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-- Westmoreland Conservation District Honors Bill & Chelsey Smail As Farmers Of The Year, Turtle Creek Watershed Association As J. Roy Houston Conservation Partnership Award Winner [PaEN]
-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Celebrates 20 Years Of Inspiring The Next Generation Of Conservation Leaders Nov. 1 At The Rowland Theater In Philipsburg [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Westmoreland County Farmer Daryln Brewer Hoffstot’s New Book Is A Love Letter To Her Western PA Farm And The Nature Around Us
-- TribLive: Fracking For Shale Gas Flourishes Amid Data Center Surge In Western PA; Citizens Continue To Raise Environmental, Health Concerns [Warning]
-- River Reporter Guest Essay: Defending The Delaware River Watershed From Shale Gas Fracking - By Delaware River Frack Ban Climate Action Coalition [Warning]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - September 12 to 18 [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 29: Cleanup Of 336,000 Gallon Spill Of Fracking Flowback Fluid From An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Continues At INR OPR LLC Pad In Young Twp., Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Routine Inspection Finds Contaminated Water From GASP Investment Conventional Oil & Gas Well Leaking From Tank In Bell Twp., Jefferson County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Wind Tipped Over Conventional Crude Oil Tank, Spill Travels Nearly 1,000 Feet Down Access Road, Seeps Into A Stream On State Game Lands In Knox Twp., Jefferson County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Contaminated Water, Cement Spill, No Secondary Containment Or Sedimentation Controls At Conventional Well Plugging Site In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Confirms Gas Leak In Gathering Pipeline From Conventional Well Owned By Mid East Oil Co. In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP: CNX Gas Co., LLC Fails To Restore Drakulic Shale Gas Well Site To Meet Standards Before Permit Expires In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 5,284: Pressure Testing Confirms Shale Gas Well Casing/Cementing Failure Continues At EXCO Resources PA Well Pad In Sullivan County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 1,391: Complaint Inspection Finds BKV OPR LLC Shale Gas Well With Known Casing/Cement Failure Venting Gas In Wyoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 14: No Action Taken At K Petroleum Inc. Shale Gas Well Site Where Contaminated Water Found Flowing Down Side Of Storage Tank In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News Podcast: Jet Fuel In The Water - Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Release In Bucks County
-- The Allegheny Front: Inadequate Safety And Training Led To 2025 Explosion At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County, Federal Safety Board Finds
-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County [PaEN - 6.5.25]
-- The Allegheny Front: Sept. 24 & 25 Pittsburgh Film Fest Puts Spotlight On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Fight Against Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
-- New York Times: Toxic Fracking Waste Bubbling Up In Ohio From Injection Wells Is Becoming A Political Issue
-- ProPublica: EPA To Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [Warning]
-- PUC Study Warns Rapid Data Center Growth Will Cause PJM Electric Grid To Fail Reliability Standard In 2027, If No Further Actions Taken [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PA PUC Report: PJM Faces 2030 Reliability Crisis If Data Center Load Growth Continues; PJM Agrees Demand Growing Faster Than The Ability To Build New Power Sources
-- PA Capital-Star: PUC Study Warns Of Electricity Shortages Unless Supply Keeps Pace With A.I. Data Center Growth
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PUC Report Warns Of More Power Outages As A.I. Data Centers Surge In Pennsylvania
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: A.I. Data Center Growth Could Mean Blackouts In Coming Year, PA PUC Report Says
-- The Center Square: PUC Warns A.I. Data Center Demand Threatens Electricity Grid Reliability
-- PPL Electric Files Proposal With PUC To Make Electric Transmission Costs More Transparent, Establishes New Way To Assign Costs Incurred For Data Centers To Those Customers [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation, Load Management Alerts For Sept. 17 For Entire Service Area Due To Hot Weather, 35,000 MW Of Maintenance Outages; Requested DOE Emergency Order [PaEN] [Warning]
-- PJM Interconnection Maximum Generation Alert Remains In Effect For Sept. 18; Emergency Demand Response Customers Activated On Sept. 17 To Increase Reserve Generation Because More Generation Went Offline [PaEN] [Warning]
-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: PJM Interconnection Sets A.I. Data Center Rules, Now States Must Protect Ratepayers
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: 10 New Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants Projects Are Proposed In Southwest PA That Could Double PA’s Power Capacity, Will They Happen?
