Monday, July 7, 2025

July 7 - 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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146 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Remember The Words Of The Declaration Of Independence As We Work For A Better, Safer, Healthier, Cleaner Environment To Secure Our Unalienable Rights To Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness


Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


18 DEP Staff Members Honored With Governor's Awards For Excellence For Responses To Mine Subsidence And Dam Sediment Release


Celebrating 30 Years Of Excellence As The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources


Off Duty DCNR Park Manager Earns Governor’s Award For Excellence After Providing Lifesaving Aid To Swimmer


US. Environmental Protection Agency Declaration Of Dissent Signed By Over 1,240 Employees


Chesapeake Bay Program Seeks Public Comments On Revised Watershed Agreement; 4 Webinars Continuing July 8


PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ On-Lot Septic System Reg Changes Focus Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting July 8


The Holcad: Westminster College Students Partner With Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition On Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Project


DEP Ends Drought Watch Across The State, All Counties Have Returned To Normal Status; 17 Water Suppliers Still Have Restrictions


Environmental Hearing Board Denies Request To End Appeal Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County


CNX Resources Challenges Environmental Hearing Board Authority To Add Conditions To Permits For Shale Gas Wells At The Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County


Warren Times Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution


Penn State Extension Adds McKean County Workshop To Promote $100/Well Bounty To Find Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners; Workshops Set In Clarion, Crawford, Mercer Counties


DEP: Active Wastewater Spill Remediation Efforts Have Continued For 30+ Days At The Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Well Pad In Charleston Twp., Tioga County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 28 to July 4 - 30+ Days Of Cleanup Continues At Shale Gas Pad; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order For 67 Months; Failure To Install E&S Controls For 68 Months


Environmental Integrity Project: DEP Made Changes To Permit For MarkWest Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County To Reduce Air Emissions, Improve Accountability


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 5


Environmental Health Project To Launch Compounds Of Concern Online Tool During July 16 Webinar


Guest Essay: The Real Story Behind The Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee - It's Not Funding, It's Cleanup Money


PUC Approves $750,000 Penalty Against UGI Utilities For 2020 Natural Gas Main Eruption In Monroe County Killing 1 Person


PUC Seeks $395,000 Penalty Against UGI Utilities For 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Suburban Harrisburg; $50,000 Penalty Against Contractor


PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 6 In Its Western Region, July 7 In Its Mid-Atlantic & Southern Regions, Including Areas In PA


Mountain Watershed Association Files EHB Appeal Of DEP's Approval Of The 1,452 Acre Expansion of the Rustic Ridge #1 Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties


Guest Essay: Remembering Ryerson Station State Park's Duke Lake, Lost To Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining In Greene County 20 Years Ago


PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches New Faith & Fossil Fuels Initiative; Invites Congregations, Individuals To Share Your Lived Experiences With Pollution


Solar Business Owners: PA Will Lose $156 Million If PA Senate, House Fail To Unlock Solar For All Funding


PA Groups Say Federal Megabill Will Increase Pollution, Raise The Cost Of Living, Reduce Energy Choice


PA Resources Council To Hold Aug. 1, Aug. 23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny Count


South Mountain Partnership: Shippensburg University Public Feedback Survey On Michaux State Forest Trail Systems In Adams, Franklin Counties


Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land - Landowners Blaine & Terry Aikin Tell Their Story About Gentle Bear Run, Venango County


Western PA Conservancy Adds 203 Acres To State Game Lands In Mercer County


Help Wanted: Ursinus College Conservation Stewardship Coordinator


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension To Host Forest And Deer Herd Management Webinar Series July 22


Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water


Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7-9


Call For Presentations: Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference March 23-25, 2026


PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jeri Jones - Geology, Dirt Track Racing, Star Gazing And The Zoom Rock Room


On The Governor’s Desk


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 5


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 7, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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