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-- DEP Publishes Final Environmental Justice Permit Review And Public Participation Policy, Update To PennEnviroScreen EJ Tool [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: PA Was Known For An Arduous Permitting Process, But New Policies At DEP Aim To Accelerate Building Projects
-- Delaware Currents Guest Essay: When Local News And Science Go Dark, The River Loses Its Voice - By Stroud Water Research Center [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s A.I. Skepticism Isn’t Ignorance, It’s Memory [Collapse Of Steel] - People Have ‘Every Right To Be Furious’ - By Desmond Daley, Physician and Pittsburgh Resident [PDF of Article]
-- PA Resources Council Suggests 5 Green New Year's Resolutions For 2026 [PaEN]
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Mary Herrold Hirst, Pennsylvania’s First Female State Park Superintendent, Blazed New Trails For Others - By Wayne Kober [PaEN]
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Pioneering Environmental Scientist Willard ‘Bill’ McCartney - Protecting Communities And Ecosystems Without Bureaucratic Games - By Wayne Kober [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Study Will Explore Giving Indigenous Tribes A Voice In Chesapeake Bay Program
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Environmental Educators Launch O.W.L. Summer Nature Camp Offering Immersive Outdoor Learning Experience For Students In Grades 2 to 5 [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: ‘Pennsylvania 250’ Launches Year-Long Celebration Of Its Role In The Nation’s Founding
-- DEP: Range Resources Suffers Casing Failure/Loss Of Control Incident During Fracking At Burkett Shale Gas Well Pad Triggering Area Of Review Report On Any Offsite Impacts In Jefferson Twp., Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Seneca Resources Still Experiencing Spills, Releases While New Well Development Continues At Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County For 426 Days And Counting [PaEN]
-- DEP: High Volume Of Truck Traffic, Freeze/Thaw Destabilized EQT Prod Shale Gas Well Pad Access Road Allowing Gravel, Sediment To Wash Off Road In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 27 to Jan. 2 - Shale Gas Well Casing Failure/Loss Of Control; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills Continue For 426 Days; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Reach 688 [PaEN]
-- MyChesCo.com: DEP Steps Into Spotlight With A.I. Data Hearing, Lackawanna County; Energy Savings, For Local Governments; Fuel Leak From Monroe Energy Tank Farm
-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies DEP Motion To Dismiss BCD Properties Appeal Over Its Illegal Disposal Of Oil And Gas Wastewater By Road Dumping; Case To Proceed On Its Merits [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Feb. 3 Virtual Hearing On Chapter 105 Permit For PA General Energy 3.9 Mile Shale Gas Well Pad Development Access Road, Staging Area In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For A 3.7 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Route In Elk And Forest Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On First Title V Air Quality Permit For The Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant In Westmoreland County; Water Quality Permit Up For Renewal [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Tentative Decision To Not Renew NPDES Wastewater Permits For 3 Fluid Recovery Services Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Indiana, Venango Counties [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Cleaner Than Coal Isn’t Clean Enough For Pennsylvania’s Future - By Robert Little, Harrisburg
-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 17 Living Near Shale Gas Facilities Community Workshop In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Protect PT, FracTracker Alliance Host Jan. 27 Online Program Providing The Latest On Shale Gas Development And Information Tools [PaEN]
-- Bucks Courier Times: Lawyer: PECO, Nursing Home Were Aware Of Natural Gas Leak For 2 Hours Before Deadly Blast
-- Bucks Courier Times: Residents Smelled Natural Gas Days Before Nursing Home Explosion In Bucks County; No 911 Calls For Gas Odor
-- Warren Times: Don’t Count On Lower Electricity Prices In 2026 [Data Centers Driving Increases]
-- Wall Street Journal: Be Prepared To Keep Paying More For Electricity - A.I. Data Center Demands, Rising Natural Gas Prices, Grid Infrastructure Costs [PDF of Article]
-- The Center Square: Battle To Modernize Pennsylvania’s Energy Generation Mix Will Rage On In 2026, While Preparing For A Surge In New Demand From A.I. Data Centers
-- National Fuel Gas Projects 2026-27 Natural Gas Costs To Increase 6.82%
-- WTAJ: National Fuel Natural Gas Prices Set To Rise For Over 200,000 Pennsylvanians In 2026
-- Beaver Times: National Fuel Gas Projected To Raise PA Customers’ Rates 6.82% In August
-- TribLive/AP: US Plans To Tap Oil Reserves In Venezuela President Says After Operation To Pluck Maduro From Power
-- Reuters: Venezuelan Oil Industry: World’s Largest Reserves, Decaying Infrastructure [Venezuela- 303 Billion Barrels, Saudi Arabia- 267 Billion Barrels, US- 48.3 Billion Barrels]
-- The Guardian: US Oil Giants Silent On President’s Claim They Will Spend Billions On Venezuelan Oil
-- Reuters Commentary: Five Energy Market Trends To Track In 2026 - The Year Of The Oil, LNG Natural Gas Glut
-- Spotlight PA: Map Shows Growing Number Of A.I. Data Centers Planned Across Pennsylvania
-- The Center Square: New Year, Old Challenges As A.I. Data Centers Face Uncertain Path To Power Connections, PA’s Electrical Grid ‘Buckling’ Under Rising Demand
-- PJM Interconnection: 2025 Year In Review Part I - Operations Improvement See Regional Electric Grid Through Record Peaks, Growing Demand [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Public’s A.I. Power Problem Is Not Electricity, It’s The Failure To Protect Ratepayers From Costs They Did Not Choose- Matt Hasan, Ph.D, CEO of aiRESULTS
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Microsoft Wants To Resurrect Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - It Will Never Happen - By Neil Chatterjee, Former Chair of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
