Monday, August 25, 2025

August 25 - 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]


Click Here To View Or Print The Entire August 25 PA Environment Digest


158 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Tina Terrell, US Forest Service Advocate For Nature And People


Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Pushing 3 More Ways To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater; Not Clear How The Public, Put At Risk By Dumping, Will Be Involved


DEP: An Estimated 16,000 Gallons Of 'Black Goop' Spills From Closed Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Williamsport, Reaching Susquehanna River


DEP Issues Violations For Failing To Report How Waste Was Disposed Of Safely From 133 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Including 50 Owned By CNX Gas Company


DEP: Leatherwood LLC Issued Violations For Illegally Disposing Of 43,176 Gallons Of Conventional Gas Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County


DEP: 3rd & 4th Spills From Horizontal Drilling At EQM Gathering Pipeline Project In Washington County; Overflowing Tanks; Water Supply Complaint Investigated


DEP: Contaminated Wastewater Found Seeping From Saturated Shale Gas Well Pad Fill Slope In Great Bend Twp., Susquehanna County


DEP: Day 38 Of Cleanup: Borehole Found Under Stormwater Basin During Continuing Cleanup Of Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad After A 34-Hour Uncontrolled Wastewater Release In Bradford County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 16 to 22 - Conventional, Shale Gas Wastewater Spilling All Over, Seeping From Hillsides; 4th Pipeline Construction Spill; Where Did You Put That Waste?


DEP Now Accepting Bids To Plug 7 Conventional Gas Wells In Washington County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 23


Susquehanna River Basin Low Flow Water Conditions Trigger Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 47 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawal Points In PA


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 57 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In June/July; 282 In 2025


DEP Announces SPEED Permitting For Oil & Gas Well Pads, Air Quality, Dam Safety, Chapter 105, 102 Permits


Joint State Government Committee Identifies 382 Potential Sites For Geothermal Facilities Using Abandoned Mine Pools; Geothermal Energy Could Reduce A.I. Data Center Energy Demand By 30-40%


Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management Hosts Oct. 21 Pennsylvania Energy Ecosystem Conference


PUC: Pennsylvania Electric Grid Challenged By Record Number Of Outage Events In 2024; So Far In 2025 There Were 38 Outage Events


PJM Announced It Is Accepting New Applications For Interconnection Review; Decisions Expected In 1 to 2 Years Under New Process


In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 24


PUC Hosting 6 Regional Be Utility Wise And Be Wise Consumer Education Conferences Starting Sept. 18


Coalition Of Community Groups, Philadelphia Gas Works Reach Proposed Rate Settlement Containing Wins For Affordability, Clean Energy


DEP Now Accepting Applications For $23 Million In The Driving PA Forward Freight Innovations in Transportation (PA-FIT) Grant Program


Pennsylvania Turnpike Expands Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure For Customers


PA Green Gov Council To Mark Commonwealth Sustainability Week Oct. 6 - 10 With Special Webinars


State Conservation Commission Agricultural Conservation Funding Guide For Pennsylvania Now Available


Penn State Extension, Monroe Master Gardeners Host Sept. 24 Introduction To Agroforestry; Other Extension Programs Coming Up


DEP Invites Comments On Draft Assessment & Strategy For PA Coastal Zone Resources; Apply For Coastal Zone Grants Starting Aug. 26


Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Hosts Sept. 17 Meeting On Upper Watershed Assessment & Restoration Plan In Northumberland County


DCNR Releases Technical Bulletin On Managing Stormwater In Karst Areas Of Pennsylvania


DEP To Host Aug. 28 Meeting/Hearing On ERSI Demolition Waste Landfill Permit Modifications In Lackawanna County


PA Resources Council To Hold 7 Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, Electronics Waste Collection Events in Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware, Montgomery Counties


Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $8.8 Million To Ensure 33 Farms, 2,017 Acres of Prime Farmland In 16 Counties Stay Farms Forever


DCNR, Aging, Health Agencies Unveil New Toolkit To Help Older Pennsylvanians Stay Healthy, Active Outdoors At Codorus State Park, York County


DCNR Invests $2.1 Million To Expand, Improve ATV, Snowmobile Trails Across PA; Deadline To Apply For Next Round Sept. 30


Keystone Trails Assn. Seeking Volunteers For 2025 Trail Love In Allegheny National Forest Sept. 26-27 In Elk County


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces 2025 Photo Contest Winners


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News Now Available - Back To School Edition


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 23


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: August 25, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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