Awards/Recognition
-- Daily American: Larry Hutchinson, Shade Creek Watershed Assn. In Somerset County, Honored By PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference
-- WeConserve PA - The Derrick: Baytree Farm Owner Warren Thomas Named Venango County Chamber’s 2025 Citizen Of The Year
-- PA Farm Show 2026 Butter Sculpture Unveiled
-- PennLive: 2026 PA Farm Show Kicks Off With Large Crowds: ‘This Is A Phenomenal Show’
-- Reminder! Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Entries Due January 31 [PaEN]
Grants
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting College Scholarship Applications [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Allegheny County Dept. Of Sustainability Financial And Administration Coordinator
Upcoming Events
-- WFMJ: Shenango River Watchers Host Jan. 10 Eagle Fest 2026 At Shenango River Lake In Mercer County
-- Wildlife Leadership Academy To Host Online Info Sessions Jan. 13, Feb. 4 For Students, Parents, Nominators On Summer Residential Field Experiences For Students 14 to 17 [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance Hosts Jan. 13 Online Roundtable On Restoring, Renovating Commercial Buildings Using C-PACE Financing [PaEN]
-- Reminder! Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Jan. 14 to March 11
-- Williamsport Sun: Watershed Journey To Be Featured At Jan. 14 Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter Meeting
-- Reminder: Foundation For Sustainable Forests Jan. 16 Woods & Waters Virtual Film Series, 6:30 p.m.
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Jan. 16 - Life Without Cars? 4:00 p.m.
-- PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Hosts Jan. 21 Webinar On Economic Impact Of Outdoor Recreation [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! 29th Annual Watershed Congress March 28 At Alvernia University, Berks County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania Program - April 6 to June 1 [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 13 To Hear Update On Oil & Gas Program; Discuss EQB Rulemaking Petition Process; Presentation On Data Centers & Water Use [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Consent Decree Covering Wastewater Discharges To Continue Operation Of The Keystone And Conemaugh Coal-Fired Power Plants In Indiana And Armstrong Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For Appalachia Midstream 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Lycoming County; And A 2nd Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 10 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- WESA: Wildlife, Forestry Programs At Closing DuBois, Mont Alto Campuses Will Move To Penn State Altoona
-- DEP Improves Protections For Communities By Increasing Public Engagement Through New Environmental Justice Policy, Updated PennEnviroScreen EJ Tool [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Updated DEP Environmental Justice Policy At Odds With President’s Agenda
-- Governor: 2025 Impact Report Shows How PA Is Delivering Faster Permitting, Supporting Business Development, Creating New Economic Opportunity [DEP Permitting Included]
-- Stroud Water Research Center: When Local News And Science Go Dark, The River Loses Its Voice
-- Stroud Water Research Center UpStream News: Open Source Hardware Solves Flood Monitoring Challenges; When Local News And Science Go Dark, The River Loses Its Voice
-- Delaware County Conservation District, Volunteers, Watershed Groups Plant 700+ Trees, Shrubs In Prospect Park Boro, Ridley Township [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: How Testing Allegheny County’s Wastewater Tracks Fentanyl, Xylazine And More Substances
-- Post-Gazette: As Severe Weather Increasingly Upends Lives, Forecasters Are Working Closer With Pittsburgh Emergency Managers
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In December [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: PA Researchers Will Be First In The Country To Create A Firefly Inventory, Supported By DCNR Grant
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: How Nature Is Fostering Kids’ Creativity In Philadelphia
-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Dig Into Gardening Learning Series; Garden Planning With Canning In Mind; Master Gardener Program Accomplishments
-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper 2025 Annual Report
-- PennEnvironment Year End Update On 2025 Accomplishments
-- The Nature Conservancy Pennsylvania Nature News: 2025 Brought Healthy Soils, Thriving Yields, Cleaner Water; Try Snowshoeing At Long Pond Preserve
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - January 12 [PaEN]
-- PennFuture News: There Isn’t Enough Energy For You And A.I. Data Centers In The PJM Grid, So Who Gets It?
-- Canary Media: Is The US Headed Toward An Electricity Crisis Of Its Own Making As A Result Of A.I. Data Center Demand, President’s Policies?
-- Washington & Jefferson College: Electric Bills Will Continue To Rise After PJM Auction Due To A.I. Data Center Power Demand Increases
-- Vistra Corp Buys 2 More PA Natural Gas Power Plants; Facebook/Meta Buys 20 Years Of Power From Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant; 18 PA Power Plants Now Locked Up To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- The Daily Yonder: The A.I. Data Center Rush In Appalachia, Rural Communities Push Back
-- Wash Post: A.I. Data Center Rebellion Is Here And It’s Reshaping The Political Landscape [PA Highlighted] [PDF of Article]
-- Sen. Boscola To Introduce 6-Bill Package To Protect Pennsylvania Communities And Ratepayers From Large-Scale A.I. Data Centers Rapidly Expanding Across The State [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Must Aggressively Seek Regulations Specific To A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
Background On Issues
-- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Could Lose $200+ Million In Federal Funding For Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Under Budget Bill Passed By US House [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: US House Spending Bill Cuts $785 Million From Federal Programs To Restore Abandoned Coal Mines, Plug Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners - A Severe Blow To Pennsylvania’s Cleanup Efforts [PDF of Article]
-- Appalachian Voices: Coal Community Groups Urge Congress To Reject $500 Million Raid On Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funds; PA Would Lose Over $169 Million [PaEN]
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 13 To Hear Update On Oil & Gas Program; Discuss EQB Rulemaking Petition Process; Presentation On Data Centers & Water Use [PaEN]
-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Reports Losing 197,000 Gallons Of Pipeline Drilling Fluid Into Abandoned Mine Voids In 3 Incidents In Washington County; Total Losses Reach 734,600 Gallons [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued Lazy Oil Company Violations For Abandoning 12 More Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Butler, Venango Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP: Report Submitted By CNX Gas Company/Consol Coal Company On Cleanup Of A Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill In Morris Twp., Greene County Failed To Show It Met Act 2 Cleanup Standards [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Takeaways From Oil & Gas Industry Waste Investigation In Pennsylvania
-- DEP Issues Water Quality Permits For The Appalachia To Market 3 Pipeline Project In Adams, York, Bedford Counties; 3 Other Natural Gas Pipeline Projects In Greene And Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Rachel McDevitt: PA Environmental Groups Appeal Permit For Massive 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Meant To Fuel Homer City A.I. Data Campus In Indiana County
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Why A New Natural Gas Power Boom Is Putting Methane Emissions Back In The Spotlight - By Mark Brownstein, EDF, Andy Stone, Kleinman Center
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals To Revive RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [Part Of State Budget Deal]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment Demands Climate Action Now - By John Dernbach, Professor Emeritus, Widener University Law School
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Groups Say FERC Erred In Preliminary Approval Of Cuffs Run Susquehanna River Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project In York County
-- Warren Times: Therapist Takes Clinic To The Outdoors
-- Scranton Times: Up A Tree: From High Peaks In 67 Counties, Van Wagner Sees The Beauty And Value Of Forests [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun/Spotlight PA: Battle For Heart, Health Of Allegheny National Forest [PDF of Article]
-- PA Environmental Council Awards $35,000 In PA Water Trail Mini-Grants To Support 7 Local Projects [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Derry Plans To Spotlight Bigfoot At Proposed New Borough Park In Westmoreland County
-- Observer-Reporter: 2 Washington County Parks Accepting Christmas Trees For Fish Habitats
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: In Harsh Winter, Birds Add Life To Outdoors [PDF of Article]
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: January 11, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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