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Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN] tinyurl.com/57wvpmsa
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN] tinyurl.com/57wvpmsa
116 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3ajhjexb
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
116 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3ajhjexb
Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] tinyurl.com/mrxf5kbs
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] tinyurl.com/mrxf5kbs
In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 15 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2hvpxrn8
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 15 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2hvpxrn8
Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yp73t2au
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yp73t2au
Sunday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.14.25: tinyurl.com/5nx2jhtd
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sunday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.14.25: tinyurl.com/5nx2jhtd
Morning Call - Elizabeth Deornellas: How A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up The Cost Of Electricity And What Grid Operators Can Do tinyurl.com/4kv6ty2p
How data centers are driving up the cost of electricity — and what grid operators can do
Requiring data centers to generate their own electricity or agree to shutoffs at peak demand are among the solutions floated to share the burden of rising consumer energy costs.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Morning Call - Elizabeth Deornellas: How A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up The Cost Of Electricity And What Grid Operators Can Do tinyurl.com/4kv6ty2p
Wall Street Journal: The Political Skirmish Over President’s A.I. Order Is Just Beginning The Populist Opposition Against Technology That Holds The Promise Of Eliminating Lots Of Jobs tinyurl.com/fn2c6u88 [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/3xpm75wa
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wall Street Journal: The Political Skirmish Over President’s A.I. Order Is Just Beginning The Populist Opposition Against Technology That Holds The Promise Of Eliminating Lots Of Jobs tinyurl.com/fn2c6u88 [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/3xpm75wa
TribLive: Western PA Townships On Front Line As PA Eyes Regulations For Solar Energy Facilities triblive.com/local/westmo...
Area townships on front line as Pennsylvania eyes regulations for solar farms
Brandi Umbaugh planned to build a home on her 70-acre farm that would have a commanding view of surrounding fields and woods hugging the eastern side of Westmoreland County’s Chestnut Ridge. A m...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
TribLive: Western PA Townships On Front Line As PA Eyes Regulations For Solar Energy Facilities triblive.com/local/westmo...
Post-Gazette: Thousands Of Coal Miners Left In Danger By Critical Federal Enforcement Gaps: Toxic Levels Of Dust Can Remain Undetected For Days www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...
Deadly Toxic Trail: Thousands of miners left in danger by critical enforcement gaps
In the battle against one of the deadliest outbreaks of black lung disease in decades, the federal mine inspectors play a critical role: testing the coal...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Post-Gazette: Thousands Of Coal Miners Left In Danger By Critical Federal Enforcement Gaps: Toxic Levels Of Dust Can Remain Undetected For Days www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...
Saturday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.13.25: tinyurl.com/24uyyduk
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Saturday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.13.25: tinyurl.com/24uyyduk
Reuters: US House Passes Bill To Fast-Track Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US House passes bill to fast-track natural gas pipeline permitting
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted 213-184 to pass a bill that aims to speed up federal permitting of interstate natural gas pipelines by designating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commi...
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reuters: US House Passes Bill To Fast-Track Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Centre Daily Times: 265 MW Black Moshannon Solar Energy Facility On Abandoned Mine Land Takes Next Step In Centre County www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
‘Groundbreaking’ solar project on abandoned mine land in Centre County takes next step
The 2,000-acre, 265-megawatt solar array is to be constructed on abandoned strip mine land along Black Moshannon and Coaldale roads.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Centre Daily Times: 265 MW Black Moshannon Solar Energy Facility On Abandoned Mine Land Takes Next Step In Centre County www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Altoona Mirror: 342 MW Solar Energy Facility Approved In City Of Altoona tinyurl.com/46udfwkr
Proposed solar farm could come to former ICE facility in Altoona
A solar farm may be coming to the city. The Cresco, Pa., company that wants to build it received a variance to do so from the Zoning Hearing Board this week. Altoona Land Development LLC would build t...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Altoona Mirror: 342 MW Solar Energy Facility Approved In City Of Altoona tinyurl.com/46udfwkr
Republican Herald: Schuylkill, Luzerne, Carbon County Municipalities React To A.I. Data Center Proposals tinyurl.com/wxpmcmpr [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/285y289w
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Republican Herald: Schuylkill, Luzerne, Carbon County Municipalities React To A.I. Data Center Proposals tinyurl.com/wxpmcmpr [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/285y289w
The Allegheny Front: Hellbenders Share Spotlight With History At New Hellbender Preserve In Bloomingdale, Ohio www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-eastern...
