Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.13.26

"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

September 28, 29, 30

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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

​​September 28, 29, 30

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

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

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

-- Monday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.13.26

-- July 13 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Budget First Look: At Best A Cost-To-Carry Environmental Budget, Supports Oil & Gas Program Operations, Several Data Center Provisions But Not A Moratorium Or Pause  [PaEN]  [It Is What It Is] 

-- A.I. Data Center Legislative Scorecard: Pennsylvania Failed To Finalize Meaningful Legislation On Energy Affordability, To Increase Electric Generation And Give Communities The Tools They Need To Cope With A.I. Proposals  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental/Energy Groups: Final State Budget Fails To Address Critical A.I. Data Center Issues And Skyrocketing Energy Bills  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 4 to 10: 4,200 Gallon Contaminated Water Spill; Cleaning Up Spills For 15 Days, 270 Days, 484 Days And Counting  [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]

-- DEP - Day 270: Petro Erie Inc. Experiences Leaks From Refurbished Contaminated Water Storage Tanks At Conventional Well Site In Venango County After October 2025 Spill  [PaEN] 

-- DEP - Day 484: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Took No Actions To Finish The Cleanup Of Conventional Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- Read Carefully!   PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 11 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Final Water Quality Permits For The Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Appalachian Reliability Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Armstrong, Greene and Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Chapter 105 Permit For A Seneca Resources Co 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline Running Through Farmington & Chatham Townships, Tioga County  [PaEN]  

-- Energy Transfer Asks PUC To Dissolve Sunoco Pipeline Company And Transfer Assets To 2 New Companies-- One For Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines Like Mariner East Pipelines And Another For Refined Petroleum Product Pipelines  [PaEN]  

-- DEP published notice in the July 11 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Mothball Plan notification received from PEI Power, LLC on a Title V Air Quality Permit for two landfill gas fired turbines in Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County.   (PA Bulletin, Page 4180)

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing July 30 On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 2 Related To Shale Gas Development  [PaEN]  

-- Lots Going On!  DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 11 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Restarts Comment Period On Corrected Major Amendment To Homer City Generation Data Center Project Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Aug. 4 Hearing On Major Modification To Waste Permit For Blythe Recycling & Demolition Waste Site Landfill In Schuylkill County  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Plans To Renew Contract With Reworld Trash Incinerators, Including The Facility In City Of Chester, Delaware County

-- PA Capital-Star: In Wake Of Record-Breaking Heat Waves In PA, Experts Reflect On Preparing For Future

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Salem Twp. Hearing July 15 On Surrendering Public Streets To QTS A.I. Data Center Project In Luzerne County 

 

-- Budget First Look: At Best A Cost To Carry Environmental Budget, Supports Oil & Gas Program Operations, Several Data Center Provisions But Not A Moratorium Or Pause  [PaEN]  [It Is What It Is]

-- A.I. Data Center Legislative Scorecard: Pennsylvania Failed To Finalize Meaningful Legislation On Energy Affordability, To Increase Electric Generation And Give Communities The Tools They Need To Cope With A.I. Proposals  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental/Energy Groups: Final State Budget Fails To Address Critical A.I. Data Center Issues And Skyrocketing Energy Bills  [PaEN]  

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 13  [PaEN]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- July 13: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday, Now $3.96/Gallon - $.85/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver County Average Price Still Highest at $4.29]

-- July 13: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.87  Ohio- $3.81  PA- $3.96

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

-- Reuters: Solar Energy Construction Costs Jump 18% But Remains Cheapest Generation To Build [No Fuel Costs]

-- Bloomberg: US Cost For Natural Gas Power At 17-Year High And Climbing 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: PA Adopts $50.8 Billion Budget That Sends More Money to Poorest Schools, Skips Difficult Policy Questions

-- PennLive: Shapiro Signs Budget Deal That Goes Big On Education, Punts On Other Key Issues

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Signs $50.8 Billion Compromise Budget, Despite Some Opposition In Both Parties

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Signs $50.8 Billion State Budget Amid Praise, Barbs

-- PennLive: Legislature Spends $60 Million Of Taxpayer Money On Its Own Operation, Tracking The Money Is Difficult 

-- PennLive: Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) Spent Almost $80,000 On Lunches For Staff, Other Lawmakers In Two And A Half Years

-- TribLive: Candidates For 60th House District In Western PA Look To Affordability Issues In Harrisburg [Armstrong, Westmoreland] 

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[Posted: July 13, 2026]  PA Environment Digest