Sunday, May 17, 2026

Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 5.17.26

“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 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.


May 27-- DEP Hearing [If Requested] On RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit For the Domtar Paper Company Johnsonburg Mill In Elk County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00 a.m.


May 27-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Berks Nature Nature Place, 575 St. Bernadine Street, Reading. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  Read more here on agenda.


May 27-- Virtual. Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosts Webinar On Biosolids And Sewage Sludge Impacts On Farms In Pennsylvania.  7:00 p.m.


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


June 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Randy D. Martin ramartin@pa.gov(formal notice)


June 4-5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference. Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County.


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


-- 122 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]


-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - May 18 [PaEN] 


-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 18  [PaEN]


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 9 to 15: 229 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations This Year; Denied Shale Gas Pipeline Permit; Failed To Cleanup Conventional Spills At 3 Sites For 688 Days  [PaEN]


-- WPXI: Environmental Groups Disagree With DEP Study Of Radioactivity In Landfill Leachate From Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes


-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For RISE PA Medium To Large Industry Decarbonization Grants Thru July 15  [PaEN]  


-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Nuclear Power Is Small, And That’s Huge


-- Erie Times: Erie-Area Water Rescue Crews Prepare For Season Following Deadly 2025


-- LancasterOnline: From A Beginner, Birding In Lancaster County Is Harder, And Better Than I Thought


A.I. /Data Centers


-- AP: As Electric Bills Rise, Some States Are Focusing On The Growing Profits Of Utilities [PA Featured] 


-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: In A.I. Data Center Fight, Lackawanna County Commissioner Gaughan Shows Up


-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- May 17: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday, Now $1.53/Gallon Higher To $4.64 Since Feb. 27  [Armstrong County Average Price Still Highest at $4.91]  

-- May 17: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.51 Ohio- $4.54  PA- $4.64

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


-- Wall Street Journal: The Oil Shock Is Causing A $45 Billion Rupture In The Economy Slamming Consumers While Boosting Investors 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: The New Political Era Of Insurgent Candidates Is Roiling The PA Primary Election

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[Posted: May 17, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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