Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.9.26

“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 9, 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 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:30 a.m.  [Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits]

September 9-10-- In-Person. PUC: 2026 Pipeline, Electric & Cybersecurity Safety Conference In State College

September 10-- 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 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-- Town Hall Meeting On Findings From PA PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Multi-Site Health Study In Bucks, Montgomery Counties And What They Mean For Local Families.  Hatboro-Horsham High School Auditorium, 899 Horsham Road in Horsham, Montgomery County. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

-- PennDOT Makes $11 Million In Federal Funding Available For Public Electric Vehicle Chargers In Central PA Region  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $15 Million Settlement For Air Pollution Violations 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Natural Gas Production Drops For 2nd Straight Quarter

-- Westmoreland County Couple Jim & Teddy Emberg Work Together To Improve The Environment As Master Watershed Stewards  [PaEN] 

-- Centre Daily Times/Spotlight PA: PA American Water Needs More Time To Negotiate Deal With Troubled Rock Spring Water Company In Centre County

-- Penn State Extension Resources Available For Owners Of Private Water Supplies [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: PA Republican Rep. Maloney (Berks County) Wants To Rename Lake Erie To Lake Pennsylvania

--Warren Times: Applications Being Accepted For Upcoming Penn State Extension Master Gardener Classes

-- Observer-Reporter: Montour Trail To Host National Rail-Trail Ride Sept. 23-24

-- Observer-Reporter: Montour Trail Making Progress With National Tunnel Fundraising Efforts

-- Game Commission To Host 8 Driving Tours On State Game Lands Across The State Starting Sept. 20  

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Wants All Elected Archbald Boro Council Members Removed From Data Center Decision-Making Process, Which Leads To Automatic Approval Of The Proposal; 9th Hearing Set For Today [Sept. 9]    [PDF of Article]    

-- Observer-Reporter: $13 Billion Data Center Power Plant Complex Proposed By NextEra In Luzerne Twp., Fayette County

-- Morning Call: A.I. Data Center Developers Present Updated Plans For Emmaus Ave. Project In Allentown, But Final Approval On Hold Pending Legal Challenge To Project

-- PennLive - John Beauge: Union County A.I. Data Center Developer Says It Will Invest $4 Million In The Community 

-- Altoona Mirror: Taylor Twp. Supervisors Quizzed On Proposed Terawatt A.I. Data Center At Former Mill Site In Blair County  [PDF of Article]

-- TheDerrick.com: NY-based KEEL Infrastructure Data Center Developer [Formerly Bitfarms, Owner Of Scrubgrass Coal Waste-fired Power Plant] To Hold Public Presentations On Proposed Data Center At Power Plant On Sept. 22 & 23 In Clintonville, Venango County

-- TribLive: Local Businesses Brace For Loss Of Business From Moving Gigantic Cargo To Homer City Data Center/ Power Plant Complex In Indiana County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Public A.I. Data Center Support Has Collapsed; Here’s What Happens Next

-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Sunday Meeting On Old Forge Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Proves Information Is The Best Weapon

-- Morning Call: Here Are The Terms You Need To Follow The A.I. Data Center Sustainability Debate 

-- Wall Street Journal: States That Gave A.I. Data Centers Billions In Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up The Deals 

-- Yahoo!/AXIOS: Anthropic [Claude] Insiders Warn A.I. Could Kill All Humans 

  

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- DEP: Tank Valve Failure Leads To 4,610 Gallon Spill Of Contaminated Water At XTO Energy Inc. Shale Gas Well Pad In Butler County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issued 2nd Round Of Major Erosion & Sedimentation Violations At Equitrans Water SVC (PA) [EQT] Jaybird Shale Gas Water Impoundment Restoration Site In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Site Preparations For Plugging Diversified Production LLC Conventional Gas Well Results In Multiple Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- September 9: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Jumps 6 Cents From Yesterday $4.36/Gallon - $1.25/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Cambria County Highest Average Price at $4.46]

-- September 9: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.22  Ohio- $4.07  PA- $4.36

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

-- WNEP/AP: Oil Rises Above $100/Barrel After Latest Wave Of Middle East Attacks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Proposes Bill Regulating A.I. Use In Political Campaign Materials

-- AP: PA US Sen. Fetterman’s Isolation From Democrats Grows Stark In Pennsylvania

-- WVIA: Luzerne County Residents Challenge 15,000 Signature Petition Calling For Repeal Of County Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

-- TribLive Editorial: Did Pennsylvania Learn From The COVID Outbreak?

-- The Center Square: Report: Free Speech Climate At PA Colleges Score D-

-- York Daily Record: ‘It’s Insane:’ Beloved York Soccer Coach Faces Deportation To Haiti After Traffic Stop For Burned Out Brake Light By West York Police With Federal ICE Agreement 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Another Legal Immigrant Jailed 11 Days For Traffic Violation As A Result Of Mt. Holly Springs Boro Police Agreement With Federal ICE - By Katie Daniels and Mandy Taylor, Mt. Holly Springs Residents in Cumberland County 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Western PA Could Face Big Hit As Canada Retaliates Against President’s Tariffs 

-- AP: Republicans Gather In Dallas For 2-Day Midterm Convention That Will Put President At The Center Of This Fall’s Campaign 

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