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-- Butler Eagle: Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Commemorates 30th Anniversary With Water-Themed Events At Jennings Environmental Ed Center, Butler County [PDF of Article]
-- Indiana Gazette: Aultman’s Run Watershed Assn. For Restoring The Environment Celebrates 25th Anniversary
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil’s Legacy Of Clean Water On His Farm
-- Penn State Extension: Twofold Farm Grows A Food Forest Multifunction Riparian Buffer With Conservation In Mind In Wyoming County
-- Post-Gazette: Conservation Grants Provide Life-Changing Help To Farmers And Surrounding Communities [Allegheny Conservation District]
-- TribLive: Habitat Project At Deer Creek Cuts Sediment, Boosts Water Quality In Allegheny County
-- TribLive: Otter, Eagle Sightings Along Loyalhanna Bode Well For Health Creek Habitat In Westmoreland
-- Williamsport Sun: Trout Unlimited Abandoned Mine Cleanup Of Area Waterways Aims To Help Trout Population [PDF of Article]
-- The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers WaterKeeper Watchdog Tracks Chemical Waste In Monongahela River
-- Vote Now! For Cox Enterprises Conserves Heroes Award PA Nominee: Eric Grace Founder Of Creek Cleanup Project, Conococheague Creek, Franklin County [Watch Nomination Video]
-- PA Municipal Authorities Assn. Honors Rep. Nate Davidson With 2025 Distinguished Service Award [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Celebrates 30+ Individuals Completing The Seen Them All Challenge - Visiting All 124 State Parks, 20 State Forest Districts [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Baer: What Do We Have To Do To Get Some Governing Around Here? [State & Federal]
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Legislation To Increase Setbacks From Unconventional Shale Gas Wells From 500 Feet To 2,500 Feet From Homes, 5,000 Feet From Schools, Hospitals [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Scientists Find Evidence PA Townships’ Water Contaminated By Shale Gas Frack-Out [Townships Declare Disaster Emergency]
-- The Allegheny Front: Shale Gas Drilling Waste Again Poses Threat To Monongahela River [Westmoreland Landfill]
-- State Fire Commissioner Makes $250,000 Available To Help Fire, Rescue And EMS First Responders Prepare For Gas Well Fires, Explosions
-- DEP Proposes To Deny Eureka Resources Water Quality Permit Renewal For Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Sabre Energy Chapter 105 Permit For Proposed Shale Gas Water Withdrawal On Exceptional Value Muncy Creek In Penn Twp., Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Oct. 29 Hearing On Proposed 2026 Program Fees And 15 Water Withdrawals, Including 3 For Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: New Report On State Implementation On Federally-Funded Methane Emissions Reduction Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program
-- WV Governor Morrisey: West Virginia, Diversified Energy Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Conventional Well Plugging Fund
-- Wall Street Journal: West Virginia To Unveil Privately Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Fund To Retire 20,000 Conventional Wells [Diversified Energy] [PDF of Article]
-- WJAC: Natural Gas Leak Prompts Lengthy Repair, Evacuations In Downtown Ebensburg
-- Post-Gazette: White Powder Found In Envelope At Peoples Natural Gas Was Flour, Employees Briefly Sheltered In Place
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network Files Lawsuit Challenging DRBC Gibbstown LNG Gas Export Facility Dock Permit [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Some PA Lawmakers Are Trying To Silence Local Voices On Shale Gas Development - By Dr. Barbara Brandom, Concerned Health Professionals Of PA
-- PUC Approves 6.6% Philadelphia Gas Works Rate Increase, Keeps Weather Normalization Adjustment; PGW Required To Develop A 'Pathway' For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
-- US EIA: Winter Fuels Outlook: Electricity Costs In Mid-Atlantic Expected To Increase 6% Driven By Increases In Natural Gas Costs, Rapid Demand Growth [A.I. Data Centers]
