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-- Senate Adopted Senate Resolution 391 (23 Bipartisan Co-sponsors): Honoring The Life And Work Of Former State Senator Franklin Kury-- author of the Environmental Rights Amendment to Pennsylvania’s Constitution. Read more here.
-- In Memoriam: Marv Woodall, Heritage Conservancy’s Chairman Emeritus
-- FracTracker Alliance Announces 2026 Community Sentinel Award Winners - Zulene Mayfield, Qiyam Ansari, Karen Feridun Were Honored From PA [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Coal Alliance Announces 2026 Mine Safety And Reclamation Award Winners
-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Stefanie Green Helps Conserve Natural Resources In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: A ‘Firstival’ To Honor The Delaware Valley’s Indigenous Lenape People
-- WVIA: Centuries-Old Trees, Unique Ecosystems: Tuscarora State Park In Schuylkill County Now Part Of Old Growth Forest Network
-- TheDerrick.com: The Effort To Preserve Cook Forest Began 100 Years Ago In Clarion, Forest, Jefferson Counties
-- LaSalle University: Kadafi El-Kardah Used His Education To Grow A Career In Environmentalism - Learning In Philadelphia’s ‘Living Laboratory’
-- Erie County's Anthony Sorci Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award By Rep. Patrick Harkins, Rep. Robert Merski [PaEN]
-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - October 12 [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]
-- 500 Feet Isn't Enough! Families, Environmental And Health Groups Call On Shapiro Administration To Increase Minimum Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells To Protect Pennsylvanians [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Marie Cusick: In Harrisburg, Advocates Rally For Tougher Rules On Shale Gas Fracking
-- House Hearing I: DEP Allows The Use Of Contaminated Water From New 'Mineral Brine' Conventional Wells On Roads, While Prohibiting Contaminated Water With The Same Harmful Pollutants On Roads From Other Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]. [Warning]
-- House Hearing II: Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Creates An Aerosol Mist Carrying Pollution Through The Air And Into My Lungs - By Siri Lawson, Warren County Resident [PaEN]
-- House Hearing III: Protect PT: For Too Long The Oil & Gas Industry Has Used Our Southwest PA Communities As Dumping Grounds For Their Waste - Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Must Be Banned [PaEN]
-- House Hearing IV: We Should Not Be Trying To Find New Ways To Dump More Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Our Roads, It’s Obviously Not A Solution; We Need Safe Disposal Options - Here’s One [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Ex-PA DEP Chief Wants Shale To Recycle PA Conventional Brine For Free [PDF of Article]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot- October 3 to 9 [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 51: Multiple Contaminated Water Seeps Continuing From INR OPR LLC Cooper Shale Gas Well Pad In Indiana County After 336,000 Gallon Fracking Fluid Spill [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 357: S.R. Star O&G LLC Still Fails To Comply With An Order To Plug At Least Some Of The 11 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells It Owns In Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Conventional Well Fracking By Cline Oil Inc. Causes Uncontrolled Release Of Crude Oil From 2nd Abandoned Conventional Well In The City Of Bradford, McKean County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Flash Fire At Expand Operating LLC Shale Gas Well Pad Compressor Station On State Game Lands Causes Minor Damage In Great Bend Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Large Release Of Contaminated Water Soaks Ground At DJR Well Services Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Mercer County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Routine Inspection Of Appalachia Midstream SVC Shale Gas Water Pipeline Construction Site Found Fertilizer Mixture Sprayed Directly Into A Stream In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Barbara Laxon: A Retiree’s Quest To Help Track Down PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Board Of Health Votes To Review Air Pollution Permit Exemptions For Shale Gas Operations
-- TheDerrick.com: Drake Energy Forum Returns Oct. 19-20 In Oil City, Titusville; Leaders To Discuss Rising Demand, Shifting Economic Geography
-- Politics PA: Poll Shows Dead Heat Between Incumbent Republican State Sen. Bartolotta And Independent Jodi Borello In Washington County
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Independent Candidate Jodi Borello Closes In On Republican State Senate Incumbent Camera Bartolotta As Dark Money Spending Surges
-- Reading Eagle: Ongoing US War With Iran Has Heating Oil Prices Near Record Highs
-- US EIA Winter Residential Heating Cost Outlook Based On Forecast Temperatures In Northeast: Natural Gas 14% Lower; Propane 15% Lower; Electricity 3% Lower; Heating Oil 21% Higher
-- Bloomberg: How A.I. Data Centers Are Pushing Up US Power Costs
-- Washington Post: A.I. Data Center Boom Is Pushing Prices Higher, According To Fed Officials
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Paying More For Less - The Rising Cost Of Home Natural Gas From Utilities
-- Asset Leadership Network: Root Cause Of Energy Unaffordability In PA - Kabuki Theater In Public Utility Ratemaking - And Bad Decision Making - By Richard C. Culbertson, Senior Fellow
