Awards/Recognition
-- Northeast Pennsylvania Environmental Partners To Recognize 8 Individuals And Organizations At Annual Awards Program Oct. 23 In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Audubon Council Recognizes Jim Bonner With Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Emerging Leaders In Berks County In-Person Workshop Oct. 18 At Berks Nature - The Nature Place In Reading [PaEN]
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Launch New Regional Environmental Movement Community [PaEN]
-- Lancaster City Council Approves Lease With Partners For Environmental Stewardship For Landmark Nature Preserve, Environmental Center [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Breaks Ground On Hamer Community Conservation Center In Centre County [PaEN]
-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants [PaEN]
-- Elizabethtown College Dept. Of Biological & Environmental Sciences Volunteers Offer Expertise During Conewago Biodiversity Monitoring Event In Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Hanging Out With Goats And The Creek Rats Of The Creek Clean Up Project In Franklin County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Western PA Conservancy, US Army Corps Of Engineers, Forest County Conservation District Habitat Improvement Project Planned For Salmon Creek Next Week [PDF of Article]
-- DCNR Completes Bushkill Creek Stream Restoration Project At Jacobsburg Environmental Ed Center In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- Giant Food Stores, Keep PA Beautiful Award 37 Healing The Planet Grants To Support Local Native Tree Planting Projects [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Jersey Shore’s Alex Butzler Conquers Appalachian Trail
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- WITF: WITF/Pennon Reporting On Energy In Washington State Wins National Award
Grants
-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Engineer, Resource Conservation Technician Positions [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: Finding Common Ground In The Climate Crisis, Friday, Aug. 15, 4:00 p.m.
-- Observer-Reporter: King Coal Show Marks 70 Years Of Celebrating Mining Heritage In Southwest PA Aug. 16-23 In Washington County
-- Registration Open! Philadelphia Solar Week August 18 to 23
-- Beaver Times: Riverside School District Residents Free Electronics Recycling Event Aug. 19
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Twilight Pond Walks To Learn About Pond Ecology In Beaver, Centre, Mercer, Venango, Westmoreland Counties Starting Aug. 19
-- Survey Freshwater Mussels And Eel Weirs During Emerging Leaders In Berks County Schuylkill River Paddle - Aug. 20, 27 & 28 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 27 Green Infrastructure And Ordinances Webinar [PaEN]
-- State Of Solar Energy In PA Webinar August 27 - Electric Bills Are Rising, We Need Cheap, Reliable Solar Energy Now [PaEN]
-- Green Building Innovation Expo Set for Sept. 2 In Pittsburgh; Free Exhibit Hall [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Ohio River Basin Confluence Summit Set For Oct. 16-18 In Louisville, KY [PaEN]
-- Emerging Leaders In Berks County In-Person Workshop Oct. 18 At Berks Nature - The Nature Place In Reading [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Forest Farming - Maple Syrup Webinar Dec. 19, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 16 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- TribLive: DEP Sets Aug. 20 Hearing On New Rustic Ridge 2 Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County
--- 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 [PaEN]
-- DEP Will Hold Sept. 24 Hearing On A Chapter 105, Stormwater Permits For The PennDOT I-80 Reconstruction Project In Stroud Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Launch New Regional Environmental Movement Community [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- TribLive: Game Commission’s Elk Cam Returns Ahead Of Mating Season In Elk County
-- Game Commission: Online Elk Cam Fires Back Up For Peak Elk Rutting Season
-- Allegheny Health Dept. Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Program Begins
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: US Geological Survey Monitoring Shows Progress In Reducing Nutrient, Sediment Pollution In The Long-Term, But Less So In Recent Years
-- Observer-Reporter: From Shopping To Shade, Ways To Reduce Your Rising Electric Costs [PDF of Article]
-- Green Building Alliance To Provide Green Professional Operations & Maintenance Training To Pre-K To 12 School Facility Teams [PaEN]
