Saturday, September 12, 2026

Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.12.26

“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]


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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


September 15-- Agenda Posted. DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting. New Stanton District Office Building, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00 a.m.  (formal notice)


September 15-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On Blythe Recycling & Demolition Site (BRADS) Landfill Waste Permit In Schuylkill County


September 15-17-- In-Person. Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program Ag Conservation Conference, Indiana County 


September 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov(formal notice)  Read more on the agenda.


September 16-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission regular business meeting. Holiday Inn Express Bloomsburg, 14 Mitchell Drive, Bloomsburg. 9:00 a.m.  (formal notice)


September 16-- In-Person. DEP To Hold Hearing On RACT Title V Air Quality Permit For Hercules Cement Plant In Stockertown Boro, Northampton County.  DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m.  


September 16-- Town Hall Meeting On Findings From PA PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Multi-Site Health Study In Bucks, Montgomery Counties And What They Mean For Local FamiliesHatboro-Horsham High School Auditorium, 899 Horsham Road in Horsham, Montgomery County. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.


September 23-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Council meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  Read more here on agenda.


October 14-- In-Person. DEP Public Meeting/Hearing On Major Amendment To Water Quality Permit For Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County.  Homer Center High School Auditorium, 70 Wildcat Lane, Homer City. 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. 



-- Permits Are Flying!  PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 12 [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC Double, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipelines In Sullivan County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For Texas Eastern Transmission Project To Daylight 4.4 Miles Of 4  Natural Gas Pipelines To Protect Them From Coal Mining Damage In Greene County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Issued Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC  4.98 Mile, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- DEP To Hold Oct. 14 Meeting/Hearing On Major Amendment To Water Quality Permit For Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County; Stormwater Permit Issued  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Received Act 2 Land Recycling Remediation Report For Former Cheswick Generating Station Data Center Site In Springdale, Allegheny County  [PaEN]  


-- DEP To Hold Oct. 14 Hearing [If Requested] On New Title V Air Quality Permit For Webco Industries Oil City Tube Division In Venango County  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 7-8 In-Person Workshop On Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program  Comprehensive Coordination And Cropland Practice Planning, Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Agricultural Plastics Recycling And Research Into Alternatives To Plastics Grants [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Is Slow To Embrace Electric Vehicles, But Demand Is Growing Elsewhere


-- Inquirer: The Academy Of Natural Sciences Museum Is Closing, But All Eyes Are On Its Specimens - All 19 Million Of Them, Including From The Lewis & Clark Expedition 


-- DCNR Begins Lake Drawdown At Colonel Denning State Park Sept. 15 For Rehabilitation Work


-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Spraying Sept. 14 In Columbia County


 A.I. /Data Centers


-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Receives 3 Proposals For A.I. Data Center Health Study 


-- Williamsport Sun - Salena Zito: President’s Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant Coming To Fayette County  https://tinyurl.com/43mah7f2  [PDF of Article]


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA Public Utility Commission To Review How Utility Profits, Data Centers Affect Affordability Issues 


-- Bloomberg: PA A.I. Data Center Limits Are Threat To Natural Gas Firms, PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Says  [PDF of Article


-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Gov. Shapiro’s Executive Order On Data Centers Hasn’t Slowed Momentum Of Developers Looking To Build Big In PA Communities   


-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Energy Bills Driven By A.I. Data Centers Threaten PA Small Businesses, Report Says


-- PennLive: PUC: A.I. Data Center Demand Will Increase Industrial Power Use 18.56%; 10% Jump In Residential Electricity Costs Driven By Natural Gas Cost Increases 


-- Wall Street Journal: Cyberattack By Rogue A.I. Swarm Stokes Fears Of Out-Of-Control Agents


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- September 12: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Jumps 19 Cents Since Monday To $4.49/Gallon - $1.38/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Mifflin County Highest Average Price at $4.59]   https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=PA

-- September 12: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.31  Ohio- $4.17  PA- $4.49

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


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs-- 15 -- Same As Last Week [Down 3 From Last Year]


-- Bloomberg: Oil, Natural Gas, Diesel Prices Signal Winter Crisis And Rising Interest Rates 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: PA State Police Will Begin Seizing ‘Skill’ Gambling Machines On Oct. 14 Due To Failure Of General Assembly To Pass Legislation

-- WITF: Preventable Disease Measles Cases Triple In PA Since July, Low Vaccination Rates Fuel Outbreak

-- PennLive: Lawsuit Settlement Restores AmeriCorps Job Experience Program Eliminated By President’s Administration, Shapiro Says 

-- The Center Square: PA US Sen. McCormick Touts President’s Agenda During Midterm Convention Speech

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[Posted: September 12, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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