Monday, August 4, 2025

August 4 - 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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166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


DCNR Highlights 10 Years Of Workforce Training Through The Expanded PA Outdoor Corps Program For Young People Ages 15-25


Keep PA Beautiful Awards $500 To Westmoreland County Conservation District, Winner Of PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts’ Trash Cleanup Challenge


Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Multi-Municipal Shade Tree Commission Member Donna McCrea Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award In Allegheny County


Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., Susquehanna County - Just A Few Miles From Dimock


Pin Oak Energy Partners Signs Consent Order With DEP To Address Its Failure To Restore 16 Shale Gas Well Sites And An Impoundment In Beaver County Since 2023


DEP: Second Spill From Horizontal Drilling At EQM Gathering Pipeline Construction Project In Washington County Contaminates Spring


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 26 to August 1- Coterra Contaminates 13 More Water Wells; Shale Driller Fails To Restore 16 Well Sites; Dewatering Abandoned Impoundment Halted; Another Pipeline Construction Spill


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 2


Food & Water Watch Hosts Aug. 5 Webinar On Protecting Your Pennsylvania Community With Local Zoning


PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Applauds President For Overturning Basis For Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs-- Including Methane From Oil & Gas Operations


EPA Extends Oil & Gas Industry Compliance Deadlines For Federal Clean Air Act Methane Reduction Rule; Deadline Extended For States To Submit Compliance Plan To 2027


Guest Essay: Federal EPA Rollbacks Mean Pennsylvania Must Take The Lead On Cutting Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations


Marcellus Drilling News: Federal And State Lawmakers Tour Facilities Extracting Lithium From Oil & Gas Wastewater In Susquehanna County


PUC Chairman DeFrank Leads National Effort To Strengthen Natural Gas Use Energy Efficiency, Reliability, And Sustainability


42 Organizations Call On DEP For More Transparency On Proposed A.I. Data Centers


PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year


PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts By Increasing Reliability From Less Than 75% Now To An Achievable 90%


Guest Essay: Three Proposals To Protect Consumers From A.I. Price Increases: Bring Your Own Generation; Data Centers Must Pay Their Fair Share; An 'All Of The Above' Energy Future, Including Renewables


PJM Interconnection Again Extends Maximum Generation Alert & Load Management Alert To July 30; Demand Response Programs Implemented On July 28, 29


Penn State Extension: Sept. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I. Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development


Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, EEA-NJ Hosts Sept. 10-11 Navigating Change Policy Conference


PA Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. 14


EPA: Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County Makes Progress In Meeting PM2.5, Other Air Quality Standards, Redesigned An Air Quality Maintenance Area


DEP Sets Aug. 20 Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County


Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Hosts 2 AmeriCorps Interns Funded By Federal Office Of Surface Mining


DEP Inviting Comments On Revised Guidelines For Ranking Applications To PennVEST For Federally-Funded Water Infrastructure Grants/Loans Removing Environmental Justice Ranking Points


Penn State Extension Aug. 25 Webinar On PFAS And 6PPD-q Chemicals In The Delaware River Basin


State Conservation Commission Extends Deadline To Apply For Federally-Funded Grants To Implement Farm Conservation Practices In Chesapeake Bay Most Effective Basins


Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Record-Breaking Rainfall In Lancaster County Put Stormwater, Watershed Restoration Projects To The Test


Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 9 Webinar On Proper Native Tree Planting For Long-Term Success; Master Watershed Steward Native Tree & Shrub Sale In August


Three Rivers Waterkeeper Releases 2024 State Of Our Three Rivers Water Quality Report


PEMA Highlights Upgraded Weather Monitoring And Flood Warning System At Greencastle-Antrim School, Franklin County


Clean Philadelphia NOW Applauds New Philadelphia Law To Impound Vehicles Of Illegal Dumpers Caught On Camera


Western PA Conservancy Protects 725 Acres Of Forestland Habitat For Rare Species In Bedford County


Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving the Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 20, Crawford County; Annual Dinner Sept. 19


Registration Open! WeConservePA Pennsylvania Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 21-23 In Harrisburg


Natural Lands Completes Accessible Trail At Sadsbury Woods Preserve In Chester County


Wilcox Park Reopens Bringing Together Community To Celebrate Green Infrastructure Partnership In Delaware County


Clean Air Council Now Accepting Applications For Feet First Philly Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grants; Aug. 20 Applicant Webinar


Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Roadside Pollinator Meadow Blossoms into Biodiversity Hotspot And Scenic Gem In Berks County; Fall HawkWatch Starts Aug. 15


Shaver's Creek Environmental Center Has A New Animal Ambassador-- Pip, A Northern Hawk Owl Chick


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Aug. 23 Pollinator Pathway Movement - BEE In On It! At The Van Scott Nature Reserve Wayne County


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 2


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 4, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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