Awards/Recognition
-- Stroud Water Research Center Scientist Dr. John K. Jackson Recognized By International Society For Freshwater Science [PaEN]
-- DCNR Welcomes New Class Of Rangers, Park Managers To Protect And Serve PA’s Public Lands
-- TheDerrick.com: Students Put Nature Knowledge To The Test At Venango County Envirothon
-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Becomes Newest Keep PA Beautiful Affiliate [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Celebrates 250 Years Of Freedom To Explore With 250 Celebrations Bingo In Our State Parks, Forests [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Earth Day In Reading Highlights Shared Duty To Protect Environment
-- Game Commission Accepting Entries To Working Together For Wildlife Art Contest Until July 31
Grants
-- DEP Accepting Applications For Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grants April 22 to June 22
-- DEP Accepting Applications For Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants April 22 to June 22
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Allegheny National Forest Artist-In-Residence [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited Holds April 18 Lycoming Creek Cleanup
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: Upcoming Professional Development Experiences, Workshops; Girty’s Bees; Humane Animal Rescue; Gen:Thrive; Water Stewardship
-- Breathe Project - April 20 Webinar On When Air Kills - Pittsburgh’s Hidden PM2.5 Particulate Toll, 7:00 p.m.
-- LancasterOnline: Muddy Run Pump Storage Hydroelectric Plant To Test Warning Sirens In Lancaster, York Counties April 23
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Plymouth Fire Co Plans Electronics, TV Recycling Event For April 25
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Native Plant Sale May 16
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Anaerobic Digestion On The Farm Conference, June 9-11 [PaEN]
-- Call For Presentations: 28th Annual PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Set For Oct. 20-22 In Grantville, Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Announces Refreshed Ag Conservation Keystone Training Series
Public Participation
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 18 [PaEN]
-- LOTS GOING ON! DEP Posted 76 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Restart Of Constellation Energy’s Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Encroachment Permit For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC Project To Rebuild Power Lines To Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Stormwater Permit For SNA North LLC/QTS A.I. Data Center Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- US Army Corps Of Engineers Seeks Public Input On Future Of Kinzua Dam, Allegheny Reservoir Master Plan In Warren County [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- DEP Linkedin: Oil & Gas Program Sets Inspection Record In 2025, Including 5,213 Wells Never Inspected Before, Responded To 674 Complaints, Incidents [PDF of Article]
-- Mountain Watershed Association Appeals 90% Reduction In Mine Subsidence Damage Bond For Rustic Ridge Coal Mine In Westmoreland, Fayette Counties From $3.1 Million To $292,679 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials News: Data Centers Q/A; National Biogas Conference; Tips For Picking Reputable Solar Developer
-- April 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- The Allegheny Front: Practicing Climate Communication In The Field And Stream At The Powdermill Nature Reserve
-- PennLive: Why PA Is In Desperate Need Of April Showers And What’ll Happen Without Them
-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Potomac River Raw Sewage Spill Is A Warning The City Of Harrisburg Can’t Ignore - By James M. Seif, Former Secretary Of DEP
-- Erie Times: Report Assesses Lake Erie Ecosystem: How You Can Help The Great Lake
-- StreamSmart Stormwater House Calls Can Help Property Owners Reduce Stormwater Pollution In 5 Target Watersheds In Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: We Must Build Our Mussels For Stronger Rivers And Streams - By Kathy Reshetiloff, US Fish & Wildlife Service
-- LancasterOnline: Peregrine Falcons Are Flying Over Lancaster City, After Decades, Is There Finally A Nest?
