Monday, July 28, 2025

July 28 - 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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183 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


PA’s Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Takes 7th Place In International NCF-Envirothon In Canada


PA Association Of Conservation Districts Recognizes County Conservationists


Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson Brings A Green Thumb To Philadelphia Rain Garden


Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Its Rager Mountain Gas Storage Field In Cambria County


DEP: Cleanup Efforts Continue At Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad Where A Well Control Problem Caused An Uncontrolled Release Of Wastewater For 34 Hours In Bradford County


DEP Samples Confirm Contaminated Wastewater Released During Well Plugging Operations Polluted Areas Off The Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Well Pad In Tioga County; Cleanup, Monitoring Continue From May Incident


Protect PT: CNX Appeals EHB Decision Requiring DEP To Enforce Local Environmental Protection Settlement At The Drakulic Shale Gas Well Pad In Westmoreland County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 19 to 25 - More Criminal Charges; Weeks Long Wastewater Cleanups Continue; 27 More Abandoned Conventional Wells


PUC Safety Division Continues Examination Of June Fatal Rowhouse Explosion In Philadelphia Focused On Natural Gas Utility Infrastructure


DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For Daylighting 5.33 Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 26


Guest Essay: Rewriting The Energy Story — Together - By Stephen M. DeFrank, Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission


PUC: Brace For Higher Electric Bills As A Result Of Soaring Power Use; Consumers Should Review Energy Options


PJM Electricity Capacity Auction Bids For 134,311 MW Come It At Highest Price Allowed Under FERC-Approved Cap


What The A.I. Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect


What The A.I. Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: Exploding Electricity Demand Already Raising Prices - Ratepayers Need Protection; No Longer An ‘All Of The Above’ Energy Strategy


White House Unveils A.I. Action Plan To Remove Barriers For Building A.I. Infrastructure


July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity


Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Is Being Whipsawed On Energy, We Need A Comprehensive Strategy - By Kate Harper and Conor Lamb, Co-Chairs Of Energy Future PA


-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert & Load Management Alert For July 28 Across Its Entire Service Area  [PaEN] 


PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alerts For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions July 26 & 27, And For The Entire Service Area On July 28


PJM Interconnection Continues Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts For July 25


PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts


Whitehall Borough Launches New Rooftop Solar System Installed With Help From PA Solar Center, Elysium Solar Energy In Allegheny County


Registration Open! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 21


EPA Accepting Applications For Up To $14 Million In Brownfields Job Training Grants


DEP Sets Aug. 28 Meeting/Hearing On Waste Permit Modification For ERSI Construction/ Demolition Waste Landfill In Taylor Boro, Lackawanna County


DEP Healthy Waters Update: Draft Revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement Comments Due; Local Restoration Projects, Grants And Education Opportunities


Guest Essay: We Helped PA Homeowners ID PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Other Contaminants In Drinking Water Wells - Then The Feds Cut Funding


Save The Date: Delaware River Watershed Forum Set For Sept. 25 At County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ


Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 6 Hearing, Sept. 10 Business Meeting


Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Summertime Riparian Buffer Maintenance; Social Science Of Ag Conservation; Ag Progress Days Passport; Deeper Dive Into Water Education


DCNR Unveils New Statewide Recreation Plan, Celebrates 2nd Annual Outdoors For All Day In Lancaster


Local Conservation Groups Unite To Boost Bluebird Habitat At Lundale Farm In Chester County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. Holds July 30 Training On Managing PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contaminated Water, Waste In Washington County


Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. 19-21, Sept. 16-18


Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 6 Webinar On Cultivating Resilient Gardens For Weather Extremes


Delaware RiverKeeper Network: Now On-Demand - 2025 Watershed Congress Presentations


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 26


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 28, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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