PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday 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

October 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

October 19, 20, 21

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 5:00: 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.

TODAY 5:30: In-Person. DEP To Hold Hearing On Stormwater Permit For SINC Construction LLC Greenwood Acres Residential Community In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County. 5:30 p.m.

TODAY: Oct. 15-16-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit In Columbus, Ohio

October 17-- In-Person. Beaver County Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers In Monaca. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

October 20-- DEP State Water Plan Ohio Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. 1:00 p.m. (formal notice)

October 20-- In-Person. Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Workshop - Stream & Buffer Ecology. Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale in Chester County. Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, Chester County.

October 21-- House Energy Committee meeting. Information Meeting Agenda TBA. Click Here to watch online.

October 21-- DEP State Water Plan Great Lakes Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

October 21-- In-Person. Cumberland County Water Forum At Dickinson College In Carlisle. 6:00 p.m.

October 21-- In-Person. PennFuture’s Legal Environmental Advocacy Fund Soiree. Brix Brewhouse, 128 PA-715, Brodheadsville, Monroe County. 5:30 p.m.

October 22-- DEP State Water Plan Upper/Middle Susquehanna Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

October 22-- In-Person. Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Workshop - Impairment & Strategies for Recovery. Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale in Chester County. Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, Chester County.

-- EPA, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announce Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed, Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Pennsylvania Should Stand Up For Stormwater Management Systems - By Harry Campbell

-- WHYY: Young People In Pennsylvania Face Uncertain Future As Federal Farm Bill Expires

-- Altoona Mirror: Officials Dedicate 114 MW Rogue’s Wind Energy Facility In Cambria County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: National Fuel Gas To Spin Off Seneca Resources, NFG Midstream Into Separate Company

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: University Of Pennsylvania Experts Say President’s EPA Rollback Will Drive Nation Off ‘Climate Cliff’

-- Standard Speaker: Hazelton City Council Purchases Land For Mine Tour, Coal Breaker To Preserve Hazleton’s History

-- DCNR Resource News: PA’s Working Forests; Investing $81 Million In Trails, Parks, Public Lands; Celebrating Pipe Creek Rail Trail; Weekly Fall Foliage Reports; Wildlife Snack-o-Lantern

-- Penn State Extension Offering 7-Part, Virtual Tree Tender Training Program Beginning January 6 [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Recreational Trail Authority Looking For New Executive Director

A.I. /Data Centers

-- PennLive Guest Essay: 10.5 Million Words Of Regulations Stand In The Way Of A.I., Energy Development In Pennsylvania - By PA US Sen. Dave McCormick [McCormick’s Wife Is President And Vice Chairman Of Meta/Facebook]