Sunday, April 5, 2026

Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 4.5.26

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


Wishing you a season of hope, health and helping others!


House Voting Schedule

April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

April 20, 21, 22

May 4, 5, 6

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


April 6-- Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Secretary Dunn To Open Laurel Caverns State Park In Fayette County. 11:30.


April 7-- DEP Public Hearing On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Quality Plan Approval Application. Penn State Beaver Auditorium, 100 University Drive in Monaca, Beaver County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Read more here.


April 7-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Data Centers - State And Local Regulation (Part 2). 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.


April 13-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Geothermal Energy Opportunities.  Noon to 1:00 p.m. 


April 14-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.


April 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.  Read more here on agenda.


April 16-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting.  Penn State, State College.  10:00.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov


April 30-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov(formal notice)



-- 157 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]


-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - April 6 


-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN] 


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 6  [PaEN] 


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 14 to April 3 -- 45 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Contempt Of Court Action; Pipeline Drilling Spills; Multiple Slope Failures; Illegal Water Withdrawals; New Casing/Cementing Failures  [PaEN]


-- WTAE: Pittsburgh Firefighters Respond To Parking Garage At Giant Eagle After Tesla EV Battery Ignites


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Bald Eagle Bonanza In Pittsburgh With 5 Chicks At 2 Nests


A.I. /Data Centers


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: It’s Time To Halt The A.I. Data Center Attack - By Mitch Jones, InsideSources.com


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: A.I. Data Center Moratorium Would Be A Gift To China - By Donald Kimball, InsideSources.com



International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- April 5: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Continues To Climb - Up 1 More Cent From Yesterday To $1.03/Gallon Higher To $4.14 Since Feb. 27  [14 Counties At $4.17 or More] 

-- April 5: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.11 Ohio- $3.75  PA- $4.14

-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98  Ohio- $2.79  PA- $3.11


-- Inquirer: Bucks County Drivers Are Worried About Gas Prices, President, Iran: ‘The Average American Won’t Survive This’


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: This Isn’t The First Oil Price Shock, And For Some, It Can Launch A Whole New Lifestyle  


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Space Provides A Source Of Light - ‘In Stark Contrast To The Capricious And Vicious State Of American Politics, And The [President’s] Administration’s  Actions In This Country And Around The World’ 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Space Provides A Source Of Light - ‘In Stark Contrast To The Capricious And Vicious State Of American Politics, And The [President’s] Administration’s  Actions In This Country And Around The World’

-- TribLive: Federal ICE Says 13 Arrested At PennDOT Driver’s License Center In Armstrong County; County Sheriff Supports ICE, But ‘Their Tactics Are What I Question’

-- Wall Street Journal: The Battle Inside A Midwestern Media Dynasty, Heirs To Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Toledo Blade Are Estranged

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-- Republican Herald: PA Recreation & Park Society Recognizes Schuylkill Haven Recreation Department For Revitalizing Trout Population To Boost Outdoor Recreation

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-- PA Environmental Council Hosts Western PA Environmental Awards May 6 In Pittsburgh, Meet The Honorees  [PaEN]  

-- Centre Daily Times: Black Moshannon Named State Park Of The Year By PA Parks & Forests Foundation At Event Unveiling New Volunteer System 

-- DCNR Launches New Statewide Volunteer System To Expand Access To Outdoor Service Opportunities [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Recognize 2026 Award Winners May 12 At Little Buffalo State Park  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: PA Recreation & Park Society Recognizes Schuylkill Haven Recreation Department For Revitalizing Trout Population To Boost Outdoor Recreation


-- DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Honor 2026 Litter Hawk Youth Award Winners  [PaEN] 

-- Altoona Mirror: Tyrone H.S. Students Turn Out To Help Clean Up Their Community

-- Warren Times: Warren County Receives Trail Town Recognition From International Mountain Bicycling Assn.

-- Wellsboro Gazette: Wellsboro Attains Gold Certification As Bird Town


-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ For Earth Day And Every Day! 

-- First Waves Beaver County - Earth Week Student Summit April 22-25 [PaEN] 

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Celebrates Earth Day With April 25 Naturepalooza! 

