-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
June 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
June 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
Anything Can Happen: June State Budget Marathon Is Here!
TODAY 5:00: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Partners Host Creekside Connections At Little Fishing Creek Family-Friendly Educational Experience, Stream Buffer Tour In Bellefonte, Centre County, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
TODAY - June 5: In-Person. Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference. Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County.
June 5-15-- PA Society For Ornithology 2026 Breeding Bird Blitz
June 8-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection meets to consider House Bill 84 (Vitali-D-Delaware) prohibiting the spreading of oil and gas wastewater on roads and by land application, House Bill 426 (Pielli-D-Chester) encouraging the construction of new habitats for monarch butterflies and native insects at Commonwealth-owned facilities, House Bill 1567 (Mullins-D-Lackawanna) requires public consideration of host community benefit agreements for power plants between communities and school districts and establishes minimum requirements for those agreements. Room B-31 Main Capitol. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here on agenda.
June 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.
June 9-- In-Person. ReImpagine Appalachia, Ohio River Valley Institute, Partners Host Workshop On Applying For DEP’s RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Funding. Pittsburgh. 9:00 a.m. to Noon
June 9-- Penn State Extension Webinar On Creating Connections Through Citizen - Community Science. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
June 11-- Virtual. Team PA Webinar On Pennsylvania Nuclear Energy Roadmap. 11:30 a.m. Click Here for more on Nuclear Roadmap
June 16-- NEW. Virtual. ReImagine Appalachia, Ohio River Valley Institute, Partners Host Webinar On Applying For DEP’s RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Funding. 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
June 23-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.
June 25-- DEP Hearing On Air Permit For ETC Northeast Pipeline Cryo II Project At The Revolution Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant In Smith Twp., Washington County. Burgettstown Area Middle/High School Campus, LGI Room, 100 Bavington Road in Burgettstown from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
June 25-- NEW. In-Person. ReImagine Appalachia, Ohio River Valley Institute, Partners Host Workshop On Applying For DEP’s RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Funding. Pittsburgh. 9:00 a.m. to Noon
-- Attorney General Sunday Charges Company With Franklin County Food Processing Waste Spill That Contaminated Residents’ Drinking Water [PaEN]
-- Allegheny College Receives Grant From PPG Foundation To Support Creek Connections Program For K-12 Students [PaEN]
--RESCHEDULED TO: ReImagine Appalachia, Ohio River Valley Institute, Partners To Hold June 16 Webinar, June 25 In-Person Workshop In Pittsburgh On DEP's RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN]
-- DCED/DEP: Industrial Sites Reuse Grant Helps Turn Former Gas Station In Somerset County Into Municipal Office, Police Station
-- Tribune-Democrat: Cleanup Funds Awarded To Prep Somerset County Site For New Police Station, Office
-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Seeks Riparian Rangers - Volunteer Stewards Of Our Streamside Forests; Training Session June 13 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- WESA: Pittsburgh City Planning Proposal Would Expand Opportunities For Urban Farming
-- PennLive: Central PA’s Spring Drought Could Lead To Water Conservation Orders, But End May Be In Sight
-- Erie Times: Erie Man Agrees To Pay $13,849 Restitution, Criminal Case Dropped For Girard Wildfire
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: New Report Ranks Pittsburgh High For Parks, But Finds Uneven Access For Low-Income, Minority Residents
-- DCNR Grants News: June Is Rivers Month! New Watershed Conservation & Recreation Plan Guidance; Wild Resources Conservation Grants Open
-- Feature: Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy Members Help Make Tomb Flats Access On Pine Creek A Place For Everyone In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Pride On the Trails - Celebrate In Nature; Summer Solstice Walk At Hauser Nature Center; Best Places To Hike & Bike At TNC Preserves
