Monday, September 8, 2025

September 8 - 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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145 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


In Memoriam: Ad Crable - Family Man, Outdoor Enthusiast, Admired Journalist


We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy


Springhill Township Becomes 2nd Township To Declare Disaster Emergency After Residents Were Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event In Greene County


Petition To Extend Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells May Be Back On The Table At Environmental Quality Board Sept. 9 If Motion Succeeds


DEP Issues New Order To Eureka Resources To Remove Oil & Gas Wastewater From Its Bradford County Facility In 90 Days; Imposes Penalty $6,100 For Not Complying With January Order; Updates On Other Facilities


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 - 2nd Township Declares Disaster Emergency; New Shale Gas Well Casing/Cement Failure; 100 Conventional Well Owners Get Violations For Abandoning Wells


DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 11 On New Civil Penalty Procedure; Rulemaking Petition To Process/Store Oil & Gas Wastewater From Anywhere On Every Shale Gas Well Site


EPA Invites Comments On Draft Permit Renewal For A Columbia Gas of PA Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Beaver County; Virtual Hearing Oct. 6 [If Requested]


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 6


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Sept. 24 To Consider Annual Budget, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 11 For Shale Gas Development, 2 Power Plants


DEP, Nonprofits File Consent Decree In Federal Court Requiring Beaver County Plastic Pellet Maker To Pay $2.6 Million In Penalties, Restoration Funds For Repeated Water Pollution Violations


Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter Increase In Natural Gas Production, New Wells And 60.8% Increase In Price Of Gas Over Last Year


PUC Chairman: Model Tariff For Connecting A.I. Data Centers To Local Electric Grid To Be Published For Comment By End Of September


Southwest PA Environmental Advocates Urge Bigger Voice For Renewable Energy At A.I. Horizons Summit In Pittsburgh On Sept. 11


Water At Risk: What Is Your Township's Plan For A.I. Data Centers? Sept. 15 Hearing In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County


PA Senate Republicans Introduce Bill To Eliminate Need For Any State Permits, Any Public Review Of Permits Before Construction Of A.I. Data Centers, Related Power Plants


In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - September 8


Protecting Clean Water Together: Electric Bills Increased 10-20% Since June - Community Solar Could Be A Solution


PUC Commissioners Urge PA Congressional Delegation To Support Low-Income Energy Assistance - LIHEAP


New Study Shows Schools In Pennsylvania Could Save Over $342 Million Over 25 Years By Using Solar Energy; Dauphin & Cumberland County Schools Could Save $26 Million


PA Turnpike Building Solar Microgrid At New Stanton Regional Office, State Police Troop T Barrack In Westmoreland County


Southwestern PA Commission To Host Regional Climate Pollution Reduction Plan Open Houses Starting Sept. 9


DEP: Keep Federal NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Lab Open To Help Pennsylvania Coal Miners


Join The Keep PA Beautiful Pick Up Pennsylvania Fall Cleanup To Keep Litter From Reaching Our Waterways; Free Cleanup Supplies For Registered Events


PennDOT, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announce 28 Student Young Ambassadors To Advance Pennsylvania’s Environmental Sustainability Efforts


Registration Open! PA Resources Council Electronics Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Susquehanna River Water Quality Monitoring Results 'Bright Spot' In Lackluster Progress In Reducing Chesapeake Bay Pollution


DEP Awards $5.2 Million To Support Local Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Projects; Deadline To Apply For Next Round Of Grants Oct. 24


DEP Now Accepting Applications For Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants


Chesapeake Bay Journal: Advocates Steadfast In Trying To Heal Scarred Quittapahilla Creek In Lebanon County


PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Sept. 16 Webinar On Understanding Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation In Your Municipality


Delaware County Conservation District, Partners Seeking Volunteers For Fall Tree Plantings


Stroud Water Research Center UpStream News: Outdoor Learning; Intern’s Journey; Rescuing Trees; Sept. 25 Water’s Edge Gala Stroud Award Celebration


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August Now Available


DCNR Releases Updated Land & Water Trail Network Strategic Plan


PennDOT, DCNR Announce First Designated Public Road ATV Route In Tioga County; Designation Process Now Open


PA Turnpike Celebrates Opening Of Sideling Hill Trailhead In Fulton County Sept. 20; Keystone Trails Assn. Offers Buchanan State Forest Guided Hike


Natural Lands Now Accepting Applications For PECO Green Region Grant Program


PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For PA Water Trail Mini-Grants; Webinar Sept. 15


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications; Oct. 1 Webinar


PRPS People, Parks & Community Foundation Announces $112,000 In 2025 Grant Awards


Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Records One Of Best Firefly Summers In Many Years


PA Interfaith Power & Light Now Accepting Applications For Support To Develop Native Plant Gardens, Wildlife Habitats At Communities Of Worship In Philadelphia, Delaware


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Water Quality Insights Series Webinar: Oct. 10 Best Management Practices 101; Other Educational Opportunities


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - September 6


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: September 8, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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