Monday, December 15, 2025

December 15 - 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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116 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Teen Gavin Lynch Receives Nobel Good Earth Sustainability Scholarship For Fighting For A Greener Future, One Of 2 Nationwide


Vote Now! For Pennsylvania's 2026 River Of The Year


PA Drought Task Force Adds 8 More Counties To Drought Watch, Total Now 37


Environmental Quality Board Votes To Accept Petition To Study An Increase In Setback Safety Zones From Shale Gas Wells; And 3 Petitions From Oil & Gas Industry To Change Other Requirements


YaleEnvironment360: Pennsylvania Faces A New Natural Gas Fracking Boom With Soaring Energy Demands Needed To Feed A.I. Data Centers


Sen. Yaw Bill To Subsidize Building Only Natural Gas Power Plants To Help Meet The Energy Demands Of A.I. Data Centers; Continues ‘One Of The Above’ Energy Policy


DEP Investigating Another 31,000 Gallon Spill Into Mine Voids From MarkWest Liberty Midstream Pipeline Construction In Washington County; 360,000 Gallons Lost So Far


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 6 to 12 - MarkWest Pipeline Loses Another 31,000 Gallons Into Mine Voids; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Reach 666


DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit Approvals For Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Appalachian Reliability Pipeline Project In Armstrong, Greene, Westmoreland Counties


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 13


Susquehanna River Basin Low Flow Water Conditions Trigger Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 40 Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Points; 17 Shale Gas Withdrawals Blocked By Ice Conditions


Independent Fiscal Office: 2025 Act 13 Shale Gas Impact Fee Revenue Estimate $239.9 Million, Up $75.3 Million From Last Year


PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Alert For Dec. 15 In Its Western Region, Including Duquesne Light, Penn Power, West Penn Power


PaGasSwitch.com: Natural Gas Costs Increased From 9.26% to 57.5% Over The Last Year For Natural Gas Utility Customers Not Shopping For A Fuel Supplier


PUC Highlights Ways Natural Gas Customers Can Manage Winter Energy Use, Costs, Explore Energy Affordability Options


PUC Publishes Updates To Low-Income Natural Gas, Electric Utility Usage Reduction Program Regulations


DEP Invites Comments On Permits For 5 Large Electric Transmission, Substation Projects In 14 Counties, Including 150 Mile Piney-Seward and Erie South-Piney Transmission Project Crossing 8 Counties


Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hosts Jan. 14 Data Centers in the Susquehanna River Basin – Let's Talk Water Usage With SRBC


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 15


265 MW Solar Energy Facility Approved By Rush Township In Centre County On Nearly 2,000 Acres Of Abandoned Mine Land


Pennsylvania Turnpike Earns Fourth Consecutive Perfect Score From PA GreenGov Council


EPA Awards Pittsburgh, Delaware County $6.6 Million In Solid Waste/Recycling Infrastructure Grants


DEP Awards $17.7 Million To Support 222 County Water Quality Cleanup Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed


DEP Releases Draft 2026 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring, Assessment Report For Comment; Touts Cleaning Up 67 Miles Of Streams 7,105 Acres Of Lakes Since 2024


Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Awards $265,000 In Grants To Support 16 Local Watershed Restoration, Conservation Projects


ARIPPA, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Award Lackawanna River Conservation Association Mini-Grant; Next Round Opens Jan. 1


Watershed Profile: Aultmans Run Watershed - From Orange Streams To Green Dreams, Healing An Abandoned Mine-Scarred Watershed In Indiana County


Stroud Water Research Center Fall Salt Snapshot Found Most Streams Still Exceeded Chloride Standards Months After Last Road Salt Was Applied


PA Invests More Than $6.9 Million To Preserve 27 Farms, 2,354 Acres Of Prime Farmland In 13 Counties


The Nature Conservancy-PA Adds 279 Acres To Gallitzin State Forest In Cambria County


South Mountain Partnership Holds Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 30 In Franklin County


DCNR Invests Nearly $530,000 To Support 15 Projects To Protect Pennsylvania’s Native Biodiversity Across the Commonwealth


DCNR Resource News: How Do Trees And Plants Migrate? Community Tree Assistance Available; Jan. 1 First Day Hikes - 250 Celebration!


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Interns Wanted: Pennsylvania Sea Grant Seeks Summer Undergraduate Interns


Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 13 Webinar - Spotted Lanternfly Research Updates & Panel Discussion


Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 7 Woodlands Owners Conference At PennWest Clarion University


Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 17 Webinar On The Oystershell Scale Invasive Insect - Frontiers In Forest Health


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - December 13


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: December 15, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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