Awards/Recognition
-- PA Environmental Council: Honoring 2026 Winners Of Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence, June 25, Harrisburg
-- NEXTPittsburgh: These Pittsburghers Explored Every PA State Park And Found More Than Nature
-- Art of Staying Safe, 3 State Agencies Honor 18 Student Art Contest Winners In Fight Against Lyme Disease [PaEN]
-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Holds Special May 30 Community Event Celebrating The Role Of Natural Resources In Our Nation's 250-Year History [PaEN]
-- Rep. Abigail Salisbury Recognizes Humane Action Pennsylvania In Allegheny County With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN]
Grants
-- PennTAP Now Accepting Applications For RISE PA Small, Mid-Sized Industry Decarbonization Grants Thru Aug. 17 [PaEN]
-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For RISE PA Medium To Large Industry Decarbonization Grants Thru July 15 [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
Upcoming Events
-- DCNR Resource News: A Greener Summer Starts Here [PaEN]
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: May 15 - What’s The Deal With Microgrids? 4:00 p.m.
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Cleanup Set For Saturday In Pinchot State Forest, Hanover Twp., Luzerne County [Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation]
-- Penn State Extension To Host May 29 Webinar, 6 In-Person Local Workshops On Understanding PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Private Water Supplies; Free PFAS Water Testing [PaEN]
-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Holds Special May 30 Community Event Celebrating The Role Of Natural Resources In Our Nation's 250-Year History [PaEN]
-- Headwaters To The Ohio Water Network, Watersheds Of South Pittsburgh Host June 2 In-Person Stormwater Management Workshop [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council To Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Cambria, Fayette, Washington Counties Starting June 6 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension June 18 Webinar On Rebar Inspection For Conservation Projects, 9:00 a.m.
-- Penn State Extension August 15 Webinar On Gardening With Insects: Native Bees of Pennsylvania. 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
-- Call For Presentations: American Ground Water Trust Mid-Atlantic & The Carolinas Groundwater Conference Aug. 18-19, Richmond, VA, Deadline June 5
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open! Summer Nature Camps For Students Grades 1 to 5
-- Registration Open! Delaware Highlands Conservancy Women And Their Woods Educational Retreat For Women Forest Landowners Sept. 11-13, Hawley, Wayne County [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 16 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Expand Operating 4 Mile, 16-Inch Shale Gas Fresh Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- LOTS HAPPENING! DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold June 23 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Mora Solar LLC 60 MW, 390-Acre Solar Energy Facility In Kidder Twp., Carbon County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Tentative Denial Of A Stormwater Permit For Stoneybrook Solar, LLC 20 MW Solar Energy Facility In Orange Twp., Columbia County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Utilities Chanceford 500kV Transmission Line Rebuild In York County Related To Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets May 27 To Hear Presentations On Pennsylvania Heritage Areas - Conservation Of Living Landscapes [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions [PaEN]
-- Philadelphia Energy Authority Energy Campaign Achieves $2 Billion In Economic Impact, Creates 11,000 Jobs, Over $1.4 Billion In Energy Savings In First 10 Year, Exceeding Initial Goals [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Philly Says Clean Energy Campaign Generated $1 Billion In Investment, Created More than 11,000 Jobs
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Unlocking Rare Earth Elements From Coal Waste: Pennsylvania’s Opportunity
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collected Over 57,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste During April Collection Event [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: A Clean Debate On Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program
-- Lancaster Conservancy Breaks Ground On Climbers Run Nature Center Reservations [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: If You Find A Young Or Injured Animal, Here’s How And When To Respond
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Rabid Groundhog Attacks Juvenile In Nanticoke, Luzerne County
-- Erie Times: Early Start To Erie’s Tick Season Spurs Questions About Lyme Disease
-- AP: Scientists Say Climate Change Is Endangering Tens Of Thousands Of Plant Species
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Gardener’s Guide: How To Convert Your Home Lawn Into A Meadow
-- Erie Times: Erie-Area Water Rescue Crews Prepare For Season Following Deadly 2025