-- US EIA Forecasts 36.6% Increase In Natural Gas Prices By January 2026
-- Inquirer Editorial: The Language Of ‘Opportunity’ Surrounding Shale Gas Fracking And A.I. Data Centers Sounds Distressingly Familiar As PA Joins Rush To Latest Promised Economic Boom [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Community Groups Urge Officials To Restrict A.I. Data Center Development; More Than 20 Data Centers Proposed In PA
-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Issues Policy Statement Calling For Responsible Development Of A.I. Data Centers, Adopting PennFuture's Model Zoning Ordinance [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: 1,400 Acre A.I. Data Center Project, Dedicated 910 MW Natural Gas Power Plant, 18 Million Gallon A Day Water Treatment Plant Announced By Essential Utilities In Greene County [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Homer City Generation Chapter 105 Permit Covering Permanent Loss Of 441 Feet Of Stream To Develop Part Of A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Indiana University Of PA News: Students Lead Campus Conversation On Impacts Of Proposed Homer City 3,200 Acre A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Region’s Nuclear Power Industry Preps For An A.I.-Driven Renaissance
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 20 [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Report Says Shell Petrochemical Plant Falling Short On Promises
-- Clean Water Action, Partners Host Oct. 22 Webinar On Environmental Justice In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Dangerous Train Derailments More Likely In Disadvantaged Communities, Pitt Analysis Shows
-- University Of Pittsburgh Awarded Federal Grant To Study Long-Term Health Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- TribLive: Preliminary Report Pinpoints Location Of Deadline US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Blast
-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Makes Changes Following Deadly Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion As Investigation Continues
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion Linked To High-Pressure Water Valve, Independent Report Finds [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Secretary Shirley Joined East Pennsboro Township Celebrating Its New 2.47 MW Solar Energy Facility In Cumberland County
-- PennLive: East Pennsboro Twp. Opens New 2.47 MW Solar Energy Facility In Cumberland County
-- TribLive: Derry Township OKs Solar Energy Facility Permit Over Objections By Neighbors In Westmoreland County
-- PA House Energy Committee Holds Hearing On Encourage Solar Energy Installations On Warehouses
-- PA Capital-Star: Warehouse Roofs Could Help Pennsylvania Meet Energy Demand Needs, House Panel Hears
-- Post-Gazette Letter: Save Solar Energy For Homeowners, Not For Corporations - By Joe Morinville, Carnegie
-- Reading Eagle: Reading Modernizes 4 Park Fieldhouses With Energy-Saving Upgrades
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Fossil Fuels And Renewable Energy Meet In New Pitt Degree Program
-- 17 PA Republican Senators Urge PJM To Reject Prioritizing Ready To Deploy Wind, Solar Energy Projects When Demand For Power Is Surging; Fail To Address Locking Up Existing Generation For Exclusive Data Center Use [PaEN] [Warning]
-- Tribune-Democrat: New US Policy Pulls Back From Renewable Energy Just As Demand Swells [Part I] [PDF of Article]
-- E&E News: President’s Energy Policies Are The Energy Emergency In The US [Blocking Gigawatts Of Much-Needed Clean Power For Grid]
-- AP: Solar, Wind Power Has Grown Faster Than Electricity Demand This Year, Report Says [President Cancelling Clean Energy Funding Blocks Gigawatts Of Power For Grid]
-- Solar Energy Industries Assn.: President’s Efforts To Prevent Clean Energy Deployment Have Blocked 125 Gigawatts Of Solar Power From The Grid Just When Demand Is Surging, Driving Up Electricity Prices [Warning]
-- Reuters: States Sue To Stop President’s Cancellation Of $7 Billion Solar For All Clean Energy Funding [PA Joined Lawsuit]
-- Penn State Sustainability, PA GreenGov Council Kick Off 6 Webinar Series Oct. 17 With Building Sustainability, Resiliency In PA With Microgrids, Noon.
