April 6 - 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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157 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - April 6

PA Environmental Council Hosts Western PA Environmental Awards May 6 In Pittsburgh, Meet The Honorees

PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Recognize 2026 Award Winners May 12 At Little Buffalo State Park

DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Honor 2026 Litter Hawk Youth Award Winners

DEP Files Contempt Of Court Action, Fines Eureka Resources $100,000 For Multiple Violations At Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Bradford, Lycoming Counties

DEP Issues Repasky Enterprises Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 18 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 14 to April 3 -- 45 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Contempt Of Court Action; Pipeline Drilling Spills; Multiple Slope Failures; Illegal Water Withdrawals; New Casing/Cementing Failures

Susquehanna River Watershed Low-Flow Conditions Trigger Stop To Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals At 11 Locations In Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming Counties

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets April 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Water Withdrawal Of Up To 73.2 Million Gallons/Day, Other Withdrawals

Delaware, Susquehanna, Potomac River Basin Commissions To Host April 16 Data Centers - What About Water? Webinar

DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For Installation Of A CNX Midstream Operating Water Withdrawal Intake In Beaver Run Reservoir To Support Shale Gas Development In Westmoreland County

DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For 3.6 Mile EQT ARO LLC 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Lycoming County

DEP Invites Comments On Erosion & Sedimentation Permit For Hyperion Midstream [EQT] Pipeline Between The Selene And Hephaestus Shale Gas Well Pads In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 4

DEP Seeks Proposals For Electric Generation, Battery Storage To Quickly Enter Service To Feed Rising Energy Demands From A.I. Data Centers, Improve Grid Reliability, Address High Energy Costs

DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit Modifications For Armstrong Natural Gas Power Plant In Armstrong County To Feed A.I. Data Centers

DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Carbon Node East Development Transmission Line, Utility Crossing In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County To Support A.I. Data Center Development

In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 6

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 14 To Hear Presentations On GeoThermal Energy; Combined Sewer Overflows In Philadelphia

DEP Awards Nearly $5 Million In RISE PA Small Industry Track Grants To Support 14 Projects In 9 Counties To Reduce Energy Costs, Improve Air Quality; Next Application Deadline April 15

DEP Hosts April 9 Webinar On Community Energy Development Program; Local Governments Can Apply For Assistance In Developing Energy Transition Plans Thru April 15

DEP Launches Delaware County Air Monitoring Project To Study Pollution From Refineries, Other Industrial Sources In And Around City Of Chester

Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Bay In The Balance Stakeholders Explore Agriculture As A Solution To Restore The Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Foundation: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant Will Help Pennsylvania Farmers Connect For Healthier Local Waters

President's Proposed Federal Budget Is A 'Staggering Disinvestment' In Farmers And Rural Communities,' Puts Hurdles In The Way Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Penn State Extension Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium Set For May 5 In Harrisburg

Environmental Quality Board Meets April 14 On Final Land Recycling Chromium (VI) Standard; Fee Report For Uniform Environmental Covenants Act

DEP Issues Revised Waste Permit Affecting Daily Tonnage Limits Accepted By Liberty Soils, LLC Biosolids Management Facility In Schuylkill County

PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Invite High School Students To Apply To Join Young Ambassadors Education Program

DCNR Launches New Statewide Volunteer System To Expand Access To Outdoor Service Opportunities

PA Environmental Council Accepting Applications For Statewide Non-Motorized Waterway Access Grants

Keystone Trails Assn. Launches 100 Mile Challenge To Support Pennsylvania's Hiking Trails

PA Environmental Council March In Case You Missed It Now Available

Friends Of The Allegheny Wilderness: US Forest Service New Regional Headquarters To Be In Warren

PA iMapInvasives 2026 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt May 1-31; Webinar Introduction April 30

Teams Now Forming To Support 2026 Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation By PA Society For Ornithology

Help Wanted: Armstrong County Conservation District - Dirt, Gravel, Low-Volume Road Resource Conservationist

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

First Waves Beaver County - Earth Week Student Summit April 22-25

The Upper Brodhead Watershed: ‘Spacelings’ In The Marsh And Other Wonders In Pike County

What You Should Know: Black Bears Are Stirring In Penn’s Woods, Monroe County

News From PA House & Senate

The Feds - New Administration

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 4

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[Posted: April 6, 2026]  PA Environment Digest