-- Hundreds Of Protesters Tell Governor Shapiro, Legislators, “We Won’t Back Down;” Call For Data Center Moratorium [PaEN]
-- Erie Times/USAToday: Capitol Rally Pushes Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Moratorium; Protesters Compare Data Centers To Unfulfilled Promises Of Jobs, Eco-Friendly Of Shale Gas Fracking Industry
-- The Center Square: Disgust, Frustration, Concern Over A.I. Data Centers Unleashed In State Capitol
-- PA Capital-Star: A Call For Gov. Shapiro And State Lawmakers To Pass An A.I. Data Center Moratorium In PA
-- Altoona Mirror: Protesters Demand Legislative Action On A.I. Data Center Moratorium
-- The Citizens’ Voice: The Bipartisan Politics Of A.I. Data Center Opposition
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 12 [PaEN]
-- PUC Chairman Calls For Preemption Of Local Decisions On Needed Electric Generation Facilities; A Firm Bring Your Own Power Before Data Centers Connect To The Grid; PUC Study Identifies 21 Potential Generation Sites [PaEN] [Warning]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Newport Twp. Supervisors Release Documents Outlining Plan For $35 Billion Data Center, 3 Natural Gas Power Plants Only After Right-To-Know Request By The Citizens’ Voice In Luzerne County [Warning]
-- PennLive: Swatara Township Commissioners Approve $120 Million Community Benefits Agreement With Developer Of 2 Proposed A.I. Data Centers In The Township At The Same Meeting The Agreement Was Unveiled To The Public For The First Time In Dauphin County [Warning]
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Local Newspapers Are Critical To Keeping The Public Informed As Money-Hungry A.I. Data Center Developers Invade Their Communities
-- Beaver County Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers Set For Oct. 17 In Monaca [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Is Focus Of Muncy Township Challenge To Planning Code ‘Deemed Approved’ Provision In Lycoming County
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Play This A.I. Data Center Simulator To Step Into The Role Of Decision-Maker
-- Cumberland County Water Forum To Be Held October 21 At Dickinson College In Carlisle [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM To File Revised Backstop Plan With FERC By Oct. 29 To Procure 6.8 GW Of Needed Generation; In Rare Filing, DOE Presses PJM To Better Protect Ratepayers [Warning]
-- PJM Selects 860 MW Battery Storage Project, 455 MW Natural Gas Plant In Pennsylvania For Expedited Interconnection [PaEN]
-- DEP Soliciting Energy Generation, Storage Projects For 2027 Round Of PJM Expedited Interconnection Program Reviews [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Energy Independent Solar/Battery, Affordable Apartments Planned In South Scranton
-- PA Solar Center: North Side Christian Health Center Solar Energy/Battery Project Helps Ensure Uninterrupted Access To Healthcare In Pittsburgh
-- Altoona Mirror Guest Essay: A Century Of Energy In Pennsylvania, Now Cambria Heights School District Is Powering The Future With Solar Energy - By Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler
-- The Center Square: PA Legislation Would Allow Communities To Price Shop For Electricity For Their Residents
-- PA Technical Assistance Program, Catalyst Connection To Hold Oct. 28 Webinar On No-Cost Energy Efficiency Resources To Boost Manufacturing Competitiveness [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network Action Celebrates PA House Passage Of Battery Storage Legislation With Bipartisan Support [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: PA House Advances Bill Requiring Battery Storage For Electric Utilities To Increase Grid Reliability [Republicans Oppose]
-- Inquirer: Constellation Energy’s Limerick (PA), Salem (NJ) Nuclear Power Plants In Deal To Be Uprated To Sell Data Center Electricity To Google [Taking More Power Off Grid]
-- DEP New Tools To Help Pennsylvanians Figure Out Which Permits They Need And Where To Find Funding To Support Their Projects; Small Business Advantage Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: As Black Lung Disease Surges In Appalachia Coal Miners, President’s Administration Halts Enforcement Of New Dust Rules
-- TribLive: Power Surge: PA Coal Miners Eye Rising Demand Amid Environmental Battles
-- WTAE: Man Pinned After Rock Collapse At Underground Quarry In Westmoreland County
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Northampton County DA Issues Warning Urging People Not To Jump Into A Water-Filled Quarry
-- ABCNews: Abandoned Mines Causing Sinkholes, Other Incidents Across The Country [PA Included]
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Awards $347,832 Grant To Clearfield Creek Watershed Assn. For Mine Drainage Treatment Project In Cambria County
-- DEP Received A Waste Permit Renewal From Shawville Power LLC For Its Coal Combustion Residuals Facility In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Healthy Waters News: County Projects Get Measurable Environmental Results; Abandoned Mine Reclamation; Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants At Work: Supporting Water, Wildlife And Communities In The Cheaspeake Bay Watershed [Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 11]
-- PA Environmental Council, Aqua Accepting Applications For Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast PA Starting Oct. 21 [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, PA Environmental Council Host Oct. 21 Webinar On Green Stormwater Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Kittatinny Ridge: Berks County Conservation District Forestry Management Outreach Program - By David Osgood, Watershed Specialist, Berks County Conservation District
