Awards/Recognition
-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN]
-- PA Municipal Authorities Association Receives 2026 Empowering Women Award [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Honors First Curator Maurice Broun On His 120th Birthday
-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Farm Conservation Success In Small Watersheds; When Dams Come Down; Recognition Of Amy Bowers Cordalis [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh Airport Terminal Earns Gold LEED Green Building Designation
-- Altoona Mirror: Cambria Heights School District Unveils Solar Energy Facility In Cambria County, Will Reduce Energy Costs By $2.5 Million Over 20 Years
-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 30 Young Ambassadors To Promote Environmental Sustainability In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Tom Ross And His Trusty Kayak Keep Up Fight Against Trash In Ohio River In Pittsburgh
Grants
-- DEP Industrial Energy Assessment Program Offering Minimal Cost Energy Audits To Small & Medium Manufacturers, Ag Businesses [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Invitation To Readers To Take Survey On Sharing Information
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Joe Butkiewicz Named Interim North Branch Land Trust Executive Director
Upcoming Events
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: Sept. 4 - New Solutions For Large-Scale Technical Environmental Problems - Battery Storage, Fresh Water, 4:30 p.m.
-- Observer-Reporter: Glass Recycling Set For Saturday [Sept. 5] In Washington County
-- Scranton Times: Sunday [Sept. 6] Forum Against Old Forge Borehole Mine Discharge Hydroelectric Project On Land Also Eyed For A.I. Data Center Projects In Lackawanna County
-- Local Organizations To Host Sept. 10 Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online [PaEN]
-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Partners Host Lebanon Valley Clean Water Week Sept. 12-19 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Allegheny River Cleanup Seeking Volunteers For Sept. 17, 18, 19 Events
-- Independence Conservancy To Hold Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties [Starting Sept. 18] [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary To Hold Annual Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 19, Kempton, Berks County
-- PA Forestry Association: 2026 Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 3-4, Register A Walk Today!
-- DCNR State Forests, State Parks: 2026 Walk In Penn’s Woods Experiences Across The State
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 6 Energy And Agriculture Conference In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Organic & Sustainable Agricultural Exchange Nov. 9 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights September Educational Events, Experiences
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Educational Events And Experiences In September
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 5 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy 18.4 Mile, 20-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP Restarts Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Oct. 15 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For SINC Construction LLC Greenwood Acres Residential Community In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
-- AP: EPA Proposal Could Leave The Public In The Dark On A.I. Data Center, Power Plant Plants
-- EPA, Army Corps Seek Additional Input On Proposed Waters Of US Definition
Programs/Information
-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: At The Scene On 9/11, Shanksville’s Tiny Firehouse Still Welcomes Families Of Flight 93’s Victims In Somerset County
-- Erie Times: This Trail Thru Pennsylvania Turns 9/11 Remembrance Into A Journey
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Takes DEP Officials On Field Tour Of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In Luzerne County
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: Bedford, Franklin, Lancaster, Snyder, Tioga, York County Clean Water Projects Highlighted [PaEN]
-- PA Recycling Markets Center: Full Circle Bioconversion - Food Composting At The Little League World Series In Williamsport [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letters: PA’s Electronics Waste Crisis Deserves The Same Urgency As Data Center Reform - By Edward Heyman, Philadelphia
-- DCNR Offers More Deer Hunting Opportunities In State Forests, State Parks Thru Deer Management Assistance Program
-- Penn State Extension Offers ‘Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania - Free Virtual Walking Program Sept. 14 to Nov. 9
-- WVIA: Dirt & Gravel Biking Routes Launched Thru Endless Mountains-- Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming Counties [Watch For Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Contaminated Water]
-- TribLive Editorial: Do Playground Mistakes By Kids Merit Grown-up Consequences Like Springdale Police Charging Family With Crimes?
