-- Inside Climate News - Marie Cusick: Remembering Franklin Kury, The ‘Visionary’ Author Of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment
“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
Senate Voting Schedule
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 17, 18
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 1:00: DEP To Highlight Investments To Reduce Emissions, Save School Districts Money In Steelton, Dauphin County
NOT TODAY: CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting October 29.
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar For Forestland Owners On Opportunities Available In Forest Carbon Credit Programs. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
August 27-- CANCELED. DEP Public Water System Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting Nov. 12. (formal notice)
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 2-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.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)
-- Governor’s Office To Brief DEP Citizens Advisory Council On Governor’s Data Center Executive Order Sept. 1 [PaEN]
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts New Horizons - Infrastructure, Energy And Data In The Coming Decade Conference Oct. 20 [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bidders Circle Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
-- York County Community Foundation Awards Grant To Launch York County's First Sustainability Coordinator [PaEN]
-- WNEP: US DOE, SBA Make Agreement In Lackawanna County To Help Small Businesses In Energy Field
-- WVIA: US DOE Secretary Visits Schuylkill County Coal Waste-Fired Power Plant To Promote American Energy
-- Environmental Defense Fund Awarded Foxwynd Foundation Grant To Help Locate Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners In Settlers Cabin Park, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Lacking Federal Limits, DEP Looks To Reduce PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Biosolids Spread On Farm Fields
-- PA American Water Provides Additional $6.13 Credit On Water Bills From PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Lawsuit Settlement With Manufacturers
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Rejects Call For Natural Soil Products [Biosolids] Composing Facility Air Study From Former Emergency Chief
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Watershed Leadership Training For Lancaster's Next Clean Water Leaders [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Report Finds Bacteria From Fecal Matter Affecting PA Rivers, Streams
-- LancasterOnline: State Agencies To Open Resource Center In Columbia Wednesday [Aug. 26] To Help Those In Lancaster/York Counties Impacted By Last Week’s Tornados
-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications From 10 Counties For Trail Organization Capacity Building Mini Grants [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Meet The Manager Steering PA’s First Underground State Park
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Launches Youth Art Contest For Allegheny County Students
-- DEP Mosquito-borne Disease Control Program: Current Counties Positive For West Nile Virus, Jamestown Canyon Virus
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $9.1 Million To Preserve 2,565 Acres Of Farmland On 34 Farms In 16 Counties [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: 6 PA Land Trusts Preserve 693 Acres Of Forest, Watershed, Farm Land In Adams, Centre, Erie, Lebanon, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Call For Presentations For 2027 PA Land Conservation Conference; Nominations For Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN]
-- State College To Host Northeastern Transportation & Wildlife Conference Sept. 27-30 [PaEN]
-- US Forest Service Proposal To Rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ Could Open Allegheny National Forest Wilderness To Logging, Extractive Industries [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: The Last Wolves Of Pennsylvania - Lititz Wolf Sanctuary Cares For Wolves Unable To Live In The Wild
A.I. /Data Centers
-- The Center Square: Residents Continue To Oppose A.I. Data Center Proposal In Lower Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton County Despite Developers Scaling Back The Project
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Salem Twp. Supervisors To Hold Hearing Wednesday [Aug. 26] On 3rd A.I. Data Center Proposal, Expansion Of Special Overlay District That Could Net Landowners $1.2 Billion In Luzerne County
-- Axios Pittsburgh: Independent Jodi Borello Bets On A.I. Data Center Issue In State Senate Race Against Incumbent Republican In Washington County
-- TribLive: PA US Senator Fetterman Pushes Back On ‘Political Pandering’ On A.I. Data Centers, Reiterates His Support
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: DEP Considering ‘Alternative Enforcement Measures’ To Assure Cleanup Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Lycoming, Bradford Counties [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- August 25: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Up 2 Pennies From Yesterday To $4.18/Gallon - $1.07/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County Average Price Again Highest at $4.39]
-- August 25: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.09 Ohio- $3.99 PA- $4.18
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- KYW: Rising Diesel Prices Put Pressure On PA School Districts, Transportation Budgets
-- Republican Herald Editorial: President’s War Of Choice In Iran Is Straining The Armed Forces For Nothing
Federal Administration
-- Bloomberg: President’s Environmental Rollbacks Are Being Struck Down By Courts
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Erie Times/USA Today: PA House Races That May Decide Control Of State Government In 2026
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Hires Ex-Administration Official To Help Counter President’s ‘Attacks’
-- The Hill: Gov. Shapiro On President’s Canada Tariffs: President Chooses ‘Chaos And Cruelty’
-- WHYY: What To Know About The Governor’s Race Between Josh Shapiro And Stacy Garrity
-- The Center Square: Philadelphia A Finalist To Host 2028 Democratic National Convention
-- LancasterOnline: 2 Unvaccinated People Have Died From Measles In Lancaster County
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[Posted: August 25, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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