96 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 96 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- PA Environmental Council Recognizes City of Philadelphia Sustainability Office, Philadelphia Water Department For Sustainability Leadership, Award Videos  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: ‘You Are Not Alone:’ Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Are Working To Protect, Restore The Environment  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Carolyn Beans: Lancaster County Set To Reach 125,000 Acres Of Preserved Farmland

-- Widener Law: Public Natural Resources, Common Property And The Public Trust Doctrine: Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment - By John C. Dernbach

-- 500 Feet Isn’t Enough - House Hearing I: Shale Gas Industry Says Setbacks Won’t Protect Residents, Public Health, Environment From Shale Gas Operations, Only ‘Rigorous Oversight’ Will; Standards Have Not Changed In 9 Years  [PaEN] 

-- 500 Feet Isn't Enough- House Hearing II: As A Township Supervisor We Have An Obligation To Protect The Health, Safety And Welfare Of Our Township Residents From Shale Gas Development  [PaEN] 

-- 500 Feet Isn't Enough - House Hearing III: What It’s Really Like Living Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad - Nosebleeds, Headaches, Nausea, Air Pollution, Vibrating House, Sleepless Nights, Anxiety, Truck Traffic  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer: How An Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Products Pipeline Leak Disrupted A Quiet Bucks County Neighborhood: ‘Never Drink The Water’ [PDF of Article]

-- WHYY: PA Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Introduces Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Act In Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Leak In Bucks County

-- The Center Square: Lawsuits Target Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline From PA To NY Backed By President

-- DEP Issues Violations To Rocksauce Operating LLC For Abandoning, Not Plugging, Not Submitting Well Integrity Reports For A Total Of 83 Conventional Wells In Allegheny, Washington Counties; Abandoned Well NOVs Top 634  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Crude Oil Released From Failed Conventional Oil Well Gathering Line Travels Nearly Length Of 2 Football Fields In Hamilton Twp., McKean County  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 15 to 21: Fails To Restore Shale Gas Well Pad For 1,418 Days; Fails To Clean Up Spills At 2 Conventional Wells For 1,038 Days;  Owner Abandons 35 Conventional Wells  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 8 Million Gallon EQT Midstream Oil & Gas Wastewater Storage Facility In Jackson Twp., Greene County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Comments On Renewal Of Phase II Acid Rain Air Quality Permit For The 750 MW Natural Gas Marcus Hook Energy Power Plant, Delaware County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Comments Now Being Accepted For Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Hunterstown Power, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For The Energy Center Fuel Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Serving Downtown Harrisburg Heating District, Dauphin County  [PaEN] 

-- Cleveland.com: How Did Ohio Become The Primary Dumping Ground For Natural Gas Fracking Waste?

-- The Economist: Geothermal Energy’s Time Has Finally Come; Could Become Bigger Than Nuclear    [PDF of Article] 

-- OilPrice.com: The A.I. Boom Is Driving A Massive Geothermal Energy Revival 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of The Water Quality/Mining Permit For 11,336 Acres Of Consol Mining Underground Coal Mining In Cumberland Twp., Greene County [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: 2nd Rustic Ridge Underground Coal Mine Proposed In Westmoreland Met With Opposition: ‘I Wish It Wasn’t Coming’

-- WNEP: Coal Mine Crews Train For Emergencies At No. 9 Mine In Carbon County

-- DEP Issues First Permit Through SPEED Permit Review Program In York County  [PaEN] 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Mild Forecast For PA Winter Heating Bills In Peril As Natural Gas Prices Surge

-- Dept. Of Human Services Begins Accepting Applications For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)  Dec. 3, After Federal Shutdown Delay  [PaEN] 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: UGI Gas Company Contributes $500,000 For Customers Struggling To Pay Heating Bills

-- PUC: Natural Gas Utility Winter Reliability Reports Forecast Slightly Higher Usage, Costs  [PaEN]

-- North American Electric Reliability Corp: Electric Grid At Elevated Risk Of Insufficient Energy Supplies During Extreme Weather Due To Rising A.I. Data Center Demands, 'Precarious' Natural Gas Supplies  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp: Winter Peak Demand Is Rising Faster Than Resource Additions

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Model Tariff To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Proposes Special Treatment For A.I. Data Center Power Connections To Contain The Cost Burden On Existing Ratepayers [PDF of Article]

-- NRDC: PJM Grid Members Fail To Recommend Any Of 12 Proposals To Prevent Existing Electric Ratepayers From Bearing The Costs, Reliability Risk Of Soaring A.I. Data Center Energy Demand  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Members Fail To Agree On A.I. Data Center Interconnection Rules; Board May Develop A Proposal, But Timing Unclear 

-- The Center Square: Consensus For Soaring A.I. Data Center Power Demands Still Elusive Among PJM Members

-- WHYY: PJM Electrical Grid To Decide Who Pays Bill For Massive A.I. Data Centers

-- PA Capital-Star: A.I. Data Center Growth Drives Communities In PA, Other States To Fight For More Say

-- The Center Square: ‘Ghost’ A.I. Data Center Projects Haunt PJM Power Grid Planners, Raising Energy Costs

-- Williamsport Sun/The Center Square: ‘Ghost’ A.I. Data Center Projects Haunt Power Grid Planners, Taxpayers 

-- Clean Air Council, Environmental Health Project, Residents Urge State To Stop Headfirst Jump To Power A.I. Data Centers With Fossil Fuels  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Air Permit For Largest Natural Gas Power Plant In US To Feed Proposed 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Human Reporters Explain Why A.I. Data Centers Are So Controversial In The Philly Suburbs And Beyond  [PDF of Article]  

