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-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Sewickley Watershed Group Celebrates 20 Years Of Removing Tons Of Iron From Abandoned Mine Drainage With No Pumps, No Chemicals, Just Natural Passive Treatment In Westmoreland County [PDF of Article]
-- Farm & Dairy: Public, Private Partnerships Clear 100 Years Of Pollution From Blacklick Creek In Cambria, Indiana Counties
-- TribLive: Abandoned Coal Mine Site In Gilpin Proposed To Be Reclaimed By DEP In Armstrong County
-- GantNews.com: Artist Sally Veach Makes Drawings About The Red Moshannon Creek And Every Sale Helps Clean It Up In Clearfield County
-- DEP Intern Experiences: Trevor Dietz, Wilkes University, Connor Monahan, Penn State, Working With DEP Abandoned Mine Reclamation [Video]
-- Mountain Watershed Association: DEP Accepts Unsuitable For Coal Mining Petition To Study Whether Coal Mining Should Be Allowed On 11,000 Acres In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: United Mine Workers Call For ‘Immediate’ Enforcement Of Federal Coal Mine Silica Rule As Black Lung Hits New High In PA, Appalachia; 143,000 Claims Filed In PA Alone [Warning]
-- PennLive: Still Burning: Centralia’s Strange Attraction 64 Years After Coal Mine Fire Created A Ghost Town In Columbia County
-- PennLive: Centralia Timeline: The Coal Mine Fire That Consumed A Town And Captured The World’s Imagination
-- Larry J. Schweiger’s New Book: Fighting For The Future Of Nature - Stewardship, Civic Responsibility And A Stubborn Hope [PaEN]
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton County To Install Memorial To Larry Rymon Credited With Helping To Reintroduce Ospreys To PA
-- Tribune-Democrat: Former Gov. Mark Schweiker, Somerset County Author To Speak At Sept. 8 Flight 93 Forum
-- Observer-Reporter: Independent Candidate Jodi Borello Officially On Nov. Ballot Opposing Republican Sen. Bartolotta In Washington County
-- University Of Pittsburgh, The Dick Thornburgh Forum For Law & Public Policy: Sept. 17 - The Iran War And The Most Dangerous Elections In Our Lifetime, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
-- DEP - Day 632: Seneca Resources Installs Trench, Concrete Catch Basin To Collect Continuing Releases Of Contaminated Water From The Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Nucomer Energy LLC Making Progress Reclaiming Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Forest County Nearly 14 Years After It Was No Longer In Use, 981 Days After A DEP Order Requiring Restoration [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Neighbors Of Energy Transfer Pipeline Leak In Bucks County Live In Fear And Regulatory Neglect In An Era Of ‘Unleashed’ Energy
-- More Than 99% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To Comply With DEP’s 2022 Methane Emission Reduction Regulations; How Will It Be Any Different Under DEP’s New Methane Regulations? [PaEN]
-- DEP Evaluating 37 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County For Plugging As A Result Of Owner’s Death [PaEN]
-- DEP: Keystone Crude LLC Making Progress On Spills, Releases At 3 Conventional Gas Well Sites In Allegheny County Dating Back To 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP: Trinity Mineral Partners Report Release Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From A 44,100 Gallon Battery Of 5 Storage Tanks In Warren County; Inspection Of 2nd Trinity Spill Site Shows No Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Aug. 20 On Conventional Contaminated Water Disposal, Well Plugging Program, Methane Emission Reduction Regs [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Construction Of A Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Structure In The Susquehanna River By Expand Operating LLC In Standing Stone Twp., Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Installation Of 86 More Backup Diesel Generators, Fuel Storage Tanks For An Expansion Of The Existing Amazon Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 102 Permit For Northeast Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Project Quarryville Loop, Compressor Station 200 In Chester, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Greene/Washington County Labor Leaders Plan Launch Of New Initiative To Plug Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners
-- WPSU - Anne Danahy: One Possible Solution To High Fertilizer Prices Caused By President’s War With Iran - Long-Discussed Keystate Natural Gas Plant With Possible Completion In 2031 [Warning]