-- Scranton Times: 22 Regional A.I. Data Center Projects And Where They Stand In NE PA
-- TribLive/AP: EPA Eliminates Rule That Limits Planet-Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
-- EPA Finalizes Repeal Of 2024 Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Standards
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Pennsylvania’s Amazon Data Center Boom Fueled By A Lucrative Tax Break [Will Cost PA Taxpayers $2 Billion In Revenue By 2031]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh Region Should Look Beyond Industrial Megaprojects For Economic Growth, Report Says
-- Salena Zito’s Middle Of Somewhere Dispatches: Shippingport’s Aligned Data Center/Natural Gas Power Plant Complex Rises In The Age Of A.I. Anxiety
-- DEP Issues Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Restart Of Constellation Energy Three Mile Island Data Center Nuclear Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Commissioners OK Contract For A.I. Data Center Health Impact Study: ‘Facts, Science, Evidence’
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 21
-- PA GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Host 2026 Sustainability Week Oct. 5-9 With Timely Webinars Exploring The Future Of Pennsylvania's Energy [PaEN]
-- Solar Energy Canopy Installation Nearly Complete At PA Turnpike’s Headquarters Building In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: South Hills Interfaith Movement’s Bethel Park Location Looks To Cut $4,000 A Year From Energy Bills Using Solar Energy In Allegheny County
-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Awards $301,473 Solar For Schools Grant To Allegheny Valley School District In Allegheny County For Installation Of Solar Energy Facility
-- Allegheny County, City Of Pittsburgh, Solar United Neighbors Launch Switch Together To Help Local Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs By Going Solar [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 22 Webinar On How Large-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Are Regulated By Local Governments [PaEN]
-- DEP, PHFA Host Sept. 24 Webinar On New Homeowner Energy Efficiency Loan Program To Reduce Your Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Forest Hills Borough, Allegheny County: Net Zero Energy Planning And Execution For Climate Resilience [Video]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Modern Hydropower, PA’s Conservation Opportunity - By Shannon Ames, Low Impact Hydropower Institute
-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Electric Vehicle Drivers Will Soon Have More Charging Locations Under State Program
-- PennDOT Opens 50th Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Lehigh Valley
-- Report: Winter Heating Oil Costs Expected To Increase Over 31%, Electric By 9%, Natural Gas By 5.8% [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Oil Prices Surge, Pushing Winter Heating Costs Higher For Pennsylvania - Heating Oil, Electricity, Propane, Natural Gas
-- PennLive: Home Heating Bills Will Cost Up To 31% More This Winter, Report Says
-- PA Capital-Star: Record Diesel Prices Hit Farmers In Pennsylvania, North Dakota And Across The Country At The Wrong Time
-- PennLive: Local Businesses Warn Of Steeper Food Prices Due To Record Diesel Prices
-- PennLive: Think Gasoline/Diesel Prices Are Bad? ‘Buckle Up,’ GasBuddy Analyst Says, It’s Going To Get Worse
-- AP: Rising Gasoline/Diesel Prices Frustrate Voters; President Says It’s An ‘Inexpensive Price To Pay’ For His War On Iran
-- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Issues National Hours Of Service Waiver For Transporting Gasoline, Diesel Fuel In Response To Global Fuel Supply Chain Disruptions [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Consol Coal Didn’t Just Fail 2 Coal Miners Who Died In Its Mine, It Failed All Of Us - By Christina Blasinsky, Center for Coalfield Justice
-- WVIA: Luzerne County Coal Mines Polluting Streams, Restoration Will Clean Water, Take Black Wasteland And Create Great Wildlife Habitat
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Plymouth Historical Society Unveils Mural To Commemorate Avondale Mine Disaster Where 110 People Died
-- White House: President Signs New Order Rescinding 2009 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Executive Order In Part It Said Because It Was Related To Adoption Of Local Stormwater Management Fees “Though Nothing In That Order Required Or Explicitly Justified Such Measures” [PaEN] [Warning]
-- WNEP: Gov. Shapiro On President’s New Chesapeake Bay Order: He Can Do Whatever Photo-Ops He Wants In The Oval Office, These Decisions Will Be Made In Local Communities
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Wyoming Valley Authority: President’s Order Does Not Eliminate Stormwater Fees Or The Requirements For Municipalities To Reduce Stormwater Pollution
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: The ‘Rain Tax’ Debate Misses The Point On The Need To Cleanup Stormwater Runoff