-- Montour County Planning Commission Recommends Against Talen Energy Request To Rezone 870 Acres For A Natural Gas Power Plant Expansion To Feed A.I. Data Centers  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Sets Hearings On PPL Electric Proposed 7% Rate Increase Starting Dec. 8  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Approves Modified Plan For PPL Electric’s Distributed Energy Resource Management Program

-- PennLive Letter: A.I. Data Center Boom Causes Electrician Shortage, Drives Up Costs For School Projects - By Greg Miraglia, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County

-- US Dept. Of Energy Closes On $1 Billion Taxpayer Funded Loan To Constellation Energy To Finance Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power  Microsoft A.I. Data Centers  [Company Originally Claimed No Taxpayer Money Would Be Used To Restart The Plant]

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: President’s Energy Dept. Approves $1 Billion Loan For Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Restart [Federal Legislation Makes Taxpayer Funding Available]

-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly: Archbald Boro No Place For 82 A.I. Football Fields In Lackawanna County  [PDF of Article]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 24  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Climate Advisory Committee Holds 2 Virtual Subcommittee Meetings Nov. 25, Dec. 5

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: After Years Of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons PA’s Landmark RGGI Climate Initiative [That Was Never Implemented]

-- Tribune-Democrat: State Republicans, Natural Gas Industry Celebrate Exit From RGGI Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program [That Was Never Implemented]

-- WESA: PA Republicans, Union Leaders, Natural Gas Industry Celebrate End Of RGGI Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program [That Was Never Implemented]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Future Looks Much Brighter Without RGGI Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program [That Was Never Implemented] - By Commonwealth Foundation 

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Nov. 21 - Combatting Climate Change Disinformation & Unethical Behavior, 4:00 p.m.

-- Tribune-Democrat: How Clean Is Green Energy? It Produces Far Fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions Over Their Lifecycle Than Natural Gas  [PDF of Article]

-- LancasterOnline: Turkey Hill Wind Turbines Have Not Operated For Months In Lancaster County

-- TribLive Letter: Authorize Community Solar Energy Facilities With Guaranteed Savings - By Edie Strong, Greensburg

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Don’t Let Water Just Pass Over Our Dams, Pennsylvania Needs More Power - By Justin Trudell, FirstLight

-- The Center Square: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Poised For A New Start

-- PA Capital-Star: Next Generation Modular Nuclear Reactors Will Be Smaller, Safer PA House Energy Committee Hears

-- TribLive: President’s Administration To Take Stake In Pittsburgh Energy Storage Maker EOS Energy 

-- DEP Extends Deadline For Driving PA Forward Freight Innovations Diesel Replacement Grants To Dec. 19

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Approves Increases To Air Quality Permit Fees 

-- Allegheny County Council Votes Unanimously To Approve Air Quality Permit Fee Increases To Fund Allegheny County Health Department  [PaEN] 

-- White House Extends Regulatory Relief For Coke [Coal] Works Facilities By 2 Years  [Warning]

-- WHYY: Lower Merion Twp. Is Banning Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers In Montgomery County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Agreement Set For Vote Dec. 2  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Budget Deal Bumps Conservation, But Retreats From RGGI Climate Pollution Reduction Program  [RGGI Was Never Implemented]

-- DEP Awards $3.1 Million In Federal Funds To Support 8 Local Water Quality Improvement Projects In 8 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill, Luzerne County Watershed Projects Receive EPA Section 319 Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Gives Thanks For Conservation Efforts By Landowners Like These Turkey Farmers In Adams, Lycoming Counties  [PaEN] 

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Growing Native Trees For The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: The Decades-Long Effort To Restore Brook Trout Habitat In The Kettle Creek Watershed, Potter County 

-- Penn State Extension/Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Dec. 10 Funding Forest Conservation Work Webinar  [PaEN] 

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary 2025 Year In Review Video

-- TribLive: Water At Butler County Mobile Home Park Usable Again, DEP Says  

-- WPXI: Massive Water Main Break Flooding Road In Scott Twp., Allegheny County

-- WashPost: President’s FEMA Again Denies Federal Disaster Relief For Flash Flooding In Illinois [Warning]

-- EPA, DEP Announce Hanover Foods Agrees To Pay $1.15 Million Penalty For Clean Water Act Violations At Its York County Plant  [PaEN] 

-- DEP, EPA, DOJ Reach $1.15 Million Settlement With Hanover Foods Over Federal Clean Water Act Violations In York County

-- EPA, US Army Corps Invite Comments On Revised Definition Of Waters Of The US Rule, Regulated Wetlands  [Warning]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Bellwether District- Site Of Former Philadelphia Refinery-- Could Soon Announce Its First Tenants

-- Penn State Research: Skin Cancer Cluster Found In 16 PA Counties With Or Near Farmland 

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Penn State Study Finds Higher Incidence Of Skin Cancers In PA’s Farm Belt

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Grower Provides Christmas Trees For VP Vance’s Residence In Washington

-- PennLive: Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 180 Acres In York County

-- Horn Farm Center: Ecological Restoration, Ecological Gardener, Regenerative Grower, Forager, Beekeeper Training Programs In York County

-- AP: Fighting Bugs With Bugs: How Maine’s Midcoast Is Defending Its Hemlocks  [PA Beetle Supplier]

-- Register Now! Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Webinar: Starting, Growing An Outdoor Business Nov. 24  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: New Wetlands Section Of The Hanover Trolley Trail Opens For Hikes And Bikes In Nature

-- WHYY: King Of Prussia’s Gulph Road Connector Trail Will Link Schuylkill River, Chester Valley Trails

-- Republican Herald: Push For More Wildlife Corridors Grows In Pennsylvania [PDF of Article]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Weekly Raptor Migration Report 

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[Posted: November 23, 2025]   PA Environment Digest