Awards/Recognition
-- Stroud Water Research Center To Recognize Paul O’Callaghan, Founder Of BlueTech Research With 2025 Award For Freshwater Excellence [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven High School Biology Club Receives Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence [PDF of Article]
-- Penn State Extension's Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Receives Award From PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Team Earns National Recognition For Conservation Training Publications [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For Annual Awards Programs; Conference Presentation Proposals Also Due [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Ackermann Preserve In North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County To Join Old-Growth Forest Network
Help Wanted
-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Group Seeking Help After Trash Dumped On Honan Avenue Trail
Upcoming Events
-- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Development In Lackawanna County [PaEN]
-- PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles [PaEN]
-- Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable In Berks County [PaEN]
-- Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Welcomes Ag Progress Days Visitors To Learn More About Healthy Soil, Conservation [Aug. 12-14]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Aug. 14 Webinar On The New Deadline For Taking Advantage Of Federal Solar Energy Tax Credits [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: What To Know About Use-Them-Or-Lose-Them Clean Energy Tax Credits
-- Penn State Extension Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Aug. 16 Pollinator Festival At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Offer Native Trees And Shrubs In Annual Fundraiser; Deadline For Orders Aug. 27
-- Public Opinion - A.I. Assisted: Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Native Tree, Shrub Sale Ordering Now Underway
-- Penn State Extension Sept. 4 Webinar: Forest Farming - Introduction To American Ginseng, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Hold Women In The Big Woods Program At French Creek State Park Sept. 5-7 [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Free Virtual Bugs, Balance, and Biodiversity Forest Health Program, Sept. 9 [PaEN]
-- PA iMapInvasives Hosts Sept. 17 Webinar On Boat Cleaning To Prevent The Spread Of Invasive Species [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! 10th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Set For Oct. 14 In Bethlehem [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Tag Along With Monarchs; The Story Of Protecting 1,158 Acres; What’s Your Birth Month PA Native Species?
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful 2025 Annual Conference Set For October 15-16 In State College [PaEN]
-- PA Recreation & Park Society Upcoming Training And Educational Opportunities
-- Inquirer: Yes, Bears Can Invade Your PA Campsite, Ask Me How I Know
-- Erie Times: Erie County Native Doug Seus Builds Grizzly-Sized Legacy Training Hollywood’s Famous Bears [Don’t Try This At Home]
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: The Magical World Of Owls [PDF of Article]
-- Courier Times: Invasive, Dangerous ‘Frankenfish’ Should Be Destroyed On Sight
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Activities, Educational Programs In August
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 9 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 9 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Draft Chesapeake Bay Agreement Falls Short; Bay Faces Pivotal Moment And A Stronger Bay Agreement Is Needed [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Allegheny County Residents Can Share Thoughts On New Climate Action Plan
-- Governor’s Office Published Updated Agency-By-Agency Regulatory Agenda Listing Regulations In Development [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Stroud Water Research Center Foundations Of Environmental Literacy In PA Educator Development Courses Are Now Available [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Abandoned, Active Mines Are Not Tourist Sites - Stay Out! - By Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- PennLive Editorial: A Proposed 40-Year Sewage Fix Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Fair To Harrisburg Residents
-- Scranton Times: Student Campers Explore The Wonderful World Of Water
-- PittsburghUnonProgress.com: PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Offer Eco Scouts Program For A Lesson In ‘Stuff’
-- August 6 DCNR Resource Newsletter Now Available [Crews Return From Fighting Wildfires Out West] [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants News: Sharing History Of Segregated CCC Camp; ATV/Snowmobile Grants; Musser Gap Trail Segment Opens
-- TribLive: Ackermann Preserve In North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County To Join Old-Growth Forest Network
-- DCNR: Conservation And Environmental Leaders Highlight Need To Protect Native Plants To Strengthen Pennsylvania’s Ecosystems [PaEN]
-- Discover NE PA: Bioblitz At Kirby Park Uncovered Nearly 1,000 Species In Luzerne County
-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - It’s August, Grasshoppers Are Aplenty
-- WNEP: East Stroudsburg University Professor Highlights Sap Sucking Insect Known As The Treehopper
Background On Issues
-- DEP: 25 Days After An Uncontrolled Release Of Wastewater At A Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad, Cleanup Continues In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Vote On Upper Burrell Twp. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Rules Could Come Soon In Westmoreland 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 [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards $7.24 Million In Federal Funds To Plug 329 Marginal Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [Names Of Those Awarded Grants Not Released Yet] [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: State Awards Money To Plug Local Wells [No Names Of Those Awarded Grants]
-- WESA/WV Public Broadcasting: West Virginia Families Sue EQT Over Fracking Pollution
-- PublicSource.org: Children Of 3 Families That Abandoned Their Homes Sue EQT Over Illness, Distress They Say Are Linked To Company’s WV Shale Gas Operations
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Energy Is A Rallying Point For Pennsylvania - By Stephanie Catarino Wissman, American Petroleum Institute PA
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Beaver County Group Calls On DEP For More Timely Reports On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Pollution
-- WTAE: People Living Near US Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Received $900 Settlement Check From Lawsuit [‘In My Opinion, $900 Is Not Enough For My Breathing’]
-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: New Report Shows How Health Outcomes Improved After 2016 Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Closure In Allegheny County
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Move To Rollback Oil & Gas Methane, Climate Pollution Rules Will Hurt People Around Pittsburgh, Advocates Say
-- AP: EPA Cancels, Claws Back $7 Billion Solar For All Grant Program [$156 Million PA Grant]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Cancels Solar For All Program That Would Lower Energy Bills For Families [$156 Million In PA] [PaEN]
-- TribLive Letter: Say No To SolEnergy Solar Farms In Buffalo Township, Butler County
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: America Under This President Is Surrendering To The Climate Crisis - By John Dernbach, Widener University Law School [PDF of Article]
-- Gov. Shapiro, DEP Secretary Shirley Highlight Work To Speed Up Permitting At Future Amazon A.I. Data Center Site In Bucks County [Video/Photos]
-- Courier Times: Gov. Shapiro, Officials Tout Thousands Of Bucks County Construction Jobs With Ex-US Steel Site For A.I. Data Centers
-- Guest Essay: Paying The Price For Natural Gas And A.I. Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges - By Aftab Khan, PJM Executive Vice President Of Operations, Planning and Security [PaEN]
-- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN]
-- House Members To Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Advance Geothermal Energy Development [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Geothermal Energy In House
-- Inside Climate News: Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack Of Pollution Targets And Accountability
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Health Of Pittsburgh’s Rivers Has Improved, But Still Face Threats From Pollution, Report Says
-- Pike County Courier: The Watershed Stewards Of Twin Lakes
-- Chestnut Hill Local: A Swim In The Schuylkill River, Advocates Dream Of Philadelphia As A Water Recreation Wonderland
-- Delaware Currents: Is The Upper Delaware River Ready For A Texas-Like Flood?
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: August 10, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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