-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Celebrate Earth Day With Hike At Cove Mountain Preserve; Join Statewide Cleanup Events; Be Part Of City Nature Challenge


-- Erie Times/USA Today: Radioactive Radium On Rural Roads? PA House Bills Clash Over Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Public Roads [PDF of Article

-- DEP Files Contempt Of Court Action, Fines Eureka Resources $100,000 For Multiple Violations At Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Bradford, Lycoming Counties  [PaEN]  

-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Assesses $100,000 In Penalties For Violations At 2 Of 3 Eureka Resources Closed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Lycoming, Bradford Counties 

-- Williamsport Sun: Eureka Resources Fined $60,000 For Oil & Gas Wastewater Leak Into Susquehanna River

-- DEP Issues Repasky Enterprises Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 18 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 14 to April 3 -- 45 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Contempt Of Court Action; Pipeline Drilling Spills; Multiple Slope Failures; Illegal Water Withdrawals; New Casing/Cementing Failures  [PaEN]


-- DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For 3.6 Mile EQT ARO LLC 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Lycoming County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Erosion & Sedimentation Permit For Hyperion Midstream [EQT] Pipeline Between The Selene And Hephaestus Shale Gas Well Pads In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]  

-- DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For Installation Of A CNX Midstream Operating Water Withdrawal Intake In Beaver Run Reservoir To Support Shale Gas Development In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Watershed Low-Flow Conditions Trigger Stop To Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals At 11 Locations In Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN]

-- JDSupra.com: PA Commonwealth Court Address Legal Standing To Challenge Shale Gas Well Drilling Site

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: April 3 - Legally Protecting PA’s Environment - Climate Petition Before The EQB, 4:00 p.m.  


-- PennLive: Central Dauphin East H.S. Evacuated Tuesday Morning After Natural Gas Leak In Dauphin County 

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Making School District $5,000 Enrichment Grants Available In Operating Area 

-- Reuters: Oil/Natural Gas Companies To Reap Billions From President’s War On Iran After A Month Of Soaring Energy Prices 


-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 14 To Hear Presentations On GeoThermal Energy; Combined Sewer Overflows In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com: House Holds Hearing On Geothermal Energy Bill, Could Reshape PA Energy Future


-- Inquirer - Andrew Seidman: How LCT Energy’s Rustic Ridge Coal Mine In Westmoreland County Won Over Harrisburg, Shapiro Administration, Now In Fight With Local Environmental Group

-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Coal-Heavy Nippon Steel Could Undo US Steel’s Limited Environmental Progress, Green Group Warns 

-- The Allegheny Front: US Steel’s New Owner Gets Poor Marks In Climate Rating For Steel Industry 

-- PA Capital-Star: States Sue President’s EPA Over Rollback Of Mercury, Toxics Metals Emission Limits On Power Plants [Not PA]

-- Republican Herald: Anthracite Heritage Museum To Host April 11 Mine Rescue Day Events In Scranton


-- April 5: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Continues To Climb - Up 1 More Cent From Yesterday To $1.03/Gallon Higher To $4.14 Since Feb. 27  [14 Counties At $4.17 or More] 

-- April 5: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.11 Ohio- $3.75  PA- $4.14

-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98  Ohio- $2.79  PA- $3.11

-- Warren Times: Warren County PA Gasoline Prices Still Highest In The State [Center Of Conventional Oil Industry, With Its Own Refinery]

-- TribLive: Western PA Gasoline Prices Surge Above $4.20/Gallon As President’s War Against Iran Continues To Push Oil Costs 

-- Inquirer: Bucks County Drivers Are Worried About Gas Prices, President, Iran: ‘The Average American Won’t Survive This’

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: This Isn’t The First Oil Price Shock, And For Some, It Can Launch A Whole New Lifestyle  

-- Erie Times/USA Today: In 2022 When Gasoline Was Over $4, Gov. Shapiro Promised A $250 Rebate, What Ever Happened To That?  [Windfall Oil/Gas War Profits Tax?]

-- Inquirer: Return Of Gas Pump Stickers: How PA Democrats Are Using Affordability To Hammer President On His War On Iran

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Will Pennsylvania Punish Republicans Over President’s War With Iran? - By Hunter Derensis, Bring Our Troops Home veterans advocacy group


-- Reuters: EU Tells Members To Prepare For ‘Prolonged Disruption’ To Oil/Natural Gas Energy Markets  

-- BBC: US President Tells UK, Other Allies To ‘Go Get Your Own Oil’ From The Strait Of Hormuz As The President’s War Against Iran Continues 

-- TribLive/PA: President Says He Has ‘No Problem’ With Russia Breaking The Oil Embargo Of Cuba He Imposed


-- WNEP: President Proposes Ending Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, Cutting Aid For Energy Bills Saying Program Is ‘Unnecessary’  [Warning]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: What You Can Do About Your Rising Electric Bills In Pennsylvania; March 31 Means End To Winter Moratorium On Utility Shutoffs

