Awards/Recognition
-- Keystone Trails Association Honors Outstanding Volunteers, Hikers, Trail Leaders On Dec. 6 Celebration At Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art, Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Conservancy Honors Former National Park Service Director Robert G. Stanton, Ann Jones, Lysle Sherwin As Champions Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: Students At Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center Celebrate Giving Back To Nature
-- The Derrick: Kara Kauffman Continues Her Husband’s Mission As New Director Of Two Mile Run County Park In Venango County [PDF of Article]
-- PA Resources Council Announces Winners Of 2025 Gene Capaldi Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Teen’s Photo Wins Prize In State Anti-Litter Contest
Grants/Funding
-- DCNR Grants News: NW PA Advances Recreation Economy Study; Community Conservation Grants Open Jan. 12; ATV/Snowmobile Grants Open Feb. 2
-- WHYY: Federal Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Ended By Congressional Republicans To Expire Soon
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Fisheries Biologist Aide [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- PA Capital-Star: Rifle Deer Hunting Season Begins In PA Saturday; With 2 Sunday Hunting Days
-- Better Path Coalition Hosts Dec. 3 Online Brown Bag Briefing On A.I. Data Centers vs. Communities [PaEN]
-- DEP To Host Dec. 8 Virtual Update On Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets Dec. 9 On Petitions To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells, Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing, Water System Operator, Radiation Protection Fees [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance/Resilient Reading Host Dec. 9 Roundtable On Reducing Energy Costs, Adaptive Reuse Of Buildings [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 21 Spring Symposium On Transforming Traditional Lawns Into Resilient, Life-Supporting Habitats With Native Plants [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! PA Recreation & Park Society Conference & Expo March 24-27, Manheim, Lancaster County [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft 2026 Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report-- 37% Of PA Streams Have Impaired Water Quality For One Or More Uses; Increase In Streams Assessed [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Site Construction Of Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Pushback Mounts From Montgomery County To Allegheny County As A.I. Data Centers Flourish In Pennsylvania: Grid Reliability, Energy Costs Soaring [PDF of Article]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 29 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PUC Invites Comments On Model Tariff For Connecting A.I. Data Center To The Grid
-- WITF: Public Officials Cheer, Watchdogs Fume Over PA Supreme Court Softening Key Public Access Law
Programs/Information
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests - Loving The Land: The Liebenguth Family Woodland In Forest County: ‘The Land Is A Sacred Place’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: PennDOT Wants To Use Part Of Natural Lands Sadsbury Woods Preserve In Chester County For Improvements To US 30/10 Bypass [PDF of Article]
-- Inquirer: Philly Area’s Most Flood-Prone Waterways Mapped
-- E2 Economy + Environment: PA Clean Energy Grew 5X Faster Than Rest Of PA Economy, Added 3,000 Jobs In 2024
-- TribLive: Eco-Conscious Residents Finds ‘Off-The-Grid’ Solar Energy Success In Aspinwall, Allegheny County
-- The Guardian: State Law Changes Could Soon Bring Plug-In Solar Energy To Millions Across US [Includes PA]
-- Post-Gazette: Pitt’s 8 Planned Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Met With Pushback From Community
-- Inquirer: PA, NJ Getting More Electric Vehicle Chargers Even As EV Sales Start To Dip [Without Federal Incentives Ended By Congressional Republicans]
-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Online Learning Opportunities, Interns ID Ag BMP Opportunities
-- Inquirer: Meet The People Who Use Pennsylvania Rivers To Create Art
-- AP: Christmas Tree Retailers Find Lots To Like At PA Wholesale Auction
-- Penn State Extension Woods & Wildlife News: Forest Health Observations; 2026 Agroforestry Conference; Forest Layers - The Understory; Online Learning Opportunities
-- LancasterOnline: Rare Gray Kingbird Spotted In Lancaster County
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 1 [PaEN]
-- PJM Market Monitor Files Complaint With FERC Saying PJM Is Proposing To Allow A.I. Data Centers To Connect To Grid That It Cannot Reliably Serve, Will Require Blackouts To Maintain Service [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Agree On Need To ‘Get It Right’ On Reforming Grid Connection Process For Solar, Renewable, All Energy Sources To Protect Consumers, Grid Reliability [PaEN]
-- PUC Chairman Highlights 'Extraordinary Challenges' Pennsylvania Families Are Facing This Winter With Energy Bills And His Appreciation For Groups Providing Assistance [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Why Your Electric Bill Is Rising This Winter And How To Prepare [A.I. Data Center Demand, Rising Natural Gas Costs]
-- PUC: Most PA Electric Utility Consumers To See 3.7% To 10.6% Increase In Electricity Prices During The Next 3 Months Starting Dec. 1 [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: US EIA: Residential Electricity Prices Continue Rise, Up 7.4% In September; Natural Gas Up 47.4%; No One Sees A Near-Term Solution
Background On Issues
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets Dec. 9 On Petitions To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells, Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing, Water System Operator, Radiation Protection Fees [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 22 to 28: $3.3 Million Penalty; 10,000 Gallon Spill Into Mine Voids, For 4th Time; 21 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Wet Fracking Sand ‘Escapes’ Containment [PaEN]
-- DEP Settlement With Energy Transfer/Sunoco, Atlantic Richfield Imposes $3.3 Million Penalty, Including $1 Million Community Improvement Projects For Polluting Allegheny River [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco, Atlantic Richfield To Pay $3.3 Million Penalty For Decades Of Oil Pollution In Allegheny River
-- DEP Issues Lazy Oil Company Violations For Abandoning 12 Conventional Wells In Venango County; None Of The Wells Could Be Found At Their GPS Coordinates; If You Know More, Call DEP [PaEN]
-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Pipeline Construction Results In 10,000 Gallon Spill Into Coal Mine Void Under Washington County, For The 4th Time [PaEN]
-- Environmental Defense Fund: President’s EPA Delays Methane Pollution Protections From Oil & Gas Industry Despite Health Risks, Energy Waste, Widespread Opposition
-- EPA Extends Deadlines For Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emissions Reporting And Certain Compliance Dates
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s EPA Again Reverses Course On Coke [Coal] Oven Rule For Toxic Air Pollution, Granting 2-Year Waivers To Comply
-- AP: President’s EPA Moves To Abandoned Rule That Sets Tough Standards For Deadly Soot Pollution
-- Clean Air Task Force: EPA Asks Court To Strike Down Fine Particulate Air Pollution Standard Threatening Public Health, Undermining Obligation In Federal Clean Air Act
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Road Salt Use Issue Should Be Simple, Leave Politics Out Of It
-- WHYY: Which Species Could Be Impacted By Proposed Weakening Of Federal Endangered Species Act Protections?
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: November 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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