Awards/Recognition
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy’s Fritz Schroeder Turns Love Of Outdoors Into Mission To Protect County Land [PDF of Article]
-- Discover NE PA: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Encourages Volunteerism
-- Stroud Water Research Center News: Celebrating Partnerships For Healthy Waters; Stream Sleuths; World Water Day March 21 [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Responsibility And Fear Motivate Young Climate Activist In Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette: Post-Gazette Investigation Of Coal Mining And Black Lung Disease Enforcement Failures Receives National Recognition
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Bucks County-Based Burpee Has Proven To Be ‘Recession Resistant’ After 150 Years In Business
Grants
-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Interns Wanted: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeking Summer Interns
-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust Executive Director [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Communications And Media Relations Manager [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Keep PA Beautiful Partnership Provides Resources For Community Cleanups Ahead Of America’s 250th Birthday
-- Volunteers Needed For March 28 Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay TreeLay Back-To-Back Tree Planting Events In Pennsylvania, MD and VA [PaEN]
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: March 28 TreeLay; Eager Beavers; Hackberry; News Around The Bay Watershed
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: Professional Development Workshops - Teaching Environmental Issues; Climate Change & Agriculture; Collaborative Approach To Water Stewardship [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalist Now Accepting Applications For Fall Training Courses [PaEN]
-- PA Firefly Festival Announces Naturalist Guide Training To Meet Surging Eco-Tourism Demand In PA Wilds [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Experiences, Events In March
-- PennFuture, Conservation Voters Of PA Host March 4 Webinar On How To Protect Your Community Before A.I. Data Centers Come Knocking, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
-- Erie Times: Maple Syrup Festivals Bring Sweet Release From Winter’s Clutches; Where To Go
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 10 On Final Stream Redesignations Package; Report Due On DEP Review Of The Petition To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells, 4 Other Petitions [PaEN]
-- Energy Efficiency Alliance: March 12 Webinar - How Virtual Power Plants Strengthen Our Grid, Protect Ratepayers [PaEN]
-- Protect PT To Hold Workshops In Plum Boro March 12, Monessen March 19 On How To Protect Your Community From Environmental Threats Caused By Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Bottle Works, Brandywine Conservancy’s Penguin Court Farm Will Host March 14 Nature, Conservation Expo In Johnstown
-- Penn State Extension Holds March 18 In-Person Workshop In Northampton County On How To Design, Install, Maintain Micro-Forests [PaEN]
-- Budget-Friendly Stream Repair Focus Of Penn State Extension Workshop Webinar March 23; Live Stake Branches Available [PaEN]
-- DCNR Hosts March 26 Webinar On PA Invasive Replace-ive Program To Replace Invasive Species With Native Trees And Shrubs In Landscape Plantings [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 7 Webinar On Data Centers - State And Local Regulation [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 13 Webinar On Geothermal Energy Opportunities [PaEN]
-- PA Emergency Management Agency To Hold 6 Flood Recovery Workshops Across The State Starting April 16 [PaEN]
-- City & State PA Hosts April 16 The Pennsylvania Energy Summit In Harrisburg, 8:00 to Noon
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: April 18 In-Person Meadows 101 - Learn, Plant, Grow Workshop, Beach Lake, Wayne County
-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Host April 20 Webinar On Gardening For Wildlife - People Benefit When Nature Thrives [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 5 Webinar - PA Invasive Species - Japanese Stiltgrass, 1:00 to 2:15 pm.
Public Participation
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets March 10 To Hear Presentation On Final DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 7 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For MarkWest Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 8 Mile, 24-Inch EQT ARO LLC Water Pipeline To Support Shale Gas Development In State Forest Land In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A Double 16-Inch Expand Operating LLC Water Pipelines To Support Shale Gas Development In Standing Stone Twp., Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Double 16-Inch Expand Operating LLC Water Pipelines To Support Shale Gas Development In Forkston, North Branch & Windham Twps., Wyoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Archbald Boro Residents Have Next Opportunity At March 10 Hearing On 14 Proposed ‘Wildcat’ Data Center Buildings To ‘Cure’ Data Center Despair [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro To Hold Hearing March 19 On 7 Proposed Data Center Buildings; Olyphant Boro To Hold Hearing March 31 On 12 Proposed Data Center Buildings [PDF of Article]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Jenkins Township To Hold Public Hearing March 30 On A.I. Data Center Ordinance
-- LancasterOnline: Ephrata Township To Hold April 7 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Regulations, Backyard Chickens
-- Morning Call: Lower Mount Bethel Sets April 9 Date For A.I. Data Center Town Hall As Overflow Crowd Demands Answers In Northampton County
Programs/Information
-- TribLive: Study Ties Up To 12.5% Of Pittsburgh Area Adult Deaths To Particulate Air Pollution
-- Post-Gazette - Guest Essay: Pioneering Urban Farming In Pittsburgh’s Leaded Soil - By Kenedy Sanchez, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University
-- Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: 2024-25 Bay Barometer - Record-Setting Restorations, Major Gains And Remaining Challenges
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Chesapeake Bay Program Provides Progress Update Under 2014 Watershed Agreement
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: A Better Chesapeake Bay Demands A Realistic Look At Farm Pollution
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay News Highlights Conservation District Accomplishments, Funding Opportunities, Year End Progress Reports [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 300+ Visit Montour Preserve For Annual Environmental Education Expo With Hands-On Environmental Activities, Ice Fishing & More In Montour County
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 400 Attend STEAM Education Event At West Branch School District To Learn About River Topics & More In Clearfield County
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Penn’s Stewards News - 250 Years Of Independence, 133 Years Of State Parks & Forests - Freedom To Explore PA’s Outdoors [PaEN]
-- March 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available
-- Erie Times: Lake Erie Ice Coverage Drops To 70%; Will New Ice Form In March?