-- PA Capital-Star: Maryland Officials Grapple With ‘Bizarre’ Presidential Order On Chesapeake Bay Revoking Federal Resources To Support State-Led Efforts To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting Applications For Stream & Watershed Enhancement Mini-Grants [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee Exceeds Requirement For Sediment Reduction In Blair County
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Watershed Restoration Workshops Oct. 20 & 22 On Riparian Forest Buffers [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Sept. 22 In-Person Pasture Walk With Extension - Pasture Fertility And Livestock, State College, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Oct. 5 In-Person Municipal Stormwater Forum, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 10 Waterways On Wheels - Swatara Rail Trail, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Republican Herald: Lake Wynonah Resident Demands Day In Court As Dam Safety Dispute Escalates In Schuylkill County [Dam Safety]
-- Call For Presentations: Bucknell University River Symposium Nov. 6-7 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Authority Seeks To Expand Program To Remove Lead Service Pipes
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh Water Authority Begins New Debt Forgiveness Program
-- EPA SepticSmart Week: Practical And Proactive Septic System Maintenance Protects Public Health & Reduces Costs
-- PEMA: Update To Guidelines For State Disaster Recovery Assistance Program - Public Infrastructure
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: PEMA Holds First Meeting Of Emergency Readiness Advisory Group
-- PEMA To Open Resource Center In Erie Sept. 17-19 To Assist Families Impacted By Severe Storms On Sept. 2-3
-- Erie Times: Erie City Council Approves $4 Million For Massive Storm Cleanup
-- TribLive: Crews Rescue Motorist Stranded On Car Roof As Flash Floods Swamp Elizabeth Twp. In Allegheny County
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Asks Property Owners To Report Flood Damage
-- Post-Gazette: Repeated Heavy Downpours Are Flooding Western PA, Giving Residents Little Time To Recover
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Approves Upgrade To Flood Warning Stream Gauges
-- DEP Sets Nov. 5 Hearing On Natural Soil Products Composting Permit Renewal, Modification For The Facility In Frailey Twp., Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Trucking Leachate From BRADS Landfill Too Much To Bear, St. Clair Resident Tells DEP At Hearing In Schuylkill County
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philly City Councilmember Proposes ‘Zero-Waste’ Bill To Divert 60% Of City Trash From Landfills, Incinerators
-- Meadville Tribune: Volunteers Haul Out Nearly 26,000 Pounds Of Trash From French Creek Watershed
-- The Conversation: At An Old Steel Site In Pittsburgh, Bacteria Evolved To Survive And Eat Industrial Pollution - By Catherine Armbruster, Carnegie Mellon University
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Experts Explain How Weather Will Impact Fall Foliage Season In PA
-- WNEP: Fall Foliage Approaching: Pocono Mountains Forecast Predicts Vibrant October Sights
-- Tribune-Democrat: Fall Foliage Ride To Be Held On Ghost Town Trail Oct. 4 In Cambria County
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: Don’t Lose Sight Of The Value Of A City Tree
-- WHYY: Some People Rely On Air Quality Forecasts For Their Health, But It’s Hard To Measure [Wildfire Impacts]
-- DEP Will Start Accepting Applications For 2027 Environmental Education Grants Oct. 5 [PaEN]
-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Landowners Bernie & Kathleen McElroy To Preserve 13 Acres In Chester County [PaEN]
-- Swarthmore College Hosts The Swarthmore Fungi Fest Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Economy Grows 21% To $20.4 Billion Under Shapiro Administration [Video + Photos from event]
-- DCNR Awards $2.2 Million To Support 7 Local Projects To Expand, Improve ATV, Snowmobile Trails; Next Grant Round Closes Sept. 30
-- DCNR Invests $300,000 In Old Trolley Line Park In Lancaster County To Expand Recreation Opportunities
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Luzerne County Recommends $230,030 For Recreation, Conservation Projects From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Funds
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader - Liz Baumeister Field Notes: Susquehanna Riverlands Adventure II
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Rebuilding A Lock On Lehigh Canal A Missing Piece To Bethlehem’s Tourism Efforts - By Bruce Wilson, Green Project Builder
-- Western PA Conservancy, Partners To Improve Fish Habitat On South Branch French Creek In Erie County [PaEN]
-- AP: Pennsylvania Dam Removal, New York Dam Failure Highlight Movement To Let US Rivers Run Free [Video]
-- New Freshwater Mussel Conservation Plan To Help Guide Conservation Efforts In Pennsylvania; Nov. 16 Webinar On Mussel Plan [PaEN]
-- WITF: Keystone Paddlefish Campaign Wants To Bring PA’s Prehistoric Fish Into Clearer Waters
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Will Pennsylvania’s Bog Turtles Survive The President’s Administration? - By Ted Williams, Outdoor Writers Association Of America [Warning]
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