Monday, August 18, 2025

August 18 - 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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141 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Northeast Pennsylvania Environmental Partners To Recognize 8 Individuals And Organizations At Annual Awards Program Oct. 23 In Luzerne County


Pennsylvania Audubon Council Recognizes Jim Bonner With Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award


Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Kills 2, 10 Injured; Search For Answers Beings At 109-Year-Old Plant With A History Of Fatal Fires, Air Pollution Violations


The Derrick: PUC Judge Suspends Rhodes Estate Water Companies Litigation Schedule On Future Ownership [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County


DEP Issued Violations To Iron Cumberland, LLC For Illegally Disposing Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County


DEP: Conventional Well Plugging Operation Contaminates Spring In Allegheny County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 9 to 15 - Illegal Disposal Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Wastewater; 4 Impoundments Not Restored; 3 Conventional Wells Mined Through


DEP Sets Sept. 17 Public Meeting/Hearing On Air Quality Permit For The Proposed 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant At The Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County


DEP Invites Comments On Permit For 204 Aboveground Storage Tanks Totaling 1.3 Million Gallons At Proposed Amazon A.I. Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 16


Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Launch New Regional Environmental Movement Community


Senate Hearing: To Communities Facing Rapid A.I. Data Center Development: Review Your Zoning Ordinance NOW, Before It's Too Late To Have Meaningful Siting, Mitigation Conversations


Senate Hearing: DEP Primer: Recurring Challenges Of A.I. Data Centers: Frequent Site Plan Changes, Inconsistent Zoning, Outdated Sewage Facilities, Limited Community Outreach


Senate Hearing: Susquehanna River Basin Commission - A.I. Data Centers Have A Dramatic Demand For Water, And The Potential To Be Among The Largest Water Consumers In The Basin


PJM Announces Fast-Track Stakeholder Process To Seek Solutions For Connecting Large-Load A.I. Data Centers To The Electric Grid; Aug. 18 Workshop


PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Aug. 17 In Entire Service Area; 22 Hot Weather Alert Days So Far This Summer


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


DEP: $258 Million Federally-Funded Program To Provide Rebates On Appliances, Building Retrofits To Reduce Home Energy Bills On Hold Since March


State Of Solar Energy In PA Webinar August 27 - Electric Bills Are Rising, We Need Cheap, Reliable Solar Energy Now


Green Building Innovation Expo Set for Sept. 2 In Pittsburgh; Free Exhibit Hall


Green Building Alliance To Provide Green Professional Operations & Maintenance Training To Pre-K To 12 School Facility Teams


PennVEST Invests Up To $4.2 Million In Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Thru Clean Water Procurement Program


Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeals Calgon Corporation’s Wastewater Discharge Permit To Prevent PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Pollution Of The Ohio River


DEP Will Hold Sept. 24 Hearing On A Chapter 105, Stormwater Permits For The PennDOT I-80 Reconstruction Project In Stroud Twp., Monroe County


Registration Open! Ohio River Basin Confluence Summit Set For Oct. 16-18 In Louisville, KY


Giant Food Stores, Keep PA Beautiful Award 37 Healing The Planet Grants To Support Local Native Tree Planting Projects


Hanging Out With Goats And The Creek Rats Of The Creek Clean Up Project In Franklin County


Lancaster City Council Approves Lease With Partners For Environmental Stewardship For Landmark Nature Preserve, Environmental Center


ClearWater Conservancy Breaks Ground On Hamer Community Conservation Center In Centre County


Wildlands Conservancy Protects Over 2,500 Acres In Carbon County


Manada Conservancy Protects 185 Acres On The Kittatinny Ridge In Dauphin County


Heritage Conservancy Protects 90 Acres Of Woodland and Family Farm In Bucks County


West Chester University, East Whiteland Township Preserve 52 Acre Farm From Anonymous Donor In Chester County


DCNR Completes Bushkill Creek Stream Restoration Project At Jacobsburg Environmental Ed Center In Northampton County


Elizabethtown College Dept. Of Biological & Environmental Sciences Volunteers Offer Expertise During Conewago Biodiversity Monitoring Event In Lancaster County


Survey Freshwater Mussels And Eel Weirs During Emerging Leaders In Berks County Schuylkill River Paddle - Aug. 20, 27 & 28


Emerging Leaders In Berks County In-Person Workshop Oct. 18 At Berks Nature - The Nature Place In Reading


Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Engineer, Resource Conservation Technician Positions


Proudly Made: A Story Of Reinvention In The Big Woods And Small Towns Of The Pennsylvania Wilds Receives Silver Nonfiction Award From The Nonfiction Authors Association


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DEP Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants


Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 27 Green Infrastructure And Ordinances Webinar


Brodhead Watershed Association: Water At Risk - Protecting The Heartland Of Woods And Water In Monroe County


Brodhead Watershed Association: Protecting Clean Water Together - Thinking About Disaster 70 Years Later - The Flood Of 1955 In Monroe County


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 16


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: August 18, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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