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-- Trout Unlimited Recognizes Russ Collins, Doc Fritchey Chapter, With National Distinguished Service In Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Journalist John Barlett, James Myers, Izaak Walton League, To Be Inducted Into Venango County Conservation Hall Of Fame [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Celebrates 35th Anniversary In Cambria, Somerset Counties [PDF of Article]
-- Millersville University Blog: MU Students Teach McCaskey HS Students Watershed Science Along Conestoga River In Lancaster County
-- TribLive: Students, Volunteers Plant 200 Saplings At Unity, Westmoreland County St. Xavier Nature Preserve To Create A Forest In 10 Years
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania’s 2026 River Of The Year Award Goes To The Conestoga River
-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: PA Legislature Is Losing Its Climate Champion, Rep. Greg Vitali Has Been An Unflinching Advocate For The Environment For 34 Years
-- Six Pennsylvania, Two North Carolina Colleges, Universities Help Bring 150 MW Solar Energy Facility Online In Kentucky [PaEN]
-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - November 2 [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts Nov. 18-19 Online Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas - How To Protect Yourself From Health, Environmental Impacts [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Rebecca McCarthy: PA Opens A New Loophole For Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal
-- EPA Proposes Changes To OOOOb/c Oil & Gas Industry Methane Reduction Rules To Help Reduce Burdens On Oil & Gas Industry; Over 99% Of PA Conventional Well Owners Failed To Comply With DEP's 2022 Methane Rules [PaEN]
-- TribLive/AP: President Says He’s Ending Restrictions On Climate-Warming Methane From Oil & Gas Industry
-- The Allegheny Front: How A Federal Rollback Of Methane Reduction Rules For Oil & Gas Operations Could Impact Climate, Public Health
-- Erie Times-News - Brian Whipkey: Conventional Well Plugging Hits Milestone In PA, But Thousands Remain To Be Fixed
-- DEP Issued 53 Violations To Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners For Abandoning, Not Plugging Wells In October; Violations Top 409 So Far In 2026 [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards $2.4 Million Grant To Penn State To Study How Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Impact Health [PaEN]
-- DEP Partners With Harrisburg University To Update, Digitize PA Oil & Gas Well Mapping [Video]
-- Pennsylvania Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 24 to 30 [PaEN]
-- DEP: Fracking Fluid Hose Rupture Contaminates Range Resources Appalachia Shale Gas Pad, And Down The Well Pad Slope In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Release From Diversified Production LLC Conventional Contaminated Water Pipeline Pollutes Field In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Investigates Transfer Of Conventional Well Ownership, Finds Abandoned, Unplugged Well Leaking Gas 10 Feet From Apartment Building In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Diversified Prod LLC Failed To Comply With Order To Stop Gas Venting From 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP Inspections Of 5 Shale Gas Pads Found 2 New Well Casing/Cementing Failures, 7 Continuing Well Failures in Bradford, Susquehanna, Westmoreland, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reports Low-Flow Stream Conditions Trigger Stop To 11 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 7 More Put On Watch Status [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 31 [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For 4.5 Mile EQT ARO Natural Gas Pipeline On State Forest Land In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Another Extension Of Air Quality Plan Approvals Allowing Temporary Operation Of The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Title V Application Still Under Review Since July 2024 [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell In Deep Discussions About Selling Beaver County Petrochemical Plant; No Longer A Core Business For Shell [Warning]
-- Altoona Mirror: PA Cong. Joyce Wants Answers To String Of Train Derailments Involving 100+ Railcars In And Around Horseshoe Curve Near Altoona
