Monday, July 21, 2025

July 21 - 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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161 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


DEP: Shale Gas Well Control Problem Caused Uncontrolled Release Of Wastewater For Over 34 Hours At Repsol’s Broadleaf Holdings Well Pad In Troy Twp., Bradford County


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


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


Environmental Groups Rallying To Protect Delaware River Watershed From Shale Gas Fracking


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


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


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 19


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


Utility Dive: Bipartisan Group Of 9 Governors, Including Gov. Shapiro, Say PJM Interconnection Facing ‘Unprecedented Crisis Of Confidence’ And Want A Hand In Filling 2 Vacant Board Seats


PJM Interconnection Extends Maximum Generation Alert To July 16; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert


PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 17 In Its Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions, Including Parts Of PA


List Of More Than $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Data Center Investments, Commitments Or Plans Announced At The PA Energy & Innovation Summit


Post-Gazette Editorial: Energy And Innovation Summit Is A Great Opportunity For Pittsburgh, But People Must Come First


Environmental Advocates Oppose Gov. Shapiro’s Attendance At Sen. McCormick's Energy, A.I. Summit In Pittsburgh


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


EPA Is 'Clearing The Regulatory Path For America To Dominate The Global A.I. Revolution'


Environmental Council Of The States: EPA Budget Cut 23%, Staff Cut 23%, Reductions In Grants Supporting State Administration Of Federal Programs, Water Infrastructure Funding


DEP: $3.47 Million In Alternative Fuel Vehicle Grants Announced To Lower Costs, Improve Air Quality; Deadline For New Applications Oct. 10


DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 98%, Has Reviewed Nearly 20,000 Permit Applications So Far This Year


PennVEST Invests $222.2 Million In 31 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects In 21 Counties


Northampton, Bucks County, Municipal Authority Announces Public Water Connection Project For 334 Homes With PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination


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


Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Celebrating The Waters Of Lancaster County


DEP, PEMA Announce Matching Funding For More Than $6 Million In NRCS Flood Recovery Projects In 9 Counties Related To Damage From Tropical Storm Debby In 2024


DCNR: Using Natural Solutions, Engineering Upgrades And Technology-Based Mapping To Prevent Flooding


DEP Sets Aug. 25 Hearing On Revisions To Perkiomenville Quarry Noncoal Mining Permit In Montgomery County


The Litterbug Continues To Strike: Strike Back By Entering The PRC Lens On Litter Photo Contest


DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Bear Meadows Natural Area In Rothrock State Forest Centre County Into The National Old-Growth Forest Network


4th Annual Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Comes To Shikellamy State Park Aug. 2 In Selinsgrove


PA Parks And Forests Foundation Welcomes New Staff And Interns


Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 24


PA Natural Heritage 2024 Annual Report Provides An Update On Pennsylvania Biodiversity Conservation Efforts And New Discoveries


Brandywine Conservancy & Museum Of Art Announces New Leadership, Organizational Changes


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Celebrating 30 Years Young At DCNR; Park & Recreational Professionals Day; Summer Mini-Adventures


Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 8-10 In Gettysburg


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 19


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: July 21, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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