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Allegheny Front: Hellbenders Share Spotlight With History At New Hellbender Preserve In Bloomingdale, Ohio www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-eastern...
Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Officials Take Trip To Virginia’s Data Center Alley tinyurl.com/3ddpf7zu [PDF of Article] https://tinyurl.com/4pmce34s
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Officials Take Trip To Virginia’s Data Center Alley tinyurl.com/3ddpf7zu [PDF of Article] https://tinyurl.com/4pmce34s
WNEP: Lackawanna County Leaders Learn About A.I. Data Centers On Trip To Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley’ tinyurl.com/vhn87568
Local leaders learn about data centers on trip to Virginia's 'Data Center Alley'
Elected officials and economic development leaders from Lackawanna County took a trip to a place known as "Data Center Alley" on Wednesday.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
WNEP: Lackawanna County Leaders Learn About A.I. Data Centers On Trip To Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley’ tinyurl.com/vhn87568
Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Tied To Projects In Archbald, Blakely Proposes Projects In Dickson City; 54 Data Center Buildings Now Proposed Across Archbald, Dickson City, Jessup In Lackawanna County tinyurl.com/4879es9w [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/55hnmaus
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Tied To Projects In Archbald, Blakely Proposes Projects In Dickson City; 54 Data Center Buildings Now Proposed Across Archbald, Dickson City, Jessup In Lackawanna County tinyurl.com/4879es9w [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/55hnmaus
EPA Publishes Guide To Getting Air Permits For A.I. Data Center Projects www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
EPA Unveils Clean Air Act-Related Resource to Provide Transparency for Data Center Developers, Local Communities, Tribes | US EPA
EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) launched the Clean Air Act Resource for Data Centers webpage to provide data center developers, local communities and Tribes with a central location for Clean A...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
EPA Publishes Guide To Getting Air Permits For A.I. Data Center Projects www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
The Center Square: Pennsylvania Straddles The A.I. Divide - Advocates, Concerns About Furious Pace Of A.I. Data Center Development www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania straddles the AI divide
(The Center Square) - A clash of future visions that seems to encapsulate both the fears and hopes of many Pennsylvanians found expression at the Capitol this week.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Center Square: Pennsylvania Straddles The A.I. Divide - Advocates, Concerns About Furious Pace Of A.I. Data Center Development www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania...
Tribune-Democrat: Superloads Of Windmill Blades For Highland North Wind Farm To Move Through Blair, Cambria Counties Tuesday, Wednesday tinyurl.com/3bzew529
Superloads of windmill blades to move through Blair, Cambria counties
PennDOT is advising motorists of the potential for lengthy delays from the movement of windmill blade superloads Tuesday and Wednesday through Blair and Cambria counties.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Tribune-Democrat: Superloads Of Windmill Blades For Highland North Wind Farm To Move Through Blair, Cambria Counties Tuesday, Wednesday tinyurl.com/3bzew529
EPA, Corps Of Engineers Dec. 15 Hybrid Hearing In Pittsburgh On Proposed Changes To Waters Of The US Rule content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USE...
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
EPA, Corps Of Engineers Dec. 15 Hybrid Hearing In Pittsburgh On Proposed Changes To Waters Of The US Rule content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USE...
PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Alert For Dec. 13 In Illinois, And Dec. 14, 15 In Its Western Region, Including Duquesne Light, Penn Power, West Penn Power [PaEN] tinyurl.com/5n7yypzn
December 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Alert For Dec. 13 In Illinois, And Dec. 14, 15 In Its Western Region, Including Duquesne Light, Penn Power, West Penn Power [PaEN] tinyurl.com/5n7yypzn
PUC Publishes Updates To Low-Income Natural Gas, Electric Utility Usage Reduction Program Regulations [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3df8t7k9
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
PUC Publishes Updates To Low-Income Natural Gas, Electric Utility Usage Reduction Program Regulations [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3df8t7k9