-- TheDerrick.com: Employees Watch Bald Eagle Nest From Their Office Outside Franklin, Venango County
-- LancasterOnline: From A Beginner, Birding In Lancaster County Is Harder, And Better Than I Thought
-- Inquirer: Rep. Greg Vitali Represented Delaware County Since 1993, His Primary Opponent Says The District Needs A Fresh Face
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 18 [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Citizens A.I. Data Center Town Hall Speakers Criticize Industry, Shapiro, Secrecy [Vast Extent Of Intense Opposition To PA Data Center Boom Bulldozing Communities Evident In Town Hall]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Outpouring Of Frustration Over PA’s Rapid A.I. Data Center Growth At Citizens Online Town Hall Meeting
-- AP: As Electric Bills Rise, Some States Are Focusing On The Growing Profits Of Utilities [PA Featured]
-- Scranton Times: Opponents Sound Off On Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Campus Noise Projections In Archbald [588 Backup Diesel Generators Tested Monthly Exempt From Noise Limits]
-- Better Path Coalition Briefing: May 18 Webinar On Data Center Noise - Understanding Community Impacts [PaEN]
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- PUC Releases Final Order Establishing First-of-Its-Kind Voluntary Large Load (Data Center) Model Tariff Framework [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Tell PA US Senators Federal Permitting Reform Should Maintain State Oversight of Transmission Line Siting Projects [PaEN]
-- UGI Energy Services, Prime Data Centers Announce $100 Million Partnership To Develop New Natural Gas Infrastructure For A Power Plant To Feed A.I. Data Center Development, Likely In Cameron, Potter Or Tioga Counties [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Grid Operator May Be ‘Too Big To Function:’ FERC Chairman Swett
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 9 to 15: 229 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations This Year; Denied Shale Gas Pipeline Permit; Failed To Cleanup Conventional Spills At 3 Sites For 688 Days [PaEN]
-- DEP Denies Water Encroachment Permit For PA General Energy Co. 3.9 Mile Permanent Access Road, Staging Area In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Pulls Plug On Permit For PA General Energy Shale Gas Well Access Road, Staging Area In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy, Inc. 4.9 Mile, 20-Inch Shale Gas Fresh Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Penneco Environmental Replacing Tubing, Other Equipment At Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County Due To Leak, Corrosion [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues 12 Violations To Delta Inland Oil Res LLC For Abandoning, Not Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Warren County; 223 Abandonment Violations Issued In 2026, So Far [PaEN]
-- Allegheny National Forest: Visitors Alerted To Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Operations Impacting Trail Use In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Lessons From A Children's Story: If You Give The Oil & Gas Industry A Wellpad, It Will Lead To An Escalating Chain Of More Polluting Gas Infrastructure - By Melissa Ostroff, EarthWorks [PaEN]
-- Environmental Groups Request DEP Do A Science-Based Assessment Of Health, Environmental Risks From Landfill Leachate Contaminated By Radioactive Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes [PaEN]
-- American-Dream.com Guest Essay: Radioactivity Leaching Out Of Pennsylvania Landfills From Shale Gas Drilling Wastes - By Dr. John F. Stolz, Duquesne University
-- PA US Sen. Fetterman Introduces Legislation To Promote Development Of LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities; LNG Facilities Proposed In PA Communities Already Overburdened By Pollution [PaEN]
-- ‘Emergency’ Upset Natural Gas/Chemical Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Burned Overnight From At Least 8:52 p.m. May 10 to 3:30 a.m. May 11 - Breathecam
-- ‘Emergency’ Upset Natural Gas/Chemical Flares At The MarkWest Harmon Creek/Energy Transfer Revolutions Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plants Burned All Night Again In Washington County - Live Breathe Project Cameras [May 12]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Gas Commission Rejects PGW’s Expanded Port Richmond LNG Gas Plant Until Further Study
-- PennEnvironment: Pennsylvania Ranks 47th In US For Renewable Energy Growth
-- TheDerrick.com: Oil City Planning Commission Says 21-Acre Solar Energy Facility Proposal In Residential Area Impossible Under Current Zoning Code
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Buildings Cut Carbon Emissions Faster Than Planned, Report Says
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy, Cerberus Capital Invest $100 Million To Establish Frontier Power USA To Increase Deployment Of Eos’ Energy Storage Systems
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[Posted: May 17, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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