In addition to the Capitol Rally, the groups are asking the public to contact their legislators and Gov. Shapiro to express their concerns about data center development in Pennsylvania.
Click Here to send a letter of opposition to your legislator and the Governor.
Individuals needing transportation can sign up for buses and vans coming from several areas of the state at the webpage.
Among the organizations sponsoring the event are: Allegheny County Clean Air Now, Better Path Coalition, Concerned Citizens of Montour County, Concerned Health Professionals Pennsylvania, Concerned Residents of Western PA, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Food & Water Watch, FracTracker Alliance, Lenape Nation Pennsylvania, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania and the Three Rivers WaterKeeper.
Click Here to become a partner organization or send an email to: karen@betterpathcoalition.org.
For more details, visit the October 6 No Data Center Rally webpage.
Related Permits Issued This Week:
-- Indiana County Conservation District Issues 2 PAG-02 Stormwater General Permits For Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permits For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission 150 Mile Piney-Seward And Erie South Piney Transmission Line Project Crossing 8 Counties [PaEN]
Comment On Data Center/Grid Permits:
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For Construction Of 2 Data Center Buildings, Electric Substation In Sharon City, Mercer County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Installation Of 156 Diesel Generators At The Greenfield Road Owner, LLC Phase 2 Data Center Project In City Of Lancaster [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For PECO Energy Electric Substation, 230 kV Transmission Line Project Crossing Schuylkill River In Montgomery County [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- PA Farm Bureau Supports Pause On A.I. Data Center Development, Issues Policy Paper On Why A Pause Is Needed [PaEN]
-- NBC10: PA Senate Republican Leader, House Democratic Speaker Reject A.I. Data Center Moratorium Legislation
-- Public Utility Commission To Hold Nov. 17 Technical Conference On Utility Costs Driven By A.I. Data Centers, Other Large Loads [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvanians Are Finding Their Voices Again On Environmental, Energy Issues They Care About [PaEN]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 28 [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Altoona Mirror - Robert Swift: PA House Energy Committee Chair Rep. Fiedler Drafting Legislation To Give Gov. Shapiro’s Data Center Executive Order Some Teeth
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pennsylvania’s A.I. Data Center Boom Is Repeating Old Patterns Of Exploitation
-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: A.I. Data Center Developers Should Learn From Shale Gas Industry On How To Handle Public Controversy And Regulations Amid Public Backlash [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Data Center Developers Tell Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Conference Transparency, Empathy, Deep Pockets Key To Winning Over Hearts And Minds In The New Climate For Data Centers
-- Feature: PJM Independent Market Monitor Recommends FERC Reject PJM's Interim Resource Adequacy Proposal Because It Just Punts Issues Of Who Gets Curtailed And Who Pays To The States - By Rob Altenburg, Attorney, Energy Analyst
-- PennLive/Spotlight PA: Who Should Pay For Low-Income Electric, Natural Gas Bill Assistance? In PA It All Falls On Residential Customers [Should Data Centers That Are Increasing Bills Pay?]
-- PennLive/Spotlight PA: 1,000s Miss Out On Electric, Natural Gas Discount Supplier Options, But Regulators Aren’t Sold On Plans For Automatic Enrollment
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Need Stronger Protections From Variable Electric, Natural Gas Rates Charged By Suppliers - By Andy Tubbs, Energy Association of PA [Public Utilities]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Proposed PUC Settlement Could Quietly End Electric Supplier Choice For 2 Million Pennsylvanians By Automatically Returning Customers To Utility Default Service - By James H. Cawley, Former Chair, PA PUC
-- Post-Gazette: Home Heating Oil Prices In Western PA Have Ballooned, Diesel Prices Are Highest In 48 Years
-- TribLive: $6 Per Gallon: Heating Oil Prices Spike As Global Supply Chokes
-- Feature: PJM Independent Market Monitor Recommends FERC Reject PJM's Interim Resource Adequacy Proposal Because It Just Punts Issues Of Who Gets Curtailed And Who Pays To The States - By Rob Altenburg, Attorney, Energy Analyst
-- AP: US DOE Will Spend $2 Billion To Squeeze An Additional 23 GW Of Electricity From Aging Power Grid
-- PPL Electric: $71.4 Million: Montour-Glen Brook-Susquehanna Corridor Transmission Line Project
-- PPL Electric Awarded $71.5 Million US DOE Grant For Montour Transmission Line Resilience And Advanced Reconductoring Project
-- Duquesne Light Company: $22.2 Million: Dynamic Grid Controls, Strategic Upgrades
-- Utility Dive: North Carolina Utility Regulator Denies Duke Energy Natural Gas Power Plant Over ‘Staggering’ Cost, Uncertain Need
-- TribLive Guest Essay: West Virginia Lawsuit Over Free Markets For PA Alternative Energy Credits Is An Attack On Coal-Refuse Power Plants - By Shawn Steffee, Boilermakers Union
-- Utility Dive: Federal Judge Restores $7 Billion Solar For All Programs, Says EPA Illegally Axed It [Pennsylvania Awarded $156 Million Thru The Program ]
[Posted: September 27, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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