Awards/Recognition
-- Dickinson College To Host Environmental Defense Fund Panel Discussion On Accelerating The Clean Energy Transition Oct. 29 [PaEN]
-- Erie 2030 District Property Partners Achieve $4.5 Million In Energy Savings, 18.9% Reduction In Energy Demand [PaEN]
-- Penn State Ag Council Honors Jim MacKenzie, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery; Kelly Shenk, Ag Advisor To US EPA With Leadership Awards [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute: Apply Today For Good Farmer Award US, $10,000 Prize; Farmer Training Program Available [PaEN]
-- South Mountain Partnership: Tuckahoe Project Receives Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Conservation Achievements, Honors Local Leaders, Breaks Ground On New Hamer Community Conservation Center In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Marks 35 Years Of Impact At Annual Statewide Conference [PaEN]
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Applications For 2026 Green Community Partnership, Deadline Jan. 31
-- Penn State Master Gardeners Recognize Lisa & Dave Doseff Of Lancaster With 20th Habitat Of Merit Award [PaEN]
-- Bristol Township Environmental Advisory Committee In Bucks County Announces New Award To Recognize Student Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
Grants
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna University Environmental Education Program Now Approved To Receive Tax Credit Dollars
Help Wanted
-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Accepting Applications for Spring 2026 Training [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Sen. Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 25
-- The Center Square: State Participating In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday
-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Of Lebanon County Host In-Person Oct. 27 Birds In Your BackYard - Native Plants, Feeders & More In Lebanon, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Dickinson College To Host Environmental Defense Fund Panel Discussion On Accelerating The Clean Energy Transition Oct. 29 [PaEN]
-- Citizens Interested In Submitting Comments To DEP On Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant’s First Title V Air Quality Permit Invited To Oct. 29 Public Meeting In West Newton, Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Venango County Hosts Nov. 1 Household Hazardous Waste, Waste Electronics Collection
-- Protect PT Hosts Nov. 4 & Nov. 11 Online Living Near Shale Gas Development Community Workshops [PaEN]
-- Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Nov. 8 Shohola Elementary School, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Penn State University 2025 GIS Day Nov. 17 In State College [In-Person, Some Virtual]
-- Penn State Extension AgWorks Law Webinar Nov. 18: Protecting Your Business - Clear Limits Of Federal Homeland Security, ICE Authority In ICE Raids, I-9 Audits For Farm, Food Employers, Noon to 2:00 p.m.
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Training Online, In-Person; Eagle Watch Bus Tours Begin Jan. 3
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Experiences: Campfire Conversations; New Perseverance Trail; Outdoor Classroom
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentations 2026 PA Land Conservation Conference April 29 To May 1 In Lancaster [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 25 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Will Hold Dec. 2 Hearing On Revision To Title V Air Quality Permit For a Glass Furnace At The PQ LLC Facility In Chester, Delaware County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Ecopax LLC Facility In Forks Twp., Northampton County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On An Air Quality Permit For The PEI Power LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Lackawanna County [PaEN]
-- Citizens Interested In Submitting Comments To DEP On Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant’s First Title V Air Quality Permit Invited To Oct. 29 Public Meeting In West Newton, Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Pike County Open Space, Greenways, Recreation Plan Update Available For Public Review
-- Schuylkill County Republican Herald Editorial: Attacks On Peaceful Protesters Are Wholly Un-American [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- York Daily Record: Student-Led Project In York Suburban School District Starts Community Composting Bin Project
-- Erie Times: Solar Energy Facility At Erie County Technical School By Early Next Summer, Save Nearly $6 Million In Energy Costs
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: How Solar Energy Could Save Erie Schools Millions - By Rep. Pat Harkins (D), Rep. Robert Merski (D), David Masur, PennEnvironment
-- WHYY: Solar-Powered Streetlights Brighten Up Philly’s Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood
-- Erie Times: Corry Brownfield Site To Become Workforce Training Hub
-- Master Watershed Stewards Of York County: Artists Paint Storm Drain Art to Raise Water Pollution Awareness in York County
-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds News: Data Center Water Use; Stormwater Drain Awareness; Farm Grows Food Forest; Master Watershed Stewards; Online Water Quality/Watersheds
-- WHYY: ‘Philly Ain’t Playing:’ City Steps Up Anti-Dumping Enforcement Efforts
-- WESA: Pittsburgh-based LandForce Saw Mill Opens In Wilkinsburg To Reclaim, Harvest Fallen Urban Trees
-- DCNR Oct. 23 to 29 Fall Foliage Report - Vibrant Foliage Can Be Seen Across The Commonwealth
-- Pennsylvania Sea Grant: Know it, Report it, Stop it: Aquatic Invasive Species Response Training Webinar Now Available On Demand [PaEN]