-- Altoona Mirror: Norfolk Southern Responds To Concerns About Multiple Train Derailments In Altoona Area
-- TribLive/AP: EPA Response To 2023 Norfolk Southern Ohio Train Derailment Will Be Investigated By Agency Watchdog
-- Consumer Alert! If You Shopped For Your Electric, Natural Gas Supplier In 2024, You Paid $350 Million Too Much For Energy [PaEN]
-- WVIA Podcast: How And Why Electric, Natural Gas, Water Rates Are Increasing
-- PA Dept. Of Human Services: Apply For Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Starting Nov. 2
-- PennLive: Home Heating Oil Prices Have Doubled Since 2025, As Customers Brace For Winter And High Costs
-- The Citizens’ Voice: NE PA Residents Feeling The Shock Of Record Heating Oil Costs
-- Reading Eagle: Some School Districts Locked In Lower Diesel Prices, But Some Are Facing Skyrocketing Costs
-- WHYY: President’s Heating Oil Reserve Release Unlikely To Ease Sky-High Prices In Pennsylvania, Experts Say; Heating Oil Price Nearly Doubled Since Last Fall
-- PA Petroleum Distributors Assn: No Change In Handling Of Dyed Diesel Fuel In PA
-- Post-Gazette: High Gasoline Prices Making 2026 The Year Of The Hybrid Vehicles
-- Financial Times: Major Oil Companies Resist Pressure To Invest In New Refineries As Fuel Prices Keep Rising
-- PennLive/LehighvalleyLive: Pennsylvania Now Has 80 Sites Targeted For A.I. Data Centers Statewide; We’ve Mapped, Tracked Each One
-- The Center Square: DEP Data Center Tracker Has Critics As State Ranks 4th In Nation In Proposed Facilities
-- FracTracker Alliance: A.I. Data Center Developers Propose 12.5 GW Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants To Feed 12 Data Center Projects In Southwest PA [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Retired Armstrong County Electric Plant Site Part Of State Study To Site New Power Plants
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Natural Gas Key To Winning Global A.I. Race - By Jim Welty, Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition [Warning]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why EQT Wants To Acquire Range Resources: Capture Growing Demand For Data Centers, Exports, Cut Operating Expenses $325 Million [Warning]
-- Fortune: EQT Becomes Nation’s Leading Natural Gas ‘Juggernaut’ With A $13 Billion Deal As A.I. Data Center, Export Demand Surges [Warning]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Expands Natural Gas Export Strategy With Storage Contract On Gulf Coast [Warning]
-- Reuters: US Pipeline Safety Agency Proposes New Rules To Speed Up LNG Natural Gas Projects [Warning]
-- Reuters Commentary: Natural Gas Is Losing Grip Across Key Power Markets In Europe, Asia [Warning]
-- DEP To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Installation Of Emergency Generators At Aligned AI PA Data Center In Shippingport Boro, Beaver County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued Air Quality Plan Approval Extension For Installation Of Emergency Generator For Innovation 411 Fee Owner LLC Data Center Chilled Water Expansion Project In Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Files Revised Reliability Backstop Generation Procurement Proposal With FERC; Looks To Hold Next Auction March 2027 With Price Cap Of $555/MW-Day [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Takes First Step In Setting Reliability Standards For A.I. Data Centers, Cryptocurrency Miners, Other Computational Loads
-- WESA: Why Is Generator, Backup Power Supply Demand Booming Across Pittsburgh?
-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: PPL Electric Building On Protections In Place So Growth Doesn’t Come At Utility Customers’ Expense - By Christine Martin, President Of PPL Utilities
-- Penn State Dickinson Law School Hosts Nov. 5 In-Person Symposium On A.I. Data Centers - A Problem-Solving Approach [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Many PA Communities Are Wary Of A.I. Data Centers Representing Billionaires And Trillionaires That Are Going To Take More Money From People
-- Climate Power: Energy Affordability Driving Pennsylvanians To The Polls This Election
-- Spring-Ford Press: Sen. Katie Muth Sees Deeper Problems Behind PA’s Data Center Boom
-- WESA: A.I. Data Centers Scrambled PA’s Political Map, But What Happens After Nov. 3?
-- Spotlight PA: Who Hates A.I. Data Centers More? Incumbent Republican Sen. Pennycuick Or Democratic Challenger Chris Thomas?
