-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
September 9, 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
Senate Voting Schedule
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 17, 18
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: Center For Rural Pennsylvania Hearing: Support For Local Decision-Making For A.I. Data Center Development. Assembly Room 127, Monty’s Building, Bloomsburg University. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
August 4-- Agenda Posted. DEP: Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
August 5-- Delaware River Basin Commission virtual hearing. 1:30 p.m. (formal notice) Read more here.
August 5-- Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Forested Headwaters And Drinking Water Quality, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
August 6-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:15 a.m. [Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regulations On Agenda: Read more here.]
August 6-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Harrisburg. 1:00 p.m. (formal notice)
August 11-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.
August 11-13-- In-Person. Penn State Ag Progress Days
August 12-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m.
-- PJM Interconnection Proposes One-Time Backstop General Capacity Auction In September With A $555/MW-Day Cap On Prices - Nearly 71% Higher Than Current $325 Cap [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Average Cost Of Electricity In PA Jumped 14.6% Over Past Year, Total Average PA Electricity Bill Has Increased 20.6% Since 2024 [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Where Governor Candidates Garrity, Shapiro Stand On Energy Costs, The Environment, More
-- City & State PA: Q/A With PA US Sen. Dave McCormick - Data Centers, Other Issues
-- Erie Times: $263 Million, 1,200 Acre Solar Energy Facility Nears Final Approval In 4 Erie County Townships
-- Scranton Times Letter: Solar Energy On Abandoned Mine Lands Solution For Soaring Energy Costs - By Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts In-Person Aug. 5 Shale Gas Fracking And Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Quecreek Mine Rescue Remembered Quietly On 24th Anniversary; Plans In Place For Larger Celebration Next Year
-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper, Upper Chartiers Creek Watershed Assn. File Intent To Sue PA Transformer Technology, LLC For Alleged Discharges Of PCBs In Washington County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Flood-Prone Hempfield Twp. Home Will Be Razed After Flooding More Than A Dozen Times Since 1996
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land - Landowners Tell Their Stories: Remembering Working Forest Landowner Robert Crawford [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Easement Protects More Farmland, Forestland In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Webinar Series Beginning Sept. 23 [PaEN]
-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: 4 Former Chiefs Of US Forest Service Support Keeping Roadless Area Conservation Rule For America's National Forests
A.I. /Data Centers
--LehighValleyLive: 754 Acre Site In Lower Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton County Targeted By Talen Energy, Developer For 23 Data Center Pad Locations
-- Morning Call: Project Atlas A.I. Data Center Discussion Bumped From Aug. 13 South Whitehall Twp. Meeting Agenda, Rescheduled For Sept. 23 In Lehigh County
-- Morning Call: Here Are Lehigh Valley Communities That Have Or Are Considering A.I. Data Center Ordinances
--Vista.Today: East Whiteland Twp. A.I. Data Center Construction Halted Over Superfund Site Concerns In Chester County
-- Inquirer: What’s Next For The East Whiteland A.I. Data Center Site In Chester County
-- TribLive: East Deer Twp. Passes Zoning Amendment To Regulate A.I. Data Centers In Allegheny County
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Strategies From The Front Lines - How Communities Fight Data Centers - One Person's Experience From Springdale, Allegheny County
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Information On New A.I. Data Center Developer In Ransome Twp. Disappeared; As Elusive As Stephen King’s ‘Langoliers’-- Ravenous, Faceless Entities
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Restart Continues Checking Boxes, Stoking Fears
-- PJM Interconnection Proposes One-Time Backstop General Capacity Auction In September With A $555/MW-Day Cap On Prices - Nearly 71% Higher Than Current $325 Cap [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Average Cost Of Electricity In PA Jumped 14.6% Over Past Year, Total Average PA Electricity Bill Has Increased 20.6% Since 2024 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Pro-Data Center Industry Group Behind Ad Campaign In Oregon, Pennsylvania And 5 Other States
-- Wall Street Journal: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says US Should Accelerate A.I. Development, Not Restrict It [PA US Sen. McCormick’s Wife Facebook Vice Chairman Developing A.I.]
-- Financial Times: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says US Should Not Ban Chinese A.I. [PA US Sen. McCormick’s Wife Facebook Vice Chairman Developing A.I.]
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- DEP - Day 33: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Fails To Comply With Order To Prevent Migration Of Contaminated Water Release Offsite At Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County [PaEN]
-- Today’s Violations: DEP found efforts by Diversified Prod LLC to plug a conventional gas well in Westmoreland County, Salem Twp. failed and gas was still venting from the well. Violations continued for abandoning the well, not complying with DEP order. DEP inspection report
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Notified by Diversified Prod LLC of a contaminated water spill from a leak in a storage tank at conventional well site on a reclaimed abandoned coal mine in Jefferson County, Pine Creek Twp.. Owner will be onsite next week to clean it up. DEP inspection report
Storms/Power Outages
-- Morning Call: Storms Dump Up To 7 Inches Of Rain On Part Of Lehigh Valley Causing Flash Flooding, Mudslide
-- Pennsylvania Power Outages:
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- July 29: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny From Yesterday To $4.21/Gallon - $1.10/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Pike County Average Price Highest at $4.34]
-- July 29: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.09 Ohio- $3.86 PA- $4.21
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Reuters Guest Essay: US Is Fueling Chinese Factories It’s Competing With - LNG Natural Gas, Ethane [Both Are Produced In PA]
Federal Administration
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Where Governor Candidates Garrity, Shapiro Stand On Energy Costs, The Environment, More
-- City & State PA: Q/A With PA US Sen. Dave McCormick - Data Centers, Other Issues
-- Post-Gazette: PA Republicans Struggle To Unify Ahead Of Midterm Elections
-- PennLive - John Beauge: Litigation Stemming From 2020 Presidential Election Still Active In Lycoming County
-- TribLive: PA Advocates Call For Healthcare Cost Freeze As Insurers Seek 17% Increase [After Congress Fails To Act]
-- York Daily Record: Haitians In York Fear Being Returned To A Country In Dangerous Chaos
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