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Decades Later, A Big Gap Persists For Key Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals
-- 250+ Attend Delaware River Watershed Forum Bringing Together Partners To Shape The Future Of the Delaware Watershed [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Invites Comments, Holds Nov. 4 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Regulation Requiring Water Supply Systems To Report Water Use By Their Larger Customers [PaEN]
-- KDKA: $4.5 Billion Project To Build Stormwater/Sewage Overflow Tunnels Under Pittsburgh Finally Underway
-- The Center Square: 4 Of Top 10 Most Expensive Water Companies Are In PA, Study Finds
-- DEP Drought Status Update: Only 5 Counties In Drought Watch: Berks, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Lehigh
-- Stroud Water Research Center Comments On DEP Biosolids Permits: High Rate Of PFAS Contamination Already Found On Most Farm Fields Treated With Biosolids, Tighter Controls Needed
-- Tribune-Democrat: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Banned From Firefighting Foam, With Exceptions, In Sen. Yaw’s Legislation
-- Fish & Boat Commission: ‘Do Not Eat’ Fish Advisory Issued For Wissahickon Creek In Montgomery County/Philadelphia; Nov. 5 Public Meeting Set
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contaminated Fish Prompts ‘Do Not Eat’ Advisory For Wissahickon, Cancellation Of Trout Stocking; Nov. 5 Fish & Boat Commission Public Meeting
-- Warren Times: Volunteers Remove 1,000 Pounds Of Trash From Conewango And Clarion Rivers
-- TheDerrick.com: Venango County To Hold Electronics, Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 31 In Franklin
-- York Daily Record: York County Falls Short Of Disaster Threshold As School Faces $10 Million In Repairs
-- ChestnutHillLocal.com: Montgomery County Towns Press Forward On Environmental Plans
-- Inquirer: Repairing A King Of Prussia Sinkhole Has Taken 2 Years; It’s A 500 Million Year Old Problem
-- Reminder: DEP Now Accepting Environmental Education Grants Until Nov. 13
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $5.8 Million To Ensure 1,228 Acres Of Farmland On 22 Farms In 14 Counties Stays Farms Forever [PaEN]
-- WPSU: PA Ag Secretary Says Former Rockview Prison Land Should Remain In Agriculture In Centre County
-- Land Conservancy of Adams County Partners With Jeff and Betsy Yinglling To Preserve 101 Acre Farm [PaEN]
-- Heritage Conservancy Partners With Leah and Doug Beck To Preserve 30 Acre Property In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: The Nature Conservancy PA-DE Deputy Director, Strategy & Operations Based In Conschohocken
-- Pike County Launches Invasive Species Replacement Program For Landowners [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension - Spotted Lanternfly News: Handling Yard Waste In Quarantined Areas; Permit Training For Businesses; Tree Of Heaven Control Strategies
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: As Longhorned Tick Populations Soar In Allegheny County, ‘Larval Bombs’ Surprise Residents
-- Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Announce Investment Of $81 Million In 306 Local Projects In 60 Counties To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 11 [PaEN]
-- DCNR Marks 1 Billion Board Feet Milestone Of Sustainably Harvested Timber From State Forests Since 2004 At PA Lumber Museum In Potter County [Video + Photos]
-- DCNR Fall Foliage Report Oct. 8-14: Best Colors Are In Northern Tier Counties, Northern Poconos And Laurel Highlands [PaEN]
-- DCNR Mobilized 230+ Pennsylvanians To Help Fight Wildfires In 14 States
-- TheDerrick.com: The Effort To Preserve Cook Forest Began 100 Years Ago In Clarion, Forest, Jefferson Counties
-- DCNR Grants News: Pine Creek Rail Trail PA Trail Of The Year; Wildlife Leadership Academy 20 Years Young; Boating Facility Grants Now Open; Trail Committee Seeking Members
-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Boating Facility Grant Applications Until Dec. 1
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It: Apply Now For Water Trail Mini-Grants; Statewide Waterway Access Grants; Protect Your Drinking Water Grants; Building Trail Organization Capacity Grants [PaEN]
-- Health Department, DCNR Award $300,000 To Support 4 Local Projects To Improve Walking, Biking Networks To Boost Physical Activity
-- WNEP: Officials Caution Visitors To Lackawanna State Park After Young Girl Gets Stuck In Mud In Drained Lake Bed
-- TribLive: Paddling Through Cancer And Into A New Sisterhood
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Set To Extend Three Rivers Heritage Trail Through New Partnership
-- Centre Daily Times: Penn’s Cave Listed For Sale; PA Still Weighing Whether To Acquire It, Shapiro Says
-- PA Wilds Center: Annual PA Wilds Makers Market Set For Nov. 7 To Kick Off Holiday Shopping Online To Support Local Artisans
-- WHYY: Light Pollution, Wildfire Smoke Threaten View Of The Stars In Philly Suburbs
-- Republican Herald: DEP, Lake Wynonah Sign Pact To Fully Drain Lake Ahead Of Dam Repairs In Schuylkill County
-- Williamsport Sun: Rose Valley Lake Being Drained For Work On Dam In Gamble Twp., Lycoming County
-- Brandywine Conservancy Removes Breached Hoffman's Mill Dam From Brandywine Creek In Chester County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Logperch Fish Recovering In Pennsylvania, Feds Say
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