-- Williamsport Sun Letter: The Illusion Of Marcellus Shale Gas Economic Benefits - By Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute [PDF of Article]
-- Spotlight PA: General Assembly Quietly Passed, Gov. Shapiro Signed Law Undermining PA Supreme Court Decision On Lucrative Oil & Gas Rights [Warning]
-- AP: PA Quietly Passed A Law Undermining A PA Supreme County Decision On Oil & Gas Mineral Rights [Warning]
-- WVIA: Group In Monroe County Calls On PA Legislature To Help Residents Struggling With Rising Energy Costs
-- Inquirer: Why Your PECO Electric Bills Could Increase Thanks To A.I. Data Centers
-- PUC: Registration Now Open For Sept. 17 Be Utility Wise Human Services Organizations Conference In Erie
-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Prices Rise On Hot Weather Shift, Higher LNG Gas Flows
-- PA Capital-Star: A.I. Data Center Proposals Keep Coming To Pennsylvania - So Does The Outcry
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Opposition To A.I. Data Center Construction Is Rising Sharply, Penn Poll Says
-- PA Capital-Star: A.I. Data Center Developers Want To Build In 3 PA Communities - Each Has Its Own Experience
-- Morning Call: Here’s How Lehigh Valley Communities Are Pushing Back Against A.I. Data Center Proposals
-- Republican Herald Letter: A.I. Data Center Developers - Our New Coal Barons - By Kevin Gallagher, Dunmore, Lackawanna County
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Don’t Delay Studies Of Health, Environmental Impact Of A.I. Data Centers
-- Morning Call: Upper Mount Bethel Data Center Developer Would Drop Legal Action, Donate Up To $50 Million In Proposed Deal To Get Township Approval Was Tabled By Supervisors
-- Morning Call: Upper Mount Bethel Twp. Sets Aug. 24 Meeting To Consider $50 Million A.I. Data Center Agreement With Developers
-- Inquirer: 5 Million Square Foot A.I. Data Center Complex Proposed By Brian O’Neil Rejected By Upper Merion Twp. Officials In Montgomery County
-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer’s Legal Challenge To Archbald Boro Pits Bias Against Local Government
-- Scranton Times: Staback Park 5K Run To Support Stop Archbald Data Centers’ Legal Fund
-- Republican Herald: PUC Administrative Law Judges Put Water Use Request For Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Center On Hold While Legal Challenge To Hazle Twp. Land Use Decision Is Considered In Luzerne County Court
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Q/A With Chesapeake Legal Alliance: A.I. Data Centers And Nondisclosure Agreements In Bay Watershed
-- Pittsburgh Business Times - Babst Calland Law: One Year Later - How PA’s A.I. Data Center Rules Are Rewriting Deal Terms
-- Concerned Citizens Of Montour County Announce Aug. 20 DEP Meeting To Discuss How The Environmental Justice Permit Policy May Apply To Proposed Talen Energy Natural Gas Power Plant In Derry Twp., Montour County [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Environmental Justice Begins With Dignity - By C. Kim Bracey, YWCA York
-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Use Of Emission Credits By Invitium Energy LLC [PPL-Blackstone Joint Venture] For Proposed Shermans Dale Natural Gas Power Plant In Carroll Twp., Perry County To Feed Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PPL Corp - Blackstone Joint Venture Secures 5 GW Of Natural Gas Turbines For A.I. Data Centers In Pennsylvania
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: NextEra Secures First Funding Under US-Japan Deal For Data Center Natural Gas Plant Somewhere In Southwest PA
-- Reuters: Alpha Compute To Buy PA Land, 1,800 Acres Of Natural Gas Rights For $55 Million, 200 MW Data Center Campus [No Location Announced]
-- ABC27: Midstate Evacuation Plan For The Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Restarting In 2027
-- Public Utility Commission Sets Oct. 29 Prehearing On Transource Pennsylvania, LLC 230kV Project 9A West Transmission Line In Franklin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Stanton Summit Transmission Line Rebuild In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties [PaEN]
-- PJM Formally Submits FERC Proposal On Connecting Data Centers That Bring And Don't Bring Their Own Power Supplies [PaEN]
-- PJM: FERC Accepts PJM Minimum Capitalization Rules To Be Eligible To Participate In PJM Markets
-- PJM, Dominion Energy Reviewing Impacts Of Sudden Disconnection Of 3,800 MW Of Electricity Load By A.I. Data Centers In Virginia On July 22
-- Utility Dive: PJM Eyes Data Center, Large Load Reliability Standards After 3,800 MW Of Electricity Load From Data Center Suddenly Tripped Offline In Virginia On July 22
