PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

October 24-- WeConservePA: 2026 Environmental Advisory Council and Municipal Sustainability Conference. Fort Washington, Montgomery County

October 24-- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Events Planned

October 27-- DEP State Water Plan Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

October 27-- Virtual. US EPA Invites Comments On Reissuance Of Expired EXCO Resources (PA) Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Bell Twp., Clearfield County; Virtual Hearing Set For Oct. 27 [If Requested]

October 28-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

October 28-- In-Person. Telephonic. Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Hearing On Proposed Fee Increase, Records Policy And Water Withdrawal Requests, Including One For Shale Gas Development. 5:00 p.m.

October 28-- Virtual. PA Technical Assistance Program, Catalyst Connection Webinar On No-Cost Energy Efficiency Resources To Boost Manufacturing Competitiveness. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

October 29-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:00 a.m.

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Celebrates Successful Annual Conference Focused on Connecting Nature, Community, Equity; Sen. Schwank Recognizes Reading Sustainability Manager [PaEN]

-- Northampton, Bucks County Municipal Authority Secures $11 Million Navy Funding To Extend Public Water Access To Address PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination; Earns Statewide Recognition [PaEN]

-- Lancaster-Based LandStudies Keva Flats Floodplain Restoration Project Wins 2026 Excellence Award In Chester County Citizens Planning Award Competition

-- TribLive: Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve At Saint Vincent College Marks 2 Decades Of Conservation In Westmoreland County

-- Joint State Government Commission Issues Update On Report Looking At The Costs, Benefits And Risks Of Pennsylvania Participating In The PJM Interconnection; Hearings To Be Held [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $14.4 Million Investment Of Federal Funds to Strengthen PA’s Electric Grid, Improve Electric Grid Reliability

-- Spotlight PA: PA Legislature Set To Wrap Up Its Session, Many Bipartisan Bills Left Stranded [Data Centers, Allowing Sexual Abuse Survivors To Sue, Rewriting Illegal 2nd Degree Murder Law, No Gift Ban]

-- PUC Approves 3.94% Increase In National Fuel Gas Rates; One-Time $30 Credit For Low Income Customers; Enhanced Energy Efficiency Pilot; Extended Temporary Weather Normalization Charge

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Denies FirstEnergy’s Idea For Controlling Electric Bills Among Shopping Customers

-- Public Utility Commission Forms Ratemaking/Return On Investment Working Group

-- PUC Chairman Steve DeFrank Elected President Of The Organization Of PJM States

-- PUC Highlights Growing Importance Of Cybersecurity In Protecting PA’s Essential Utility Services

-- Observer-Reporter: Jerome Bettis, DEP Secretary Visit Washington County To Celebrate 500th Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging

-- The News-Item: Mount Carmel Twp. Seeks Further Action On Locust Gap Coal Mine Fire In Northumberland County

-- TribLive: US Steel Advances Hot Strip Steel Mill Project Despite Pollution Concerns Of Residents, Environmental Groups

-- Tribune-Democrat: Chemicals Posing Health Risks Banned From IV Bags (DEHP), Firefighting Foam (PFAS) With Exceptions

-- WHYY: How Will EPA Excavate 68,000 Cubic Yards Of Toxic Material From Contaminated Franklin Slag Pile Site In Philly Port Richmond Area?

-- TribLive: ALCOSAN Breaks Ground On $1 Billion Ohio River Tunnel To Prevent Discharges Of Untreated Sewage Overflows During Storms

-- WTAE: Residents In Beaver County Mobile Home Park Water System Problems Have Continued For Months