-- Chesapeake Bay Forests For The Bay News: Young Forest Habitat Improvement For Wildlife
-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly News: Business Inspections Resume; Management Guide: What To Look For; Learning Opportunities
-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's 2026 Stream Cleanup A Record Breaking Success Thanks To 2,052 Volunteers [PaEN]
-- Chester County Litter Lifters: Nearly 50 Volunteers Make 2 Cleanup Events On April 4 A Success As Part Of America 250PA Celebration [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: More Than 800 Volunteers Took Part In ClearWater Conservancy Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County
-- DEP: Changing PA’s Littering Habit: Turn A Mess Into A Movement - Pick Up Every Piece
-- Philadelphia.Today: Aqua Pennsylvania Employees Celebrate Earth Day With Tree Planting At Hildacy Preserve In Delaware County
-- Republican Herald: New Trees Planted, Old Ones Retired By Pottsville’s Shade Tree Commission
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited Holds April 18 Lycoming Creek Cleanup
-- KDKA: How Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Is Helping Native Trout In Linn Run
-- Discover NE PA: Every Day Moments In Nature Matter More Than You Think
-- DCNR Offering Pocket Meadow Native Seed Kits To Convert Up To 1,000 Square Feet Into A Meadow Habitat [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Beaver County Family Offers $5,000 Reward For Information In Honey Bee Hive Arson
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Logistical Nightmare Of Cleaning Up One Of Philly’s Biggest Illegal Dumps
--WHYY: John Bartram Garden In Philadelphia America’s Oldest Botanical Garden
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: This Summer, Your Air Conditioner Is Going To Compete With An A.I. Data Center For Power - By Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University
-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro Repeats Threat To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM Regional Grid Operator, If Electricity Costs Keep Rising
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Electric Transmission Line Company Wants Authority To Condemn Property From PA PUC For Proposed Power Line In SW PA To Feed A.I. Data Centers In Virginia
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Electric Utilities Want Ratepayers To Foot The Bill For Their Power Plant Ambitions - By James H. Cawley, Former Chair of PA PUC
-- PECO Withdraws Proposed 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Rate Increases From PUC Consideration [PaEN]
-- PUC Opens Investigation Into UGI Electric Proposed 12.8% Rate Increase [PaEN]
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 13.1% Rate Increase Request by Peoples Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Electric Utilities Appreciate ‘Market Signals,’ But Not Market Prices; Some Utilities Want More Direct Role In Securing Power, Managing Prices For Customers
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Fearing ‘Unsustainable’ Cost Increases, PA Utilities And Lawmakers Move To Curb Payments To Smaller Than Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities
-- House Energy Committee Reports Out GeoThermal Energy, Advanced Transmission Technology, Energy Financing Authority Bills [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bills To Develop Model Zoning Ordinance To Help Local Governments Regulate, Mitigate The Impacts Of A.I. Data Center Developments; Report Water, Energy Use [PaEN]
-- PA House Blue-Green Labor, Environmental Caucus Endorses 9-Bill Package To Expand Clean Energy Generation, Strengthen Workforce [PaEN]
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Republican Sen. Coleman Calls For Giving Local Governments Authority To Put A Moratorium On A.I. Data Centers While They Revise Zoning Ordinances
-- Morning Call: Republican Sen. Coleman Pitches Idea To Repeal Of State A.I. Data Center Development Tax Breaks
-- Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware) Introduced Legislation Requiring A.I. Data Centers To Pay All the Costs Associated With Connecting To The Electric Grid [House Bill 2372]
-- Scranton Times: Developer Of Archbald A.I. Data Centers And One Power Plant Proposes Building 3 More Power Plants In Dickson City; Hearings Set April 27, May 13
-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposes Adding 14.9 GW With Bilateral Contracts, Central Procurement; Will Help Match Data Center Buyers To New Electric Generation
-- Report: President Canceled 28.2 Gigawatts Of US Electric Generation- Funding For 13 Gigawatts Lost In Pennsylvania- In Face Of Unprecedented A.I. Data Center Demand, Grid Reliability Concerns [PaEN]
-- Shapiro Administration Secures $14 Million From US DOE For Enhanced GeoThermal Systems Pilot Demonstration Project In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania April 17 Hearing On A.I. Data Centers, Coolidge Theatre At The Deane Center, Wellsboro, Tioga County. Watch On-Demand.