-- Reuters: US Power Use To Hit Record Highs In 2026, 2027 As A.I. Use Surges, EIA Says
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Pennsylvania Has Yet To Meaningfully Regulate Exploding A.I. Data Center Development - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow [Part 1 of 2]
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: PA Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Proposal For A.I. Data Centers Falls Well Short Of Its Stated Goals - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow [Part 2 of 2]
-- Governor’s Office Expected To Announce Further Steps To Regulate A.I. Data Centers ‘Shortly;’ 100 Data Center Proposals Being Discussed in PA, 55 Have Some Interaction With DEP [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: How Josh Shapiro’s Early Embrace Of A.I. Data Centers Is Testing His High Popularity In Pennsylvania
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: General Assembly Likely To Take Up A.I. Data Centers Again Soon
-- The Center Square: Noisy A.I. Data Center Debate Goes On While PA Lawmakers On Summer Break
-- Lancaster State Sen. Malone Stands With Local Municipal Leaders To Demand The PA Senate Pass A.I. Data Center Moratorium Legislation
-- WITF: Lancaster County Officials Call For A Pause, More Local Control To Regulate A.I. Data Centers
-- Inquirer Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Data Center Boom Needs A Pause
-- Republican Herald: Former Rep. Todd Eachus Faces Disorderly Conduct Charges From Amazon A.I. Data Center Hearing In Kline Twp., Schuylkill County
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - August 17 [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards Nearly $3.5 Million In RISE PA Grants To Help 15 Small Businesses Cut Energy Costs, Reduce Air Pollution; Applications Due Aug. 17 For Next Round Of Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP Hosts Aug. 27 Webinar On Financing Your Clean Energy Projects With Greenbanking [PaEN]
-- Powered & Prepared Initiative Seeks Proposals From Nonprofit, Municipal Organizations In Southwestern PA For Backup Power Solutions To Keep Them Running [PaEN]
-- Sierra Club Pennsylvania Hosts Aug. 20 Webinar On Energy Storage In PA [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Fairfield Twp. OKs 12 MW Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland County
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Charging Stations A Key For Electric Vehicle Drivers, Local Economies
-- Inside Climate News: Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities Leads US Power Plants Going Online This Year By A Mile, Followed By Batteries, Fossil Fuels Not So Much
-- TribLive: Preventable Safety Management Failures Caused US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosions, Says Federal Chemical Safety Board [Warning]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: US Steel Could Have Prevented Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion, Federal Investigators Say
-- The Allegheny Front: US Steel’s ‘Ineffective’ Safety Procedures Led To Explosion That Killed 2 At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Federal Chemical Safety Board Concludes
-- Altoona Mirror: Norfolk Southern Crews Still Working To Cleanup Derailment At Horseshoe Curve
-- WPSU: 3rd Train Derailment This Year Near Horseshoe Curve In Blair County, Investigators Looking Into Cause
-- DEP Fines Sherwin-Williams $124,700 For Air Pollution Violations At Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Sherwin-Williams Fined By State, Must Make Changes At Beaver County Plant Over Air Quality Violations
-- Beaver Times: Sherwin-Williams Plant Reaches Agreement With DEP On Odor Complaints
-- WFMZ: Officials In Lehigh Valley Raise Air Quality Concerns After EPA Rollbacks
-- Pittsburgh Public Source: Wildfire Smoke A Growing Threat, Pittsburgh’s Industrial Pollution Compounds The Risk
-- Inside Climate News - Marie Cusick: Pennsylvania Confronts An Unfamiliar Climate Hazard - Wildfire Smoke
-- PEMA: Low-Interest SBA Loans Available For Small Businesses Impacted By July 4 Storms In Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Wayne Counties
-- PEMA: Low-Interest SBA Loans, State Disaster Grants Available For Individuals, Families Impacted By July 11 Storms In Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties
-- PennLive: Water Rescues Reported In Somerset County, Parts Of PA As Heavy Rain Causes Flash Floods
-- Tribune Democrat: Campers Rescued, Roads Flooded Near Yough River As Storms Keep Responders Busy In Somerset County
