130 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 130 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- In Memoriam: Sen. David 'Chip' Brightbill, PA Senate Majority Leader, Chair Senate Environmental Committee  [PaEN] 

-- New Healthy Waters Coalition Launches To Restore, Protect Waters Of Ohio River Basin, Home To 30 Million  [PaEN]

-- Call For Student Submissions: Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Senior Environmental Corps Members In Philadelphia Tracking Microplastics In Streams And Working To ‘Leave A Better World’

-- Jane and Erich Neal Channel Environmental Passion Into Master Watershed Steward Service In Bucks County; Sign Up Now For Spring Training  [PaEN]  

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Bud & Marilyn Miller Plant 11 Acres Of Trees And Shrubs To Protect Their Farm Stream In Berks County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Canoe Creek Watershed Gets High Marks In Watershed Assessment, Clarion County Conservation District  [PDF of Article]

-- BucksCoToday.com: Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Horticultural Society Celebrate 20 Years Of Tree Plantings 

-- American Rivers: Restoring Pennsylvania’s Rivers For People With Nature-Based Solutions To Flooding, Poor Water Quality

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Giving Thanks - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Venango County Conservation Hall Of Fame Honors John Holden [Allegheny Valley Trails Assn.], Robert MacWilliams [Game Commission]  [PDF of Article]

-- DCNR Resource: 100 Years Of The Appalachian Trail; Closing Trail Gaps; Funding To Support Local Wildfire Fighting  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR: Pittsburgh Names Newest National Thrive Outside Community For Efforts To Expand Outdoor Access and Strengthen Community Connections

-- House Environmental Committee Puts Spotlight On Proposed Penn America LNG Gas Export Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Speakers Decry LNG Gas Export Plant Proposal On Delaware River In Chester, Delaware County: ‘Our Community Says No’

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Chester Mayor, Environmentalists Object To LNG Gas Export Terminal Proposal In Delaware County: ‘We’ve Moved On’

-- Rep. Vitali: PA House Environmental Committee Examines Impacts Of Proposed LNG Gas Export Terminal In Southeast PA

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: CNX Resources Sues Nonprofit News Outlet For Defamation Over Shale Gas Fracking Article

-- Tribune-Democrat: Attorney General: Shale Gas Driller Seneca Resources Charged With Environmental Crimes For Polluted Water Spills In 8 Counties  [PDF of Article]

-- PennLive - John Beauge: Seneca Resources Natural Gas Driller Charged With Environmental Crimes In 8 PA Counties

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Attorney General Goes Wild, Charges Seneca Resources Natural Gas Driller With 100 Criminal Violations [PDF of Article]

-- DEP:  More Than 99% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Facility Owners Failed To Comply With VOC/Methane Reduction Regulations Covering 64,660 Wells; Had 193 Days To File  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Spills, Releases Continue At Seneca Resources Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County For 373 Days And Counting  [PaEN]

-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Pipeline Construction Results In 20,000 Gallon Spill Into Coal Mine Voids Under Washington County, For The 3rd Time  [PaEN]

-- DEP:  EQM Gathering Has 6th ‘Inadvertent’ Release During Pipeline Construction In Nottingham Twp., Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP:  LPR Energy LLC Fails To Plug Abandoned Shale Gas Well For 1,521 Days And Counting In Fayette County [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 1 to 7 - Failed To Plug Shale Gas Well For 1,521 Days; 20,000 Gallon Spill Into Mine Void; 99% Of Conventional Well Owners Fail To Comply With Methane Rule  [PaEN] 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Coterra Energy NE PA Shale Gas Well Gets Frisky, Sprays Mist During Fracking [PDF of Article]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For MarkWest Liberty Midstream 20-Inch Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Mount Pleasant & Cecil Townships, Washington County [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For United Refinery In City Of Warren, Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 4 On 2026 Fee Schedule, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 3 Related To Shale Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: NY And NJ Grant Key Permits For Controversial Northeast Supply Natural Gas Pipeline From PA

-- The Center Square: Warehouses Scouted For Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Clean Energy Advocates Urge Pennsylvanians To Make Energy Upgrades Before Federal Tax Credits Expire

-- Wisconsin Agriculture: Researchers At University Of Pennsylvania Water Center Study Stormwater At Solar Energy Facilities

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Energy Storage Maker EOS Defies Skeptics, Sees Large Market For A.I. Data Center Projects

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Core Natural Resources Explores Rare Earth Mineral Mining In PA At Coal Waste Sites [PDF of Article]

