Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.30.26

“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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 6:30: In-Person. Penn State Extension To Hold In-Person Workshop On Solar Energy Trends - Siting, Law And Local Impact On Communities. Nazareth, Northampton County.  6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

November 3-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Volunteer Riparian Buffer Plantings. Elizabethtown, Lancaster County. 9:00 a.m.

November 4-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. [Draft Revisions To Chapter 105 on the agenda.]

November 4-- In-Person. DEP Sets Hearing [If Requested] On Reissuance Of Title V Air Quality Permit For The NLMK Pennsylvania, LLC Farrel Steel Plant In Mercer County

November 5-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15 a.m.

November 5-- Virtual. DCNR Grant Applicant Workshop Webinar.

November 6-- In-Person. PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Gathering In Somerset County

November 7-- In-Person. PA Forestry Association Annual Forest Symposium In State College  

November 10-- Joint DEP Citizens Advisory Council + DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 a.m. 

November 10-- In-Person. DEP meeting/hearing on renewal of NPDES Water Quality Mining Activities for the LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 underground coal mine in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County and Saltlick Township, Fayette County.  St. Raymond of the Mountains Parish, 170 School House Lane, Donegal. 6:00 p.m.

November 10-- Virtual. Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health. 7:00 p.m.

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Installation Of Emergency Generators At Aligned AI PA Data Center In Shippingport Boro, Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Files Revised Reliability Backstop Generation Procurement Proposal With FERC; Looks To Hold Next Auction March 2027 With Price Cap Of $555/MW-Day  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Awards $19.6 Million To Support 18 Local Projects In 15 Counties To Reduce Diesel Emissions From Freight, Cargo Transportation Thru Driving PA Forward Initiative  [PaEN]

-- DEP, Agriculture Award $971,000 RISE PA Grant To Jubilee Dairy In Dauphin County To Turn Farm Waste Into Energy, Cutting Costs, Reducing Air Pollution  [PaEN] 

-- PennTAP: Simple Upgrades Funded By RISE PA Helped Blair Image Elements Stay Globally Competitive By Reducing Energy Costs And Local Air Pollution In Blair County 

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Summit To Bring Global Climate Finance Leader Peter Fusaro To Pittsburgh Nov. 18  [PaEN]  

-- Protect PT Hosts Nov. 18-19 Online Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas - How To Protect Yourself From Health, Environmental Impacts  [PaEN]  

-- WNEP: Susquehanna University Professor Researches History Of Coal Mine Fire Under Centralia In Columbia County 

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Aims To Become National Leader In Energy Research And Solutions

-- TribLive: First Load Of Radioactive Materials Hauled From Parks Twp., Armstrong County Dump Site To Transfer Station In Lawrence County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell In Deep Discussions About Selling Beaver County Petrochemical Plant; No Longer A Core Business For Shell

-- KDKA: State Police Charge 2 After Copper Wire Thefts From Cell Towers, Transformers, Other Energy Supply Systems Cause $200,000 In Damage In Greene County

-- TribLive: ALCOSAN Plans 14% Increase In Residential Rates In 2027, Increases Planned In 2028 - 14%, 2029 - 13.5%

-- PA American Water Distributes 4th Payment From PFAS Settlement To Customers

-- October 31 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR Fall Foliage Report Oct. 29 - Nov. 4: The Last Week To Experience The Best Of Fall’s Colorful Splendor   [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Shows Most Of PA Rated High For Oct. 30

-- DCNR Marks Opening Of North Pocono Trail With $3.5 Million Investment In Trail, Bridge Projects In Lackawanna County [From Oct. 7 Grants]

-- Scranton Times: Old Rail Bridge In Lackawanna County Gets New Life As North Pocono Trail Segment

A.I. /Data Centers

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Installation Of Emergency Generators At Aligned AI PA Data Center In Shippingport Boro, Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- WVIA: Newport Twp. A.I. Data Center Open House Leaves Some Residents With Unanswered Questions In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: A.I. Data Center Developer Met With Skepticism At Newport Twp. Commissioners Meeting In Luzerne County

-- The Citizens’ Voice: A.I. Data Center Developer Predicts Major Tax Windfall Amid Skeptical Public Over Newsport Twp. Project In Luzerne County

-- PennLive: Gregg Twp. Supervisors Approved Conditional Use For A.I. Data Center Project In Union County Over Public Opposition

-- Williamsport Sun: PPL Shifts Power Route To Serve Data Center In Union County, But Farmers Remain Concerned

-- PennLive: Lower Swatara Twp. Moves To Develop A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: Another A.I. Data Center Complex Could Replace Massive Warehouse Project In Swatara Twp., Dauphin County

-- Inquirer: Lower Merion Twp. Proposal Would Restrict A.I. Data Centers To Bala Cynwyd Industrial Corridor In Montgomery County

-- Spotlight PA: Who Hates A.I. Data Centers More? Incumbent Republican Sen. Pennycuick Or Democratic Challenger Chris Thomas?

-- Spring-Ford Press: Sen. Katie Muth Sees Deeper Problems Behind PA’s Data Center Boom 

-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Law Firm Reed Smith Targets Lackawanna County Commissioner, 2 Valley View School District Directors In Their Individual Capacities With ‘Preserve All Documents’ Notice Ahead Of Potential Litigation

 

-- PJM Interconnection Files Revised Reliability Backstop Generation Procurement Proposal With FERC; Looks To Hold Next Auction March 2027 With Price Cap Of $555/MW-Day  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Ohio Has The Solution To PA’s Power Problems - 150 Power Plant Permit Reviews That Meet Certain Location Requirements - By Buckeye Institute and Commonwealth Foundation [Ohio Has A Power Siting Board]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- October 30: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday $4.44/Gallon - $1.33/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County $4.71 Highest Average Price] 

-- October 30: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.20  Ohio- $4.21  PA- $4.44

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

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Scores $56 Billion Windfall On War-Driven Refining Spike

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Who Hates A.I. Data Centers More? Incumbent Republican Sen. Pennycuick Or Democratic Challenger Chris Thomas?

-- Spotlight PA: Republican Search For Noncitizen Voters In Chester County Fundamentally Flawed, Analysis Shows

-- WITF: PA Analysis Shows Flaws In Using Jury Rejection Lists To Find Noncitizen Voters

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[Posted: October 30, 2026]  PA Environment Digest