Awards/Recognition
-- The Citizens’ Voice: WeConservePA Recognizes Ellen Ferretti, North Branch Land Trust, Former DCNR Secretary, With Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Northwest Area H.S. Students In Luzerne County Win Statewide Green Energy Competition, Move On To National Competition
-- TribLive: Solar Energy Project At Carlynton High School Will Power Most Of Building, Reducing Costs In Allegheny County
-- Technical.ly: PA Turnpike Built Its Own Data Center Powered By A Solar Microgrid With Energy To Spare
-- Saint Vincent College Student Maura Jodkin Presented Research Poster On Abandoned Mine Drainage At Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment
-- TribLive: Richland Twp., Allegheny County Named PA’s 100th Bird Town
Grants
-- Apply Now For PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals College Environmental Science Scholarships Named For Gifford Pinchot, Maurice Goddard & Zulene Mayfield [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Accepting Applications Year-Round For Free Riparian Tree Planting Initiative [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- PA Solar Center, Solar United Neighbors Are Putting Out The Call For Volunteers To Spread The Word For True Energy Independence For Pennsylvania! [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Meets March 31 On Linn Run Restoration Project In Westmoreland County
-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: April 11 Illegal Dumping Forum - Let's Talk Trash And Tires Luzerne County Community College [PaEN]
-- PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers April 18 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Lewistown Sentinel: ClearWater Conservancy Seeks Volunteers For April 18 Watershed Cleanup In Centre County
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 21 Webinar: Agriculture Meets Hyperscale A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts April 23 Building Backyard Biodiversity Workshop With Elyse Jurgen, Waxwing EcoWorks In Hershey
-- Penn State Extension Hosts May 5 Frontiers In Forest Health Webinar On Hemlock Conservation [PaEN]
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 28 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 4.1 Mile, 16-Inch EQT ARO LLC Aboveground Shale Gas Development Water Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold 21 Climate Conversation Workshops Across The State From April 6 Through June 11 To Hear Community Concerns, Ideas About Climate Change [PaEN]
-- DEP To Host April 8 Meeting On North East Waste Systems Municipal Waste Transfer Station permit In Hazleton, Luzerne County
-- DEP: If Requested, A Hearing Will Be Held May 14 On J.C. Cleaners Hazardous Waste Site In Gettysburg, Adams County And The Failed Attempt To Contain Groundwater Contamination [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh
-- PennLive: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Accident Changed The Country Nearly 50 Years Ago
-- DEP Issues Request For Information On Proposed Electric Generation Or Storage Projects Eligible For State Sponsorship Under PJM Expedited Interconnection Track [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News: Complete PA EE Survey; Spring Into Spring Teaching Ideas; In-Person, Virtual Educator Training [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Invests $5.5 Million In Projects To Improve Regional Waterways, Help Farmers Increase Environmental Health On Farms Throughout The Chesapeake Bay Watershed In PA [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Planting Trees On East Donegal Cattle Pasture Part Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: EPA Regional Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey Draws On Farm Experience
-- PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee, Other Members Form Environmental Justice Caucus
-- Post-Gazette: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Renews Push For Environmental Justice As Federal Policies Are Rolled Back
-- Post-Gazette: PA House Committee Advances Bill To Require Radon Testing, Mitigation In Schools
-- BCTV: Pennsylvania Removes 15 Dams In 2025 To Boost Public Safety, River Health
-- Pittsburgh-Based RiverLife Investments Along 3 Rivers Catalyze 20 to 1 Returns, New Study Finds
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Sneezing, Running Nose, Itchy Eyes: Allergy Symptoms Start Earlier With Climate Change
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - March 30 [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bill To Authorize Public Utility Commission To Regulate A.I. Data Centers To Make Them Pay Their Own Way [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: House Moving Bill To Require A.I. Data Centers To Warn State Regulators About Water Needs
-- PA House Passes Bill To Expand Solar Energy Electric Generation To Warehouses, Distribution Centers [PaEN]
-- House Energy Committee Hears How Geothermal Energy Could Meet 100% Of PA’s Electricity, Heating Needs Offering True Energy Independence And Freedom From Foreign Energy Markets Costing Pennsylvanians Billions [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Request For Information On Proposed Electric Generation Or Storage Projects Eligible For State Sponsorship Under PJM Expedited Interconnection Track [PaEN]
