Saturday, May 9, 2026

Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 5.9.26

“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

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

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


May 11-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On North Centre Twp. PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hazardous Site Response In 12 Municipalities In Columbia County Involving Contaminated Sewage Sludge. Central Columbia High School Auditorium 4777 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg. 5:00 p.m. open house. 7:00 p.m. hearing.


May 12-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277. (formal notice)


May 12-- Agenda Posted.  DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.  Read more on agenda. [Data Centers Guide, Biosolids On Farms]


May 12-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On Individual Stormwater Permit For the 5.8 Mile HCPP 30-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Serving The 4.5 GW Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus Power Plant In Indiana County. Indiana Theater, 637 Philadelphia Street in Indiana. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.


May 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.  See agenda for options to join the meeting remotely.


May 13-- Virtual. Community Choice Aggregation Working Group Hosts Webinar On How Boroughs Can And Other Municipalities Could Purchase Power For Their Residents, Business And Lower Electric Bills. Noon.


May 13-- Virtual. Better Path Coalition A.I. Data Centers Virtual Town Hall Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.


May 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:15 a.m.  [Heavy Duty Diesel Program]


May 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m.  (formal notice)


May 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.


May 21-- In-Person. DEP Informal Conference To Take Comments On The Proposed Addition Of 7,154 Acres To The Rosebud Mining Company Penfield Coal Mine In Clearfield County  


May 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.



-- LOTS GOING ON!  PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 9  [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Eastern Gas Transmission 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Salem Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 


-- MUST READ! DATA CENTER NOTICES:  DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 9 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- DEP To Host June 2 Informal Conference, Hearing On Permit To Add 4,342 Acres To Rosebud Clymer A Coal Mine In Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County [PaEN]  


-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit Amendment To Correct Wetlands Impacts For Homer City Generation Data Center Project In Indiana County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For Transmission Line Project To Connect Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant To Grid In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Utilities Juniata-Shermansdale, Juniata-Bernheisel High Voltage Transmission Line Projects In Perry, Cumberland Counties To Serve Data Centers In Middlesex Twp.  [PaEN]


-- DEP To Hold June 15 Hearing On 22 Transfer LLC Municipal Waste Transfer Station Permit In Cooper Twp., Montour County  [PaEN]


-- DEP: Increased Protections For More Than 530 Miles Of 98 Streams Now Final  [PaEN] 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosts May 27 Webinar On Biosolids And Sewage Sludge Impacts On Farms In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 


-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill To Produce Much More Leachate Wastewater Than Expected


-- Scranton Times: Lakeland School District To Install Treatment System To Address PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination Of Drinking Water


-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 12 In-Person Field To Data - Environmental Stream Health Monitoring In Action Workshop In Huntingdon County  [PaEN] 


-- WTAE: Historical Marker To Be Installed On Montour Trail In Western PA For Trail Land Once Owned By George Washington 


-- DCNR Begins Targeted Spraying Of State Forest Land To Combat Spongy Moth, Fall Cankerworm Populations  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kit Sale For September Delivery, July 4 Deadline For Orders


-- Manada Conservancy: Permanently Protecting The Fritchey Family Forest In Dauphin County  [Video]  


-- Penn State Extension Aug. 7 Webinar On Japanese Knotweed Invasive Species 1:00 -2:15 p.m.


-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Wild Resource Conservation Grants  [PaEN]


A.I. /Data Centers


-- The Center Square: Municipalities Use Local 180-Day A.I. Data Center Moratoriums To Create Zoning Rules ‘In Peace’


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- May 9: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday, Now $1.57/Gallon Higher To $4.68 Since Feb. 27  [Allegheny County Average Price Highest still at $4.81] 

-- May 9: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.53 Ohio- $4.72  PA- $4.68

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


-- The Allegheny Front: How Much Could You Save By Driving An Electric Vehicle? 


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs-- 18-- Same As Last 6 Weeks


Federal Administration


-- The Appalachian Voice: Many Federal Permitting ‘Reform’ Proposals Would Further Strip Environmental Protections, Weaken Public Input 


-- AP: President’s FEMA Review Council Proposes Sweeping Changes To Federal Disaster Support Putting Far More Responsibility On States 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Gov. Shapiro Calls For Expedited USDA Approval For Disaster Aid To PA Growers Impacted By Crop Freeze   [Video, Photos From Event]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Editorial: Taxpayers Now Asked To Pay The Bill For President’s Ballroom Vanity Project

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[Posted: May 9, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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