-- Better Path Coalition To Host May 13 A.I. Data Centers Virtual Town Hall Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
-- Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds another hearing April 28 on electric generation resource adequacy, PJM market update, barriers to entry for new power generation. Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m. Watch online.
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 4 to 17: Failed To Restore 5 Water Impoundments For 3,197 Days; Software Glitch Leaks 704,000 Gallons Of Fresh Water; 166,729 Gallons Recovered From Wastewater Spill [PaEN]
-- DEP Investigating Possible Software Malfunction That Released An Estimated 704,000 Gallons Of Fresh Water From Coterra Energy Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Springville Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Frontier Natural Resources Failed To Restore 5 Water Impoundments At 3 Shale Gas Drilling Sites In Clinton County For 3,197 Days [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Who Will Pay The Water Bill? Aqua Pennsylvania Is 'Evaluating Its Options’ For Recovering Money It Spent Operating The Venango Water Company From Oil & Gas Well Owner After Wastewater Spill [PaEN]
-- Residents Around MarkWest Harmon Creek Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County Urge DEP To Deny A New Air Quality Permit Because Of Frequent, Ongoing Black Smoke, Incomplete Combustion Violations At The Plant’s Natural Gas/Chemical Flare [PaEN]
-- DEP Linkedin: Oil & Gas Program Sets Inspection Record In 2025, Including 5,213 Wells Never Inspected Before, Responded To 674 Complaints, Incidents [PDF of Article]
-- DCED Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Advisory Board Meets April 16 On Wastewater Disposal; Methane Emissions Reduction; Injection Well Regulation; Gas Storage Area Regs [PaEN]
-- Shapiro Administration Secures $14 Million From US DOE For Enhanced GeoThermal Systems Pilot Demonstration Project In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- US Dept. Of Energy Announces $14 Million To Support DEP Project For Enhanced Shale Gas Well GeoThermal Demonstration In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Wins $14 Million Federal Grant To Study Shale Gas Well GeoThermal Energy Feasibility In Indiana County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA DEP Wins $14 Million Federal Grant To Test GeoThermal Energy In Shale Gas Wells
-- Reuters: Williams CEO Says PA-NY Constitutional Natural Gas Pipeline Could Be Online In 2027
-- EPA, DOE, DOI Break Ground On Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline Taking PA Gas Into New York City
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Gas Works Proposed LNG Natural Gas Plant Replacement In Port Richmond Neighborhood Now In Limbo
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Is An Energy Giant That Keeps Tripping Over Its Own Red Tape - By Commonwealth Foundation [DEP Permits Not The Problem, Especially Now]
-- Susquehanna River Watershed Low-Flow Conditions Trigger Stop To Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals At 19 Locations, 13 More Approaching Restrictions [PaEN]
-- CBSNews: Clairton, PA Faces Fallout From President’s Environmental Rule Rollback
-- Erie Times: A Shipload Of 57 Wind Turbine Blades Unloaded In Erie
-- Post-Gazette: Solar Energy Facility To Help Offset Energy Costs Of 4 Pittsburgh Schools
-- TribLive: Long-Awaited Cleanup Work Begins At Parks Twp. Nuclear Waste Dump, Armstrong County
-- TribLive: Parks Township Nuclear Waste Dump Cleanup To Take 6 to 8 Years In Armstrong County
-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Site Cleanup, 20 Year Bureaucratic Delay
-- Warren Times: Drinking Water Issues Impact Mobile Home Park In Conewago Twp.; DEP Issues Order Requiring Major Upgrades [PDF of Article]
-- Warren Times: Water Donations Pour In For Mobile Home Park With Unreliable Drinking Water System [PDF of Article]
-- Warren Times Letter: Leadership Runs Dry In Tidioute Community Water Crisis - By Christina Craig, Tidioute Resident [PDF of Article]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Releases Framework For Water Resources Resilience; April 30 Webinar Set [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Friends Of Bald Eagle Valley Trail Inviting New Members, Thank Clinton County Commissioners For Support
-- DEP Launches 2026 Black Fly Suppression Program Across 1,800 Miles Of PA Waterways
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.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: April 19, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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