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-- Westmoreland County Couple Jim & Teddy Emberg Work Together To Improve The Environment As Master Watershed Stewards [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Council On Greenways & Trails In Venango, Clarion, Crawford Counties Recognize Outdoor Recreation Advocates At Awards Ceremony
-- WITF - Susquehanna Stories: Meet Aaron Henning, Eel Whisperer And Aquatic Biologist With Susquehanna River Basin Commission
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Remembering Former PA Gov. Tom Ridge’s Quiet Heroism, 25 Years After 9/11 - By John E. Jones III, President Of Dickinson College
-- Erie Times/USAToday: Former PA Gov. Mark Schweiker Reflects On Flight 93 And Pennsylvania’s Grief
-- Governor's Budget Office Takes $138.5 Million From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee, Marcellus Legacy Fund, Farmland Preservation Fund, Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund To Balance State Budget [PaEN] [Warning]
-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 16 To Hear Updates On New Methane Control Regulations; Federal Well Plugging Program; Other Issues [PaEN] [Heads Up]
-- DEP: Tank Valve Failure Leads To 4,610 Gallon Spill Of Contaminated Water At XTO Energy Inc. Shale Gas Well Pad In Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Contaminated Water Misting Out Of Storage Tank, Fluid Spill At Expand Operating, LLC Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Thick Orange Fluid Leaking From Storage Tank At Conventional Gas & Gas Well Site In Monroeville, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Violations To 7 More Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners For Abandoning, Not Plugging Wells In 7 Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP: Drill Cuttings From Conventional Oil & Gas Well Improperly Spread Over Drill Site For Disposal In McKean County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 106: Ows Energy Inc. Failed To Cleanup Soil Contaminated By Water From Conventional Gas Well In Crawford County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Complaint Investigation Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas In A Manner Posing A Safety Risk To Nearby Residence In Mercer County [PaEN]
-- DEP Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas During Investigation Of Leaking Conventional Gas Gathering Line In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Pressure Testing Confirms Casing/Cementing Failures In 3 Expand Operating LLC Shale Gas Wells In Bradford County, Including One New Violation [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued 2nd Round Of Major Erosion & Sedimentation Violations At Equitrans Water SVC (PA) [EQT] Jaybird Shale Gas Water Impoundment Restoration Site In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Site Preparations For Plugging Diversified Production LLC Conventional Gas Well Results In Multiple Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Fayette County [PaEN]
-- PUC Issues $875,000 Penalty In Settlement With Columbia Gas For 2019/2020 Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC 4.98 Mile, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For Texas Eastern Transmission Project To Daylight 4.4 Miles Of 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Protect Them From Coal Mining Damage In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC Double, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipelines In Sullivan County [PaEN]
-- Reuters: Federal Court Vacates New Jersey Permit For Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline
-- TribLive: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $15 Million Settlement For Air Pollution Violations
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Shell Energy North America Buys 169 MW Hunlock Creek Natural Gas Power Plant In Hunlock Twp., Luzerne County [Power Plant Expressed Interest In Data Center Development In April]
-- PUC Moves To Address A.I. Data Center Impacts On Emergency Load Control Procedures, Allocation Of Costs Associated With Large Loads; Technical Conference On Cost Responsibility To Be Held [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Proposes Changes To Reliability Standards To Address Situations Where A.I. Data Centers Disconnect From The Grid Without Warning And Threaten Grid Stability [PaEN]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 14 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Wants All Elected Archbald Boro Council Members Removed From Data Center Decision-Making Process, Which Leads To Automatic Approval Of The Proposal; 9th Hearing Set For Today [Sept. 9] [PDF of Article] [Warning]
-- WVIA: Archbald Boro Council Members Decide Against Recusal, Listen To Final Testimony On Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Proposal
-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Ratemaking, Working Group To Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA Public Utility Commission To Review How Utility Profits, Data Centers Affect Affordability Issues
-- Bloomberg: PA A.I. Data Center Limits Are Threat To Natural Gas Firms, PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Says [PDF of Article] [Not]
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Gov. Shapiro’s Executive Order On Data Centers Hasn’t Slowed Momentum Of Developers Looking To Build Big In PA Communities
-- Williamsport Sun - Salena Zito: President’s Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant Coming To Fayette County [PDF of Article]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Energy Bills Driven By A.I. Data Centers Threaten PA Small Businesses, Report Says
-- PennLive: PUC: A.I. Data Center Demand Will Increase Industrial Power Use 18.56%; 10% Jump In Residential Electricity Costs Driven By Natural Gas Cost Increases
-- DEP To Hold Oct. 14 Meeting/Hearing On Major Amendment To Water Quality Permit For Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County; Stormwater Permit Issued [PaEN]
-- Indiana Gazette: Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex Again Center Of Discussion; Amazon Presents 300-Page Plan For 39 Data Centers At Meeting [PDF of Article]
