Awards/Recognition
-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Bear Meadows Natural Area In Rothrock State Forest Centre County Into The National Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Photo Contest Open For Entries
-- The Litterbug Continues To Strike: Strike Back By Entering The PRC Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
Grants
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Awards Scholarships To Local Students
-- Patch.com: Three New Hope-Solebury HS Students Receive Malcolm P. Crooks Scholarships From Aquetong Watershed Association
Upcoming Events
-- Planet Philadelphia: July 18 - Climate Change Anxiety, 4:00 p.m.
-- Discover NE PA: Susquehanna Valley Watershed Festival July 26, Catawissa, Columbia County
-- 4th Annual Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Comes To Shikellamy State Park Aug. 2 In Selinsgrove [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 24 [PaEN]
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 8-10 In Gettysburg [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On 4 Water Quality Permits For Texas Eastern Appalachia To Market 3 Natural Gas Pipeline Upgrade Project In Adams And York Counties [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 19 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 103 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets July 31 Hearing On Requests To Withdraw Millions Of Gallons Of Water Per Day, Including 11 For Shale Gas Development, 2 Gas Power Plants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Sets Aug. 6 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant Applications
-- DEP Sets Aug. 25 Hearing On Revisions To Perkiomenville Quarry Noncoal Mining Permit In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry Leaders Call For Faster Permitting To Boost PA’s Competitiveness In A.I. And Energy Sectors
Programs/Information
-- Dept. Of Insurance/DEP Highlight 30 Years Of Underground Petroleum Products Storage Tank Insurance Fund Work; Paid Over $1.3 Billion To Clean Up Tank Leaks [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: How Pittsburgh’s Plastic Bag Ban Changed Shopping Habits
-- Gov. Shapiro Stops In Potter County To Highlight Investment In Key Gas Station Near Northcentral Regional ATV Trail To Build Outdoor Recreation Economy [Owner Failed To Comply With Storage Tank Regulations]
-- WTAE: Laurel Caverns Proposed As Pennsylvania’s Next State Park
-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Bear Meadows Natural Area In Rothrock State Forest Centre County Into The National Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: DiscoverE Bug Camp At Oil Creek State Park Is Hit With Kids [PDF of Article]
-- PA Parks And Forests Foundation Welcomes New Staff And Interns [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Using Natural Solutions, Engineering Upgrades And Technology-Based Mapping To Prevent Flooding [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Scranton Mural Tells Story Of Lenape Tribe
-- Beaver Times: Western PA’s Frogs Are The Stars Of Frog Week 2025; How To Watch, Listen And Learn More
-- TribLive: Frog Week A Leap Into Education, Improving Habitat
-- TribLive: Bat Cam - Streaming Video Reveals Secret Life Of Bat Colony At Westmoreland Land Trust Site
-- PA Natural Heritage 2024 Annual Report Provides An Update On Pennsylvania Biodiversity Conservation Efforts And New Discoveries [PaEN]
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Fireflies Around The Bay Watershed; Black Locust Trees; Upcoming Events; Much More!
-- Inquirer: Are There More Fireflies In PA This Summer? Here’s Where To See Them Near Philly
Background On Issues
-- Courier Times: Bucks County Residents, Sen. Santarsiero Say DEP Isn’t Doing Enough To Make Energy Transfer/Sunoco Define The Extent Of Petroleum Pipeline Leak And Clean It Up [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 12 to 18 - Uncontrolled Shale Gas Wastewater Release For 34 Hours; Abandoned Conventional Wells Top 300; 107 New Brownfield Sites [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Releases Compounds Of Concern Online Tool To Help Frontline Residents Better Understand Health Symptoms Related To Chemicals In Industrial Pollution, Released By Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Online Tool Launches To Help Identify Chemical Exposure To Oil & Gas Operations, Industrial Pollution
-- TribLive: An Inside Look At Plum Borough’s Controversial Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Allegheny County
-- List Of More Than $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Data Center Investments, Commitments Or Plans Announced At The PA Energy & Innovation Summit [PaEN] [Warning]
-- NewsClips - PA Energy & A.I. Summit Pittsburgh July 15, 2025
-- PA Republican Lawmakers Rush To Introduce Bills To Give New Tax Breaks, Waive Regulations, Environmental Standards For A.I. Data Centers Already Flocking Into Pennsylvania And Locking Up PA Power [PaEN]
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: What Wasn’t Discussed At Pennsylvania’s Energy & A.I. Summit - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Police Use Pepper Spray On Energy Summit Protesters
-- WESA: Hundreds Gather To Protest President, Fossil Fuel Dependence During Energy Summit
-- Environmental Groups Rallying To Protect Delaware River Watershed From Shale Gas Fracking [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Data Centers Are Encroaching On This Luzerne County Town, So Locals Are Taking Action Early
-- LancasterOnline: Public Input On $6 Billion A.I. Data Center May Be Limited Under Current Lancaster City Zoning
-- DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 98%, Has Reviewed Nearly 20,000 Permit Applications So Far This Year [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry Leaders Call For Faster Permitting To Boost PA’s Competitiveness In A.I. And Energy Sectors
-- DEP: $3.47 Million In Alternative Fuel Vehicle Grants Announced To Lower Costs, Improve Air Quality; Deadline For New Applications Oct. 10 [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: DEP Approves More Than $1 Million In Grants For Clean Energy Vehicles In Western PA
-- NPR: Do You Want Federal Money For An Electric Vehicle Or Home Solar? Time Is Running Out - Fast
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Julia Fraser: Swisshelm Park Slag Heap In Pittsburgh Nearly Cleaned Up, Ready For Solar Makeover
-- Scranton Times: Abandoned Mine Reclamation To Begin Soon For Archbald, Mayfield Warehouse Projects
-- Northampton, Bucks County, Municipal Authority Announces Public Water Connection Project For 334 Homes With PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: All Adults, Children Tested Near PA Military Bases Have PFAS In Their Blood, Study Says
-- Erie Times: US Attorney Says ‘Accidentally Deleted’ Database Is A Reason To Drop Federal Charges In An Erie Coke [Coal] Case
-- Environmental Working Group: Frequent Violations Of Paraquat Pesticide In Pennsylvania Points To Health Risks For Farmers, Rural Residents
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Celebrating The Waters Of Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Conservation District Leaders Tour Somerset County Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Site: ‘Now I See Hope’ [Federal Funding] [PDF of Article]
-- Lancaster Farming: Chesapeake Bay Alliance, CNH Held Field Day For Conservation At New Holland Agriculture Campus Farm
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Restoring A Coal Country Watershed Begins With Counting Bugs
-- Penn State Extension: Planting A Riparian Grass Buffer For Wildlife
-- Post-Gazette: Facing Crop Losses, Farmers Are Turning To Deer Hunters
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: July 20, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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