-- Tribune-Democrat: Friends Of Flight 93 Planning Summer Symposium To Educate Teachers On 9/11 Story
-- Tribune-Democrat: Hikers Kick Off 250-Mile Trail Challenge At Prince Gallitzin For US 250th Anniversary
-- Williamsport Sun: Deep Green Journey Offers Nature Experiences For Visually Impaired
-- TheDerrick.com: New Sensory-Friendly Playground Unveiled At Riverfront Park In Franklin, Venango County [PDF of Article]
-- Shapiro Administration Keeps Pennsylvania Beautiful During Historic Tourism Season
-- TribLive: Pittsburghers Asked To Pick Up Litter Ahead Of NFL Draft
-- Game Commission Monitoring Avian Influenza In Wild Birds
-- LancasterOnline: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Asks Public To Report Sick Or Deceased Wild Birds As Avian Flu Spreads
-- York Daily Record: Hanover Online Bald Eagle Nest Welcomes First Egg Of Season
-- TribLive: Harmer Bald Eagles Believed To Have New Egg
-- LancasterOnline: Here’s What Lancaster Birders Spotted During Christmas Bird Count, From Crows To A Painted Bunting
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: 250 Years Ago Our Founding Fathers Took On One Of The Nation’s First Invasive Species -- The Hessian Fly
A.I./Data Centers
-- Senate PUC Budget Hearing: PUC Chair Says PJM Market Auction Not Designed For Data Center Demands; PA Needs To Diversify Fuels Used To Generate Electricity; Bring Your Own Power Critical [PaEN]
-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Require Data Centers To Disclose Energy, Water Use, Direct DCED To Develop Model Data Center Ordinance [PaEN]
-- New Comprehensive Report Lays Out Case For 3-Year A.I. Data Center Moratorium To Be Introduced In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- AP - Marc Levy: A.I. Data Centers Spurring Big Expansion Of High-Voltage Power Lines; Landowners And Locals Are Fighting Back [PA Featured]
-- The Derrick: PA US Senator McCormick Cosponsors Bill To Adopt Permitting Reforms For Electric Transmission Lines To Meet Growing Energy Demands [PDF of Article]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - March 9 [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Urges FERC To Allow PJM To Keep Charging Pennsylvania Ratepayers Record High Capacity Auction Prices For Power, But Charge Other States Even More [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Why Are Pennsylvanians Paying Higher Electric Bills - Data Center Demand, PJM, Natural Gas Price Spikes - By Trish Reilly, Centrist Democrats Of America
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Power Prices Are Rising, But The Fix Is Sitting In A Queue -- Renewable Energy + Storage - By Ken Silverstein, InsideSources.com
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 7 Webinar On Data Centers - State And Local Regulation [PaEN]
-- Morning Call/AP: Iran Strikes Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Highlighting Industry’s Vulnerability To Physical Disasters
President’s War On Iran
-- PUC Issues Cybersecurity Advisory To Electric, Natural Gas Other Utilities Amid Growing Global Tensions [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: US Warns Energy Companies To Increase Security In Response To Potential Threats From Iran; Utilities Lack Tools To Guard Grid From Drone Attacks
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: How Will President’s War On Iran Affect Your Utility Bills?
