Awards/Recognition
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Celebrates 30th Anniversary Oct. 4 At Jennings Environmental Center In Butler County [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 70 Years Of Conservation - From Soil Health To The Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State Extension: Celebrate Streamside Trees This October During Riparian Buffer Month! [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center: Cornell School District Becomes First In Allegheny County To Go 100% Solar Saving $2.5 Million Over 30 Years [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: ‘Sun Day’: US Climate Activists To Rally For Clean Energy Amid President’s Attacks
-- Dr. Eve Puhalla Honored By Upper Hanover Township In Montgomery County With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Celebrates 50th Farm Preserved Through Conservation Program
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Why We Preserve Lehigh Valley Farmland - By Mark Lichtenwalner, Lower Macungie Township Farmer
-- Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Cooperative Involving Over 100 Organizations Celebrates 10 Years Collecting Data To Support Restoration Efforts [PaEN]
-- DCNR Now Accepting Nominations For 2026 PA Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
Grants
-- DCNR Grants News: Nov. 6 Grants Workshop; Last Mile Of South Bethlehem Greenway Completed; Bloomsburg Trail Improvements; Waterway Access Grants
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, DCNR PA Woodland Resilience Enhancement Program Cost-Shares Forest Practice Plan Writing, Implementation [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Find Tree Planting Volunteer Opportunities Near You This Fall
Upcoming Events
-- Environmental, Health Groups Host Sept. 23 Webinar On What The A.I. Boom Means For You And Society - Big Promise Or Big Problems? [PaEN]
-- Protective Buffers PA Hosts Sept. 24 Webinar: Safeguard Our Backyards - Join The Campaign For Health-Based Protective Buffers From Shale Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project, Partners Host Sept. 25 Webinar On Health Professionals Toolkit For Protecting Patients From Medical Conditions Related To Oil & Gas Development; [PA Medical Society Learning Center Course Available] [PaEN]
-- Restoring Centre County Stream Health Will Be On Display At Halfmoon Creek Field & Stream Day Sept. 28 [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Begins Autumn Lecture Series On Oct. 4 From Penguins To How Birds Survive Winter, Global Raptor Conservation, Landscape Fragmentation, Wildlife Rehab
-- Brodhead Watershed Association Annual Members & Friends Celebration Oct. 9 In Monroe County
-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Energy & Ag Conference Oct. 10; Using Science To Beat The Heat During Extreme Weather
-- Penn State Extension Oct. 29 Webinar On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ And Fish Consumption. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Nov. 7 Webinar On US Geological Survey Water Science Center Water Quality Monitoring Efforts, 11:00 to Noon
-- Penn State Extension: Nov. 8 Webinar On Discovering Owls Of Pennsylvania With Wildlife Photographer Pamela Dimeler, 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 20 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Oct. 31 Hearing On Dart Container Corp. Title V (RACT 3) Air Quality Permit For Facility In Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Nov. 6 Hearing On A Water Quality Permit For The East Stroudsburg Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County To Host The Next Round Of Public Input Meetings On The County's Climate Action Plan Starting Oct. 14 [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Help PA Decide How To Spend $14 Million To Help Communities Recover From 2024 Tropical Storm Debby
-- Pittsburgh’s Public Source: Hazelwood Waste Facility Expansion Proposal Brings Call For ‘Environmental Justice’ And Rezoning
-- DCNR Proposes Exchange Of State Forest Land In Highland & Millcreek Townships, Clarion County
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 24 On PA, DCNR Climate Action Plans, Industrial Decarbonization [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh Region Attracts $9 Billion In Tourism Spending In 2024; $50 Billion While Visiting In Pennsylvania
-- DCNR: State Parks, State Forests - Still Open, Still Awesome
-- DCNR: First Fall Foliage Report Comes Out Sept. 25
-- TribLive: Fall Foliage In Western PA May Be Less Than Splendid, Forecaster Says
-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Forestry Officials Says Fall Leaves Should Be ‘Vivid,’ But Quick
-- Tribune-Democrat: Laurel Highlands Lauded As Top Destination To Admire Fall Foliage
-- Post-Gazette: 3rd Human Case Of West Nile Virus In Allegheny County
-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - All That Humans Have Learned Has Come From Nature [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Harvest Baptist Academy Students Learn Leadership, Business Skills Through School’s Greenhouse
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Students Get Hands-On Environmental Lesson At Lowber’s Mine Drainage Treatment Center
-- TribLive: Why A Turtle Creek Watershed Stream Near Monroeville Mall Is Glowing Bright Blue [Spoiler: Abandoned Mine Drainage Pollution]
-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: FAQ On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals;’ Conservation Measures Transform Farm; Measuring Stormwater Flows; Riparian Buffer Month
