Monday, July 14, 2025

July 14 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“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]


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172 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


Punxsutawney Garden Club Honored With Keep PA Beautiful’s Community Pride Award In Jefferson County


Some Susquehanna University Students Focusing Their Summer Internship Experiences On Helping To Save The Environment


DEP Approves Permit For 400 MW, 2,716 Acre Mineral Basin Solar Energy Project On Abandoned Mine Land In Clearfield County


ReImagine Appalachia Hosts July 15-16 In-Person Workshop On Applying For RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency Grants In Pittsburgh


Gov. Shapiro Announces Investment In Pittsburgh-Based Module Design Sustainable Housing Company


PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath!


US Dept. Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’?


Delaware RiverKeeper, Better Path Coalition Urge Public To Oppose Federal Agency Proposal To Lift Ban On Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail; Comments Due Aug. 4


The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Details $5.5 Million Upgrade Costs For Rhodes Estates Water Systems In Venango County Area; Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill


Williamsport Sun Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution


Upper Makefield Twp. To Host July 15 In-Person Town Hall With DEP On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Contamination In Bucks County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 5 to 11 - Shale Gas Wastewater, Fracking Chemicals Release; Water Pipeline Rupture; Crude Oil Spills; More Abandoned Wells


July 28 Webinar: SLAPP Suits: Legal & Communication Strategies To Protect Your Voice In A Legally Risky Environment


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 12


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Patrice Tomcik, Mother, Butler County Resident And Moms Clean Air Force Member


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Barbara Jarmoska, 77 Year Resident Lycoming County - The Degradation Is ‘Shocking And Tragic’


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network - Rager Mountain Leak Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Sarah Hertweck, Indiana Township Supervisor - ‘I See Up Close How Hobbled We Are By The State To Make The Best Choices For Our Community’


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Rachel Meyer, Mother, Beaver County Resident - My Home Is Near A Natural Gas Compressor Station, 8 Shale Gas Well Pads, And The Shell Petrochemical Plant Is In My County


Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Vanessa Lynch, Mother, Allegheny County Resident - Its Been 5 Years Since A Grand Jury Report Said Pennsylvania Failed To Protect Families From Fracking, Let's Right Past Failures


Shale Gas Industry VP Attacks Credibility Of A Mom And Allegheny County Resident For Comments She Submitted In Support Of DEP Plan To Reduce Methane Emissions From The Oil & Gas Industry


DEP Invites Comments On An Air Quality Permit For A Proposed 218 MW Natural Gas Power Plant For A Data Center In Bradford County; Site Originally Proposed For An LNG Gas Facility


Clean Air Council, NRDC Sue EPA Over Toxic Refinery Chemical That Threatens Fenceline Communities


DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous/Residual Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County


Gov. Shapiro Announces Support For Multi-Agency Resources Center For Those Impacted By Severe Storms In Susquehanna County; Center To Open July 14


DEP Sets Aug. 14 Hearing On A Stormwater Permit For The Proposed AAMPA Warehouse Project In Cumberland County


Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Aug. 7 Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities


ReImagine Appalachia, Central Appalachian Network Host July 17 Webinar On Nature Based Hazard Mitigation To Reduce Flooding


Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Public Input Virtual Workshop July 15, 6:30 p.m.


DEP: Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance Documents In Development


Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell Post Presentations From Conference On Using Abandoned Mine Pools As Resources


Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation To Launch New Abandoned Mine Reclamation Chronicles Podcast, Sponsors Invited


Allegheny County Health Dept., PA Resources Council To Hold 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny County


DCNR, Volunteers, Local Officials Celebrate Opening Of First Phase Of Rothrock State Forest’s Musser Gap Trail In Centre County


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 23 On Knowledge & Literacy Through Environmental Education


DCNR Seeks Members For NextGen Advisory Council


Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape Awards Nearly $100,000 in Grants for Parks, Trails, Land Stewardship


Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie July 26 At Jennings Environmental Ed Center In Butler County


PA iMapInvasives Program To Hold 2025 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Aug. 1-31; Webinar Overview Set For July 23


Penn State Extension July 31 In-Person Workshop In York On Watershed Friendly Lawns For Homes, Golf Courses And Parks


PA Society For Ornithology Birding Festival Coming To Allentown Sept. 26-28: Field Trips; Awards; Holly Merker Co-Author Of Ornitherapy Keynote


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


On The Governor’s Desk


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 12


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn.; PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: July 14, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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