Awards/Recognition
-- Centre Daily Times: Black Moshannon Named State Park Of The Year By PA Parks & Forests Foundation At Event Unveiling New Volunteer System
-- DCNR Launches New Statewide Volunteer System To Expand Access To Outdoor Service Opportunities [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation To Recognize 2026 Award Winners May 12 At Little Buffalo State Park [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: PA Recreation & Park Society Recognizes Schuylkill Haven Recreation Department For Revitalizing Trout Population To Boost Outdoor Recreation
-- PA Environmental Council Hosts Western PA Environmental Awards May 6 In Pittsburgh, Meet The Honorees [PaEN]
-- DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Honor 2026 Litter Hawk Youth Award Winners [PaEN]
-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Invite High School Students To Apply To Join Young Ambassadors Education Program [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Tyrone H.S. Students Turn Out To Help Clean Up Their Community
-- Warren Times: Warren County Receives Trail Town Recognition From International Mountain Bicycling Assn.
-- Audubon Supports New Bill To Designate Scarlet Tanager As Pennsylvania’s Official Migratory Bird [HB 2316]
-- Wellsboro Gazette: Wellsboro Attains Gold Certification As Bird Town
Grants
-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Making School District $5,000 Enrichment Grants Available In Operating Area
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Armstrong County Conservation District - Dirt, Gravel, Low-Volume Road Resource Conservationist [PaEN]
-- Teams Now Forming To Support 2026 Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation By PA Society For Ornithology [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Experiences, Events In April
-- Tribune-Democrat: Scheduled Set For 2026 Whitewater Releases On Stonycreek River In Cambria County
-- Keystone Trails Assn. Launches 100 Mile Challenge To Support Pennsylvania's Hiking Trails [PaEN]
-- DEP State Water Planning Program Hosts April 2 Webinar On Act 167 Stormwater Management Planning, 10:00 a.m.
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 3 Webinar On Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: April 3 - Legally Protecting PA’s Environment - Climate Petition Before The EQB, 4:00 p.m.
-- Observer-Reporter: April 4 Glass Recycling Collection In Washington, PA
-- DEP Hosts April 9 Webinar On Community Energy Development Program; Local Governments Can Apply For Assistance In Developing Energy Transition Plans Thru April 15 [PaEN]
-- Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver To Host April 13 Webinar With Penn State Extension On Data Center Development In PA, 6:00 p.m. [Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder]
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets April 14 On Final Land Recycling Chromium (VI) Standard; Fee Report For Uniform Environmental Covenants Act [PaEN]
-- Delaware, Susquehanna, Potomac River Basin Commissions To Host April 16 Data Centers - What About Water? Webinar [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: April 18 Event In Pittsburgh Will Help People Facing A.I. Data Centers In Their Communities Organize Opposition
-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA: April 21 PA State Technical Committee Meeting, 1:00 p.m.
-- First Waves Beaver County - Earth Week Student Summit April 22-25 [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Celebrates Earth Day With April 25 Naturepalooza!
-- Penn State Extension Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium Set For May 5 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Day Set For May 9
-- PA iMapInvasives 2026 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt May 1-31; Webinar Introduction April 30 [PaEN]
-- Save The Date: Pennsylvania Native Species Day - June 1
-- July 15-16-- In-Person. PA Sea Grant Aquaponics Educator Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie.
-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Celebrate Earth Day With Hike At Cove Mountain Preserve; Join Statewide Cleanup Events; Be Part Of City Nature Challenge
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Public Participation
-- LOTS HAPPENING! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 4 [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For 3.6 Mile EQT ARO LLC 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Residents To Hold April 6 Information Session On A.I. Data Centers As They Face 51 Building Proposals And A Power Plant
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 14 To Hear Presentations On GeoThermal Energy; Combined Sewer Overflows In Philadelphia [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ For Earth Day And Every Day!
-- Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Bay In The Balance Stakeholders Explore Agriculture As A Solution To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Program News: Funding, Education, Technical Assistance Opportunities; County Projects Finished; More!
-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: How Upstream Conservation Efforts Benefit The Chesapeake Bay
-- President's Proposed Federal Budget Is A 'Staggering Disinvestment' In Farmers And Rural Communities,' Puts Hurdles In The Way Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant Will Help Pennsylvania Farmers Connect For Healthier Local Waters [PaEN]
-- City & State PA: Pennsylvania’s Next Generation Of Farmers Are Finding Their Roots
-- Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- Friends Of The Allegheny Wilderness: US Forest Service New Regional Headquarters To Be In Warren [PaEN]
-- PennLive: US Forest Service To Close 4 Offices In PA As Part Of Restructuring
-- Warren Times: Warren To Host New US Forest Service Regional Headquarters Amid National Overhaul
-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Technology Center Students, Game Commission Benefit From Forestry Coop
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 6 [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: What You Can Do About Your Rising Electric Bills In Pennsylvania; March 31 Means End To Winter Moratorium On Utility Shutoffs
-- TribLive Letter: PJM Is The Reason Electric Bills Are So High - By Danielle Jouenne, General Counsel, Energy Association Of PA [PA Electric, Natural Gas Utilities]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PECO Files For 11.4% Rate Increase For Natural Gas Customers, 12.5% Rate Increase For Electric Customers; Typical Customer Bill Increases $420 Annually
-- Scranton Times: UGI Electric Files For $17.3 Million Rate Increase, Residential Bills To Go Up 12.8%
-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: PA Lawmakers Are Talking The Talk On A.I. Data Center Regulation, But Will They Walk The Walk?
