Thank you for your leadership!
-- The Citizens’ Voice: WeConservePA Recognizes Ellen Ferretti, North Branch Land Trust, Former DCNR Secretary, With Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Northwest Area H.S. Students In Luzerne County Win Statewide Green Energy Competition, Move On To National Competition
-- TribLive: Solar Energy Project At Carlynton High School Will Power Most Of Building, Reducing Costs In Allegheny County
-- Saint Vincent College Student Maura Jodkin Presented Research Poster On Abandoned Mine Drainage At Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment
-- Technical.ly: PA Turnpike Built Its Own Data Center Powered By A Solar Microgrid With Energy To Spare
-- TribLive: Richland Twp., Allegheny County Named PA’s 100th Bird Town
-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh
-- PennLive: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Accident Changed The Country Nearly 50 Years Ago
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 4.1 Mile, 16-Inch EQT ARO LLC Aboveground Shale Gas Development Water Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 28 [PaEN]
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Why Controlling Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities In PA Matters To Energy Consumers - By John Walliser, PA Environmental Council
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Is The Climate Change Problem - By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne Law School
-- Pittsburgh Public Source: How Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Has Polluted More Than Permits Allow With No New Fines For 3 Years; Environmental Groups Filed Lawsuit
-- TribLive: Upper Burrell Residents Notified Of EQT Hermes Shale Gas Well Pad Lateral Natural Gas Drilling Surveying In Westmoreland
-- PUC Approves $325,000 Penalty Settlement With Peoples Natural Gas Over 2021 Explosion In Blair County That Killed One Person, Injured Others [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: West Reading Chocolate Factory Natural Gas Explosion: 3 Years Later ‘It Hurts’
-- PUC Approves $60,000 Penalty Against West Penn Power/FirstEnergy For Improper Winter Electric Terminations, Doubling Penalty
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas Requests 13% Hike In Monthly Payments, 11.25% Return On Equity, Adding To Rising Natural Gas Costs
-- Peoples Gas Proposes To Increase Residential Base Rate By 13.1% or Just Over $16 Per Month
-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Peoples Natural Gas Proposes Raising Average Monthly Bill $16 Or 13.1%
-- TribLive: Utilities, Health Care Costs Top Westmoreland County Residents’ Affordability Concerns, Survey Finds
-- March 29: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday-- 83 Cents/Gallon Higher To $3.94 Since Feb. 27
-- March 29: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.98 Ohio- $3.83 PA- $3.94
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Financial Times: Oil Hits $110 As President’s Deadline Extension Fails To Calm Markets
-- WNEP: Diesel Prices Spike To Nearly $6 In PA; Truckers Cut Loads, Businesses Struggle To Stay Profitable [As A Result Of President’s War On Iran]
-- TribLive: Impact Of Rising Diesel Prices Spreads Through Economy, Pitt Professor Says
-- Reuters: Spiking US Diesel Prices Keep Trucking Industry Stuck In Years-Long Slump
-- Williamsport Sun: Ongoing Conflict In Middle East Leads To Home Heating Oil Price Spike
-- TribLive: Some PA Lawmakers Call For Suspending State Taxes On Gasoline, Diesel To Reduce High Costs On Consumers Caused By President’s War On Iran [Cutting Millions In Funding For Roads, Bridges]
-- TribLive: High Oil, Natural Gas Prices Could Outlast President War On Iran
-- WPost: [War Profits:] US Natural Gas Exporters At Least One Winner From President’s War With Iran
-- Reuters: Big Oil [Natural Gas ]To Reap Billions From Iran War Windfall After A Month Of Soaring Energy Prices
-- PA House Passes Bill To Authorize Public Utility Commission To Regulate A.I. Data Centers To Make Them Pay Their Own Way [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: PA House Members Make Their First Move To Regulate A.I. Data Centers, As Industry Booms
-- City & State PA: PA House Lawmakers Approve A.I. Data Center Regulation Bill
-- Beaver Times: PA House Passes Bill To Shield PA Energy Users From A. I. Data Center Costs
-- The Center Square: House Moving Bill To Require A.I. Data Centers To Warn State Regulators About Water Needs
