Monday, October 27, 2025

October 27 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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131 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


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


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


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


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


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


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 27


PUC Votes To Suspend, Investigate PPL Electric's Proposed 7%, $356 Million Rate Increase


Penn State Ag Council Honors Jim MacKenzie, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery; Kelly Shenk, Ag Advisor To US EPA With Leadership Awards


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Marks 35 Years Of Impact At Annual Statewide Conference


Dickinson College To Host Environmental Defense Fund Panel Discussion On Accelerating The Clean Energy Transition Oct. 29


South Mountain Partnership: Tuckahoe Project Receives Spirit Of South Mountain Award; Partnership Awards $51,800 In Mini-Grants


Penn State Master Gardeners Recognize Lisa & Dave Doseff Of Lancaster With 20th Habitat Of Merit Award


Schuylkill County Republican Herald Editorial: Attacks On Peaceful Protesters Are Wholly Un-American


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


DEP: 14,280 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill At EQT Production’s Secretariat Well Pad In Gilmore Twp., Greene County


DEP: Contaminated Water From EQM Gathering (EQT) Double Pipeline Construction Site Traveled Nearly 2 Football Fields From Site Of Spill In Nottingham Twp., Washington County


DEP: Day 155 - Contaminated Water Still Flowing From Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Wells, Well Pad; Cleanup Continues In Charleston Twp., Tioga County


DEP: Petro Erie Inc. Has 2nd Major Conventional Oil & Gas Well Wastewater Spill In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County; Previous Spill Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply


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


Protect PT Hosts Nov. 4 & Nov. 11 Online Living Near Shale Gas Development Community Workshops


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


DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On An Air Quality Permit For The PEI Power LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Lackawanna County


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


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 25


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


Erie 2030 District Property Partners Achieve $4.5 Million In Energy Savings, 18.9% Reduction In Energy Demand


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


DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Ecopax LLC Facility In Forks Twp., Northampton County


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Begins Accepting Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant Applications Nov. 3


Bristol Township Environmental Advisory Committee In Bucks County Announces New Award To Recognize Student Environmental Excellence


Rodale Institute: Apply Today For Good Farmer Award US, $10,000 Prize; Farmer Training Program Available


PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards News Celebrates Quiet - A Natural Resource In Our Lives And Time


Lancaster Conservancy Announces Acquisition Of 180 Acres In York County To Establish The Eagle View Nature Preserve; Solidifies Opposition To Cuffs Run Pump-Hydroelectric Facility


Natural Lands Preserves Nearly 14 Acres In Bucks County To Add To State Game Lands


ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Conservation Achievements, Honors Local Leaders, Breaks Ground On New Hamer Community Conservation Center In Centre County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Accepting Applications for Spring 2026 Training


WeConservePA Call For Presentations 2026 PA Land Conservation Conference April 29 To May 1 In Lancaster


Pennsylvania Sea Grant: Know it, Report it, Stop it: Aquatic Invasive Species Response Training Webinar Now Available On Demand


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices – October 25


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: October 27, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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