-- City & State PA: The Battle Over A.I. Data Centers: $100 Billion Rush To Turn PA Into A.I. Engine, And The Local Efforts Trying To Stop It
-- WNEP: University Of Scranton Panel Warns Of A.I. Data Centers’ Impact On Environment
-- WITF/WVIA: Panel Discusses How Energy Demand From A.I. Data Centers Will Impact Pennsylvania
-- CNN: Scientists Find A.I. Data Centers Create Heat Islands, Warming Areas Around them By Up To 16 Degrees
-- Bloomberg: America’s A.I. Data Center Build-Out Relies On Chinese Electrical Parts- Transformers, Switchgear, Batteries
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: $1.7 Billion High Voltage Power Line Project To Cross Greene, Fayette, 8 Other PA Counties To Feed A.I. Data Centers; Consumer Advocate Opposes As Too Costly, Violates President’s Bring Your Own Power Policy [PDF of Article]
-- 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 [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- DEP Files Contempt Of Court Action, Fines Eureka Resources $100,000 For Multiple Violations At Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Bradford, Lycoming Counties [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Assesses $100,000 In Penalties For Violations At 2 Of 3 Eureka Resources Closed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Lycoming, Bradford Counties
-- Williamsport Sun: Eureka Resources Fined $60,000 For Oil & Gas Wastewater Leak Into Susquehanna River
-- DEP Issues Repasky Enterprises Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 18 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Venango County [PaEN]
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Radioactive Radium On Rural Roads? PA House Bills Clash Over Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Public Roads [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Launches Delaware County Air Monitoring Project To Study Pollution From Refineries, Other Industrial Sources In And Around City Of Chester; March 31 Online Outreach Meeting [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Editorial: Electric Vehicles Skirt The Gasoline Tax [In Nevada] [PA Adopted A Road Use Fee On EVs in April 2025]
-- WTAE: Pittsburgh Firefighters Respond To Parking Garage At Giant Eagle After Tesla EV Battery Ignites
-- 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 [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Andrew Seidman: How LCT Energy’s Rustic Ridge Coal Mine In Westmoreland County Won Over Harrisburg, Shapiro Administration, Now In Fight With Local Environmental Group
-- The Allegheny Front: US Steel’s New Owner Gets Poor Marks In Climate Rating For Steel Industry
-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Coal-Heavy Nippon Steel Could Undo US Steel’s Limited Environmental Progress, Green Group Warns
-- Centre Daily Times: Benner Township Residents Await Answers 6 Years After PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminated Their Wells At State Hazardous Waste Site
-- DEP Issues Revised Waste Permit Affecting Daily Tonnage Limits Accepted By Liberty Soils, LLC Biosolids Management Facility In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Anthracite Heritage Museum To Host April 11 Mine Rescue Day Events In Scranton
-- The Center Square: Showers, Toilet Flushing Optional As Residents Tackle High PA American Water Bills In Berks County
-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Drought Conditions Improve But Persist
-- Spotlight PA: As Shapiro Opposes ICE Warehouse Detention Centers, His Republican Opponent For PA Governor Stays Vague
-- Republican Herald: Already Burdened, Tremont Water System Faces Additional Strain From Proposed ICE Warehouse Detention Facility In Schuylkill County
-- Republican Herald: Opponents Of ICE Warehouse Detention Center In Berks County Launch Video Game Where 150 Trucks Hauling Sewage A Day Dodge Potholes, DEP Inspectors
-- Morning Call: President’s ICE Pauses Warehouse Detention Center Purchases, Scrutinizes Ones Already Bought In Berks, Schuylkill Counties
-- PA Environmental Council March In Case You Missed It Now Available [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Flight 93 Memorial Added To State’s New Highway Of Heroes Trail
-- TribLive: First Of 3 Eggs Hatch At US Steel Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh [Video]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Bald Eagle Bonanza In Pittsburgh With 5 Chicks At 2 Nests
-- WESA/Inside Climate News-Kiley Bense: Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands Of Birds In The US, Pennsylvania Is At The Epicenter
-- What You Should Know: Black Bears Are Stirring In Penn’s Woods, Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Trout Anglers Divided Over State-Run Stocking Program Versus Supporting Wild Fish
-- Morning Call: Frog Crossing: Northampton County Road To Close For Weeks To Protect Breeding Amphibians
-- PennLive: Some Pennsylvania Roads Closing To Protect Migrating Amphibians
-- EarthJustice: Federal District Court Strikes Down President’s Earlier Attacks Against Federal Endangered Species Act
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: April 5, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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