-- TribLive Letter: PJM Is The Reason Electric Bills Are So High - By Danielle Jouenne, General Counsel, Energy Association Of PA [PA Electric, Natural Gas Utilities]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PECO Files For 11.4% Rate Increase For Natural Gas Customers, 12.5% Rate Increase For Electric Customers; Typical Customer Bill Increases $420 Annually  

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PECO Files For 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Rate Increases

-- PECO Files Request With PUC To Increase Electric, Natural Gas Rates

-- Scranton Times: UGI Electric Files For $17.3 Million Rate Increase, Residential Bills To Go Up 12.8% 

-- UGI Electric Files For $17.3 Million Rate Increase, Residential Customers To See 12.8% Increase


-- Lock Haven Express Guest Essay: In Response To Spiking Energy Prices Caused By Another War, Harrisburg Must Act To Break Our Addiction To Oil/Natural Gas By Doubling Down On Clean, Renewable Energy - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of Pennsylvania  

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Step Up Harrisburg! Break Oil/Natural Gas Energy Spikes By Moving To Clean, Renewable Energy - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of Pennsylvania   

-- TribLive Letter: Clean, Renewable Energy Should Be Powering A.I. Data Centers - By Debra Smit, Breathe Project

-- Scranton Times Letter: Put A.I. Data Centers In Old Coal Mines; The Wealthy Usually Get What They Want, This Time Let’s Propose A Solution That Benefits Our Communities - By Luke Wickenheiser, Tobyhanna 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: GE Vernova, Turbine, Renewable Energy Company, Buys Distribution Center Property In Rostraver Twp. For $70 Million

-- Reuters: Record Wind Energy Output Helps Shield UK From Worst Of Fallout From US President’s War With Iran 

-- The Guardian: England’s Rachel Reeves, Chancellor Of The Exchequer, To Tell G7 Nations Accelerating Shift To Clean, Renewable Energy Is Best Defense Against Energy Price Shocks


-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor Asks FERC To Reject Talen-Energy Capital Power Plant Deal Because Diverting The Power To Serve Data Centers, Removing Generation From PJM Capacity Market Would Increase Prices, Undermine Grid Reliability 

-- Axios Pittsburgh: Largest Natural Gas Power Plant In PA To Provide 3,700 MW Of Power To Homer City A.I. Data Center Machines (82.2%), 800 MW (17.8%) For ‘Ordinary People’ To Use In Indiana County

-- Reuters: Constellation Energy To Ask FERC To Transfer Eddystone Delaware County Power Plant Rights To Connect To The Grid To Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Feed Microsoft A.I. Data Centers  [Eddystone Is Under A DOE ‘Emergency’ Order To Stay Open To Provide Power To The Grid] 

-- Utility Dive: ArcLight In Deal To Buy 2.2 GW From Infrabridge, Including Half Of Natural Gas Power Plant In Jessup, Lackawanna County To Help Power Data Centers


-- Observer-Reporter: $1.7 Billion High Voltage Power Line Project To Cross Greene, Fayette, 8 Other PA Counties To Feed A.I. Data Centers; Consumer Advocate Opposes As Too Costly, Violates President’s Bring Your Own Power Policy [PDF of Article]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Carbon Node East Development Transmission Line, Utility Crossing In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County To Support A.I. Data Center Development  [PaEN]  


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets April 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Water Withdrawal Of Up To 73.2 Million Gallons/Day, Other Withdrawals  [PaEN]  

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Nuclear Energy Jobs Are Back At Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Powering Central PA Communities - By Sen. Patty Kim and Rep. Tom Mehaffie

-- DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit Modifications For Armstrong Natural Gas Power Plant In Armstrong County To Feed A.I. Data Centers  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Carbon Node East Development Transmission Line, Utility Crossing In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County To Support A.I. Data Center Development  [PaEN]  


-- Scranton Times: Archbald Residents To Hold April 6 Information Session On A.I. Data Centers As They Face 51 Building Proposals And A Power Plant 

-- Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver To Host April 13 Webinar With Penn State Extension On Data Center Development In PA, 6:00 p.m.  [Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder] 

-- Delaware, Susquehanna, Potomac River Basin Commissions To Host April 16 Data Centers - What About Water? Webinar  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: April 18 Event In Pittsburgh Will Help People Facing A.I. Data Centers In Their Communities Organize Opposition 


-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: PA Lawmakers Are Talking The Talk On A.I. Data Center Regulation, But Will They Walk The Walk? 

