-- 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: House Republican Policy Committee hearing on PA’s Energy Future - Keeping the Lights On And Costs Down. Bollard Machine, 2750 Construction Blvd, Beaver Falls. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
August 27-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on Keeping Pennsylvania Moving - Rising Cost Of Energy. Ward Transport & Logistics Corp., 1436 Ward Trucking Drive, Altoona. 1:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online?
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 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 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)
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Supports The International Coastal Cleanup To Keep Litter From Reaching Our Waterways; Free Supplies Available [PaEN]
-- DEP To Restart Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining Due To Incorrect County In Public Notice, It’s In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP/DCED: Steelton-Highspire School District To Save $3.6 Million Over 20 Years Using Solar Energy In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center, Partners Can Help Businesses, Schools, Municipalities, Nonprofits Look At How Solar Energy Can Stabilize, Even Reduce Your Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pennsylvania Lags Far Behind On Solar Energy, Here’s How It Could Catch Up
-- PA Congresswoman Summer Lee, Westmoreland County Leaders Celebrate $1.075 Million Federal Grant To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Drainage In Turtle Creek Watershed [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: US DOE Secretary Defends Rollback Of Environmental Rules On Coal, Energy Industries At Gilberton Coal Waste-Fired Power Plant In Schuylkill County [Coal Waste Power Plants Asked For, Got 2 Year EPA Exemption From Mercury, Hazardous Air Pollutant Regs ]
-- Lancaster Farming: DEP Seeks To Fill Vacancies On Agricultural Advisory Board
-- WNEP: Spotted Lanternflies Return To Northeast PA
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News Back To School Edition! [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Heading Into The Woods This Fall? Pennsylvania’s Tick Risks Are Changing
-- TribLive: Reports Of Bats Triple In Allegheny County As Late Summer Swarming Season Begins
-- Reading Eagle: Rare Wood Stork Drops Into Berks County Setting Off A Birding Rush In Richmond Township
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game, Fish & Boat Commissions Say 858 Wildlife Species In PA Need Help, Your Input Needed Now
A.I. /Data Centers
-- York County Economic Development Agency Official Calls PA Chamber Of Business & Industry Initiative Urging Opponents Of A.I. Data Centers To Take No Technology Pledge ‘Petty And Embarrassing’ [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: New Poll Of PA Likely Voters Finds 62% Oppose A.I. Data Center Construction
-- AP: In A Divided America, The Left And Right Unite To Oppose A.I. Data Centers [PA Included]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Gov. Shapiro Wants A.I. Data Centers To Bring Their Own Power, What’s That Mean For Prices And Pollution?
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: County Judge Orders Salem Twp. Planning Commission To Hold New A.I. Data Center Hearing After Public Locked Out Of Previous Hearing Due To Overflow Crowd In Luzerne County
-- The Citizens’ Voice: County Judge: Salem Twp. Planning Commission Broke Law, Must Redo A.I. Data Center Hearing In Luzerne County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Hunting Ranch Owner Advertises Land In Quemahoning Twp. As Ideal Site For A.I. Data Center; Somerset County To Consider Regulations
-- TribLive: Some Allegheny County Council Members Move To Prohibit A.I. Data Centers From Using County-Owned Property
-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council Proposes Bill To Ban A.I. Data Centers From Using County Property
-- Scranton Times: Norwegian Company To Spend $940 Million On Stake In 1,485 MW Lackawanna Energy Center Natural Gas Plant In Jessup Based On A.I. Data Center Demands [Not For The Public]
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Brownies As A Weapon Against A.I. Data Centers
-- Spotlight PA: What Shapiro’s New Data Center Order Does And Doesn’t Force Developers To Do
-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: PA Gov. Josh Shapiro Finds The Sensible Middle On A.I. Data Centers - By Former PA Congressman Patrick Murphy
-- Inquirer Editorial: Shapiro Deserves Kudos For A.I. Data Center Regulation Efforts, But He Can’t Do It Alone
-- New York Times: EPA Moves To Curb Public Input On Air Permits For Data Centers, Other Projects
-- Natural Resources Defense Council: How The President’s Policies Are Hiking Electric Bills, Destroying Investments
-- Wall Street Journal: Three Takeaways From Bill Gates’ Warning On A.I.: ‘There Is No Plan’ To Prepare For Likely Harms To Employment, Safety And Well-Being
-- Bill Gates: The Turbulent A.I. Era Is Here, The Choices We Make Now Are Critical
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- DEP: Diversified Production LLC Contaminated Water Pipeline Release Pollutes Farm Field In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Iron Cumberland LLC Conventional Well Plugging Results On Subsurface Release Of Cement Into Hargus Creek In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP: K Petroleum Inc. Shale Gas Well Site Had Contaminated Water Flowing Down The Side Of A Storage Tank In Washington County [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- August 26: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Up 2 Pennies From Yesterday To $4.20/Gallon - $1.09/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County Average Price Again Highest at $4.39]
-- August 26: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.10 Ohio- $3.96 PA- $4.20
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Eclipses Oil As Key Inflation Risk In Europe
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: New Poll Shows PA Republicans Have Higher Opinion Of Democrat John Fettermand Than Republican Dave McCormick
-- TribLive Editorial: Saying Sorry Won’t Fix Election Damage From Those Who Violate The Law
-- Attorney General Sunday Announces Lawsuit Against Snapchat For Failures To Protect Children From Compulsive Use
-- TribLive: 2 Unvaccinated People Die In Growing Measles Outbreak, First PA Fatalities In 35 Years
-- TribLive/AP: President Mulls Renaming Lake Ontario As ‘Lake America’ As His Trade War With Canada Intensifies
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[Posted: August 26, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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