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Green Group Calls For Halt To A.I. Data Centers In PA Until New Laws Are Passed
-- TribLive: Digital Gold Rush: With The A.I. Data Center Boom Heading To Western PA, Virginia Offers A Roadmap And Warnings
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mystery Site For 4.3 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Site In SW PA Has Officials Wondering; Transmission Line Project May Hint At Site
-- Scranton Times: PPL To Hold March 31 Open House On A.I. Data Center Transmission Line, Infrastructure Projects In Archbald, Luzerne County Paid For By Ratepayers [To Take 3 Years To Build] [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: PPL Unveils Mammoth ‘Massively Lucrative’ Infrastructure Project To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Pottstown Mercury: Model Data Center Zoning Ordinances Coming To The Fore [PDF of Article]
-- PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers April 18 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 21 Webinar: Agriculture Meets Hyperscale A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Pittsburgh Public Source: How Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Has Polluted More Than Permits Allow With No New Fines For 3 Years; Environmental Groups Filed Lawsuit
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Why Controlling Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities In PA Matters To Energy Consumers - By John Walliser, PA Environmental Council
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Is The Climate Change Problem - By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne Law School
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas Requests 13% Hike In Monthly Payments, 11.25% Return On Equity, Adding To Rising Natural Gas Costs
-- Peoples Gas Proposes To Increase Residential Base Rate By 13.1% or Just Over $16 Per Month
-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Peoples Natural Gas Proposes Raising Average Monthly Bill $16 Or 13.1%
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Down 2 From Last Week
-- Utility Dive: NextEra To Develop 9.5 GW Of Natural Gas Power Generation In PA, TX [Still No Details Offered On Data Center Projects]
-- PUC Approves $325,000 Penalty Settlement With Peoples Natural Gas Over 2021 Explosion In Blair County That Killed One Person, Injured Others [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star/The Conversation: Pittsburgh’s Air Pollution May Claim 3,000+ Lives Per Year And EPA Rollbacks Aren’t Helping
-- Attorney General Sunday Charges 2 Western PA Companies With Illegally Storing, Disposing Of Hazardous Waste In Beaver County That Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million To Clean Up [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Attorney General Sundy Files Criminal Charges In Pool Doctor Chemical Case
-- TribLive: Attorney General Files Charges Against 2 Companies For Allegedly Unlawfully Storing, Disposing Of Hazardous Waste
-- DCED Awards $200,000 Industrial Sites Reuse Program Grant For Environmental Assessment Leading To Site Redevelopment
-- Waste Today: EPA Highlights Successful Brownfield Projects At PA Brownfields Conference
-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill To Pay Throop Boro $200,000 Annually To Pipe Treated Leachate To Wastewater Plant
-- PennLive - John Beauge: Battle Continues To Get Texas Developer Of A Failed Plan To Chemically Recycle Plastics In Northumberland County To Pay Its Bills
-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Investigate Oily Sheen That Appeared To Come From A Storm Drain Into The West Branch Susquehanna River In Clearfield
-- Republican Herald: State Police Investigate Illegal Dumping Incidents In Schuylkill County
-- 6 Organizations, 169 Volunteers Join To Clean Up Pennypack Watershed In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: A Year After 4,000 Tires Were Dumped In Tacony Park The Tires Are Gone, New 50-Acre Nature Preserve Set To Open In April
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Prepares For Mosquito Season After Record West Nile Virus Cases In 2025
-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Focuses On Specifics Of Stormwater Fee Credit Program
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Enhanced Wildlife Corridors Will Make PA Better For Animals And Humans
-- LancasterOnline: Numbers Of Migrating Snow Geese Declining At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
-- TribLive: Game Commission Bear Study Aims To Collar 160 Animals Per Year
-- LancasterOnline: Did Mother Bald Eagle Eat Unhatched Egg At Livestreamed Lancaster County Nest?
-- Erie Times: Lake Erie Station Joins Fish Waste Initiative Aiming For 100% Recycling
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: March 29, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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