-- The PA Capital-Star: PA Republican Lawmakers Explore Increased Public Health Reporting For Tick-Borne Diseases
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In Lycoming County Sept. 3
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In Westmoreland County Sept. 3
A.I. Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7 [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Energy Bills Driven By A.I. Data Centers Threaten PA Small Businesses, Report Says
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based Energy Storage Maker Eos Energy Partners With Google On West Virginia Solar Project
-- PA Public Utility Commission Forecasts Data Center-Driven Industrial Electricity Use In Pennsylvania Will Increase 18.56% A Year Thru 2030; Up From 0.22% Annually In 2024 [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To Sept. 4; Order Still In Place To Require Data Centers, Large Loads To Go To Backup Generation, If Needed [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Some PA Lawmakers Regret $1.8 Billion State Tax Break For A.I. Data Centers - So Why Won’t They Kill It?
-- The Center Square: Nearly Half Of Pennsylvania’s ‘Fast Track’ A.I. Data Center Municipalities Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
-- New York Times: Pennsylvania A.I. Gold Rush Meets 2nd Thoughts; Amid Backlash Gov. Shapiro Is Pumping The Brakes On Enormous Data Centers; But Some Welcome Billions In Construction
-- Financial Times - Bethlehem, PA Project: Pennsylvania Voters Unite Against A.I. Data Centers: ‘People Are Going To Get Screwed’ [PDF of Article]
-- CNBC: PA Gov. Shapiro Says Too Many A.I. Data Center Developers ‘Don’t Care About Our Communities’
-- Inquirer: PA US Sen. Fetterman Backs President On A.I. Data Centers, Blames China For ‘Misinformation” On A.I.
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA MAGA Country Doesn’t Want President’s A.I. Data Center ‘Golden Goose’ - By Oliver Bateman, Pittsburgh Historian
-- Bloomberg: President Says ‘Let Data [Centers] Reign’ In Response To A.I. Data Center Blowback [Communities Not Wanting Data Centers ‘Want To End Up Being Backwards And Poor’]
-- PennLive Letter: Research Shows Pennsylvania Needs To Diversify Its Electricity Generation Mix - David Gahl, Solar & Energy Storage Industries Institute
-- PennLive/Tribune News: Massive 7,200 Acre PPL Utilities Joint Venture Land Deal In Lackawanna County Paves Way For More Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants
-- Scranton Times: PPL Utilities Joint Venture Purchases 500 Acres In Luzerne County For 2 Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants; No Agreements Signed With Customers Yet [Not For The Public]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: NextEra Energy Picks 700 Acre Site In Luzerne Twp., Fayette County For 3.75 GW Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant Complex [Entire Township Over Known Mined Out Coal Mines Subject To Subsidence Risk (DEP)]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: NextEra’s $13 Billion Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant Complex In Luzerne Twp., Fayette County To Be A Game Changer For Region
-- Post-Gazette: Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County Fueled By 1,800 contractors And Tradespeople
Background On Issues
-- New State Budget Forces DEP To Take Money From 7 Other Environmental Programs To Keep The Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Running [PaEN]
-- Organizations Defend Delaware River Basin Commission Shale Gas Fracking Ban [PaEN]
-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Another $15 Million In Penalties For Latest Air Pollution Violations In Beaver County; Air Pollution Penalties Total $27.6 Million Since Plant Opened [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Files Lawsuit To Preempt Criminal Charges By PA Attorney General In Bucks County Jet Fuel Pipeline Spill; Asks For State Clean Streams Law To Be Declared Unconstitutional [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 1,331: Big Dog Energy LLC Shale Gas Well Pad Lacks Secondary Containment To Contain Spills, Has No Emergency Response Plan In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 2,447: American Natural Resources LLC Fails To Comply, Does Not Respond To Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells It Abandoned In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 221: HR McClure Fails To Plug 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells It Abandoned In Greene County; Failed To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports For 5 Years [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 545: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc Failed To Finish Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Wilmoth Interests Inc. Improperly Disposed Of Oil-Contaminated Soil From A Spill At An Allegheny National Forest Conventional Well Site In Warren County [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Declines Slightly Again; Price Of Natural Gas For Residential Customers Increased By 7.3% From Prior Year [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Research Shows Pennsylvania Needs To Diversify Its Electricity Generation Mix - David Gahl, Solar & Energy Storage Industries Institute
-- PA Capital-Star: Utility Executives, Cybersecurity Experts Warn PA Lawmakers Of Growing Threats
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based Energy Storage Maker Eos Energy Partners With Google On West Virginia Solar Project
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: September 6, 2026 ] PA Environment Digest
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