-- AP: Voters’ Anger Over High Electricity Bills And A.I. Data Centers Loom Over 2026 MidTerm Elections [PA Highlighted] 

-- Nov. 12 Joint Meeting Of DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hear EJ Concerns With A.I. Data Centers, Update On DEP’s EJ Initiatives, Cumulative Impacts Of Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves Proposed Model Tariff For Public Review To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Don’t Trade Away Pennsylvania's Climate Regulations As Part Of State Budget Deal  [Fossil Fuel Power Plants Power Wave Of Data Center Proposals]  -  By Rep. Greg Vitali, Majority Chair, House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee  [PaEN] 

-- PEC Podcast: Advanced Electric Transmission Technology - More Capacity, More Power Out Of Our Existing Grid At A Fraction Of The Cost  [PaEN]  

-- PJM Winter Power Outlook: Adequate Power Supplies Available To Serve Growing Demand Under Expected Conditions; 1 GigaWatt Of Mostly Solar Power Capacity Added Since Last Winter  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: Estimated Power Demand Spiked By A.I. Data Centers Will Outstrip Supply By 2032 In PJM Service Area; Solutions Require Coordinated Actions

-- Reuters: PPL Corp Signs Agreements With A.I. Data Centers To Connect 20.5 Gigawatts Of Power In PA, A 40% Jump Over 3 Months [Enough Electricity To Power Nearly All The Homes In PA 3 Times Over]  

-- Utility Dive: Exelon’s A.I. Data Center Load Forecast Grows To 18 GW; Market Monitor Continues Call For Review Of PECO - Amazon Data Center Agreement Impact On Ratepayers

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 15 Natural Gas Generators To Power 15 Iron City A.I. Computing Centers In Karthaus Twp., Clearfield County   [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: Save Carbon County Loses Commonwealth Court Appeal Of Stronghold Bitcoin Data Center Permit For Panther Creek Coal Waste-Fired Power Plant

-- WGAL: A.I. Data Center Growth: PA Lawmakers, Researchers Weigh Benefits, Risks

-- TribLive: Surge In A.I. Data Centers Sparks Concern Over Water Demands

-- Water At Risk: A.I. Data Centers Bait And Switch? - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Westinghouse Deal On Nuclear Power Plants Boldest Example Yet Of A National Industrial Policy

-- Wall Street Journal: What Happened When Small-Town America Became A.I. Data Center, USA [PDF of Article]  [Warning]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 10  [PaEN] 

-- Moms Clean Air Force PA Urge Gov. Shapiro To Protect The RGGI Program Regulating Carbon Pollution From Power Plants To Cut Climate Pollution  [PaEN]   [RGGI Was Never Implemented]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmental Groups Rally In Fear Harrisburg Budget Deal Will Sink RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative  [RGGI Was Never Implemented]

-- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists Urge Shapiro, Lawmakers Not To End RGGI Climate Initiative In Budget Agreement [RGGI Was Never Implemented]

-- PUC: Utilities Will Not Terminate LIHEAP-Eligible Heating Customers During Federal Shutdown; Customers Need To Call Utilities Now To Stay Connected This Winter  [PaEN]   

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: With Federal LIHEAP Funding Not Available, PA Heating Utilities Pledge Not To Disconnect Low-Income Customers This Month

-- LancasterOnline/WITF: PA Heating Utilities Step In As Government Shutdown Halts LIHEAP Heating Help Program 

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Federal LIHEAP Heating Assistance Delayed In PA Due To Federal Shutdown, Here Are Other Resources To Help Pay Energy Bills

-- Post-Gazette: Core Natural Resources: 6 Injured In Greene County Coal Mine Accident

-- Observer-Reporter: All Coal Miners Out Of Hospital From Greene County Underground Mining Accident

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader/AP: Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease Fight President’s Administration Rollback Of Safety Protections

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease Fights President’s Administration Rollback Of Safety Protections

-- Dickinson College Clarke Forum Fall Energy Transition Series: Nov. 11 Screening Of King Coal Documentary, Carlisle Campus, 5:00 p.m. 