-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Climate Crisis Isn’t A Hoax - But Big Oil Wants You To Think It Is - By Shawn Crowell, Student, Cedar Cliff High School, Cumberland County
-- DEP Eliminates 2,402 Permit Backlog, Reviewed And Acted On 30,430 Permits So Far In 2025 [PaEN]
-- Environmental Groups, Citizens Request DEP To Hold Public Hearing On The First Title V Air Quality Permit For Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Nov. 10 Hearing On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For Cleveland Cliffs Monessen Coke [Coal] Works In Westmoreland County; Wastewater Plant Permit Renewal Pending [PaEN]
-- Environmental Integrity Project: EPA Reverses Course On Delaying Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Regulations After Lawsuit
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EPA Reverses Stance On Coke [Coal] Oven Rules That US Steel Called Unachievable
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Carnegie Mellon Research Behind New Global Map Of Power Plant, Refinery, Other Air Pollution
-- Inquirer: Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers May Soon Be Banned In Lower Merion Twp.
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 14 To Hear Presentations On Environmental, Property Damage Caused By Longwall Coal Mining [PaEN]
-- TribLive: North Belle Vernon Abandoned Coal Mine Subsidence Damaged House, Owners Say In Westmoreland County
-- WPost - Salena Zito: Take A Ride Through Enlow Fork Longwall Coal Mine In Washington County, PA
-- Post-Gazette - Adriana E. Ramirez: President’s Administration Is Loving Coal, But Killing The Miners [Coal Miners Stage Protests] [Warning]
-- NYTimes: Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside To Die’ Under President’s Policies
-- Inside Climate News: Coal Miners, Advocates Plead With President To Enforce Black Lung Rule
-- Scranton University: Anthracite Coal Industry On Display, Art Series Opens Oct. 24
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Let’s Be Clear: Orange Creeks Impacted By Abandoned Mine Drainage Require Faster Cleanup In Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro Elected To Lead US-Canadian Partnership Overseeing Great Lakes
-- LehighValleyNews.com: 10th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Focuses On Conservation, Restoration
-- Penn State Extension, DCNR, PASA Host Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference June 4-5, 2026 In Huntingdon County [PaEN]
-- Call For Presenters: 2026 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River March 28 [PaEN]
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-- Stroud Water Research Center: Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil’s Legacy Of Clean Water On His Farm; Soil - Key To Healing A Floodplain; Paul O’Callaghan, David Wise Honored; Upcoming Events [PaEN]
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-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Toward Cleaner, Safer Philadelphia Waterways; Climate Change, Ancient Infrastructure Make Region Vulnerable To Catastrophic Flooding - By Nathan Boon, William Penn Foundation
-- Inside Climate News: Maryland’s Conowingo Dam Settlement Reasserts State’s Clean Water Act Authority, But Revives Dredging Debate
-- PA Drought Task Force: 25 Counties Now Under Drought Watch; 9 Water Suppliers Have Mandatory Use Restrictions; 25 With Voluntary Restrictions [PaEN]
-- Morning Call: Is Lehigh Valley Headed For Another Drought? What Water Data Tells Us
-- The Derrick: Drought Prompts Venango County Burning Advisory; Rain In Forecast This Week
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-- PA Environmental Council, Essential Utilities Accepting Applications Starting Oct. 22 For Protect Your Drinking Water Grants To Support Projects Impacting Bucks, Chester, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- PUC Highlights 11th Annual ‘Imagine A Day Without Water’
-- Williamsport Sun: Elevated Levels Of Lead Found In Muncy Water
-- WPXI: Massive PA American Water Main Break Floods Part Of Pittsburgh Roadway
-- Morning Call: Large Lehigh County Authority Water Main Break Sends Water Gushing Onto Center City Allentown Streets
-- Morning Call: Boil Water Advisory In Hellertown Boro Extended Through At Least Tuesday In Lehigh Valley
-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Water Authority OKs Rate Increases To Fund North Fork Dam Renovation
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Punishing Tariffs Have Created What Some Are Calling ‘Farmaggedon’ For US Agriculture [Warning]
-- Dept. Of Insurance: Federal Shutdown Suspends Federal Flood Insurance Program, Here Are Some Options To Help Homeowners [Warning]
-- TribLive: Federal Shutdown Could Affect Deadline For Jeannette Flood Mitigation Project In Westmoreland [Warning]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Amid Rollbacks On Environmental Protections, EPA Goes The Other Way On Lower Delaware River Water Quality
