Sunday, September 6, 2026

September 7 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“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]


Click Here To View Or Print The Entire September 7 PA Environment Digest


108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - September 7


We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy


PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 30 Young Ambassadors To Promote Environmental Sustainability In Pennsylvania


Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Farm Conservation Success In Small Watersheds; When Dams Come Down; Recognition Of Amy Bowers Cordalis


PA Municipal Authorities Association Receives 2026 Empowering Women Award


New State Budget Forces DEP To Take Money From 7 Other Environmental Programs To Keep The Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Running


Inside Climate News: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Files Lawsuit To Preempt Criminal Charges By PA Attorney General In Bucks County Jet Fuel Pipeline Spill, Asks For State Clean Streams Law To Be Declared Unconstitutional


DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Another $15 Million In Penalties For Latest Air Pollution Violations In Beaver County; Air Pollution Penalties Total $27.6 Million Since Plant Opened


DEP: An Estimated 336,000 Gallons Of Fracking Flowback Water Was Released During An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Incident At The INR OPR LLC Cooper Well Pad In Young Twp., Indiana County


DEP: Contaminated Reuse Water Used In Fracking Overtopped Containment; Tank Truck Carrying Contaminated Water Rolls Over At Range Resources Appalachia Shale Gas Well Pad In Lycoming County


DEP - Day 1,331: Big Dog Energy LLC Shale Gas Well Pad Lacks Secondary Containment To Contain Spills, Has No Emergency Response Plan In Westmoreland County


DEP: Wilmoth Interests Inc. Improperly Disposed Of Oil-Contaminated Soil From A Spill At An Allegheny National Forest Conventional Well Site In Warren County


DEP - Day 2,447: American Natural Resources LLC Fails To Comply, Does Not Respond To Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells It Abandoned In Allegheny County


DEP - Day 221: HR McClure Fails To Plug 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells It Abandoned In Greene County; Fails To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports For 5 Years


DEP - Day 545: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc Failed To Finish Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County


Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - August 29 to September 4


Organizations Defend Delaware River Basin Commission Shale Gas Fracking Ban


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy 18.4 Mile, 20-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Susquehanna County


DEP Restarts Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining In Washington County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 5


Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Declines Slightly Again; Price Of Natural Gas For Residential Customers Increased By 7.3% From Prior Year


PA Public Utility Commission Forecasts Data Center-Driven Industrial Electricity Use In Pennsylvania Will Increase 18.56% A Year, To More Than Double Current Demand By 2030


PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To Sept. 4; Order Still In Place To Require Data Centers, Large Loads To Go To Backup Generation, If Needed


Local Organizations To Host Sept. 10 Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7


DEP Industrial Energy Assessment Program Offering Minimal Cost Energy Audits To Small & Medium Manufacturers, Ag Businesses


Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 6 Energy And Agriculture Conference In Cumberland County


DEP To Hold Oct. 15 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For SINC Construction LLC Greenwood Acres Residential Community In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County


DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: Bedford, Franklin, Lancaster, Snyder, Tioga, York County Clean Water Projects Highlighted


Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Organic & Sustainable Agricultural Exchange Nov. 9 In Harrisburg


Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Partners Host Lebanon Valley Clean Water Week Sept. 12-19


PA Recycling Markets Center: Full Circle Bioconversion - Food Composting At The Little League World Series In Williamsport


Independence Conservancy To Hold Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties


French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Paul & Cynthia Black To Preserve 78.3 Acres In Chester County


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August: Executive Action On A.I. Data Centers; Interview With Franklin Kury; Ride With PEC; Mini Grant Opportunity; Outdoors For All


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grant Program


14th Annual PA Firefly Festival Celebrates Successful 2026 Season In Forest County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - September 5


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn.; PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers


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[Posted: September 7, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.6.26

“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]


House Voting Schedule

September 9, 28, 29, 30

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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

​​September 28, 29, 30

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

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


September 8-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is October 13.  Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)


September 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:30 a.m.  [Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits]


September 9-10-- In-Person. PUC: 2026 Pipeline, Electric & Cybersecurity Safety Conference In State College


September 10-- In-Person/Virtual.  Local Organizations To Host Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online . 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.


September 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov(formal notice)  


September 16-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission regular business meeting. Holiday Inn Express Bloomsburg, 14 Mitchell Drive, Bloomsburg. 9:00 a.m.  (formal notice)


September 16-- Town Hall Meeting On Findings From PA PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Multi-Site Health Study In Bucks, Montgomery Counties And What They Mean For Local FamiliesHatboro-Horsham High School Auditorium, 899 Horsham Road in Horsham, Montgomery County. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.



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


-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - September 7  [PaEN]


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


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7  [PaEN] 


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


-- TribLive: Increased Road Salt Costs Leave Municipalities Scrambling


 A.I. /Data Centers


-- The Citizens’ Voice: Proposed Luzerne County A.I. Data Center Zoning Plan Under Legal Review


-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Smithfield Twp. Sets Sept. 9 Meeting On Proposed A.I. Data Center In Monroe County


-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Lehigh Valley Has 2 Reasons To Change How We Get Electricity - Flash Flooding And Data Centers - By Martha Christine, Retired Teacher & Rob Kahn, Citizens’ Climate Education  


-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: The A.I. Data Center Invasion Has No Borders 


-- 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


-- Scranton Times: PPL Electric Ranked Among Top Utilities For Economic Development [In Particular For Large Load Projects]


-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7  [PaEN] 


Storms/Power Outages


-- WITF: After Deadly Nepal Floods, Central PA Bhutanese And Nepali Communities Rally To Help


-- Pennsylvania Power Outages


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- September 6: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday $4.30/Gallon - $1.19/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver & Pike Counties Average Price Highest at $4.37]

-- September 6: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.14  Ohio- $3.92  PA- $4.30

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


-- Inside Climate News: Farmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Fuel Prices


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Luzerne County Council Members Want More Ballot Drop Boxes, Worry About Postal Service Delivery

-- PennLive Guest Essay: President Is Using The US Postal Service To Steal Votes - By Mark Singel

-- Inquirer: Affordability Takes Center Stage As Shapiro And Garrity Craft Their Economic Pitch For PA Voters

-- NPR: Pennsylvania Swing Voters Say President Hasn’t Delivered On Promise To Lower Prices

-- PA Capital-Star: US Dept. Of Justice Charges 5 In PA (3), Wisconsin, NJ With Crimes Related To Noncitizen Voting 

-- WVIA: PA Health Insurers Propose Rate Hikes As Pennsylvanians Grapple With Rising Costs Due To Expired Federal Subsidies 

-- WITF: PA School Districts Face Rising Special Education Costs As Funding Falls Behind

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