Thursday, September 10, 2026

Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.10.26

“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]


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 


TODAY 6:00: In-Person/Virtual.  Local Organizations To Host Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online . 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.


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 15-17-- 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)  


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.



-- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Awards 8 Projects Nearly $655,000 For Watershed Projects  [PaEN] 


-- PennTAP Starts Accepting Small-Scale RISE PA Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency Grant Applications Sept. 15  [PaEN] 


-- WNEP: PA American Water To Move Up Replacing Aging Water Pipelines In Scranton In Wake Of Major Breaks


-- NextPittsburgh: Extreme Weather Preparedness Is Becoming Increasingly Necessary In Pittsburgh 


-- PA Recycling Markets Center: Sept. 29 Webinar - A.I. Literacy For Recycling Professionals  [PaEN]


-- Juniata River Clean Up In Huntingdon County Attracts Over 50 Volunteers, Picks Up 1.1 Tons Of Litter, 65 Tires  [PaEN] 


-- Warren Times: Volunteers Needed For Sept. 12 Conewango Creek River Cleanup


-- Penn State Extension Sept. 22 Webinar - Introduction To Biochar, Noon to 1:00 p.m.


-- DCNR Resource: Skywalk Opens For Fall Foliage; Closing Trail Gaps; Honoring Lifesavers; New Marsh Creek Visitor Center; Dam Work; Trail Help Needed  [PaEN]  


-- DCNR Grants News: Hoodlebug Trail Bridge Project; Knox & Kane Rail Trail Completes Another Phase; Grantee Communications Kit Available; Upcoming Events


 A.I. /Data Centers


-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Council Has 45 Days To Decide The Fate Of Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Proposal In Lackawanna County [Just Some Of 51 Data Centers Proposed In The Boro]


-- Scranton Times: Public Weighs In On Ransom Twp. A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Lackawanna County 

-- WNEP: Clinton Twp. Supervisors Vote ‘No’ On 20 Building A.I. Data Center Complex In Wayne County


-- PennLive: Texas A.I. Data Center Developer Pitches First Of Two Data Center Proposals In Swatara Twp., Dauphin County: One Off Highland Ave. At Rt. 283, 2nd At The Dauphin Highlands Golf Course

  

-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Hanover Twp., Washington County To Hold 4 Hearings On Proposed Starpointe A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex On Sept. 21, 24, 29, 30 


-- WTAE: Homer City Data Center Power Plant Worker Says He Was Fired After 100-Worker Walkout Over Contract Dispute In Indiana County


Today’s Oil & Gas Violations


-- DEP: Contaminated Water Misting Out Of Storage Tank, Fluid Spill At Expand Operating, LLC Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas During Investigation Of Leaking Conventional Gas Gathering Line In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP: Drill Cuttings From Conventional Oil & Gas Well Improperly Spread Over Drill Site For Disposal In McKean County  [PaEN] 


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- September 10: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Jumps Another 9 Cents From Yesterday $4.45/Gallon - $1.34/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Crawford County Highest Average Price at $4.57] 

-- September 10: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.27  Ohio- $4.18  PA- $4.45

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


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: Federal Court Vacates New Jersey Permit For Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline


-- The Guardian: Chemical Industry Backed Laws In Ohio, 2 Other States To Restrict Use Of Air Pollution Data From Citizen Air Pollution Monitors


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: PA Election Chief Says Voting Will Continue As Usual Despite President’s Efforts To Limit Mail-In Ballots 

-- WITF: PA’s Top Election Official Challenges President’s Claims, Efforts To Alter Elections 

-- Spotlight PA: Individuals Illegally Sentenced For 2nd Degree Murder Ask PA Supreme Court To Open Pathway For Resentencing After Lawmakers Fail To Act 

-- LancasterOnline: PA Republican Lawmakers Say Proposed Dept. Of Health Infectious Disease Outbreak Regulations Pose Privacy Concerns

-- PennLive: PA Democratic US Sen. Fetterman Praises Republican US Sen. McCormick Via Video At Republican Midterm Convention

-- Inquirer Editorial: Fetterman’s Shiftlessness Is An Insult To His Office And All Pennsylvanians

-- WVIA: Immigrant Advocates Say Federal ICE Arrested Dozens At Geisinger Medical Center Construction Site In Danville

-- Scranton Times/PennLive: Mass Federal ICE Raids At Geisinger Health Site Near Danville Leave Workers ‘Terrified,’ Witness Says

-- TribLive: Beechview Residents Describe Heightened Federal ICE Activity: ‘They’re Terrorizing The Whole Neighborhood’ In Pittsburgh  

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[Posted: September 10, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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