-- 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]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Awards [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- BucksCoToday.com: Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Horticultural Society Celebrate 20 Years Of Tree Plantings
-- Warren Times Editorial: Allegheny River Cleanup Efforts Paying Off [PDF of Article]
Grants
-- M&T Charitable Foundation Renews Support For Hawk Mountain Education Programs [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Affected By June Flooding Can Apply For Disaster Loans From Federal Small Business Administration [PDF of Article]
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Keystone Trails Association Executive Director [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: Manada Conservancy Executive Director [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing Seeking Candidates For Fish & Boat Commission Board
Upcoming Events
-- 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]
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Upcoming Celestial Happenings On The Susquehanna Greenway
-- 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
-- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Hosts 3-Part Wilderness Skills Series On Water, Earth & Air, Fire Starting Nov. 8 In York County
-- Dickinson College Clarke Forum Fall Energy Transition Series: Nov. 11 Screening Of King Coal Documentary, Carlisle Campus, 5:00 p.m.
-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts Dec. 3 Webinar On New Understandings Of Old-Growth Forests [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 4 On 2026 Fee Schedule, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 3 Related To Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- 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]
-- 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 Air Quality Permit For 15 Natural Gas Generators To Power 15 Iron City A.I. Computing Centers In Karthaus Twp., Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For United Refinery In City Of Warren, Warren County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 8 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 71 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Call For Student Submissions: Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Update: 2024 Annual Report; Funding & Training Opportunities; Bedford, Cumberland, Lancaster, Snyder, Susquehanna County Projects [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Giving Thanks - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- 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
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Clean Energy Advocates Urge Pennsylvanians To Make Energy Upgrades Before Federal Tax Credits Expire
-- Inquirer: Penn Climate Scientist Michael Mann, National Review Settle Decade-Long Libel Legal Battle
-- PA Wilds Center: Total Economic Impact Of Tourism In 13 County PA Wilds Region Reaches $3.29 Billion In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Wisconsin Agriculture: Researchers At University Of Pennsylvania Water Center Study Stormwater At Solar Energy Facilities
-- LancasterOnline: West Nile Virus Cases Reach 20-Year High In Lancaster County As Season Ends [20 Cases]
-- Republican Herald: Rare White Vulture Turns Heads At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary [PDF of Article]
-- WNEP: Pennsylvania Research Lab Sees Increase In Tick Population
A.I./Data Centers
-- 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]
-- 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]
-- PEC Podcast: Advanced Electric Transmission Technology - More Capacity, More Power Out Of Our Existing Grid At A Fraction Of The Cost [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Energy Storage Maker EOS Defies Skeptics, Sees Large Market For A.I. Data Center Projects
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 10 [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- 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]
-- 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]
-- 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
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: City Of Chester To Philadelphia - ‘Find Somewhere Else’ To Send Your Trash
-- 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]
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: CNX Resources Sues Nonprofit News Outlet For Defamation Over Shale Gas Fracking Article
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Coterra Energy NE PA Shale Gas Well Gets Frisky, Sprays Mist During Fracking [PDF of Article
-- The Center Square: Warehouses Scouted For Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania
-- PEC Podcast: Advanced Electric Transmission Technology - More Capacity, More Power Out Of Our Existing Grid At A Fraction Of The Cost [PaEN]
-- 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
-- Scranton Times: PA American Water Completes Roaring Brook Stream Improvement Projects [Part Of A DEP Penalty Settlement]
-- TribLive: US Army Corps: Remediation Efforts To Begin This Winter At Nuclear Waste Dump In Parks Twp., Armstrong County
-- North Branch Land Trust Horizon Magazine Highlights Trust History, Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, Educational Events, Land Management, Much More
-- Republican Herald: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Tour Spotlights Importance Of Wildlife Corridors [PDF of Article]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Fall Raptor Migration Report Last Week
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 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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