Monday, April 13, 2026

April 13 - 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]


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153 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - April 13


PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Announce Recipients Of 2026 PAEE Awards, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards


WeConservePA: Lebanon County Conservation District Recognizes Calvin Miller With Steward Of The Land Lifetime Award


Ayana Elizabeth Johnson To Receive Dickinson College’s Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism


Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Announce Grand Opening Of Laurel Caverns State Park In Fayette County, Pennsylvania’s First Underground State Park


DCNR Kicks Off America250PA GeoCache Trail Through 25 PA State Parks


DEP: Wastewater Spill At Repsol Oil & Gas USA Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County Results In Recovery Of 166,729 Gallons Of Contaminated Water, So Far


Beaver County Residents Tell DEP To Enforce Existing Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Pollution Limits, Not Give Them A New Permit Increasing Pollution


EPA Moves To Weaken Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Seeks Comments On Environmental Impacts Of Proposed Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline Project Impacting Susquehanna County, PA; New York And Delaware


DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Prevent Damage To 4 Natural Gas Gathering Pipelines From Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 11


DEP To Hold May 12 Hearing On Individual Stormwater Permit For The 5.8 Mile HCPP 30-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Serving The 4.5 GW Homer City A.I. Data Center Power Plant In Indiana County


DEP: A.I. Data Center Developer Edged Energy Submits Notice Of Intent To Remediate Site In South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County


DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval To Reactivate Engines, Oil-Fired Boilers, Cooling Towers At Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County


PUC Sets July 7 Hearings On Greater Hazleton CAN DO Request To Supply 350,000 Gallons Of Recycled Water/Day To A Proposed A.I. Data Center Campus In The Humboldt Industrial Park, Luzerne County


House Energy Committee To Meet April 13 To Consider GeoThermal Energy, Advanced Transmission Line Technology, PA Energy Development Authority Bills; Sets April 14 Hearing On Net Metering


PUC Raises Cost, Other Concerns With Proposed 222 Mile Kammer Juniata Electric Transmission Line Project Going Through 10 PA Counties [To Help Feed A.I. Data Center Demands In Eastern PA]


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 13


PUC Publishes Proposed Rule Regulating Electric Distributed Energy, Aggregation Resources, Virtual Power Plant Participation In Wholesale Energy Markets


Local Governments: Apply To DEP’s Community Energy Development Program By April 15 For Help In Developing Energy Transition Plans


PA Solar Center, Partners Host April 17 Webinar On How Energy Storage, Solar Energy Create Resilient Communities Featuring DEP's Report On Microgrids, Energy Storage


City Of Pittsburgh To Develop Solar Energy Facility On Steel Slag Disposal Area In Swisshelm Park To Cut Energy Costs By $2.6 Million At 4 Public Schools


Powering PA Forward: Broad Coalition Forms To Champion Smart Energy Policies, Protect PA Jobs And Economic Growth


PA Extends Low-Income Energy Assistance Program Application Period To May 8; President Calls For Eliminating The Program Next Year


Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Announces Emergency Proposal Seeking 15 Gigawatts Of New Power Supplies To Address Potential Shortages Caused By A.I. Data Center Demand


PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania), Southern Regions For April 14-15


Chesapeake Bay Foundation Joins Lawsuit Over Federal Repeal Of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding


DEP: Recent Precipitation Leads To Improved Drought Conditions, But Additional Recovery Is Needed


Volunteers, Fish & Boat Commission, DEP Stock Trout In Conowingo Creek, Lancaster County Restored With Help Of State, Federal Funding; New Grant Round Opens April 22


DEP/Environmental Quality Board Withdraws Proposed Regulation Changing Notification Requirements For Spills, Releases Saying Technical Guidance Is More Appropriate


DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Evaluation Of 34 Wild Trout Stream Designations In 19 Counties


Stroud Water Research Center: New Clean Water Partnership With University Of Pennsylvania’s Veterinary School At New Bolton Center; Bringing Back Eastern Brook Trout; LaMotte Company Honored


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases 2025 Annual Report Highlighting Data Center, Natural Gas Water Use, Climate Change, Road Salt Study, More


DEP: Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act Brings Clean Drinking Water To Community In Lancaster County Contaminated By Trichloroethylene (TCE); Future Cleanup Funding In Doubt


DEP To Hold May 11 Hearing On North Centre Twp. PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hazardous Site Response In 12 Municipalities In Columbia County Involving Contaminated Sewage Sludge


DCED Awards $125,625 Grant To Bucks County Redevelopment Authority To Make A Site Safe For New Residential Development In Sellersville Borough


PA Recycling Markets Center Study: Recycling Industries Support Over 319,000 Jobs, Contributes $130.5 Billion To The Economy - Over 3 Times That Of The Shale Gas Industry


Independence Conservancy To Hold 3 Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties Starting April 25


Pennsylvania Invests More Than $10.2 Million To Ensure 31 Farms, 2,645 Acres Of Prime Farmland In 20 Counties Stay Farms Forever


ClearWater Conservancy Kicks Off 10th Season Of Centred Outdoors - Free Guided Outings, Wellness Programs, Adventure Hikes


Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust Earth Day Trail Run/Walk Race Set For April 18 In Montgomery County


Help Wanted: PA Environmental Council Mapping/Program Coordinator


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DEP State Water Plan Program Hosting 4 Upcoming Webinars On Dry Cooling; Developing Local Climate Action Plans; Overview Of The PUC Water Programs; Coastal Zone Grants


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 11


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: April 13, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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