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“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 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 22-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Backyard Stream Repair Webinars (1 of 5) - Evaluating Your Stream. 10:00 to 11:30 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. (formal notice)

September 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m. (formal notice)

September 30-- House Energy Committee meeting. Agenda TBA. Click Here to watch online.

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.

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - September 12 to 18 [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: PEMA Holds First Meeting Of Emergency Readiness Advisory Group

-- WTAE: Unionized Duquesne Light Workers Overwhelmingly Vote To Authorize Strike

-- WVIA: Luzerne County Coal Mines Polluting Streams, Restoration Will Clean Water, Take Black Wasteland And Create Great Wildlife Habitat

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: The ‘Rain Tax’ Debate Misses The Point On The Need To Cleanup Stormwater Runoff

-- Penn State Extension: Nov. 9 Webinar On Large-Scale Solar: Addressing Stormwater And Runoff Impacts, 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Residents Fear Giant Data Center Next Door: ‘Where Do You Go?’

-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Lackawanna County Commissioners Approve Timely Study Of Invasive A.I. Hyperscale Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Shapiro Cites Archbald Boro In The Need For More Local Control Over A.I. Data Centers; Reviews His Recent Executive Order

-- TribLive Guest Essay: A.I. Data Centers Are Not Inevitable - By Joan Mukogosi, Data & Society Research Institute and an author of the forthcoming “The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania”

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: 10 New Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants Projects Are Proposed In Southwest PA That Could Double PA’s Power Capacity, Will They Happen?

-- Post-Gazette: Will A.I. Save Or Destroy Us? At Pittsburgh Summit, Tech Leaders Shift Between Hope And Despair

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 21

-- Wall Street Journal: What’s It Like To Work In A Data Center, Lots Of Walking, Checking For Burning Smells

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- September 20: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Up 1 Cent From Yesterday To $4.57/Gallon - $1.46/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County $4.83 Highest Average Prices]

-- September 20: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.47 Ohio- $4.52 PA- $4.57

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

-- AP: Rising Gasoline/Diesel Prices Frustrate Voters; President Says It’s An ‘Inexpensive Price To Pay’ For His War On Iran

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