-- Inquirer/WPost: I’m A Microplastics Researcher, Here’s How I Limit The Plastic In My Life
-- WHYY: Aging Under A Warming Planet, How Philly Is Preparing To Support Its Older Population
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: How And Why To Use A Rain Barrel On Your Homestead
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Region Sees Driest Start To An August Since Late 1800s
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Water At Risk - Protecting The Heartland Of Woods And Water In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Pest Attacking Wissahickon’s Beech Trees At ‘Extinction Level’ Is Just One Of Growing Threats To Region’s Forests
-- Reading Eagle: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Unveils Pollinator Meadow
-- LancasterOnline - Master Gardeners: Here Are Ways We Can All Help Monarch Butterflies
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Natural Insect Repellents Abound In Nature [PDF of Article]
-- MCall Guest Essay: Bicycle Wreck Along Lehigh Valley Trail Offers Lesson In Human Decency - By John Sise, Northampton County
-- Observer-Reporter: Kids Take Part In Peters Township Fishing Derby In Washington County
-- Republican Herald: Fish Commission Executive Director Tim Schaeffer Says Plenty Of Good Fishing Weather Is To Be Had
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: DEP Primer: Recurring Challenges Of A.I. Data Centers: Frequent Site Plan Changes, Inconsistent Zoning, Outdated Sewage Facilities, Limited Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: The Pros And Con Artists Of A.I. Data Centers; 3-Hour Senate Hearing Like A 'Sales Seminar For Oceanfront Condos In Oklahoma' [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald - Chris Kelly: If Ya Can’t Buy ‘Em, Threaten ‘Em [A.I. Data Centers] [PDF of Article]
-- York Dispatch: Sen. Keefer (R) Wants Data Center Applicants To Show Their Energy, Water Needs: ‘Electric Bills Will Go Up Due To Supply. Why Would We Subsidize That To Lure Them In?’ [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Finding Middle Ground In A.I. Data Center Debate [PDF of Article]
US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- 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 [PaEN] [Compilation Of Articles]
Background On Issues
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- DEP: Conventional Well Plugging Operation Contaminates Spring In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- 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] [PaEN]
-- DEP: Conventional Well Plugging Operation Contaminates Spring In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Making More Pipeline Repairs In Upper Makefield Twp. Where A Previous Leak Contaminated Water Wells; Township Says It Didn’t Know [PDF of Article]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: The Health And Safety Risks Of Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: PA Has A Chance To Reduce Pollution, Save Lives By Reducing Oil & Gas Facility Air Pollution - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project [PDF of Article]
-- Canary Media: In Appalachia, Fracking For Shale Gas Is Not The Job Creator The Industry Claims
-- Financial Times: US Shale Oil/Gas Producers Say OPEC+ ‘Price War’ Will Halt Shale Boom
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Americans Just Got Scammed On Their Electricity Bills; President Promised To Cut Electricity Prices By Half Within 12 Months On Campaign Trail - By Elea Castiglione, Research Assistant
-- The Center Square: Senate/House Bipartisan Legislation Offers Incentives For Warehouse Owners To Install Solar Energy On Acres Of Roof Tops
-- TribLive: Buffalo Twp. Supervisors OK Controversial Solar Energy Facility Despite Resident Resistance In Butler County
-- Spotlight PA: President’s Solar Crackdown Will Lead To Higher Energy Costs For PA Consumers, Renewable Energy Advocates Say
-- Rep. Vitali: PA House Environmental Committee Examines Costs And Environmental Impacts Of Burning Waste Coal In PA
-- PA Environmental Council StoryMap: Reforestation Of Abandoned Mine Lands In PA, 487,000 Seedlings Planted Since 2016
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Protecting Clean Water Together - Thinking About Disaster 70 Years Later - The Flood Of 1955 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Central PA Must Prepare For Potentially Catastrophic Flooding - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Executive Director
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 17, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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