Awards/Recognition
-- Sand County Foundation Recognizes Jim Hershey Of Lancaster County With The Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Eve Puhalla's Passion For Environment Leads To Public Park Cleanup In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- PA Dept. Of Health Invites Students To Enter Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease, Deadline For Entries March 31
-- WTAJ: PA Students Encouraged To Enter 2026 Art Contest To Raise Awareness Of Ticks, Lyme Disease
-- PA Resources Council Now Accepting Entries For 2026 Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Now Accepting Entries To Annual Photo Contest, Deadline Feb. 1
Grants
-- DCNR Invests Nearly $82 Million In 295 Local Recreation, Conservation Projects And Initiatives in 58 Counties To Expand Trails, Parks, Public Lands; Next Grant Round Now Open [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Green Building Alliance Hosts Jan. 29 Webinar On Opportunities For Training, Certification For Jobs Related To High-Performance Buildings, Sustainability [PaEN]
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Feb. 3 Webinar On A.I. Data Centers - Energy, Infrastructure, Policy Implications [PaEN]
-- ReImagine Appalachia Hosts Feb. 5 Webinar On Catching Heat: Opportunities, Challenges Of Using Waste Heat From A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 28 On Wildfire Prevention, Preparedness [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 17 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Federal Coastal Zone Consistency Determination For The Canada-US Lake Erie Electric Transmission Line Project, Landfall Erie County, PA [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Input On Road Salt Application Practices: Take Our Survey
-- Friends of the Wissahickon To Hold Jan. 28 Public Meeting On Plans For Improving Wissahickon Valley Park And Its Visitor Experience In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Jan. 29 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Amazon Data Center; And Statement Of Investment Policy [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Feb. 17 Meeting/Hearing On Revised Water Quality Permit For 1,300 Acre Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Center Project In Hazle Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Tulpehocken Twp., Berks County Has Spent Thousands Of Dollars To Hide Proposed Ordinance From Local Residents
Programs/Information
-- DEP: Drought Conditions Worsen In Eastern PA, Return To Normal In Northwest PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Ed News: Warm Up To Winter Education Ideas Edition [PaEN]
-- DEP Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test Their Homes For Radon During National Radon Action Month [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Launches A.I. Agricultural Information Assistant Tilva™ [PaEN]
-- PA Leads The Nation In Constructing Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Stations With 28 Now Open; Deadline For New Applications Jan. 30 [PaEN]
-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Number Of Electric Vehicles, EV Charging Stations Per County ]
-- Penn State, USC Partner On Center For CO2 Storage To Develop Practical Strategies For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage [PaEN]
-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay News: Partnership With Loysville Youth Development Center; American Mistletoe; Watershed News
-- USGS Pennsylvania Waters News: Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Trends; Recent PFAS Reports: Groundwater Threats From Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
-- Reading Reagle: Boyertown School Board Eyes Treatment Of Water For PFAS Contamination At Gilbertsville Elementary School
-- WNEP: Luzerne County Community College, Amazon Host A.I. Data Center Jobs Information Session
-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Mine Safety Research Employees In PA Returned To Work
-- TribLive: President’s Administration Brings Back 900 Federal Workers At National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health Out Of Work For 9 Months [Including Mine Safety Workers]
-- RCX Sports Teams Up With PA Recreation & Park Society To Expand Youth Sports Access And Programming [PaEN]
-- LehighValleyLive: Lehigh Valley Forest Bathing: Where to Try Shinrin-Yoku In 2026
-- PA Resources Council - What’s Up, Watershed?: Making A Positive Impact On Water Quality And For Wildlife
-- Republican Herald: 10 Winter Projects To Help Birds [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh National Aviary Launches ‘Nesting In Nature’ Program With More Educational, Interactive Opportunities
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - January 16 [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Secures Federal Support To Extend PJM Electric Generation Auction Price Cap; Call For Emergency PJM Auction To ‘Build Big Power Plants Again’ [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Board Proposes Its Own New Plan To Integrate A.I. Data Centers, Large Loads Into Grid To Maintain Reliability [PaEN]
-- AP: How The White House And Governors Want To Fix A.I.- Drive Power Shortages, Price Spikes
-- Reuters: White House Seeks Emergency Power Auction For Largest US Electric Grid [PJM]
-- Bloomberg: President Says He’ll Make Tech Firms Pay For Power; Calls For Emergency Electricity Auction In PJM
-- House Energy Committee To Consider Bill Giving PUC More Authority To Regulate A.I. Data Centers Jan. 26; Hearings On Related Bills Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 [PaEN]
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Your Energy Bill Keeps Rising, Here’s What We Can Do About It - By Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia), Majority Chair, House Energy Committee
-- Public News Service: Clean Energy Boom Adding Much-Needed Electric Generating Capacity To Grid In PA Threatened As Federal Funding Stalls
-- TribLive: Dina Powell McCormick, Wife Of PA US Sen. Dave McCormick, Named Meta [Facebook] President
-- Post-Gazette: Sen. McCormick Says He Will Recuse Himself From Issues Specific To Facebook/Meta With His Wife’s New Role As Meta President
Background On Issues
-- DEP: Rice Drilling (EQT) Failed To Plug Abandoned Shale Gas Well For Over 5 Years In Washington County [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP: Eureka Resources Is Not Complying With Order To Safety Dispose Of Millions Of Gallons Of Oil & Gas Wastewater At Closed Facilities In Lycoming, Bradford Counties
-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Issues Violations To Eureka Resources In Wake Of Waste Spillage [PDF of Article]
-- DEP: MarkWest Liberty Midstream Reports 5 More Drilling Fluid Losses Into Mine Voids In Washington County; Total Losses Now 1,241,500 Gallons [PaEN]
-- DEP: Truck Loses Load Of Shale Gas Wastewater On Access, Local Road To EQT Sarah Well Pad In Union Township, Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP Day 239: Seneca Resources Wastewater Cleanup, Monitoring Efforts Continue At Vandergrift Shale Gas Well Pad In Charleston Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- E&ENews/Politico: Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In President’s First Year
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Alerts For Jan. 19 - Western Region; Jan. 20 Entire Regional Electric Grid [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Coal Communities Accuse Congress Of Breaking Its Promise To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [And Plugging Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells]
-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Budget Bill Would Raid Fund For Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines, Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Pennsylvania Would Be Hardest Hit By Cuts
-- Marcellus Drilling News: US EIA Predicts Price Of Natural Gas To Dip 2% In 2026, Increase 33% In 2027 Driven By LNG Gas Exports [PDF of Article]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Expand Energy CEO: Natural Gas Drillers Won’t Add New Production At $3.50 Gas Price-- $4.00 to $4.50 Is Needed To ‘Activate Supply Growth’ [PDF of Article]
-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce To Install Solar Energy Installation At The Artisan & Economic Innovation CenterTo Offset 100% Of Energy Consumption [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Solar Center: Jan. 23 Webinar On State Solar For Schools Grants & Free GET Solar Schools Technical Assistance [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Wash Post: EPA Says It Will No Longer Consider Health Costs In Pollution Regulations, Just Costs To Businesses [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: New Year, New Environmental Battles Brew In Chesapeake Bay States
-- PennLive: Land Swap To Clear Way For Welcome Center Along Appalachian Trail In Cumberland County
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 16, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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