Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 8.28.26

“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 9, 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 

September 1-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 12:30 p.m.   Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, by sending email to: iirvin@pa.gov or call 717-579-0329.  Read more here on the agenda.

September 1-- House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee informational meeting on cyber security and regulated utilities. Room 515 Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.

September 2-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m.

September 2-- Delaware River Basin Commission in-person business meeting. Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA starting at 11:00 a.m. (formal notice) Read more here.

September 2-- In-Person. Delaware River Basin Commission Our Founding Waters Celebration Community River Festival, Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, Bucks County, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

September 2-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Proper Native Tree Planting For Long-Term Success, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

September 8-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is October 13.  Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)

September 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:30 a.m.

September 9-10-- In-Person. PUC: 2026 Pipeline, Electric & Cybersecurity Safety Conference In State College

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry: DEP Decision To Approve Unrestricted Use Of Contaminated Water From Oil & Gas ‘Mineral Brine’ Wells Clears The Way For Uncontrolled, Free Disposal Of Contaminated Water At Public Expense And Risk  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Mine Drainage Cleanup Project Gets $1 Million In Federal Funding 

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Notifies Harwick Operating Co. That It Intents To Sue The Company Over Clean Water Act Violations At Its Coal Ash Landfill In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Engineer Preparing Plan To Drain Lake Wynonah In Schuylkill County To Comply With DEP Dam Safety Order

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: Old Crow Wetland Remains In Peril From Convenience Store Stormwater In Huntingdon County - By Stan Kotala, Altoona

-- Call For Presentations: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit, Feb. 23-24 [PaEN]  

-- PUC Audits Identify Millions In Savings For PA Utilities And Consumers In 2025-26 

-- August 29 -- Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PennTAP Helps Kitron Technologies In Somerset County Reduce Energy Costs, Access Multiple Penn State Services To Help Small Manufacturers

-- WeConservePA Land Conservation Census: Land Trusts Are Conserving 51 Acres A Day, 18,698 Acres A Year  [PaEN]  

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Names Trey Talley New Executive Director  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Western PA Audubon To Mark Annual Bird Migrations Sept. 19 In Fox Chapel, Buffalo Township

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Salem Twp. Planning Commission OKs Expansion Of A.I. Data Center Overlay For 2nd Time In Luzerne County To Accommodate 4,466 Acre Development, Now Goes To Supervisors  

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Salem Twp. Supervisor Prepared To Abstain From A.I. Data Center Zoning Overlay Vote Because He Could Benefit Financially From The Development

-- Inquirer: Controversial East Whiteland A.I. Data Center Project Issued 2nd Stop-Work Order, Clear Documentation Required For Water Use In Chester County

-- Morning Call: What We Know About Plans For An A.I. Data Center In Bethlehem

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Part Of TECfusions Data Center Campus In Westmoreland County Goes Live

-- Williamsport Sun: Hughesville Borough Council Considers A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance

-- WITF: Data Centers And The Susquehanna River, What You Need To Know - Interview With Andrew Dehoff, Susquehanna River Basin Commission

-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor: PJM Wholesale Power Costs Jumped 46% To $56.7 Billion So Far This Year Driven By Rising Energy, Capacity Costs Due To Data Center Demand

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Gov. Shapiro’s Executive Order Puts Some Guardrails On A.I. Data Center Development, But Portions Of It Could Be Legally Challenged - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow

-- NextPittsburgh: Official A.I. Use Policies At Western PA Universities Are To Be Determined 

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- DEP: Well Tests Confirm Expand Operating LLC Had New Casing/Cementing Failures In 4 Shale Gas Wells, Continuing Failures In 4 Others In Susquehanna And Wyoming Counties  [PaEN] 

--  DEP: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Reports 2 Landslides Along Shale Gas Water Pipeline Route In Union Twp., Washington County  [PaEN] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- August 28: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday To $4.20/Gallon - $1.09/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County Average Price Again Highest at $4.39] 

-- August 28: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.08  Ohio- $3.90  PA- $4.20

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

-- PA Capital-Star: Rising Energy, Fuel Costs Cut Into Bottom Line For PA Businesses; Republicans Want To ‘Unleash’ Natural Gas Industry 

-- WPSU: Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Proposes To ‘Unleash’ The PA Natural Gas Industry To Improve Energy Affordability

Federal Administration

-- National Review: Lake America? Spare Us From Yet Another Pointless, Stupid Publicity Stunt By America’s Flailing President; Rename Lake Erie, Nobody Likes Lake Erie  [A Conservative Publication] 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WPSU: Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Proposes To ‘Unleash’ The PA Natural Gas Industry To Improve Energy Affordability

-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Again Blocks President’s Mail-In Ballot Executive Order In Ruling Likely To Be Swiftly Appealed

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Farm Bureau Official Calls President’s Beef Import Plan ‘Misguided’ 

-- Inquirer: PA Caught In Crossfire Of President’s Trade Dispute With Canada: ‘We’ll Definitely Feel’ The New Tariffs

-- WESA: Haitian Community In Washington County Makes Emergency Plans As President’s ICE Steps Up Enforcement In Other Regions

-- TribLive: PA Officials Cite 2 ‘Measles-Associated Deaths’ In Lancaster County, But The Coroner There Counts 0

-- TribLive: Shapiro, Kennedy Spat Politicizes Public Health Response To Measles, Disease Expert Says

-- PennLive: Scrapple Poll Shows Fetterman’s Problems With PA Democrats Just Keep Getting Worse

-- Inquirer: Poll: Young PA Voters Frustrated With President As They Grapple With ‘The Cost Of Continuing To Exist’ 

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