-- Scranton Times: Olyphant Borough Officials Meet Nov. 5 On A.I. Data Center Developer’s $101 Million Proposal To Bypass Conditional Use Process, Forgo Public Hearings To Build The Project In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Law Firm Reed Smith Targets Lackawanna County Commissioner, 2 Valley View School District Directors In Their Individual Capacities With ‘Preserve All Documents’ Notice Ahead Of Potential Litigation
-- WVIA: Lackawanna County Judge Denies A.I. Data Center Developer Claim Project Was ‘Deemed Approved’ In Jessup Borough
-- Allegheny Valley Residents Rally To Urge Allegheny County To Deny Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal; Still Time To Comment [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: PPL Electric Buys 230 Acres In Archbald Boro For $4 Million In A Deed In Lieu Of Condemnation Action Related To Transmission Line Upgrade Project
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 2 [PaEN]
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Hosts Nov. 5 Webinar On New Ways For Homeowners, Businesses, Churches To Go Solar And Save On Your Energy Bills [PaEN]
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Summit To Bring Global Climate Finance Leader Peter Fusaro To Pittsburgh Nov. 18 [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance Hosts Nov. 10 Resilient Reading Progress Report -- Revitalizing Buildings And Strengthening Community In Berks County [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Can This Josh Fox Film Change Our Understanding Of The Climate And Human Migration Crisis
-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Aims To Become National Leader In Energy Research And Solutions
-- PennDOT Invests $37 Million In Federal Funds To Building More Than 500 Electric Vehicle Charging Ports In Southeast PA; Applications Being Accepted For Grants In Western, Central, Eastern PA [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards $19.6 Million To Support 18 Local Projects In 15 Counties To Reduce Diesel Emissions From Freight, Cargo Transportation Thru Driving PA Forward Initiative [PaEN]
-- DEP, Agriculture Award $971,000 RISE PA Grant To Jubilee Dairy In Dauphin County To Turn Farm Waste Into Energy, Cutting Costs, Reducing Air Pollution [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Release New Pennsylvania Farm Energy Guide At Nov. 6 PA Energy & Agriculture Conference
-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials News: Farm Energy Guide; Battery Storage Systems; Data Centers Common Questions; Learning Opportunities
-- The Allegheny Front: Fewer Farms, Bigger Operations: The Changing Economics Of PA Agriculture
-- DEP Provides Update On Air Monitoring And Extinguishing Locust Gap Coal Refuse Bank Fire In Mount Carmel Twp., Northumberland County [PaEN]
-- WNEP: DEP Says It Found No Air Quality Risk From Locust Gap Coal Refuse Fire In Northumberland County
-- The News-Item: Mount Carmel Twp. Declares Emergency Over Worsening Locust Gap Coal Mine Fire Smoke In Northumberland County
-- WNEP: Mount Carmel Twp. Declares Emergency Over Locust Gap Coal Mine Fire In Northumberland County
-- PennLive - John Beauge: PA Township Declares Disaster Emergency Over Smoke From Waste Coal Fire In Northumberland County
-- ABC27: Concerns Rekindle Over Northumberland County Coal Refuse Bank Fire
-- WNEP: Susquehanna University Professor Researches History Of Coal Mine Fire Under Centralia In Columbia County
-- WTAE: Underground Fire Of Unknown Origin Breaks Out In Hempfield Twp. In Westmoreland County; DEP Is Overseeing The Fire
-- TribLive: First Load Of Radioactive Materials Hauled From Parks Twp., Armstrong County Dump Site To Transfer Station In Lawrence County
-- PEMA: Federal SBA Low-Interest Loans Available For Individuals Impacted By September Flooding In Washington And Surrounding Counties
-- WHYY: Gov. Shapiro Signs Law Requiring Home Sellers, Landlords To Disclose More About A Home’s Flood Risk
-- PEMA Provides $3 Million Grant To Expand Penn State Keystone Weather Threat Alert System
-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Launches Regenerative Agriculture Center [PaEN]
-- PennVEST Announces Purchase Of 10.1 Million Pounds Of Sediment Reductions, 34,757 Pounds Of Nitrogen, 5,236 Pounds Of Phosphorus Reductions For $5.6 Million [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission, MD Dept. Of Environment Award $12 Million+ To Support 5 Projects To Reduce Sediment, Nutrient Pollution Under Conowingo Pay-For-Success Program [PaEN]
-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Awards $9.5 Million To Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay To Help Farmers Install Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Announces Additional Practices Are Eligible For PA Farmers Participating In The Regenerative Pilot Program In 2027 [PaEN]
-- Capital RC&D Receives National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grant To Improve Farm Grazing Practices [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Hundreds Of Rain Gardens, ‘Green’ Projects Later, What Is Philadelphia’s Next Plan To Stop Raw Sewage From Spilling Into Local Waterways?
