Monday, September 22, 2025

September 22 - 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]


Click Here To View Or Print The Entire September 22 PA Environment Digest


172 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Celebrates 30th Anniversary Oct. 4 At Jennings Environmental Center In Butler County


Dr. Eve Puhalla Honored By Upper Hanover Township In Montgomery County With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award


Independent Research Study By Pitt, Duquesne Ties Water Well Contamination To Shale Gas Drilling In 2 Greene County Townships That Declared Water Disaster Emergencies


Federal Court Denies Request For Injunction In Lawsuit By New Freeport Residents Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies in Greene County


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


DEP: Natural Gas, Wastewater Released From Pipeline Rupture At The Eastern Gas Transmission North Summit Underground Gas Storage Reservoir In Wharton Twp., Fayette County


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


DEP Issues Water Quality Approvals For The 23+ Mile National Fuel Gas Tioga Pathways Natural Gas Pipeline Project In McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 40 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In August; 322 In 2025


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 20


Marcellus Drilling News: EQT's Mountain Valley Pipeline Urges WV Appeals Court To Revive Civil Lawsuit Against Pipeline Protesters [Pipeline Finished In June 2024]


Protective Buffers PA Hosts Sept. 24 Webinar: Safeguard Our Backyards - Join The Campaign For Health-Based Protective Buffers From Shale Gas Operations


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]


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


Team PA Releases PA Energy, Data Center, A.I. RoadMap, Includes ‘Aggressively Streamlining Permitting,' Establishing Regional Permitting Commissions


NRDC: Another Proposed PJM Plan To Deal With Massive A.I. Data Center Electricity Demands Fails To Protect Consumers, Will Increase Electricity Bills Up To $100 Billion From 2028 To 2032


Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower PA Electric Bills, Instead They’re Higher Than Ever And About To Get Worse


Environmental, Health Groups Host Sept. 23 Webinar On What The A.I. Boom Means For You And Society - Big Promise Or Big Problems?


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 22


PA Solar Center: Cornell School District Becomes First In Allegheny County To Go 100% Solar Saving $2.5 Million Over 30 Years


City Of Reading, Green Building Alliance Receive $250,000 Grant To Support Reading Revitalization Initiative From National Municipal Investment Fund


Allegheny County To Host The Next Round Of Public Input Meetings On The County's Climate Action Plan Starting Oct. 14


Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Are Already Paying For Climate Change, EPA Wants to Make It Worse


DEP To Hold Oct. 31 Hearing On Dart Container Corp. Title V (RACT 3) Air Quality Permit For Facility In Lancaster County


DEP To Hold Nov. 6 Hearing On A Water Quality Permit For The East Stroudsburg Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant In Monroe County


Allegheny Conservation District, State, Federal Partners Invest $1.4 Million In Clean Water, Healthy Soil Farming Projects


Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Cooperative Involving Over 100 Organizations Celebrates 10 Years Collecting Data To Support Restoration Efforts


Penn State Extension: Celebrate Streamside Trees This October During Riparian Buffer Month!


Restoring Centre County Stream Health Will Be On Display At Halfmoon Creek Field & Stream Day Sept. 28


Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, DCNR PA Woodland Resilience Enhancement Program Cost-Shares Forest Practice Plan Writing, Implementation


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 24 On PA, DCNR Climate Action Plans, Industrial Decarbonization


DCNR Now Accepting Nominations For 2026 PA Trail Of The Year


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Orders For Kits To Turn Plastic Barrels Into Rain Barrels To Capture Stormwater


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - September 20


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 22, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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