-- City & State PA: The Battle Over A.I. Data Centers: $100 Billion Rush To Turn PA Into A.I. Engine, And The Local Efforts Trying To Stop It 

-- ABC27: Lawmakers Walk At Tightrope With A.I. Data Center Expansion

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 6  [PaEN] 


-- WNEP: University Of Scranton Panel Warns Of A.I. Data Centers’ Impact On Environment 

-- WITF/WVIA: Panel Discusses How Energy Demand From A.I. Data Centers Will Impact Pennsylvania

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Planning Determines A.I. Data Center Impacts, Researcher Tells Hazleton Chamber

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Continuous Buzz From Massive A.I. Data Center In Vineland NJ Disrupting Sleep, Causing Anxiety; Will Be Powered By 35 Natural Gas Turbines

-- CNN: Scientists Find A.I. Data Centers Create Heat Islands, Warming Areas Around them By Up To 16 Degrees


-- Bloomberg: America’s A.I. Data Center Build-Out Relies On Chinese Electrical Parts- Transformers, Switchgear,  Batteries

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Special Report: Pittsburgh Eyes Multibillion Dollar A.I. Data Center Boom [Package Of 5 Articles] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times:  PA A.I. Data Center Economic Buildout: 8,500 Temporary Jobs, 8,300 Operations Jobs, 7,196 MW Of Power Needed, $12 Billion In Annual Economic Output, If All Proposals Built 


-- DEP Awards Nearly $5 Million In RISE PA Small Industry Track Grants To Support 14 Projects In 9 Counties To Reduce Energy Costs, Improve Air Quality; Next Application Deadline April 15  [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts April 9 Webinar On Community Energy Development Program; Local Governments Can Apply For Assistance In Developing Energy Transition Plans Thru April 15  [PaEN] 

-- PA Environmental Council March In Case You Missed It Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: Electric Vehicles Skirt The Gasoline Tax [In Nevada]    [PA Adopted A Road Use Fee On EVs in April 2025]  [Correction]


-- DEP Launches Delaware County Air Monitoring Project To Study Pollution From Refineries, Other Industrial Sources In And Around City Of Chester; March 31 Online Outreach Meeting [PaEN]  

-- Erie Times: Erie Medical Equipment Sterilization Facility Has New Owner, Lower Ethylene Oxide Emissions


-- Centre Daily Times: Benner Township Residents Await Answers 6 Years After PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminated Their Wells At State Hazardous Waste Site

-- Inquirer: Strasburg Landfill In Chester County Shutdown In 1980s Leaking Chemicals Into Well Water, Residents Will Now Get A Public Water Line Next Year As Part Of EPA Superfund

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets April 14 On Final Land Recycling Chromium (VI) Standard; Fee Report For Uniform Environmental Covenants Act  [PaEN] 


-- WPSU: Cause Of Fish Kill In Pine Creek, Centre County Unclear, But Environmentalists Say Documenting Issues Is Important 

-- York Daily Record: Cleanup Crews Removed 90 Tons Of Oily Debris, 13,000 Gallons Of Oily Water From J&K Junkyard Fire 

-- Outdoor News: PA’s Old Crow Wetland Being Degraded In Huntingdon County [After DEP Issues Permit For Convenience Store] 

-- Huntingdon Daily News Letter: This Isn’t Just About How One Project Is Degrading The Old Crow Wetlands; It’s About DEP Accountability And What Else Can Happen - Laurie Michaels, Huntingdon


-- Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Bay In The Balance Stakeholders Explore Agriculture As A Solution To Restore The Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN] 

-- President's Proposed Federal Budget Is A 'Staggering Disinvestment' In Farmers And Rural Communities,' Puts Hurdles In The Way Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration  [PaEN] 

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA: April 21 PA State Technical Committee Meeting, 1:00 p.m.

-- City & State PA: Pennsylvania’s Next Generation Of Farmers Are Finding Their Roots

-- WESA/Inside Climate News-Kiley Bense: Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands Of Birds In The US, Pennsylvania Is At The Epicenter  

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Program News: Funding, Education, Technical Assistance Opportunities; County Projects Finished; More!

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant Will Help Pennsylvania Farmers Connect For Healthier Local Waters  [PaEN]

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: How Upstream Conservation Efforts Benefit The Chesapeake Bay 

-- Help Wanted: Armstrong County Conservation District - Dirt, Gravel, Low-Volume Road Resource Conservationist  [PaEN]

-- DEP State Water Planning Program Hosts April 2 Webinar On Act 167 Stormwater Management Planning, 10:00 a.m.