-- The Derrick: War In Iran To Cause Massive Disruption In Oil Industry, According To Oil City Native & Middle East Expert Andrew Tabler [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive/AP: Energy Prices Surge As Tanker Disruptions And Facility Shutdowns Rattle Global Supply
-- Bloomberg: Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel Prices Climb As President’s Iran War Chokes Supplies
-- Bloomberg: Oil Market Chaos Set To Deepen As More Gulf Giants Cut Output Because Of President’s Iran War
-- Reuters: There Is Little LNG Producers Can Do To Immediately Replace Lost Qatari Cargoes
-- Financial Times: Qatar Warns War Will Force Gulf To Stop Energy Exports ‘Within Days’ And Bring Down The Economies Of The World
-- Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery), Rep. Jim Haddock (D-Lackawanna) Call For Attorney General To Investigate Gasoline Price Spike
-- WFMZ: ‘Enough Is Enough:’ PA Lawmakers Call For Price Gouging Probe As Gasoline Prices Jump Overnight
-- March 7: Average PA Gasoline Price Increased 43 Cents/Gallon Since Feb. 27
-- March 7: AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $3.41 Ohio- $3.39 PA- $3.54
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Financial Times: Coal Prices Jump As Utilities Seek Alternative To Spiking Natural Gas Prices Due US President’s War With Iran
-- War Profits: Windfall Profits Tax On The Oil & Gas Industry? Household Rebates To Offset Spiking Energy Costs
Budget
-- DCNR House Budget Hearing: House Republicans Propose More Shale Drilling In State Forest Land, Under State Parks; Gas Drilling Has Caused The Loss Of 30,000 Acres Of Core State Forest Land So Far [PaEN]
-- DCNR House Budget Testimony: Pennsylvania Is Ready To Welcome The World For The 250th Birthday Of The United States [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 28 to March 6 - Abandoned Conventional Wells Hit 100; Investigating Seismic Event Near Wastewater Injection Well; Well Transfer Violations [PaEN]
-- DEP Investigating Seismic Event Near Penneco Environmental Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio - Water Districts, Municipalities Join Call For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Moratorium
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 10 On Final Stream Redesignations Package; Report Due On DEP Review Of The Petition To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells, 4 Other Petitions [PaEN]
-- PA Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Dr. Gary Allison - 75% Of Shale Gas Chemical Disclosure Listings Hide What’s In 200 Million Pounds Of Materials Used In PA Fracking; A Colorado Law Would Fix That [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: MarkWest Spills Over 1 Million Gallons Of Drilling Fluid Into Abandoned Coal Mine During Pipeline Construction In Washington County
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Emissions Face Scrutiny In Beaver County
-- Observer-Reporter: EPA To Remove Toxic Waste Barrels Illegally Dumped In Abandoned Bologna Coal Company’s Washington County Strip Mine [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Penguins Reduce Carbon Footprint By Buying Carbon Credits Supporting 272 Acres Of Green Space In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Chester County Has More Than 9,000 Electric Vehicles, Now It Wants To Build More Charging Stations
-- DEP Issued 5 Orders To Federal And Local Entities To Prevent The Use Of 3 Warehouses In Berks And Schuylkill Counties As Federal Immigrant Detention Centers Without Complying With State, Federal Environmental Laws [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: PA DEP To DHS - No Warehouse Immigrant Detention Centers Until Environmental Regulations Are Met
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Issues Orders Against Homeland Security Over Planned PA Warehouse Immigrant Detention Centers
-- Morning Call: DEP Orders DHS To Comply With Environmental Rules Before Opening Warehouse Immigrant Detention Centers In Berks, Schuylkill Counties
-- PA Capital-Star: DEP: Proposed ICE Warehouse Immigrant Detention Centers ‘Will Overwhelm’ Existing Water, Wastewater Infrastructure In Berks, Schuylkill Counties
-- Reading Eagle: President’s ICE Gives Some Details About Proposed Warehouse Detention Center In Berks, But Most Questions Remain Unanswered
-- PennFuture: DEP Denies Stormwater Permit For Route 115 Associates Warehouse In Tunkhannock Twp., Monroe County
-- Guest Essay: Roadmap To Renew Pennsylvania's Waters - DEP's Integrated Water Quality Report Is A Guide To Fixing Sources Of Water Pollution - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center, Capital Good Fund Partner On Pennsylvania BRIGHT To Deliver Nearly 70 Solar Energy Projects Worth Up To $40 Million [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Needs To Act Now To Prevent A New $700 Million Increase In Electric Costs For Ratepayers - By Steve DeFrank, Chairman, Public Utility Commission [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission And Partners To Conduct In-Person Angler Surveys About The Number, Kind Of Fish They’re Catching At Several Locations In The Watershed [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Owner Of Chester Trash Incinerator Spent $45,000 Lobbying In Philadelphia As City Council Considers Waste Incineration Ban
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Protecting Our Wild Lands Protects Our Future - By Brook Lenker, Keystone Trails Association
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 8, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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