Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.10.26

“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

July 11 (Appropriations Meeting), 12 (voting) 

-- Adjourned to Sept. 28 - Call Of The House Speaker

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

July 10 (nonvoting), 11 (voting), 12 (voting)

-- Call Of The Senate President Pro Tempore

​​September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

Anything Can Happen: State Budget Marathon Continues!

TODAY 10:00: Telephonic. Public Utility Commission Hearing On PPL Condemnation Of 30 Properties For The Sugarloaf 500/230KV Transmission Line In Luzerne County To Serve Data Centers 10:00 a.m.

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

July 14--  Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar: Preview Of 2026 Watershed-Friendly Tree And Shrub Sale To Help You Choose Plants Confidently. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

July 15-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.

July 15-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Private Water Supply Testing Packages Available From Penn State's Agricultural Analytical Services Lab. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

July 15-16-- In-Person. PA Sea Grant Aquaponics Educator Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie.

July 16--  In-Person. Penn State Extension Workshop  On Understanding PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Private Water Supplies. Uniontown, Fayette County. 1:00 p.m.

July 16-- In-Person. Powering America's Next 250 Years Energypath Conference Set For At Moravian University

-- PA House Republican Proposes Bill To Strip Citizens Of The Right To Request A Suspension Of A DEP Permit To Prevent Irreparable Harm From Occurring While An Appeal Is Heard Before The Environmental Hearing Board  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Lola Energy Petroco Reported 4,200 Gallon Spill Caused By Contaminated Water Eating Thru A Pipe Fitting At Shale Gas Well Pad In Allegheny Twp., Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP - Day 15:  Contaminated Water Continues To Leak From Pipes Cut During Restoration  At Equitrans Water SVC Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh’s Public Source: EQT Natural Gas Wants Elizabeth Township In Allegheny County To  Approve Shale Gas Wells Near A School, Residents Are Worried 

-- WHYY: Energy Partners/Sunoco Jet Fuel Pipeline Leak Cleanup In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County Is ‘Moving Too Slowly’ Residents Say 

-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Unveils Pilot Test For Jet Fuel Pipeline Spill Cleanup In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Shouldn’t Overturn PA Supreme Court Decision Restoring Oil & Gas Property Rights To Their Rightful Owners - By Sherman Powell, Member Of Proctor Family Who Regained Their Property Unlawfully Taken 

-- Green Building Alliance, Resilient Reading Host July 14 Behind-The-Scenes Tour Highlighting Redevelopment Of The Reading Bank Building Into Energy Efficient Housing, Retail Space  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Hosts July 23 Webinar On Changes DEP Proposes In Regulating Wastewater Biosolids To Prevent PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination  [PaEN] 

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Issues Disaster Declaration For Tyrone Borough, Snyder Township After Flooding

-- WHYY: Levee Plan Not Viable For Philly’s Flood-Prone Eastwick Neighborhood, Says US Army Corps

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Using The Sun To Control Invasives; Beech Leaf Disease; Mapleleaf Viburnum

-- WITF: How Does The Susquehanna River Impact The Chesapeake Bay  [Podcast] 

-- July 11 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- WESA: Hartwood Acres Park Becomes First Allegheny County Forest Inducted Into National Oil-Growth Forest Network

-- Landforce Now Accepting Applications For Fall Crew Member Training; Hire A Landforce Crew; 2025 Impact Report Released  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 22 To Hear About Glamping In State Parks, Other Updates  [PaEN] 

-- Pennsylvania Wilds/Purple Lizard Maps: New Dark Skies Map Highlights One Of Pennsylvania’s Most Remote Landscapes [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Safe Wildlife Crossings Coming To Pittsburgh? Maybe In The Future  

-- PennLive: Destructive Spotted Lanternflies Return To PA: Here’s When To Expect Them

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Spotlight PA: Republican State Senator, Chair Of PA Republicans Profited From $30 Million Property Sale For A Massive Cumberland County A.I. Data Center Development

-- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: Allegheny Business Conference, Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Unions Call For Continuing Taxpayer Funded $500+ Million/Year State Sales Tax Exemption For A.I. Data Centers Flooding PA 

-- The Center Square: In The Lehigh Valley, Data Center-Driven Power Bill Increases Are On The Ballot 

-- Inquirer: East Whiteland Twp. Residents Upset After Developers Of Chester County A.I. Data Center On A Federal Superfund Site Seek Yet Another Change To Proposal After Starting Construction

-- TheDerrick.com: Scrubgrass Township Supervisors Hear Public’s Concerns About A.I. Data Centers In Venango County [Part II] 

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Woman Has Standing To Oppose A.I. Data Centers In Neighboring Ransom Twp., County Judge Rules 

-- Morning Call: South Whitehall Twp. Crowd Turns Out Against A.I. Data Center Planned Across From Parkland High School

-- TribLive: Rostraver Twp. Leaders Say No A.I. Data Center Plans Submitted To Township In Westmoreland County

-- Indiana Gazette: Homer City A.I. Data Center Project Traffic Changes Announced, Protesters Speak Out Again In Indiana County

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioner LaCerte Says The Status Quo Is Untenable For PJM, Stakeholder Process Has Continued To Just ‘Grind Into Gridlock;’ FERC To Hold Conference July 23 On PJM Governance Issues

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- July 10: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Did Not Change From Yesterday, Now $3.99/Gallon - $.89/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver County Average Price Still Highest at $4.36] 

-- July 10: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.88  Ohio- $3.86  PA- $3.99

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

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: More Than A Week After The Deadline, State Budget Negotiations Appear To Be Taking Place

-- Erie Times/USA Today: PA House/Senate Will Reconvene As Budget Talks Continue

-- TribLive: Health Insurance Premiums May Be Headed For Another Spike In PA Because Congress Failed To Act 

-- TribLive: PA Turnpike Announces Smallest Rate Hike In Over A Decade To Fund Highway Projects Across The State

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