Monday, August 11, 2025

August 11 - 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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192 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Stroud Water Research Center To Recognize Paul O'Callaghan, Founder Of BlueTech Research, With 2025 Award For Freshwater Excellence


Penn State Extension's Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Receives Award From PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts


Penn State Extension Team Earns National Recognition For Conservation Training Publications


Range Resources Files Appeal Of The Dismissal Of Its Zoning Hearing Board Challenge To Cecil Township’s Ordinance Requiring A 2,500 Foot Setback For Shale Gas Wells


DEP: 25 Days After An Uncontrolled Release Of Wastewater At A Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad, Cleanup Continues In Bradford County


PA Supreme Court Rules No Republican Senate, House Members Can Intervene In Legal Challenge To Act 96 That Took Away Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Cover Taxpayer Costs For Plugging


DEP Awards $7.24 Million In Federal Funds To Plug 329 Marginal Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [Names Of Those Awarded Grants Not Released Yet]


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 2 to 8 - Shale Gas Wastewater Spill Day 25; Failed To Restore Plugged Well Site In 43 Months; 25 Months - No Action On Spill Cleanup


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 9


FracTracker Alliance: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Released 17.9 Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes


House Members To Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Advance Geothermal Energy Development


PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Development In Lackawanna County


Guest Essay: Paying The Price For Natural Gas And A.I. Data Centers


Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Centers And The Rest Of Us


Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges


Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County


FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information


PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles


In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week


Governor's Office Published Updated Agency-By-Agency Regulatory Agenda Listing Regulations In Development


Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Cancels Solar For All Program That Would Lower Energy Bills For Families [$156 Million In PA]


PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Aug. 14 Webinar On The New Deadline For Taking Advantage Of Federal Solar Energy Tax Credits


Commonwealth Court Reverses Environmental Hearing Board And Orders DEP Permit For Tri-County Landfill In Mercer County Vacated


Start Planning Now For A Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Cleanup Event Sept. 1 To Nov. 30; Get Free Cleanup Supplies; Support The International Coastal Cleanup


Keep PA Beautiful 2025 Annual Conference Set For October 15-16 In State College


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Draft Chesapeake Bay Agreement Falls Short; Bay Faces Pivotal Moment And A Stronger Bay Agreement Is Needed


DEP Now Accepting Grant Applications For Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention, Natural Resource Conservation Projects


Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Opens Fall Grant Round; Letters Of Intent Due Aug. 29


First Come, First Served: Applications Now Being Accepted For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Through Sept. 30


Registration Open! 10th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Set For Oct. 14 In Bethlehem


Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable In Berks County


August 6 DCNR Resource Newsletter Now Available [Crews Return From Fighting Wildfires Out West]


PA Environmental Council: Apply Now For Cycling Activation Mini-Grants Of Up To $15,000


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July Now Available


Natural Lands Partners With Corgan Family To Expand Bear Creek Preserve By 53 Acres In Luzerne County


DCNR: Conservation And Environmental Leaders Highlight Need To Protect Native Plants To Strengthen Pennsylvania’s Ecosystems


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


PA Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For Annual Awards Programs; Conference Presentation Proposals Also Due


Stroud Water Research Center Foundations Of Environmental Literacy In PA Educator Development Courses Are Now Available


PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Hold Women In The Big Woods Program At French Creek State Park Sept. 5-7


Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Free Virtual Bugs, Balance, and Biodiversity Forest Health Program, Sept. 9


PA iMapInvasives Hosts Sept. 17 Webinar On Boat Cleaning To Prevent The Spread Of Invasive Species


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 9


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: August 11, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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