-- Penn State Extension Will Hold 8-Part Webinar Series - Entomology 101, Importance of Insects In Pollination, Food Webs, Beneficial Insects, Pests, Ecosystem Services Starting June 24 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Will Hold 7-Part Webinar Series - Entomology 102, Exploring Insects And Arthropods Affecting Health, Homes, Agriculture Starting Sept. 1 [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Explore The Hidden History Of Fly Fishing In PA At The PA Fly Fishing Museum In Cumberland County
-- TribLive: Tarentum Wildlife Volunteer Assists In Gosling Rescue In Trafford, Westmoreland County
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Dawn Chorus - The Sounds Of Early Morning Are More Than Just Birdsong - By Daryln Brewer Hoffstot
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Post-Gazette: Tensions High In Beaver County Over Plans For A.I. Data Center At Former Pitt Race Site; Hundreds Turn Up At Town Hall Meeting
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Fayette County Session Talks Pros, Cons Of A.I. Data Centers [No Data Centers Proposed… Yet]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Commissioner Calls For Countywide Study Of A.I. Data Center Health Impacts
-- Morning Call: Allentown Council Delays Vote On A.I. Data Center Ordinance After Critics Say It’s Too Lenient
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Commissioners Eye Coal Lands For A.I. Data Centers As Residents Plead For Protection
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: A.I. Data Center Developers Dangle Millions In Perks In Front Of Middlesex Twp. In Cumberland County [Community Benefit Agreement]
-- The Intercept: Philadelphia Police Admit They Are Tracking ‘First Amendment Activity’ Critical Of A.I. Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Mayor: 28-Acre Solar Energy Facility In Mayfield Not For A.I. Data Centers
-- Republicans Reps. Williams, Topper Push Bring Your Own Generation, Pay Your Own Way, Longer Term Power Contracts
-- BroadAndLiberty.com Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Lead, Not Obstruct On A.I. Data Centers; Garrity’s ‘Pause,’ Not A Moratorium Is Right Approach
-- WPXI: Peoples Natural Gas Customers In Western PA Push Back On 13.8% Rate Hike Calling It ‘Blatant Theft’
-- Sen. Lindsey Williams Urges Peoples Gas To Withdraw Proposed 13.8% Natural Gas Rate Increase
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For June 5-6 In Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions, 2nd Alert In 16 Days [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Data Center Boom Risks Breakup Of PJM Interconnection As Utility Bills Soar, Slow Connections To Grid
-- Utility Dive: Google To Fund 100 MW Virtual Power Plant In PJM In ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Deal Locking Up Power From Existing Distributed Sources For Its A.I. Data Centers [PA Does Not Authorize VPP]
-- TechRadar.com: ‘Dizziness, Nausea, Vertigo, Sleep Disruption:’ The Undetectable Hum Of A.I. Data Centers Is Making Local Residents Sick
-- AP: Energy, Water Use And Pollution Of A.I. And Data Centers Compare To Whole Countries
-- Financial Times: Americans Lead A.I. Data Center Backlash, Global Poll Finds
Gas Explosions
-- The Center Square: House Moves Legislation To Allow PUC To Share Information With Federal NTSB In Cases Like The Fatal Reading Chocolate Factory Natural Gas Explosion [House Bill 306]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- June 4: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Dropped 3 Pennies Since Yesterday, Now $4.41/Gallon - $1.30/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Venango County Average Price Still Highest at $4.79]
-- June 4: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.24 Ohio- $4.17 PA- $4.41
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- AP: Report: Disruption Of Mideast Energy Supplies Into Next Year Would Slam Global Economy
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA/Votebeat: New Study Finds Ballot Curing Helps More Mail Ballots Get Counted
-- Erie Times/USA Today: More PA Schools Adopting A.I. Use Guardrails, Here’s What They Say
-- PennLive - John Baer: President’s Mega Birthday Bash, And The Nation’s Reflect The Man And Our Times
-- Spotlight PA: Clearfield County ICE Facility Detainee Who Spoke Out About Conditions Was Punished, Transferred
-- TribLive: Charges Stemming From Scuffle At Springdale Anti-ICE Protest Dropped
-- PennLive Opinion: Even Legal Immigrants Aren’t Safe From ICE Detention Anymore
-- TribLive/AP: President Seeks New Path Forward On Adopting New Tariffs Raising Cost Of Imported Goods
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