-- WTAE: Homer City Data Center Power Plant Worker Says He Was Fired After 100-Worker Walkout Over Contract Dispute In Indiana County
-- ABC27: PA Building Trades Union Leader Supports Construction Of A.I. Data Centers, But Wants Them Built ‘Responsibility’
-- TribLive: Local Businesses Brace For Loss Of Business From Moving Gigantic Cargo To Homer City Data Center/ Power Plant Complex In Indiana County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Public A.I. Data Center Support Has Collapsed; Here’s What Happens Next
-- PennTAP Starts Accepting Small-Scale RISE PA Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency Grant Applications Sept. 15 [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: West Virginia Sues PA Over Limiting Sale Of AEPS Alternative Energy Credits To PA Power [Warning]
-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: Pennsylvania Is Building More Electric Vehicle Chargers, Will Drivers Come
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Is Slow To Embrace Electric Vehicles, But Demand Is Growing Elsewhere
-- NextPittsburgh: Extreme Weather Preparedness Is Becoming Increasingly Necessary In Pittsburgh
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Sees One Of Its Warmest Summers On Record
-- WHYY: SPS Technologies Agrees To Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Massive 2025 Factory Fire In Montgomery County; Creates $5 Million Fund For Payouts To Property Owners, Employees, Businesses
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Issues Far From Resolved
-- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Awards 8 Projects Nearly $655,000 For Watershed Projects [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Oct. 3 In-Person Workshop On Field Survey Tools For Farm Conservation Practices, State College, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Sept. 22 Webinar - Introduction To Biochar, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Insurance Dept., PEMA Highlight Progress On Helping Pennsylvanians Better Prepare For Flooding, Evaluate Your Flood Insurance Options Now [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Clarion Boro Finds Stormwater Fee Effective Despite Criticism
-- PA Municipal Authorities Association 84th Annual Conference & Trade Show Set For Sept. 13-16 In Erie [PaEN]
-- WNEP: PA American Water To Move Up Replacing Aging Water Pipelines In Scranton In Wake Of Major Breaks
-- Centre Daily Times/Spotlight PA: PA American Water Needs More Time To Negotiate Deal With Troubled Rock Spring Water Company In Centre County
-- Penn State Extension Resources Available For Owners Of Private Water Supplies [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Flight 93 Crashed On A Coal Mine Site, Treating Mine Discharge Water There Was No Ordinary Project [2021 Story]
-- Scranton Times: Civic Group, Residents Voice Concerns About Old Forge Mine Discharge 200MW Hydroelectric Plant To Provide Energy To Data Center Project In Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Sunday Meeting On Old Forge Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Proves Information Is The Best Weapon
-- PennLive: Lawsuit Settlement Restores AmeriCorps Job Experience Program Eliminated By President’s Administration, Shapiro Says
-- City Of Reading To Host Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 2026 Annual Conference Oct. 14-15 [PaEN]
-- Juniata River Clean Up In Huntingdon County Attracts Over 50 Volunteers, Picks Up 1.1 Tons Of Litter, 65 Tires [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Volunteers Needed For Sept. 12 Conewango Creek River Cleanup
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Agricultural Plastics Recycling And Research Into Alternatives To Plastics Grants [PaEN]
-- PA Recycling Markets Center: Sept. 29 Webinar - A.I. Literacy For Recycling Professionals [PaEN]
-- Reminder: DEP To Host Sept. 15 Hearing On Blythe Recycling & Demolition Site (BRADS) Landfill Waste Permit In Schuylkill County
-- Three Rivers Agricultural Land Initiative: Pittsburgh’s Garden Dreams Urban Farm Secures Permanent Protection, Ensuring Decades Of Community Growth [PaEN]
--Warren Times: Applications Being Accepted For Upcoming Penn State Extension Master Gardener Classes
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Parks & Rec Head Says She Authorized Phillies’ Unpermitted Turf Field At FDR Park For 250th Celebrations
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Hear Update From Wildlife Connectivity Workgroup Sept. 23; E-Bike Policy Webinar Oct. 1 [PaEN] [Heads Up]
-- DCNR Resource: Skywalk Opens For Fall Foliage; Closing Trail Gaps; Honoring Lifesavers; New Marsh Creek Visitor Center; Dam Work; Trail Help Needed [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage Season Is Looking Special, September Weather Permitting
-- DCNR Grants News: Hoodlebug Trail Bridge Project; Knox & Kane Rail Trail Completes Another Phase; Grantee Communications Kit Available; Upcoming Events
-- DCNR Begins Lake Drawdown At Colonel Denning State Park Sept. 15 For Rehabilitation Work
-- WHYY: Philly’s Best Parks Are A SEPTA Ride Away; ‘Getting To Green: Routes To Roots’ Has The Map For It
-- Observer-Reporter: Montour Trail To Host National Rail-Trail Ride Sept. 23-24
-- Observer-Reporter: Montour Trail Making Progress With National Tunnel Fundraising Efforts
-- WVIA: Controlled Burns Continue To Protect Health Of Moosic Mountain Ecosystem
-- WHYY: Want To Understand Lyme Disease Risk? Look To Mice And Acorns, Not Deer
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Spraying Sept. 14 In Columbia County
-- PA Association Of Environmental Educators Highlights Upcoming Professional Development Courses
-- TribLive: Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright Home’s Digital Twin Has Roots With Carnegie Firm
-- Game Commission To Host 8 Driving Tours On State Game Lands Across The State Starting Sept. 20
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: PA Wild Trout Advocates Target Hatchery And Stocking Reform
-- Times Argus: Thomas Keiser Champions Preservation Of Western Pennsylvania’s Natural Heritage
-- Inquirer: The Academy Of Natural Sciences Museum Is Closing, But All Eyes Are On Its Specimens - All 19 Million Of Them, Including From The Lewis & Clark Expedition
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