-- AP: Big Tech’s Fast-Expanding Plans For A.I. Data Centers Are Running Into Stiff Community Opposition [PA Highlighted]
-- TribLive: Jan. 26 Informational Meeting Set For Upper Burrell Twp. A.I. Data Center In Westmoreland County
-- PA House Committee Approves Legislation Giving Local Officials Greater Say Over Regional-Scale Developments Like A.I. Data Centers, Warehouses [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: PA House Moves Legislation Giving Local Governments Authority Over Projects Of Regional Significance [House Bill 1764]
-- DEP Issues Air Quality General Permit For Diesel-Fired Nonroad Engines At Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - January 5 [PaEN]
-- Reuters Commentary: The 2025 Energy Transition In 8 Charts - Clean Wins, Dirty Setbacks
-- PennLive Letter: President’s War On Wind Energy Will Make Your Electric Bill Higher - By David Kyle, New Columbia [Warning]
-- The Guardian: From Rent To Utility Bills: The Politicians And Advocates Making Climate Policy Part Of The Affordability Agenda
-- Reuters Commentary: The 2025 Energy Transition In 8 Charts - Clean Wins, Dirty Setbacks
-- AP: President’s EPA In 2025: A Fossil Fuel-Friendly Approach To Industrial Deregulation [Warning]
-- Financial Times: Climate Action Faces Key Tests In 2026 [PDF of Article] [Warning]
-- Sen. Boscola, Sen. Vogel Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Promote Development Of Much-Needed Solar Energy Electric Generation Facilities And Lower Costs For Consumers [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: New Financing Available For Philly-Area Homeowners Seeking To Install Rooftop Solar Energy Generation
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Solar Installers Pivot After ‘Mad Rush’ To Claim Federal Residential Tax Credit That Ended Dec. 31
-- TribLive Letter: We Must Focus On Renewable Energy Sources - By Mary Ann Lauffer, North Huntingdon
-- Solar United Neighbors, Protect PT Host Jan. 22 Solar Energy In Southwest PA Community Meeting In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- York Dispatch: Cuffs Run Susquehanna River Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Developer Says ‘I’m Not Giving Up’ Amid Lawsuit And Public Outcry [PDF of Article]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Vehicle Chargers Now Available For PA Turnpike Travelers
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Concrete Big Contributor To Climate Change; University Of Pennsylvania Researchers Say They Can Shrink Its Footprint
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Proposed Consent Decree Resolving Outstanding Cleanup Cost Recovery Claims With The Remaining Defendants In Swimming Pool Doctor Hazardous Waste Site In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- EPA To Host Jan. 13 Meeting On Status Of Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site Cleanup In Palmerton, Carbon County [PaEN]
-- WPXI: Over 2 Dozen Train Cars Derail In Butler County Community Carrying Iron Pellets
-- Western/Eastern PA Coalitions For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Now Accepting Applications For ARIPPA Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Abandoned Mine Subsidence Sinkhole That Swallowed Car Filled, Patched In Blakely, Lackawanna County
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Spitz Foundation Awards $10,000 Grant To Lehman Sanctuary To Support Chesapeake Teachers Training Program In Luzerne County
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Varied In 2025 But Near Average Overall
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Completed Seawall Protects DC Cherry Trees, Memorials From Flooding Caused By Rising Sea Levels In Tidal Basin
-- Warren Times: Kinzua Dam To Increase Water Releases Due To Rainfall, Snow Melt
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Central Hardwood Forest Conference March 3-6 In State College [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension, DCNR Host March 10 Forest Health, Insect And Disease Update Webinar [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Names Leanna Bird New Executive Director
-- Jan. 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, Happy New Year From PA Parks & Forests Foundation!
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Making Nature’s Colors More Accessible Through Special Goggles For The Color Blind At 2 More State Parks
-- WESA: Guided Hikes In Western PA Parks Lead Pittsburghers Into The New Year
-- NorthPennNow.com: Montgomery County Partnership For Transportation Launches New Project To Expand The Liberty Bell Trail
-- PennLive/TNS: Health Officials Look For Coyote That Injured Person On Chester County Trail
-- Williamsport Sun: Hyner Mountain Snowmobile Club Safety Course Offered
-- Post-Gazette: Lyme Disease Cases Continue To Rise In Allegheny County
-- Post-Gazette: Ticks, Parasites At Home In Western PA As Warmer Temperatures, Shifting Wildlife Patterns, Land Use Changes Altering The Ways They Encounter People
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: President Is Dismantling Our National Parks - By John Plonski, former DCNR Executive Deputy, finalist for 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for Promoting Conservation [Warning]
-- Lancaster Farming: Some Animals Struggle To Adapt As Climate Changes
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Counting Birds, Connecting With People, Serving Nature
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Strawberry Hill Animal Ambassador For Jan. 29 In-Person Owls Up Close Workshop In Gettysburg [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Seneca Rocks Audubon Chapter Holding Winter Bird Seed Sale Until Jan. 10
-- York Daily Record- Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why Few Brook Trout Are Stocked In PA Streams
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Survey Findings Note Differences Between Wild Trout, Stocked Trout Anglers
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[Posted: January 4, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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