Awards/Recognition
-- DCNR: Shapiro Administration Honors Delaware River As PA’s 2025 River Of The Year
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Announces Allison Sterner Is 2025 Recipient Of Conservancy Scholarship [PaEN]
-- PUC Pipeline Safety Programs Earn Top Marks From Federal Evaluators
Grants
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Announces Allison Sterner Is 2025 Recipient Of Conservancy Scholarship [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Join July 2 Webinar To Review Findings, Recommendations For Establishing An Outdoor Recreation Statewide Industry Organization [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension July 16 Webinar On Keys To Water Wellhead Protection, 1:00 p.m.
-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day July 18 At Kutztown Headquarters
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights July Activities
-- Penn State Extension, PA Farm Bureau Host October 10 Energy & Agriculture Conference In Harrisburg; Sponsorships Available [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 21 [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board To Hold 3 Hearings, Comment Period On Proposed Regulation On Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans: July 22, 24, 29
-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 21 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invites Comments On Proposed Land Transfer With Game Commission Involving Land In Carbon and Crawford Counties
Programs/Information
-- Gov. Shapiro: Wait Times Cut For Permits Even Further; DEP Reduced Permit Backlog By 94%
-- WTAE: Duquesne Light Urging Western Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Heat
-- Courier Times: Power Could Be Out Until Monday For Some PECO Customers In Bucks County
-- PJM Issues Alert Requiring All Electric Generators To Operate At Maximum Output For Monday, June 23; No Customer Action Required At This Time [PaEN]
-- PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Service Area June 22-25, Electricity Use To Exceed Summer Forecast Peak, But Adequate Reserves Should Be Available [PaEN]
-- DEP Sunday, June 22 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day: Southwest, Southeast PA
-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Philadelphia Area
-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22, Monday, June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Action Days In Western PA
-- EPA AirNow Current Conditions: Monday June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Day: Altoona, Erie, Indiana, Johnstown, Lehigh Valley, Mercer, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Susquehanna Valley
-- DEP Declares Monday, June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Eastern, Central PA
-- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: RISE PA Decarbonization- Investing In Industry Plays To Pennsylvania’s Strengths - By Dennis Affinati, IBEW Third District; Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council; Stefani Pashman, Allegheny Conference on Community Development [PDF of Article]
-- Request Native Trees Now For Fall Planting Thru PA Interfaith Power & Light, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Importance Of Manure Application Setbacks For Protecting Private Drinking Water
-- Republican Herald - Ron Devlin: Blight-Resistant Chestnut Seeds Set In Soil In Cressona Orchard
-- WHYY - Susan Philliips: It’s PA’s Spotted Lanternfly Season: Here’s What Researchers Know And Want You To Do
Background On Issues
-- Cecil Twp. Zoning Hearing Board Dismisses Range Resources Validity Challenge To 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance For Shale Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Commonwealth Court Overturns Elizabeth Townships’s Approval Of Olympus Energy Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Will Appeal EHB Decision To Allow CNX Resources To Drill Shale Gas Wells Just Hundreds Of Feet From Homes In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Protect PT Appeals Environmental Hearing Board Approval Of 2 Penn Twp. Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland
-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 15 Orphan Conventional Gas Wells In Clinton County [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Estimates CY 2025 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenues At $235 Million, $70 Million More Than CY 2024 [PaEN]
-- CNN: EPA Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil & Gas Industry
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 38 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In May; 225 In 2025 [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out Of School’ In Allegheny County, Study Shows
-- The Cool Down: Residents Plead For Help In Chester, PA As Hazardous Conditions Burden Community: ‘Our Children Literally Cannot Breathe’ [House Bill 109 - Cumulative Impacts]
-- Erie Times: Erie Coke [Coal] Facility Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Crimes, To Pay $700,000 Penalty For Clean Air Violations
-- Cameron County Chamber Innovation Center Kitchen Switches To Electric Induction Stove, Energy Star Appliances With Help From West Penn Energy Fund [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Ohio River Restoration Plan Hopes To Rally Federal Support For Watershed
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Ohio River Basin, Essential To America’s Economy And Environment, Needs More Attention From Washington
-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay News: Bay Awareness Week; More County Projects; Funding, Technical Assistance
-- Guest Essay: Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Making Clean Water Possible On A Gettysburg Farm And Across Pennsylvania - By Becky Nas, 4th Generation Farmer [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands: 11,020 Native Trees Planted At Peacedale Preserve In Chester County Reforestation Effort [PaEN]
-- Penn State: 18% Of Private Wells Sampled Have PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Levels Beyond Drinking Water Standards; July 2 PFAS Webinar [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Study: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In 65% Of Sampled Private Wells; 18% Had Levels Beyond Standards
-- Carlisle Sentinel: Study: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In 65% Of Sampled Private Wells; 18% Had Levels Beyond Standards
-- WVIA: Lackawanna County Wastewater Treatment Plant Takes A Proactive Approach To PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Communities Win When We Invest In Outdoor Recreation - By Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council
-- MCall - Anthony Salamone: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Being Pitched As A Federal ‘Gateway Community;’ What Does That Mean?
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: A Susquehanna Celebration: RiverFest Celebrates Region’s Watershed, Heritage
-- MCall: How $2.6 Million In Federal Funds Will Close Key Trail Gap, Make Lehigh Valley Safer For Bicyclists
-- TribLive: Rachel Carson Trail Challenge Pushes Hikers To The Limits
-- Tribune-Democrat: ATVs Become Nuisance On Future Ghost Town Trail Extension In Ebensburg Area
-- TribLive: Rapid Flow In Kiski, Yough Rivers Increase Risks As Seasoned River Runners Urge Caution
-- AP: After Hiking 1,100 Miles Of The Appalachian Trail, It’s Ice Cream They Devour [Video]
-- The Allegheny Front: The Nature Conservancy Protects 1,158 Acres In Somerset County, Now Part Of Game Commission Lands
-- Erie Times: Shallow-Water Ciscoes Fish Gone From Lake Erie For Decades Rediscovered In PA Lake
-- WNEP: Rattlesnake Roundup Returns: Guests Enjoy Wildlife, Mustic
-- Centre Daily Times: Centre Wildlife Care Is Running Out Of Space, How An Expansion Could Help More Animals
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: June 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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