-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
November 9, 10
Senate Voting Schedule
November 17, 18
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY Noon: Virtual. DEP Clean Energy Opportunity Spotlight: Webinar On Worker Training Opportunities Thru Penn Heat Pump Pathways Program, Noon
TODAY 6:30: In-Person. Penn State Extension To Hold In-Person Workshop On Solar Energy Trends - Siting, Law And Local Impact On Communities. Allentown, Lehigh County. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
October 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.
-- Trout Unlimited Recognizes Russ Collins, Doc Fritchey Chapter, With National Distinguished Service In Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Six Pennsylvania, Two North Carolina Colleges, Universities Help Bring 150 MW Solar Energy Facility Online In Kentucky [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: High Gasoline Prices Making 2026 The Year Of The Hybrid Vehicles
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Locks In Electric, Natural Gas Supplier Contracts For County Facilities That Will Save $82,000
-- DEP Awards $2.4 Million Grant To Penn State To Study How Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Impact Health [PaEN]
-- DEP Partners With Harrisburg University To Update, Digitize PA Oil & Gas Well Mapping [Video]
-- Erie Times-News: Erie Wastewater Testing Shows Rise In Illicit Drug Use
-- WNEP: DEP Says It Found No Air Quality Risk From Locust Gap Coal Refuse Fire In Northumberland County
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission, MD Dept. Of Environment Award $12 Million+ To Support 5 Projects To Reduce Sediment, Nutrient Pollution Under Conowingo Pay-For-Success Program [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Announces Additional Practices Are Eligible For PA Farmers Participating In The Regenerative Pilot Program In 2027 [PaEN]
-- PEMA Provides $3 Million Grant To Expand Penn State Keystone Weather Threat Alert System
-- DCNR: Pennsylvania's Free State Parks Generate $16 In Economic Impact For Every $1 Invested [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Partners Host Nov. 12 Webinar -- Canopy Calling: Tree Equity From The Roots Up, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History - Pat McShea: [Freshwater] Mussel Memory In The Union City Aquatic Conservation Center Museum Collection
A.I. /Data Centers
-- TribLive: Residents Rally Against Proposed Springdale A.I. Data Center Before Allegheny County Hearing
-- Post-Gazette: In Last-Ditch Effort, Residents Plead With Allegheny County To Vote Against Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal
-- Allegheny Valley Residents Rally To Urge Allegheny County To Deny Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal; Still Time To Comment [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Essential Energy, Data Center Opponents Clash Over Proposed 400 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Impacts In Archbald
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Newport Twp. Residents File Lawsuit Challenging Approval Of A.I. Data Center, Power Plant Zoning
-- Williamsport Sun: Hughesville Boro Nears Approval Of A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Lycoming County
-- Observer-Reporter: Rep. Bud Cook Hosts Thursday, Oct. 29 Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Washington County
-- Courier Times: Falls Twp. To Introduce A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Fix In Bucks County
-- Climate Power: Energy Affordability Driving Pennsylvanians To The Polls This Election
-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: PPL Electric Building On Protections In Place So Growth Doesn’t Come At Utility Customers’ Expense - By Christine Martin, President Of PPL Utilities
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Natural Gas Key To Winning Global A.I. Race - By Jim Welty, Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations/Inspections
-- DEP: Fracking Fluid Hose Rupture Contaminates Range Resources Appalachia Shale Gas Pad, And Down The Well Pad Slope In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Release From Diversified Production LLC Conventional Contaminated Water Pipeline Pollutes Field In Indiana County [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- October 29: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday $4.45/Gallon - $1.34/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Warren County $4.74 Highest Average Price]
-- October 29: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.22 Ohio- $4.26 PA- $4.45
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Reading Eagle: Some School Districts Locked In Lower Diesel Prices, But Some Are Facing Skyrocketing Costs
-- Post-Gazette: High Gasoline Prices Making 2026 The Year Of The Hybrid Vehicles
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Expands Natural Gas Export Strategy With Storage Contract On Gulf Coast
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Voters In Congressional Swing Districts In PA Grapple With Economy, Iran War Ahead Of Midterms
-- PennLive: Republican US House Speaker Warns Of ‘Socialist Lunacy’ At Harrisburg Rally For Republican Con. Scott Perry [Republicans ‘Just Getting Started’]
-- WITF: Republican US House Speaker, Republican Con. Scott Perry Say The Devil, Communists And Barbarians Trying To Take Over America [Republicans ‘Just Getting Started’]
-- Post-Gazette: PA Latino Voters Who Helped Elect President Moving Away From Republicans, But Not Warming To Democrats
-- TribLive Editorial: Who Is Paying For Pennsylvania Campaigns?
-- PA Capital-Star: As Healthcare Costs Spike For PA Employers, Employees, PA House Democrats Pitch Universal Coverage
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