-- Discover NE PA: Go Wild With North Branch Land Trust In Butler Preserve, Luzerne County [Video]
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Region Drought Designations Worsen, But Relief Could Be On The Way
-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Orders For Kits To Turn Plastic Barrels Into Rain Barrels To Capture Stormwater [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Why The Discovery Of A Golf-Ball-Sized ‘Hickorynut’ Mussel In The Shenango River Is A Big Deal
-- The Allegheny Front: Bringing Life Back To Dunkard Creek One Freshwater Mussel At A Time In Greene County
-- WESA: From A Flush To A River: Behind The Scenes At ALCOSAN’s Wastewater Treatment Plant
-- WNEP: Monroe County Residents Marvel At Monarch Butterfly Migration Amid Tagging Efforts
-- WITF/Spotlight PA: PA Holiday Touting Geese Could Become Next Groundhog Day
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Welcome Back (River) Otter
-- Post-Gazette - Bob Frye: To Catch A Record Fish In PA, There Is A Season
A.I./Data Centers
-- Gov. Shapiro To Convene 13-State Summit Sept. 22 On Critical Changes Needed At PJM To Keep Energy Costs Low, Bring New Electricity To Grid, Serve Power Demands Of A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Team PA Releases PA Energy, Data Center, A.I. RoadMap, Includes ‘Aggressively Streamlining Permitting,' Establishing Regional Permitting Commissions [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower PA Electric Bills, Instead They’re Higher Than Ever And About To Get Worse [Due To LNG Gas Exports, A.I. Data Center Demand]
-- Utility Dive: Residential Electricity Rates Up 6.6% Over Last Year As Natural Gas Prices Rise
-- Bloomberg: EQT Shale Gas Driller Says High Electric Bills Will Drive Use Of More Natural Gas ‘We’ve Never Produced More Energy… But Americans’ Energy Bills Are Up Over 35%’
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - September 22 [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Independent Research Study By Pitt, Duquesne Ties Water Well Contamination To Shale Gas Drilling In 2 Greene County Townships That Declared Water Disaster Emergencies [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Public Source - Quinn Glabicki: Independent Peer-Reviewed Study Ties Water Well Contamination In 2 Greene County Townships To Shale Gas Drilling; Townships Declared Disaster Emergencies Over Water Woes
-- PA Capital-Star/Public Source: Study Ties Southwestern PA Communities’ Water Woes To 2022 Shale Gas Frack-Out, Narrow State Law
-- Federal Court Denies Request For Injunction In Lawsuit By New Freeport Residents Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies in Greene County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 13 to 19 - Pipeline Rupture At Gas Storage Area; Spill By DEP Plugging Contractor; Failure To Have Shale Gas Emergency, Spill Plans [PaEN]
-- Permits For Controversial CNX Resources Drakulic Shale Gas Wells Expire Potentially Ending Appeals; CNX Can Apply For New Permits Starting The Process All Over Again [PaEN]
-- Courier Times: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Says Energy Transfer/Sunoco Withheld Information On Jet Fuel Pipeline Leak In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Report Shares Outline Of Cleanup, Closure Of 3 Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Facilities [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun: Cleanup Of Spilled Material At One Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Nearly Complete
-- Bloomberg: Texas Oil Boom Spawns A Toxic Crisis Of Industry’s Own Making - Millions Of Gallons Of Wastewater, Wastewater Geysers 100 Feet In The Air [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Day Thursday, Sept. 18 For Particulate In Southwest PA
-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: The A.I. Boom Is Coming For Pennsylvania, How Will Lawmakers Respond?
-- TribLive Letter: House Bill 502 Energy Facility Siting Legislation A Betrayal Of Local Communities - By Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Are Already Paying For Climate Change, EPA Wants to Make It Worse - By Tom Fink, Councilmember, Camp Hill Borough Council [PaEN]
-- AP: National Academy Of Sciences Rebuffs EPA’s Effort To Undo Regulations Fighting Climate Change
-- WHYY: Residents In 3 Philadelphia Neighborhoods Can Apply For Cool Roof Coatings, Here’s How
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Tests ‘Cool Pavement’ In Hunting Park To Combat Summer Heat
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Western PA Should Have A National Park
-- The News-Item: PSU Professor Proposed Kulpmont As Potential Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant Location In Shamokin Creek Watershed
-- The News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Awarded Grant To Study How Acid Mine Drainage Impacts The Watershed
-- WHYY: Brandywine River Restoration Trust Removes 2nd Dam As Part Of Its Restoration Project
-- TribLive: ‘Trash Wheel’ Could Soon Be Working To Remove Litter From Monongahela River
-- Penn State Research: Freshwater Tidal Marshes Like The One At The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge In Philadelphia Trap Microplastics, Raising Risks For Ecosystems And People
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
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[Posted: September 21, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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