the PJM Interconnection (sponsor summary); House Bill 2145 (Scott-D-Montgomery) banning the use of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in certain products (sponsor summary). Room 423 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 30-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice) Read more here.
-- April 27-- Weekly PA Environment Digest Is Now Available {PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: The Hoopla Of Earth Day Is Over, The Problems Remain, Only Time Will Tell If These Demonstrations Accomplished Anything [PaEN]
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Earth Day Is About Environmental Protection, Why That’s Also A Religious Concern - By Rev. Larry Smith, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley [PDF of Article]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 18 to 24: Seneca Resources Still Releasing Wastewater After 545 Days; A New ‘Sun’ In Washington County; 13 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations [PaEN]
-- DEP: Day 545 And Counting: Seneca Resources Continues To Release Wastewater, Frack New Shale Gas Wells At Taft Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- The Sun Also Rises In Washington County: MarkWest Harmon Creek Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant Creates New Sun - At 4:47 a.m April 20, Again On April 21 - And It’s Still Burning [PaEN]
-- ‘Emergency’ Upset Flares Still Burning Over MarkWest Harmon Creek/Energy Transfer Revolutions Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plants In Washington County -- Live Breathe Project Cameras [April 27 - 7 Days, You Get The Idea]
-- LOTS GOING ON! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 25 [PaEN]
-- DEP Extends Air Quality Plan Approvals Allowing Temporary Operation Of The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Title V Application Still Under Review Since July 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For Amazon Data Services To Add 86 Diesel Generators To A.I. Data Center Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For Amazon Data Services To Add 280 Natural-Gas Fired Generators To A.I. Data Center Project In Falls Twp., Bucks County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Renewal Of An Air Quality Permit For 23 Diesel Generators At The Iron Mountain Underground Data Center In Butler County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 46 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In March; 100 In 2026 [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Air Quality Operating Permit For Additional Control Equipment At The Rauch Creek Coal Waste-Fired Power Plant In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold May 27 Hearing [If Requested] On RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit For the Domtar Paper Company Johnsonburg Mill In Elk County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets State Water Plan Update Meetings For Regional, Statewide Water Resources Committees Starting May 19 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Letter: ‘Natural Gas Operators Recognize Their Responsibility To Be Good Stewards Of Our Shared Natural Resources. Residents Can Be Assured That Operators Will Continue To Prioritize And Respect The Needs Of Their Fellow Community Members’ - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Pennsylvania Encourages Homeowners To Ditch Their Lawns For Meadows [Only Kits In East Left]
-- FirstEnergy: On April 27 WestPenn Power Announced It Will Distribute Free Trees April 27 In Jeannette, Westmoreland County
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Explore Pine Creek Rail Trail, Pennsylvania’s Trail Of The Year
A.I. /Data Centers
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: As A.I. Data Center Site Work Starts In Cumberland County, Neighbors Struggle With ‘The Monster Next Door:’ Blasting, Twp. Roads Failing, Failure To Communicate
-- Tri-County Regional Planning Commission Publishes Model A.I. Data Center Ordinance; Links To Other Model Ordinances [PaEN]
-- Wash Post: Developers Plan So Many A.I. Data Centers In Archbald, PA - A Town Of 7,000 - It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts [PDF of Article]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 27 [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- April 27: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same From Yesterday, Now $1.05/Gallon Higher To $4.16 Since Feb. 27 [Elk County, PA highest at $4.35]
-- April 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.11 Ohio- $3.90 PA- $4.16
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Financial Times: Oil Could Trade At Nearly $120 If Ware Drags On, Goldman Sachs Warns
-- Financial Times: Shell Buys Canadian Shale Oil/Natural Gas Producer ARC Resources For $16 Billion
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Meet 2 Of The 1 Million Independent PA Voters Shut Out Of May Primary Election
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: I Overcame A Life Without Parole Sentence, Now More Than 1,000 More Are Poised To Join Me, If The PA General Assembly, Governor Act - By Robert Saleem Holbrook
-- PA Capital-Star: Survey: Pennsylvanians’ Dissatisfaction With Healthcare On The Rise; 1 In 4 Households Struggle To Get Access To Care
(Photos: Earthrise from Apollo 8 on Dec. 24, 1968; Earthrise from Artemis II April 7, 2026 - Still the Blue Marble in Space.)
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