Monday, February 23, 2026

February 16+23 - 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]


Click Here To View Or Print The Entire February 16+23  PA Environment Digest


207 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed In Last 2 Weeks: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


DCNR: Pine Creek Rail Trail Selected As Pennsylvania’s 2026 Trail Of The Year


DEP: 16 More Counties Now In Drought Warning; 11 More Counties In Drought Watch


Guest Comments: How Is PA General Energy Allowed To Destroy Natural Forest Values To Which I Am Entitled To Enjoy With Its Shale Gas Well Pads And Access Road Project In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County?


Guest Comments: PA General Energy Shale Gas Road, Well Pads Project Would Close Access To State Forest Land, Threaten Already Threatened Forest Bird Species In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County


The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Reports ‘Settlement In Principle’ To Purchase Venango Water Company [Fallout From Public Water Supply Contamination By Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Continues]


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 7 to 20 - Conventional Well Owners Abandoning More Than 1 Well A Day; No Approval For Disposal Of Shale Drill Cuttings


DEP Issues Water Quality Permits For Major Longwall Coal Mining Damage Prevention Project Covering 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines In Greene County


DEP To Hold March 19 Meeting, April 7 Hearing On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Quality Plan Approval For Ground Flares, Wastewater Treatment Plant, As-Built Air Pollution Equipment In Beaver County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 14


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 21


US EIA Increases Natural Gas Price Projection For 2026 By 40% Due To Large Withdrawals From Gas Storage


Marcellus Drilling News: Capital & Main Resolves Legal Challenge From CNX Resources Over Its Reporting With Editor’s Note Explaining What It Did Not Say Or Write About In An Article


Gov. Shapiro: PUC Votes To Update Railroad Safety Regulations For First Time In More Than A Decade And 3 Years After The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Disaster


House Environmental Committee Told Water Quality Restoration Efforts Need To Be Better Targeted; Important ‘Emerging Contaminants’ Need To Be Addressed; Cuts In Federal Funding Slowing Progress


National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, EPA Award $44.2 Million In Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient/Sediment Reduction, Small Watershed Grants; Over $19 Million In PA


Chesapeake Bay Program: Pay-For-Success Projects Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution As Part Of the Conowingo Dam Watershed Implementation Plan In York County


Master Watershed Steward Stephen Hinds Helps Restore Riverbanks In Delaware County


Three Rivers WaterKeeper Announces Intent To Sue US Steel, Irvin Works Plant For Oil Discharges Into The Monongahela River


Bipartisan Ohio River Restoration Act Introduced In US Senate By Fetterman, Young


Foundation For PA Watersheds Now Accepting Applications For New Round Of Grants


Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Coldwater Conservation Grants; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Penalty Funding


Columbia Gas Of PA Now Accepting Applications For 2026 Environmental Action Grants


USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA To Hold 10 Local Working Group Meetings From Feb. 23 to April 3


Gov. Shapiro Secures 2 Year Extension Of PJM Price Cap, Collar On Electricity Capacity Auctions


Montour County Commissioners Vote To Reject Talen Energy's Request To Rezone 800 Acres Of Agricultural Land For Industrial A.I. Data Centers


Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Digital Modernization Plan For Safety, Diagnostic Systems; Data Center Proposed Next Door


Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Doesn’t Need To ‘Bend Over Backward’ To Lure A.I. Data Centers With Giveaways; Strict Standards Needed To Protect Communities, The Environment To Outlast Boom; ‘Unless A.I. Kills Us All’


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last 2 Weeks - February 16 & 23


12th Annual Pennsylvania Renewables Summit Set For March 16-17 In Harrisburg Area


Clean Air Council, Earthjustice, EDF, NRDC, Partners Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal Of Climate Protections


Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $7.1 Million To Protect 1,905 Acres Of Farmland On 25 Farms In 17 Counties


Manada Conservancy Announces New Kittatinny Landowner Stories Video Series On Land Conservation


DCNR Unveils Master Plan For New Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County


DCNR To Host Feb. 25 Virtual Public Meeting To Discuss Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Tom Ridge Environmental Center Master Plan In Erie


PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Support Local River Sojourns


DCNR Resource News Highlights Governor’s Budget; Conestoga River Of The Year; Grant Opportunities Open


PA Trout Unlimited: Volunteers From 6 Local TU Chapters Ship Trout Eggs To 430 Teachers In 60 PA Counties Connecting With 57,000 Students Thru Trout In The Classroom Program


Pennsylvania Audubon Council: 100th Community Joins Bird Town Pennsylvania Program


PA Invasive Replace-ive Program To Encourage Replacing Invasive Species With Native Plants To Continue, Expand In 2026


PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches Roots, Branches & Hands Initiative To Plant 55,000 Native Trees And Shrubs


Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Streams & Schoolyards Manager, Field Educator


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Registration Open For 5-Part Ag Water Webinar Series Starting March 2; Penn State Extension Watershed News


Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn: March 5 Webinar - Energy Affordability - How Plug-In Solar Energy Can Help


Penn State Extension Hosts March 18 In-Person Seeds To Saplings Saving Streams Workshop In York County


Carol Parenzan, Environmental Engineer, Author Launches The Water Healer™, Debuts 'From the Rivers to the Bay,' a New Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Series


Penn State Extension Hosts Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference June 4-5 In Huntingdon County


Penn State Extension Hosts April 7 Webinar On Grazing Sheep At Solar Energy Facilities


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - February 14


PA Bulletin Public Notices - February 21


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: February 16+23, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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