-- House Energy Committee Hears How Geothermal Energy Could Meet 100% Of PA’s Electricity, Heating Needs Offering True Energy Independence And Freedom From Foreign Energy Markets Costing Pennsylvanians Billions [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Request For Information On Proposed Electric Generation Or Storage Projects Eligible For State Sponsorship Under PJM Expedited Interconnection Track [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Green Group Calls For Halt To A.I. Data Centers In PA Until New Laws Are Passed
-- TribLive: Digital Gold Rush: With The A.I. Data Center Boom Heading To Western PA, Virginia Offers A Roadmap And Warnings
-- WVIA: Residents, Elected Officials Want Gov. Shapiro’s PA Permit Fast Track Program To Slow Down When It Comes To A.I. Data Centers
-- Pottstown Mercury: Model Data Center Zoning Ordinances Coming To The Fore [PDF of Article]
-- PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers April 18 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 21 Webinar: Agriculture Meets Hyperscale A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mystery Site For 4.3 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Site In SW PA Has Officials Wondering; Transmission Line Project May Hint At Site
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: 5-Year Waits And Rising Costs For Natural Gas Generation Turbines Redefining The Energy Market - By Electric Power Research Institute [Utility Industry Group]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County To Get PA Taxpayer Funds For Emergency Planning Related To Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Feed Microsoft A.I. Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: PPL To Hold March 31 Open House On A.I. Data Center Transmission Line, Infrastructure Projects In Archbald, Luzerne County Paid For By Ratepayers [To Take 3 Years To Build] [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: PPL Unveils Mammoth ‘Massively Lucrative’ Infrastructure Project To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- The Center Square: PUC Receives $2 Million Federal Grant For Electric Grid Upgrade Study
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - March 30 [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold 21 Climate Conversation Workshops Across The State From April 6 Through June 11 To Hear Community Concerns, Ideas About Climate Change [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bill To Expand Solar Energy Electric Generation To Warehouses, Distribution Centers [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center, Solar United Neighbors Are Putting Out The Call For Volunteers To Spread The Word For True Energy Independence For Pennsylvania! [PaEN]
-- DEP Invests $1.47 Million+ To Support 12 Local Projects In Five Counties To Buy Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Build Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Next Rounds Of Applications Due April 1, Oct. 7 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star/The Conversation: Pittsburgh’s Air Pollution May Claim 3,000+ Lives Per Year And EPA Rollbacks Aren’t Helping
-- Post-Gazette: PA House Committee Advances Bill To Require Radon Testing, Mitigation In Schools
-- Inquirer: What An Oncologist Wants You To Know About Environmental Cancer Risks: Radon, Asbestos, Air Pollution, PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- PA House Passes Bill To Improve Rail Safety In Bipartisan Vote, 3 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Railroad Safety Bill Clears PA House 3 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [House Bill 1191]
-- Attorney General Sunday Charges 2 Western PA Companies With Illegally Storing, Disposing Of Hazardous Waste In Beaver County That Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million To Clean Up [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Attorney General Sundy Files Criminal Charges In Pool Doctor Chemical Case
-- TribLive: Attorney General Files Charges Against 2 Companies For Allegedly Unlawfully Storing, Disposing Of Hazardous Waste
-- York Daily Record: DEP Goes To Court Accusing J&K Junkyard Of Violating Its Order Closing The Scrapyard In York County
-- PennLive - John Beauge: Battle Continues To Get Texas Developer Of A Failed Plan To Chemically Recycle Plastics In Northumberland County To Pay Its Bills
-- DEP To Host April 8 Meeting On North East Waste Systems Municipal Waste Transfer Station permit In Hazleton, Luzerne County
-- DEP: If Requested, A Hearing Will Be Held May 14 On J.C. Cleaners Hazardous Waste Site In Gettysburg, Adams County And The Failed Attempt To Contain Groundwater Contamination [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Investigate Oily Sheen That Appeared To Come From A Storm Drain Into The West Branch Susquehanna River In Clearfield
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds March 19 Tabletop Spill Preparedness Exercise
