Monday, September 1, 2025

September 1 - 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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Freeport Township Declares Disaster Emergency After Residents Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event Have Been Without Permanent Water Supplies For 3 Years—We’re Not Blaming Anybody, We Just Want Good, Clean Drinking Water


129 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - August 31


Seneca Rocks Audubon Society Celebrates 40 Years Of Serving Clarion, Forest, Jefferson And Venango Counties


DEP: Griffin Summit Oil Co. Violated Order To Plug Or Bring 53 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Into Compliance In Venango County; 437 Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs In 2025


DEP Plugs 2 Conventional Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners And Venting Gas In Erie County


DEP Closes Violations For Failing To Restore Shale Gas Water Impoundment For 7 Years In Clarion County After Owner Reports Using It To Frack A Well On July 31


DEP To Hold Sept. 9 Virtual Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Rupture In Upper Wakefield Twp., Bucks County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 23 to 29 - Township Declares Disaster Emergency Over Polluted Water Wells; 70 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations


DEP Invites Comments Stormwater Permit For The Hyperion Midstream 2 Mile Long Titan To Athena Loop Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Westmoreland County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 30


Independent Fiscal Office: Residential Electricity Bills ‘Begin Surge:’ Natural Gas Prices Up 71%, PJM Prices Up Due To A.I. Data Center Demand


PUC Approves 33.3% Increase In Natural Gas Rates From Pike County Light & Power And 5.7% Increase For Pike County Light & Power Electric


In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 31


US DOE Orders Eddystone Generating Station To Remain In Operation For 90 More Days In Delaware County


Environmental Quality Board Meets Sept. 9 To Consider 2 Petitions From Oil & Gas Industry; Air Quality; Laboratory; Drinking Water; Water Quality; Radiation Protection Regulations


DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 9 For Updates On Conservation Districts; Delaware River Basin Commission; Cuffs Run Pump-Storage Hydro Project


DEP To Hold Oct. 1 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For Vitro Meadville Flat Glass In Crawford County


Students From The Penn State Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center Learn Urban Sustainability, High-Performance Green Building Design


DEP Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights County Clean Water Accomplishments; Funding Opportunities; County Watershed Specialists; Intern Projects; More Clean Water Resources


Penn State Research Sheds Light On Beech Creek's Struggle With Abandoned Mine Drainage In Centre, Clinton Counties


Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announced Award Of More Than $87,000 In Clean Water Fund Grants


Three Rivers WaterKeeper Announces Intent To Sue Multiple Entities For Decades Long Discharges To The Allegheny River In Pittsburgh


Watershed Alliance Of York, Partners Host 23rd Annual York Watershed Week Sept. 13 to 20


Protecting Presque Isle Bay & Lake Erie: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Expands Anti-Litter Programs With Key Partners


DCNR Releases New Digital Trail Information Resources For 1,750+ Miles Of Trails Across 119 State Parks


US Forest Service Starts Process To Rescind Roadless Rule Protection In Allegheny National Forest, Other Forests


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Land Use Series Webinars On Solar Development, Stormwater Management, Using A.I. For Community Planning; Other Extension Education Programs


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 30


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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


Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI)


-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: September 1, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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