Sunday, August 9, 2026

August 10 - 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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107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - August 10


Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2026 Award Recipients - Ellen Ferretti Receives Thomas P. Shelburne Leadership Award


PA Wilds Center: 2026 PA Wilds Champions Receive Awards At July 30 Dinner


DEP Watershed Restoration Staff Recognized With Governor's Award For Excellence


PennLive: Attorney General Sunday Files More Criminal Charges Against Eureka Resources, This Time For Releasing Oily Oil & Gas Wastewater From Its Williamsport Plant Last August


Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Nearly 1 Year Since Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Spill, Company Sold Its Operations, Wastewater Still At All 3 Facilities


DEP - Day 26: Loan Asset Issuer, LLC Fails To Comply With Order To Prevent Migration Of Contaminated Shale Gas Water Spill Of Up To Now 88,410 Gallons From A Shale Gas Pipeline Failure In Washington County


DEP - Day 47: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Remediation Of Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment Release Appears To Be At A Stand Still In Greene County


DEP - Day 1,450: Blackhill Energy Fails To Fix Or Plug 3 Shale Gas Wells With Casing/Cement Failures In Bradford County First Discovered In August 2022


DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For A 3rd Expand Operating LLC 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Wysox Twp., Bradford County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 8


Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Directing State Agencies To Prepare To Fill The Gaps In Disaster Response And Recovery Left By Changes In Federal Emergency Disaster Response Policies


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July: State Budget Leaves Data Center Issues Unresolved; Western PA Trails & Greenways Summit - Aug. 26 & 27


PPL Electric Reports 31.8 GW In A.I. Data Center Demand Pipeline, Including 11 GW Under Signed Agreements; Its Joint Venture With Blackstone Has Secured Sites To Build Up To 14 GW Of Generation In PA


DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Hauto Frackville Transmission Line Project To Serve A.I. Data Center In Schuylkill County


DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Bushkill Falls To Birchwood Lakes Electric Substations In Pike County


Environmental Health Project: Resources For Communities Concerned About Health Impacts Of A.I. Data Centers


PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert Aug. 9 - 11 For Mid-Atlantic - Including PA - Southern Regions Of Service Area


PJM Accepts 715 Projects With 201.4 GW Of New Electric Generation For 1 to 2-Year Review; 39.8 GW Of Projects In PA; PJM Also Accepting State Identified Projects For Expedited Process


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - August 10


Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 13 To People Living Near 4 PA Nuclear Power Plants; Not Near Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant To Restart In 2027


DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For New US Steel Hot Strip Mill With Special Conditions In Braddock Boro, Allegheny County


PennEnvironment Offers Tools Parents, Teachers Can Use To Protect Their Children From The Recent Rollback Of Lead Reporting Standards For Drinking Water In Schools; DEP Offers School Water Lead Testing


DEP Drought Conditions Update: 3 Counties Return To Normal Status; 8 Counties Remain In Drought Warning


DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: DEP Renews County Clean Water Funding Agreements With Bay Watershed Counties


Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 18 Webinar On First Investigation Of Stream Health Tool To Track Stream Health


USDA Invests $2.8 Million With Fish & Boat Commission To Expand Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation Access


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 8


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: August 10, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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