Monday, November 17, 2025

November 17 - 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 November 17 PA Environment Digest


69 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


PA Environmental Council Recognizes City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department For Sustainability Leadership Nov. 19


State Budget Agreement Mixed Bag For Environment: RGGI Gone; $156 Million Solar For All Money OK’d; PUC Review Of Load Forecasts; $15 Million For Oil & Gas Regulation; More Cuts To Special Funds Coming


Scranton Times Editorial: Pursuing A Clean Energy Pennsylvania Remains A Worthwhile Goal That Is Critical To The Economic Future Of The State And The Health Of Its Residents


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: PA State Budget Settlement Holds Promises And Pitfalls For The Environment


500 Feet Is Not Enough: House Environmental Committee To Hold Nov. 17 Hearing On Bill To Increase Setbacks From Unconventional Shale Gas Wells From 500 Feet To 2,500 Feet From Homes, 5,000 Feet From Schools, Hospitals


Penn State Research: Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners In Allegheny National Forest Leak Arsenic, Methane Into Aquifer [PA To Spend $400 Million In Federal Taxpayer Money To Plug Abandoned Wells]


DEP Issues Violations To Rock Oil Resources LLC For Abandoning, Not Plugging 36 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells For 639 Days And Counting In Venango County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 8 to 14 - One Owner Abandons 36 Conventional Wells; Failed To Cleanup Shale Gas Spill For 498 Days


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 15


DEP: Environmental Justice Enhanced Public Review Has Empowered Communities In Permit Reviews, But Has Not Delayed Permit Decisions; 24 Out Of 1,600 EJ Permits Involved Policy In 2025


Environmental Justice: What Happens When A.I. Data Centers Come To Town? -- Environmental, Economic, Grid Impacts


DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 176 - 3.25 MW Backup Diesel Generators For A.I. Data Center In Former LSC Communication East Facility, City Of Lancaster


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Water Quality Permit For Project Gravity A.I. Data Center Project In Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 17


Time Running Out To Use Expiring Federal Tax Credits For Solar Energy Installations; Join The 45 Southeast PA Communities That Already Have


More Than 100 PA Businesses, Environmental Groups, Civic Leaders Write PUC Urging Action On Reforms To Speed Local Connections To Grid To Increase Energy Supplies, Resiliency, Affordability


Still Time To Join Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania! Cleanup: Keep PA Beautiful


DCNR Highlights $500,000 Investment In Planting Trees To Add Shade, Reduce Stormwater Runoff, Create Green Spaces


North Branch Land Trust Receives Healing The Planet Grant From The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful To Support Native Tree Planting In Luzerne County


Foxwynd Foundation Grant To Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Support Streamside Tree Growth, Survival In Pennsylvania


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Virtually Nov. 19 To Discuss Dam Safety, Rehabilitation, Other Issues; 2024-25 Annual Report Available


William Penn Foundation Renews $12.9 Million Commitment To Expanding Circuit Trails In Greater Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Apply Now! Spring Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Training Now Available In 9 Counties Across The State


DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News Highlights Fall Lessons, Activities, Educator Workshops


PASA Sustainable Agriculture Now Accepting Registrations For 2026 Conference Feb. 5-6 In Lancaster


Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Offered In Lancaster Feb. 19–20


Registration Open! PA Aquatic Resource Restoration Conference March 3-4, State College


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - November 15


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: November 17, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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