-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
October 20, 21
November 9, 10
Senate Voting Schedule
October 20, 21
November 17, 18
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)
TODAY 1:00: DEP State Water Plan Ohio Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. 1:00 p.m. (formal notice)
TODAY 6:00: Virtual. Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Protect PT Host Oct. 20 Webinar On Tracking Contaminated Radioactive Water, Waste From Oil & Gas Development. 6:00 p.m.
October 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m.
October 21-- DEP Mine Families First Response And Communications Advisory Council meeting. DEP New Stanton District Office Building, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00 a.m.
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-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.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.
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.
-- PA House Sends Clean Energy, PA EDGE Tax Credits, New Fee For Electric Ratepayer Rebates Legislation Back To Senate For Action; Does NOT Repeal Data Center Tax Exemption [PaEN]
-- ABC27: Bills That Could Ease High Electric Rates Trapped In PA Senate Legislative Limbo
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Electric Bills In The Pittsburgh Region Will Rise Again This Winter
-- Penn State Extension Hosts In-Person Workshops On Navigating Utility-Scale Solar Energy Siting, Zoning And Community Impact In Forest, Lehigh, McKean, Northampton, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, Oct. 20 In Allegheny County
-- TribLive: Mon Valley Gets Morning Bad Air Alert From Allegheny County Health Dept. [DEP too]
-- The Allegheny Front: Allderdice High School Students In Pittsburgh Partner With Well Done Foundation To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well In Armstrong County; Some Say Industry Should Cleanup Its Own Mess
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Protect PT Host Oct. 20 Webinar On Tracking Contaminated Radioactive Water, Waste From Oil & Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Nov. 10 Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health [PaEN]
-- Regenall Climate Summit Set For Nov. 14 In Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- PUC Accepting Nominations For PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee
-- DEP Clean Energy Opportunity Spotlight: Oct. 29 Webinar On Worker Training Opportunities Thru Penn Heat Pump Pathways Program
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Recent Rain Tested ALCOSAN’s Clean Water Upgrades To Prevent Sewage Overflows In Pittsburgh Region
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Secures Funding To Combat Flooding, Landslides And Heat
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Flood Wall Exercise Planned In Brookside Wilkes-Barre Thursday
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 2 In-Person Volunteer Riparian Buffer Plantings In Lancaster County Nov. 3, 14 [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 23-24 At University Of Delaware; Presentation Proposals Due Oct. 30 [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Near Future Uncertain For Ohiopyle State Park Section Of Allegheny Passage Trail After Fatal Landslide In Fayette County
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Plans 38 Acre Prescribed Burn Near Buckaloons Recreation Area
-- Register Now! PA Forestry Association Annual Forest Symposium Nov. 7 In State College [PaEN]
-- WITF: Fall Bird Migration In Pennsylvania: Where To Watch Birds And How To Protect Them
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Borough Council Likely To Vote Wednesday [Oct. 21] On Wildcat Ridge 14 A.I. Data Center Complex In Lackawanna County
-- Utility Dive: What Google’s 100 MW Virtual Power Plant In PJM Says About The Race For Data Center Electricity [PA House Bill Pending In Senate To Authorize Virtual Power Plants]
-- Inside Climate News: With A Trifecta, PA Democrats Would Pass Energy Reforms And Rein In A.I. Data Centers; But Gov. Josh Shapiro May Be ‘The Limiting Factor’
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- October 20: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Up 1 Penny From Yesterday $4.48/Gallon - $1.37/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Crawford County $4.77 Highest Average Price]
-- October 20: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.27 Ohio- $4.00 PA- $4.48
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Area Continues To Feel Sting Of Rising Fuel Costs
-- Grist: President Vowed To Stop An ‘Energy Emergency,’ Then He Created A Real One
Federal Administration
-- Inside Climate News: After A Decade Of Efforts To Regulate Methane From Oil & Gas Industry, The President’s Administration Promises New Rules, Has Rolled Back Or Blocked Previous Attempts
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive: PA Senate Majority Is The Biggest Prize In This Year’s Midterms
-- Inquirer: Republicans In Competitive PA Senate, House Races Are Tying Themselves To Josh Shapiro
-- Inside Climate News: With A Trifecta, PA Democrats Would Pass Energy Reforms And Rein In A.I. Data Centers; But Gov. Josh Shapiro May Be ‘The Limiting Factor’
-- WPSU/WHYY: These PA House, Senate Races Could Change The Balance Of Power In Harrisburg
-- AP: Faith Leaders Unite Across Religions To Counter Voter Intimidation On Election Day [PA Included]
-- Spotlight PA: PA Democrats Requested Fewer Mail-In Ballots Than In 2020, 2024
-- WVIA: Debate Between Republican Meuser, Democrat Wallace For 9th Congressional District Set For Tuesday [Oct. 20]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Tioga County Man Charged With Threatening To Execute Republican Rep. Jamie Walsh And His Family
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[Posted: October 20, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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