-- WHYY: Releases Of A Toxic ‘Forever Chemical’ To Be Monitored More Closely By EPA
-- TribLive: Emergency Crews Complete Drill At Parks Twp. Nuclear Waste Site In Armstrong County
-- PA Resources Council Holds Nov. 1 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event In Allegheny County With PPG, Pittsburgh Penguins [PaEN]
-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh USEFULL Take-Out Containers Replacing Single-Use Options To Cut Waste
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $5.7 Million+ To Preserve 2,079 Acres On 24 Farms In 14 Counties [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Visits Lebanon County To Celebrate Farm Preservation Milestone
-- Natural Lands Partners With Mechanicsburg Sportsmen's Protective Assn., Silver Spring Twp. To Preserve 154 Acres Along Kittatinny Ridge In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Game Commission Celebrates Addition Of 509 Acres To State Game Lands 211 In Dauphin County
-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For $882,000 In Federally-Funded Rural Wildfire Fighting Grants, Deadline Dec. 31
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 7-Part Online Tree Tenders Training Starting Jan. 14 To Feb. 25 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun - Reflections In Nature: Berries Of Mountain Ash Tree Add Beauty To The Forest
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Duquesne Light Pauses Plan For Cutting 300+ Trees Along Irwin Run Trail To Service One Home Near North Park In Allegheny County
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 18 Webinar On Fireflies In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
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-- DCNR Marks Completion Of Pine Creek Rail Trail To Wellsboro, Tioga County; 5th Of 10 Trail Gaps Closed
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Celebrates 30+ Individuals Completing The Seen Them All Challenge - Visiting All 124 State Parks, 20 State Forest Districts [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Tourism Growth Is Impressive
-- DCNR Now Accepting Nominations For Pennsylvania's 2026 River Of The Year [PaEN]
-- DCNR Oct. 16-22 Fall Foliage Report - Chilly Nights Promote Rich Fall Colors
-- DCNR Oct. 9 to 15 Fall Foliage Report Finds Warm Weather Seems To Stall Foliage Transition
-- Special Viewfinders Allow Colorblind Visitors To Enjoy Fall Foliage At 11 PA State Parks [PaEN]
-- PennLive: 3 PA Hikes Give You A Great Bird’s-Eye View Of Fall Foliage
-- DCNR Grants News: Land Conservation Expands Fall Foliage Viewing; Trail Of Year Nominations; Federally-Funded Park Projects
-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Application For Canoe Access Grants Thru Nov. 17 [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Ed News Halloween Edition Celebrates Bat Appreciation Month [PaEN]
-- New Penn State Course Prepares Students For Conservation Careers
-- Dept. Of Health Invests $380,000 In 11 Communities To Improve Walking, Biking Networks To Boost Physical Activity
-- Tribune-Democrat: Windber Approves ATVs On Borough Streets
-- Citizens Voice: Master Plan Unveiled For Riverfront Parks In Wilkes-Barre, Kingston
-- Republican Herald: Improvement Projects Advance At Locust Lake, Tuscarora State Parks In Schuylkill County
-- DCNR Names Shawn Kulick Assistant Park Manager For Laurel Hill State Parks Complex In Southwest PA
-- DCNR Names Robert Campion Manager For Neshaminy State Park Complex In Bucks County
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader/AP: At America’s National Parks The Arc Of History Bens Toward President’s Revisionism [Warning]
-- PennLive Letter: President’s Attempt To Erase Slavery From National Parks Reveals His True Colors - By Don Spangler, Mechanicsburg [Warning]
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeks Candidates For Fish & Boat Commission Board
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates For Game Commission Board
-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Names Jim Kauffman New PA Field Representative
-- Discover NE PA: Where To Go Birding In Northeast PA
-- Governor's Invasive Species Council, PA Sea Grant Invite Anglers In NW PA To Dec. 6 Input Session At Allegheny College On Invasive Round Goby Fish [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Climate Change’s Impact On Native Brook Trout In Tributaries To Monongahela River
-- WHYY: In The Delaware River, Climate Change And Invasive Species Threaten Shad, ‘America’s Founding Fish’
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: American Shad Once Fed George Washington’s Troops, Now Levels Are ‘Not Sustainable’ In The Delaware River
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