-- DCED Awards $200,000 Industrial Sites Reuse Program Grant For Environmental Assessment Leading To Site Redevelopment
-- Waste Today: EPA Highlights Successful Brownfield Projects At PA Brownfields Conference
-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: April 11 Illegal Dumping Forum - Let's Talk Trash And Tires Luzerne County Community College [PaEN]
-- 6 Organizations, 169 Volunteers Join To Clean Up Pennypack Watershed In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: A Year After 4,000 Tires Were Dumped In Tacony Park The Tires Are Gone, New 50-Acre Nature Preserve Set To Open In April
-- Lewistown Sentinel: ClearWater Conservancy Seeks Volunteers For April 18 Watershed Cleanup In Centre County
-- Republican Herald: State Police Investigate Illegal Dumping Incidents In Schuylkill County
-- PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee, Other Members Form Environmental Justice Caucus
-- Post-Gazette: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Renews Push For Environmental Justice As Federal Policies Are Rolled Back
-- PA Emergency Management Agency Announces Over $38.4 Million In Federal Aid Was Delivered To Help Recovery From 2024 Hurricane Debby In 13 Counties
-- WHYY: US Army Corps Scales Down Eastwick Levee Proposal In Flood-Prone Philadelphia Neighborhood In Favor Of Buyouts, Other Measures
-- Observer-Reporter: Locust Ave. In South Strabane Twp. Closed Due To Landslide In Washington County
-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill To Pay Throop Boro $200,000 Annually To Pipe Treated Leachate To Wastewater Plant
-- Reading Eagle: Proposed Upper Bern Twp. Proposed Federal ICE Warehouse Detention Center Sparks Water, Traffic And Tax Concerns In Berks County
-- Pennsylvania Invests $5.5 Million In Projects To Improve Regional Waterways, Help Farmers Increase Environmental Health On Farms Throughout The Chesapeake Bay Watershed In PA [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: EPA Regional Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey Draws On Farm Experience
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Proposes ‘Significant’ Funding Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Advisors [Warning]
-- Western PA Conservancy Accepting Applications Year-Round For Free Riparian Tree Planting Initiative [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Planting Trees On East Donegal Cattle Pasture Part Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort
-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Meets March 31 On Linn Run Restoration Project In Westmoreland County
-- Penn State Extension Hosts May 5 Frontiers In Forest Health Webinar On Hemlock Conservation [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts April 23 Building Backyard Biodiversity Workshop With Elyse Jurgen, Waxwing EcoWorks In Hershey
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College [PaEN]
-- Apply Now For PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals College Environmental Science Scholarships Named For Gifford Pinchot, Maurice Goddard & Zulene Mayfield [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News: Complete PA EE Survey; Spring Into Spring Teaching Ideas; In-Person, Virtual Educator Training [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants News: ATV/Snowmobile Grants Close Soon; Juneteenth Events; PRPS Conference; Grant Tips
-- DCNR Notice Of Changes To Schedule Of Prices For State Forest Land
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Needs Sand, A Petition Might Help Restore Federal Funding For It
-- Pittsburgh-Based RiverLife Investments Along 3 Rivers Catalyze 20 to 1 Returns, New Study Finds
-- TribLive: Ligonier Township Want Ad: Volunteers Needed For Ligonier Beach Cleanup, $15 Million To Make Into Park
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Prepares For Mosquito Season After Record West Nile Virus Cases In 2025
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Sneezing, Running Nose, Itchy Eyes: Allergy Symptoms Start Earlier With Climate Change
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Enhanced Wildlife Corridors Will Make PA Better For Animals And Humans
-- BCTV: Pennsylvania Removes 15 Dams In 2025 To Boost Public Safety, River Health
-- LancasterOnline: Numbers Of Migrating Snow Geese Declining At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
-- TribLive: Game Commission Bear Study Aims To Collar 160 Animals Per Year
-- LancasterOnline: Did Mother Bald Eagle Eat Unhatched Egg At Livestreamed Lancaster County Nest?
-- Erie Times: Lake Erie Station Joins Fish Waste Initiative Aiming For 100% Recycling
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