-- AP: President Seeks To Halt Federal Food Stamp Aid Payments After Court Order   [Warning]

-- Reuters: US Supreme Court Pauses Judge’s Order Requiring President To Fully Fund Food Stamp Aid   [Warning]

-- PA Capital-Star: Bipartisan Effort Underway To Revive Canceled Federal Farm-Food Bank Program In PA

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Update: 2024 Annual Report; Funding & Training Opportunities; Bedford, Cumberland, Lancaster, Snyder, Susquehanna County Projects  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: PA American Water Completes Roaring Brook Stream Improvement Projects [Part Of A DEP Penalty Settlement] 

-- Rep. Tarah Probst Appeals DEP Permit For Sunnybrook Mitigation Bank In Damascus Twp., Wayne County To Environmental Hearing Board

-- WESA: Testing Shows Lead Levels In Pittsburgh Drinking Water Hit A Record Low

-- PUC Approves PA American Water $18 Million In Customer Bill Credits From PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Litigation Proceeds  [PaEN] 

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Water Authority Receives $479,000 Payment For Energy Production Guaranteed After Shortfall In At Its New Anaerobic Digester

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Affected By June Flooding Can Apply For Disaster Loans From Federal Small Business Administration [PDF of Article]

-- WTAE: 40 Years Since The Flood Of Record For Monongahela River

-- Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Awards  [PaEN] 

-- Citizens Voice: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation To RID Local Landscapes Of Illegal Dumpsites Thanks To Grant From Amazon  [PDF of Article]

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Resources Council Traveling Glass Recycling Bin To Be At Johnstown Maintenance Building Nov. 8 to 20

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council, Allegheny County Host Glass Recycling At South Park

-- Warren Times Editorial: Allegheny River Cleanup Efforts Paying Off [PDF of Article]

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Sends A Third Of Its Trash To Incinerator In City Of Chester, Delaware County, Philly Council Members Took A ‘Toxic Tour’ To Get A Closer Look

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: City Of Chester To Philadelphia - ‘Find Somewhere Else’ To Send Your Trash

-- TribLive: US Army Corps: Remediation Efforts To Begin This Winter At Nuclear Waste Dump In Parks Twp., Armstrong County 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny Land Trust Closing In On Land Purchases On 2 Allegheny County Conservation Projects

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Sen. Hutchinson To Introduce Bill To Require State Agencies To Pay Realty Transfer Taxes On Property They Have Transferred To Them  [Warning]

-- Republican Herald: Hints Of Weather To Come Lie In Acorns, Ants And A Farmer’s Almanac First Published When George Washington Was President  [PDF of Article] 

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts Dec. 3 Webinar On New Understandings Of Old-Growth Forests  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Horizon Magazine Highlights Trust History, Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, Educational Events, Land Management, Much More

-- Help Wanted: Keystone Trails Association Executive Director   [PaEN] 

-- Help Wanted: Manada Conservancy Executive Director [PaEN]  

-- DCNR Invests $8 Million To Improve Campground Facilities At Gifford Pinchot State Park, York County

-- DCNR Invests $8 Million To Improve Campground Facilities At Lackawanna [Lackawanna County], Ricketts Glen State [Columbia County] Parks 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: DCNR Investing $8 Million To Improve Facilities At Lackawanna, Ricketts Glen State Parks

-- DCNR Dedicates $14 Million Delaware State Forest Resource Center In Pike County

-- WNEP: New DCNR Delaware State Forest Resource Management Center Dedicated In Pike County

-- PA Wilds Center: Total Economic Impact Of Tourism In 13 County PA Wilds Region Reaches $3.29 Billion In 2024  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Seeks Info On Buchanan State Forest Hit And Run In Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County 

-- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Hosts 3-Part Wilderness Skills Series On Water, Earth & Air, Fire Starting Nov. 8 In York County

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Upcoming Celestial Happenings On The Susquehanna Greenway  

-- LancasterOnline: West Nile Virus Cases Reach 20-Year High In Lancaster County As Season Ends  [20 Cases] 

-- WNEP: Pennsylvania Research Lab Sees Increase In Tick Population

-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing Seeking Candidates For Fish & Boat Commission Board

-- Post-Gazette: Vehicular Collisions With Deer Continue To Rise In PA; This Week Could Be The Worst

-- Post-Gazette: Backyard Deer Encounters Can Turn Dangerous

-- M&T Charitable Foundation Renews Support For Hawk Mountain Education Programs  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Rare White Vulture Turns Heads At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary [PDF of Article]

-- Republican Herald: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Tour Spotlights Importance Of Wildlife Corridors [PDF of Article]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Fall Raptor Migration Report Last Week

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[Posted: November 9, 2025]   PA Environment Digest