-- TribLive: ALCOSAN Plans 14% Increase In Residential Rates In 2027, Increases Planned In 2028 - 14%, 2029 - 13.5%
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Looks Okay, Smells Okay, But Is It Okay? - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Erie Times-News: Erie Wastewater Testing Shows Rise In Illicit Drug Use
-- PA American Water Distributes 4th Payment From PFAS Settlement To Customers
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 7 What's In Your Drinking Water Glass? (Educators/ Students); Dec. 9 - Understanding Your PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Water Test Results [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Nov. 12 In-Person Southeast Regional Watersheds Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 17 ACAP Webinar On Building Better Agricultural Erosion Control Plans Using PAOneStop Tools [PaEN]
-- Morning Call: Environmental Group Has Plan To Protect Waterways Thru Riparian Stream Buffers
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Partners Host Nov. 12 Webinar -- Canopy Calling: Tree Equity From The Roots Up, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Sets Nov. 12 Fall Dinner Meeting
-- Manada Conservancy, Swatara Watershed Assn. To Hold Nov. 8 Team Up To Clean Up The Raceway In Middletown Borough, Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Daily Local News: Litter Lifters’ Volunteers Spruce Up Coatesville Streets In Chester County
-- WNEP: Lackawanna County Collect Household Hazardous Waste In Moosic
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Cracks Apparent In Chesapeake Bay Region’s Glass Recycling Efforts [PA Included]
-- KDKA: State Police Charge 2 After Copper Wire Thefts From Cell Towers, Transformers, Other Energy Supply Systems Cause $200,000 In Damage In Greene County
-- EPA Proposes $5,000 Penalty In ‘Expedited’ Settlement With Swope Salvage & Recycling For 2023 Discharges In East Berlin, York County
-- DCNR: Pennsylvania's Free State Parks Generate $16 In Economic Impact For Every $1 Invested [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invests Nearly $1 Million At Mount Davis In Forbes State Forest Somerset County [From Oct. 7]
-- Tribune-Review: DCNR Highlights Nearly $1 Million In Improvements At Somerset County’s Mount Davis, Highest Point In PA
-- DCNR Marks Opening Of North Pocono Trail With $3.5 Million Investment In Trail, Bridge Projects In Lackawanna County [From Oct. 7 Grants]
-- Scranton Times: Old Rail Bridge In Lackawanna County Gets New Life As North Pocono Trail Segment
-- WVIA: Communities Across NE PA Receive $11.4 Million In DCNR Outdoor Recreation Grants [From Oct. 7]
-- PA Wilds: DCNR Invests $7.3 Million In Outdoor Recreation Grants In PA Wilds [From Oct. 7]
-- DCNR Fall Foliage Report Oct. 29 - Nov. 4: The Last Week To Experience The Best Of Fall’s Colorful Splendor [PaEN]
-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Shows Most Of PA Rated High For Oct. 30
-- Sponsor/Exhibitor Opportunities: PA Recreation & Park Society Conference & Expo March 16-19 [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Hickory Run State Park Aims To Create The Region’s First State Park Escape Room In Carbon County
-- Erie Times-News Guest Essay: PA Company Hopes To Restore Presque Isle Beach Concessions - By John Loyer
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Landslides And Dangerous Boulders On Great Allegheny Passage Trail In Pittsburgh Area Add Challenges And Costs
-- WNEP: Train Rides Canceled After Part Of Road Falls Onto Tracks Near Jim Thorpe
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Seeking Public’s Opinions On How To Improve Parks
-- Susquehanna Greenway: Use The Online Interactive Map To Explore Trails, Boat Launches And River Towns To Plan Your Next Susquehanna Greenway Adventure
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Keeping The Delaware River Wild - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalists Begin Accepting Applications For Spring Training Courses Nov. 2 [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News Highlights Teaching Treats And Tricks For Fall, Bat Week, Take A Hike! [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Nature Book Fair Set For Dec. 12 At Montour Preserve Features Local Bookstores, Holiday Sweater Competition In Montour County
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: New Educational Card Games Ideal For Classes Or Students Help Illustrate How Aquatic Ecosystems Work And Issues Hellbenders Face
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Nearly 600 Fish, 22 Species Captured As Part Of Fish Rescue And Data College Project Hear Susquehanna River Dam Near Sunbury
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Local Data From National Study Shows Impacts Of Heat Waves On Various Common Bird Species And Highlights Benefits Of Project
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History - Pat McShea: [Freshwater] Mussel Memory In The Union City Aquatic Conservation Center Museum Collection
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Participants Learn About Freshwater Mussels, Impacts Of Excess Salt On Our Waters During Floating Classroom Session
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy To Hold Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Dec. 12, 17
-- TribLive: Perryopolis-Area Archaeological Dig That Uncovered Prehistoric Human Use Called ‘Significant Find’ In Fayette County
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