-- Penn State Extension Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium Set For May 5 In Harrisburg  [PaEN] 


--  Centre Daily Times: Iran War Price Hikes Stretch Centre County Farmers Thin  [Warning]

-- PA Capital-Star: With $4.5 Billion On The Line, PA Businesses Seek Refunds Of President’s Illegal Tariffs; Lancaster Business: ‘This Is Not A Way To Make The World A More Just And Equitable Place For All’


-- Spotlight PA: As Shapiro Opposes ICE Warehouse Detention Centers, His Republican Opponent For PA Governor Stays Vague

-- Republican Herald: Already Burdened, Tremont Water System Faces Additional Strain From  Proposed ICE Warehouse Detention Facility In Schuylkill County 

-- Republican Herald: Opponents Of ICE Warehouse Detention Center In Berks County Launch Video Game Where 150 Trucks Hauling Sewage A Day Dodge Potholes, DEP Inspectors

-- Morning Call: President’s ICE Pauses Warehouse Detention Center Purchases, Scrutinizes Ones Already Bought In Berks, Schuylkill Counties


-- The Center Square: Showers, Toilet Flushing Optional As Residents Tackle High PA American Water Bills In Berks County

-- EPA Proposes To Add Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals To Drinking Water Contaminants List

-- NPR: EPA Flags Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water

-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Drought Conditions Improve But Persist


-- WITF/NPR: President’s Administration Cuts Turned Rural Towns Into Sitting Ducks For Floods, Other Disasters [PA Highlighted]  [Warning]


-- DEP Issues Revised Waste Permit Affecting Daily Tonnage Limits Accepted By Liberty Soils, LLC Biosolids Management Facility In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]  

-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Invite High School Students To Apply To Join Young Ambassadors Education Program  [PaEN]

-- TheDerrick.com: Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Day Set For May 9

-- Observer-Reporter: April 4 Glass Recycling Collection In Washington, PA


-- PA iMapInvasives 2026 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt May 1-31; Webinar Introduction April 30  [PaEN] 

-- Save The Date: Pennsylvania Native Species Day - June 1  

-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 3 Webinar On Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.

-- ‘Spacelings’ In The Marsh And Other Wonders In The Upper Brodhead Watershed, Pike County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN] 

-- July 15-16-- In-Person. PA Sea Grant Aquaponics Educator Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie.


-- Erie Times: DCNR Charges Erie Man With Starting 2024 Girard Township Wildfire

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Technology Center Students, Game Commission Benefit From Forestry Coop

-- Friends Of The Allegheny Wilderness: US Forest Service New Regional Headquarters To Be In Warren  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: US Forest Service To Close 4 Offices In PA As Part Of Restructuring

-- Warren Times: Warren To Host New US Forest Service Regional Headquarters Amid National Overhaul


-- Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  

-- PA Environmental Council Accepting Applications For Statewide Non-Motorized Waterway Access Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards $40,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 6 Local Projects

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Launches 100 Mile Challenge To Support Pennsylvania's Hiking Trails  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR: Apply Now For Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Permit 

-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Needed To Clear Scenic Hiking Trail Along Schuylkill River In Port Clinton 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Flight 93 Memorial Added To State’s New Highway Of Heroes Trail 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River ‘River Of Revolutions’ Sojourn To Honor America’s 250th Anniversary - June 13 to 19 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Scheduled Set For 2026 Whitewater Releases On Stonycreek River In Cambria County

-- LancasterOnline: Here’s What’s New In Outdoor Recreation This Spring Thanks To Lancaster Conservancy


-- TribLive: $7.5 Million Fallingwater Project Designed To Ensure Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Home Will Stand The Test of Time

-- WNEP: Pocono Whitewater Looks To Hire 100 Workers For Upcoming Rafting Season


-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Visit Recently Completed River Restoration Project At Bendigo State Park In Elk County Ahead Of Trout Season Opening April 4   

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Trout Anglers Divided Over State-Run Stocking Program Versus Supporting Wild Fish

-- Morning Call: Frog Crossing: Northampton County Road To Close For Weeks To Protect Breeding Amphibians

-- PennLive: Some Pennsylvania Roads Closing To Protect Migrating Amphibians


-- Teams Now Forming To Support 2026 Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation By PA Society For Ornithology  [PaEN] 

-- Audubon Supports New Bill To Designate Scarlet Tanager As Pennsylvania’s Official Migratory Bird  [HB 2316]

-- TribLive: First Of 3 Eggs Hatch At US Steel Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh [Video] 

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Bald Eagle Bonanza In Pittsburgh With 5 Chicks At 2 Nests

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Experiences, Events In April


-- What You Should Know: Black Bears Are Stirring In Penn’s Woods, Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN]


-- EarthJustice: Federal District Court Strikes Down President’s Earlier Attacks Against Federal Endangered Species Act  

-- Reuters: US Exempts Gulf Of Mexico Oil/Natural Gas Drillers From Protecting Endangered Species Due To The ‘Emergency’ Caused By The President’s War Against Iran  [Warning] 


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