-- PA Dept. Of Human Services: Due To Federal Shutdown, DHS Cannot Accept Applications For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Until Dec. 3
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Shutdown Means Delay In Low-Income Heating Assistance, Applications Pushed Back A Month
-- Post-Gazette: Activity Levels Of Ticks, Mosquitoes, Ants, Rats Rises In Western PA Amid Warner Weather Shifts
-- LancasterOnline: See Riders Explore A New Mountain Bike Park In Quarryville [Video]
-- The Allegheny Front: New Western PA Magazine Celebrates Sport And The Outdoors
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Update On Fall Migration Season, Upcoming Events
A.I./Data Centers
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part I: PA Utility Law Project - Utility Terminations Up 30% Already; Prioritize Existing Loads; Centers Need To Help Pay For Utility Assistance [PaEN]
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part II: PA Consumer Advocate - PUC Should Set Conditions For Centers To Be Served By The Grid; Set Power Curtailment Priorities [PaEN]
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part III: PJM Market Monitor - Data Centers Have Cost Existing Ratepayers $16.6 Billion Already; Centers Should Bring Their Own Power Generation To Prevent More Large Price Spikes [PaEN]
-- PA PUC To Take Up Model Tariff For Connecting Large Load/A.I. Data Centers To The Electric Grid At Nov. 6 Meeting; Other Changes Needed [PaEN]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 27 [PaEN]
-- PUC Votes To Suspend, Investigate PPL Electric's Proposed 7%, $356 Million Rate Increase [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Reliance On Natural Gas For Power Generation Will Worsen Energy Affordability Crisis - By Cassady Craighill, GridLab
-- Utility Dive: FirstEnergy Expects Peak Electricity Load To Grow By 45% By 2035 Due To A.I. Data Center Demands
-- Inside Climate News: How Did Virginia Become The A.I. Data Center Capital Of The World And Transform The Economy And Electric Grid? [6,247 MW Of Centers Under Construction; 2,610 MW Of Energy Generation; 24,103 MW Planned For The Future]
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Oct. 18 to 24: 14,280 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 2nd Major Spill By Conventional Well Owner; Failure To Address Pipeline Slope Failure For 1,440 Days [PaEN]
-- DEP: 14,280 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill At EQT Production’s Secretariat Well Pad In Gilmore Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Day 155 - Contaminated Water Still Flowing From Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Wells, Well Pad; Cleanup Continues In Charleston Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Reports 20% Of Streams Damaged By Underground Coal Mining; Total Incidents Of Damage To Homes, Streams, Land, Water Supplies Increased 17.5% Since 2003, In Spite Of A 31% Decline In Acreage Mined [PaEN]
-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; No Schedule Yet For Public Review Of Full Title V Air Quality Permit Accepted July 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For 248 MW Wyalusing Energy Center Natural Gas Power Plant To Serve The Klondike Data Center Project In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: How Decisions By PA Supreme Court Shape Rural Communities: Supporting Local Regulation Of Shale Gas Drilling; Biosolids; Stormwater
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Startup Anactisis Extracts Critical Minerals From Coal Composition Residuals, Mining Tailings
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: President Is Cutting Rare Earth Minerals Research At The Wrong Time - By Thomas Black
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Core Natural Resources [Consol Energy] Scaling Back 4-Year-Old Project To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant Of The Future [PDF of Article]
-- The Guardian: Climate Disasters In First Half Of 2025 Costliest Ever On Record, Research Shows
-- Financial Times: The Costs Of President’s Campaign To Censor Climate Science Eliminating Datasets, Firing NOAA Staff - Flying Blind
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: The Effort To Save Cuffs Run From Susquehanna River Pump Hydroelectric Power Plant Will Fail Unless Conservationists Change Their Approach - By Steve Fala, Hiking Guide
-- DCNR, Local Partners Plant 700 Trees Along York County Stream To Improve Local Water Quality
-- DCNR Invests $130,000 To Plant 700 Trees Along York County Stream To Improve Water Quality [Video, Photos]
-- Fox43: State Officials Will Join Local Partners Oct. 23 To Plant 700 Trees Along Orson Run In York County [Event Details]
-- WITF/Spotlight PA: As Warehouses Boom In Berks County, Officials Plot Route 222 Expansions To Keep Up
-- York Daily Record: Adams County Woman Turns Old Vinyl Siding Into Eco-Friendly Patio With Help Of CRDC Plastics Recycling Company In York
-- Warren Times: Game Commission Hears Local Land Acquisition Complaints, But Remedies Uncertain
-- Warren Times Editorial: Rural Tax Base Needs Protection From Expanding Public Land Acquisitions
-- Post-Gazette - Bob Frye: Drought Conditions, Low And Warm Water Delay Fall Trout Stocking
-- Fish & Boat Commission: Restoring The Chesapeake Logperch In Lower Susquehanna River
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Land Bank Buys 35 Garden Lots, Advancing Land Preservation Plan
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: October 26, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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