House Voting Schedule
August: No Voting Days Scheduled
September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30
October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Senate Voting Schedule
August: No Voting Days Scheduled
September 8, 9, 10
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
August 18 – 23– Registration Open! Philadelphia Solar Week
August 19– No Agenda Posted Yet. Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)
August 20– Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.
August 20– DEP Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County. St. Raymond of the Mountains Parish, 170 School House Lane, Donegal, PA 15628. 6:00 p.m.
August 20– Penn State Extension Hosts 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
August 21– DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
— 141 New Stories – REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
— Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]
— Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]
— Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]
— PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – August 9 to 15 – Illegal Disposal Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Wastewater; 4 Impoundments Not Restored; 3 Conventional Wells Mined Through [PaEN]
— Beaver Times: Riverside School District Residents Free Electronics Recycling Event Aug. 19
— Allegheny Health Dept. Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Program Begins
— Observer-Reporter: Kids Take Part In Peters Township Fishing Derby In Washington County
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
— Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Kills 2, 10 Injured; Search For Answers Beings At 109-Year-Old Plant With A History Of Fatal Fires, Air Pollution Violations [PaEN] [Compilation Of Articles]
— Post-Gazette: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Plant Workers Had Been Manipulating Valves Before Deadly Blast: ‘It’s Like A Gas Line In Your House’
— Post-Gazette: How Multiple Emergency Response Teams United In Deadly US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Explosion
— TribLive: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Site Of Deadly Explosions, Stirs Both Pride And Pain
— TribLive: ‘Inherent Dangers’ Seen As Ever-Present In Steel Industry
A.I. /Data Centers
— In Case You Missed It — A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week [PaEN]
— Republican Herald – Chris Kelly: If Ya Can’t Buy ‘Em, Threaten ‘Em [A.I. Data Centers] [PDF of Article]
— Republican Herald Editorial: Finding Middle Ground In A.I. Data Center Debate [PDF of Article]
PA Politics – Everything Is Connected
— WITF: PA Democrats Look For Gains In Rural PA Where Republicans Dominate
— LancasterOnline: Lancaster School District To Vote On Borrowing $35 Million To Pay Bills As State Budget Impasse Continues
— Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Judge Orders Pharmacy Benefits Manager To Pause Terminating Local Pharmacy From Network For Now
— Tribune-Democrat: Basic Pharmacy Care Disappearing In Cambria County Region; Lawmakers Can Help
— Post-Gazette Editorial: Helping The Homeless Means Respecting Their Dignity, Not Putting Them In Jail
— MCall: Republican Con. Bresnahan’s Fiancee Threatened On Social Media Ahead Of Wedding
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