-- Inquirer: ‘We Get A 100-Year Storm Every Year:’ Intensifying Summer Storms Are Putting Philly Suburbs’ Aging Infrastructure To The Test
-- WTAE: Westmoreland County Residents Seek Action After Repeated Floods Damage Properties, Businesses
-- The Nature Conservancy: PA Farmers Can Now Maximize Cover Crop Benefits Through A New Cover Crop & Nutrient Management Support Program [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Backyard Stream Repair Webinar Series Starting Sept. 22 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Sept. 17 Tap Talks - Mill Dams & Legacy Sediment, Collusion Tap Works, York. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- The Center Square: PA Secretary Of Agriculture: President’s Tariffs Continue To Pose Trade Challenges For Pennsylvania Farmers [Warning]
-- Penn State Extension Hosting 5 Safe Drinking Water Well Clinics In Cameron, Cumberland, Potter, York Counties [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Drinking Water In Lackawanna Valley Flows From Reservoirs Dating To 1800s; PA American Water Upgrading Dams In Lake Scranton System
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh-Area Rivers And Streams See Routine E. coli Bacteria Contamination, Report Finds
-- Post-Gazette: ‘Potentially Unsafe Levels’ Of E. Coli Bacteria Found In Hundreds Of PA Waterways, Group Says
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Launches New System To Cleanup TCE Contamination In Groundwater At Luzerne County Superfund Site
-- Erie Times: Another $3.3 Million Set Aside For Further Cleanup At Ironworks Square Brownfield Site
-- DEP Highlights $112,000 Grant To FaithCentre Food Back In Centre County To Prevent Food Waste [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Encourages Litter Cleanups As Part Of Entries To 2026 Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Alvernia University Student Designers Turn Discarded Materials Into Sustainable Fashion
-- DEP Teaching Green News: Radon Poster Contest; Fort Cherry School District Project Spotlight; Teaching Resources; Summer EE Activities; Protecting School, Childcare Drinking Water [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Lumber Heritage Region Launches Inaugural Teen Conservation Camp
-- PFBC, DCNR Announce Collaborative Strategy For Statewide Public Fishing And Boating Access [PaEN]
-- DCNR Resource News: DCNR Grants At Work; Governor Recognizes DCNR Staff; 2 State Parks Added To Old-Growth Forest Network; Outdoors For All Celebrations; 23 PA Wildland Firefighters Return
-- DCNR Grants News: Coatesville Celebrates Park Reopening; ATV/Snowmobile Grants; Eastern/Western PA Greenways & Trails Summits; Municipal Open Space Summit
-- DCNR Names Jake Novitsky New Assistant District Forester For Weiser State Forest In Central PA
-- Call For Presentations: PA Recreation & Park Society 2027 Annual Conference & Expo March 16-19 [PaEN]
-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts Oct. 2 Power Of The Partnership Celebration, Gettysburg. 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
-- TribLive: Heroes' Walk At Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County Set For Sept. 26
-- Centre Daily Times: 2 PA Businesses Offer Some Of The Best Whitewater Rafting, USA Today Finds
-- Tribune-Democrat: Aug. 13 Meeting Set On Proposed Somerset County On-Road ATV Trail Network Plans
-- Tribune-Democrat: Preliminary On-Road ATV Trail Proposal In Somerset County Draws Questions, Concerns
-- DEP To Conduct West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying In Lycoming County Aug. 17
-- WVIA: Long-Held Indigenous Practice Of Controlled Burns Continues To Protect Health Of Moosic Mountain Ecosystem In Lackawanna County
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 2 Webinar On Proper Native Tree Planting For Long-Term Success, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
-- DCNR Let It Grow! - Plant Meadows, Don’t Mow Grass [Video]
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Garden Council Releases 200 Butterflies In Its Annual Event
-- Lancaster Farming - Tom Venesky: PA Game, Fish Commissions End Deputy Warden Programs [Warning]
-- PennLive: PA Game Commission Eliminates All 145 Deputy Game Wardens, Ending A 123-Year Tradition
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Board President Talks About Ending Deputy Warden Program
-- TribLive: PA Game Commission Ends Deputy Game Warden Program
-- The Guardian: 8-Year-Old PA Boy Lands Piranha In Ridley Park Lake, Delaware County
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