Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.6.26

“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

-- 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

-- 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!

July 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.  [Agenda includes update on State Water Plan]

July 8-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.

July 8-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered [Mining] Equipment Meeting. DEP New Stanton Office.  10:00 a.m.

July 9-- DCNR Delaware Canal State Park Advisory Committee meeting. Delaware Canal State Park, Bucks & Northampton Counties. 10:30 a.m.  Contact for Location: 610-982-5560 or ra-nrspdela@pa.gov. (formal notice)

July 10-- 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

-- July 6 - PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 27 to July 3: Shale Gas Driller Fails To Notify DEP Of Casing/Cement Failures; Pipeline Spill At Water Impoundment;  313 Conventional Abandoned Well Violations  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Equitrans Water SVC Reports Wastewater Release From Pipeline Connected To Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment During Reclamation In Aleppo Twp., Greene County; Drainage Pipes Held Together By Duct Tape  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Failed To Notify DEP Of Casing/Cementing Failures In 6 Shale Gas Wells For 15 Years In Delmar Twp., Tioga County  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 4 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Keystone Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP/Agriculture Invite Comments On Updated Safeguards To Prevent PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Wastewater Biosolids From Polluting Groundwater  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Invites Comments On Potential Regulations For Interconnecting Electric Loads, Including Large Loads, Like Data Centers [PaEN]   

-- DEP Issues 2 Chapter 105 Permits For Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Centers Offsite Utilities In West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Devil’s Pool Attracts Locals Trying To Beat Philly Heat In Wissahickon Valley Park, But Should They Swim There?

-- Tribune-Democrat: Southmount Takes Tree Inventory, Looking For Volunteers To Keep Eye On Street Tree Health In Cambria County 

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Fireflies: Tiny Lanterns Of The Summer Night 

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Summer Is Here: Find Healing Through Nature And Creation Care

-- PennLive: 2 Harrisburg Peregrine Falcon Fledglings Have Died In Flying Mishaps, One Other In Rehabilitation After Hitting Building

 

-- PennLive: Which PA Roads Are Most Dangerous For Wildlife Crossings? State Work Group Seeks To Find Out

-- PA Capital-Star: Wildlife Road Crossings And Habitat Will Be Focus Of State Working Group 

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: A.I. And Energy: How Westinghouse Is Riding The Momentum Of A Nuclear Power Revival

-- PA Capital-Star: Do A.I. Data Centers Impact Our Physical Health?  Studies Are Few And Far Between

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 6  [PaEN]

Storms/Power Outages

-- Scranton Times: PPL: Thousands Remain Without Power Throughout NE PA 

-- WNEP: Emergency Shelter Opens Due To Power Outages In Monroe County 

-- PennLive: PPL Brings In Crews From Canada, Other States To Restore Power In Central PA

-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Power Outages Could Last Days After Storms Down Trees 

-- PennLive: 2nd Round Of Storms Slam Central PA Bringing Tornado Warnings, Flash Floods

-- Post-Gazette: Torrential Downpours Trigger Flash Flooding Around Western PA

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 105,571 Household Without Power - July 6 - 6:00 a.m. 

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 202,051 Households Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 263,261 Households Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- PPL Electric Power Outages: 75,046 Customers Without Power - July 6 - 6:00 a.m.  

-- PPL Electric Power Outages: 125,398 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.            

-- PPL Electric Power Outages: 146,454 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- FirstEnergy Electric Power Outages: 28,709 Customers Without Power - July 6 - 6:00 a.m.

-- FirstEnergy Electric Power Outages: 52,992 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.

-- FirstEnergy Electric Power Outages: 60,919 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- PECO Electric Power Outages: 3,359 Customers Without Power - July 6 - 6:00 a.m.

-- PECO Electric Power Outages: 17,328 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.

-- PECO Electric Power Outages: 45,469 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m.

        [Union Workers Currently On Strike]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- July 6: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price No Change Since Yesterday, Now $3.95/Gallon - $.84/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver County Average Price Still Highest at $4.41]

-- July 6: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.79 Ohio- $3.58  PA- $3.95

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

Federal Administration [929 Days Remaining]

-- Reuters Column: Killing Wind And Solar Energy Subsidies Will Make US Electricity More Expensive - By Gavin Maguire 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- KYW: PA Leaders Remember Former State Sen. Shirley Kitchen Who Represented North Philly For Decades

-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley School Districts Expand Summer Meals Programs Amid Federal Cuts To Food Aid

-- PennLive: PA House Committee Met To Talk About Aliens From Outer Space, State Needs A System For Collecting Reports Of UFOs

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Native, NFL Star Married In Elaborate Madison Square Garden Ceremony

-- Republican Herald Editorial: On Birthright Citizenship, The US Constitution Is Clear

-- Wall Street Journal: With Public Opinion Of A.I. Shifting To Negative, Big Tech Is Suddenly Now Saying A.I. Won’t Result In Mass Job Wipeouts

-- Times Of India: Researchers May Have Identified First Ever Documented Case Of Ransomeware Attack Executed Entirely By An Autonomous A.I. Agent To Obtain Cryptocurrency

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