Monday, May 5, 2025

May 5 - 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]


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121 Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


In Memoriam: Remembering Roy Siefert


Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism


Amazon Web Services Partners With Stroud Water Research Center To Achieve Shared Water Stewardship Goals


PA Senate Committee Meets May 7 On Bill To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling


Ohio River Valley Institute May 6 Webinar To Announce New Report On The Growing Cost Of Plugging Thousands Of Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wells


Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater


Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp., Greene County


6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County; State Agencies Have No Jurisdiction Over Safety Issues


Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 26 to May 2: Contaminated Livestock Water Supply; Ruptured Gathering Pipeline; Failure To Comply With Shale Gas Well Plugging Order


EPA Will Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp., McKean County


DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County


PJM Interconnection: 51 Generation Projects, 9.3 GW To Move Forward to Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3


Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative


PUC: Storm Recovery Moving Ahead, But Work Remains


Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Trees Across PA Will Thrive With Grants To Nine Partner Groups


Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts May 27 Webinar On Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Practices For Dirt & Gravel Roads


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Proposed FY 2026 Federal Budget Would Devastate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Effort; Cut Conservation Help For Farmers


House Hearing: Local Communities Ask For State, Federal Help After Devastating Floods


Brandywine Conservancy, Partners Release Brandywine Flood Study Report


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6.1 Million To Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects; 400+ Million Gallons Of Water Savings Expected Annually


Keep PA Beautiful Seeking Volunteers To Become PA Waterway Stewards To Reduce Litter On Water Trails, Waterways


Clean Philadelphia NOW Coalition Releases First In A 10-Part Series Of Videos On Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia Neighborhoods


DEP Sets June 4 Meeting/Hearing On Liberty Soils Biosolids Facility Permit In Schuylkill County


Pennsylvania Joins 25 Other States In Lawsuit Over Termination Of AmeriCorps Job Training Funding Approved For Distribution


New Interactive Map Highlights Federal Clean Energy Investments In Pennsylvania


DCNR: Combined Efforts Of 150 Firefighters Have Stopped The Michaux State Forest Wildfires In Cumberland County


DCNR Celebrates Induction Of PA Wilds Forest Areas In Lycoming, Tioga Counties Into The National Old-Growth Forest Network


Pocono Heritage Land Trust: How A Local Man Turned Personal Tragedy Into A Forever Legacy In Monroe County


May 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


ClearWater Conservancy Kicks Off 9th Season Of Centred Outdoors Adventures The Week Of May 4


Asbury Woods Environmental Center Names Sarah Bennett Executive Director


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Chesapeake Conservancy, Bucknell University Students Partner On New Web Tool To Help Chose Native Trees, Scrubs To Plant


Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Chapter Host May 31 Stream Keepers Program For Youth Ages 11-14


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - May 3


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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


Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI)


-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: May 5, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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