Awards/Recognition
-- 26 Projects Advancing Cleaner Air, Water, Environmental Stewardship Across Pennsylvania Recognized With 2026 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Monument Dedicated To 40 Coal Miner Heroes In Wilkes-Barre Park [PDF of Article]
-- WVIA: New Monument Honors Coal Miners’ Heroism In Wilkes-Barre
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Wilkes-Barre Native, Nonprofit Leader Robert Hughes Receives 2026 Clean Water Champion Award
-- TribLive: Murrysville Residents Tackling Acid Mine Drainage Problems From Multiple Angles In Westmoreland County
-- DCNR Now Accepting Nominations For 2027 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Celebration Will Mark 50th Anniversary Of Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail: ‘Amazing Asset’
-- WVIA: Luzerne County Native Hits Halfway Point In Trek From Georgia To Maine On Appalachian Trail
-- TheDerrick.com: National Wildlife Federation Certifies New Schoolyard Habitat In Franklin As Garden For Wildlife In Venango County
Grants
-- Western PA Conservancy Awards 16 BHE GT&S Mini-Grants To Improve Local Watersheds [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Announces RISE PA Grant To Support Sanofi Pasteur Project To Replace Natural Gas-Fired Dehydrators With A Cleaner, More Efficient Option In Monroe County; RISE PA Applications Being Accepted Now [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Now Accepting Applications For Community Tree Project Technical Assistance; Apply For Free Trees [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Help Game Commission Biologists Track Wild Turkeys
Upcoming Events
-- Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Hosts July 7 Webinar On Accessing Funding For Your Outdoor Business [PaEN]
-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts July 16 Recycled Paper & Plastics Commodities Markets Update Webinar [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Intermunicipal Relations Committee Holds Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event At Jaffa Shrine Center July 18
-- Penn State Extension July 18 Webinar On Natural Colors - Using Plant Materials To Dye, 9:30 a.m. to Noon
-- Penn State Extension Hosts July 29 Webinar On Agricultural Best Management Practices To Protect Soil And Water Resources Essential To Maintaining Productive And Sustainable Farms [PaEN]
-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host Aug. 13 In-Person Workshop On Gardening With Nature - Prairie Pockets - Plants For People And Pollinators [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 26 Webinar On Radioactive Radium And Salinity In Groundwater And How It Affects Drinking Water; Featured Speaker Has Researched Contaminated Groundwater From Oil & Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Sept. 4 Webinar On Beech Leaf Disease Nematodes, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.
-- Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program Ag Conservation Con Set For Sept. 15-17 At Indiana University Of PA [PaEN]
-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Partners Hosting Sept. 15-17 NTTP Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Course In State College [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- Read Carefully! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 27 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Significant Modification To Title V Air Quality Permit For Constellation Energy Eddystone Natural Gas Power Plant In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- Lots Going On! DEP Posted 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Major Amendment To Homer City Generation Data Center Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit Changing Wastestreams Flowing To Discharge In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Construction Of QTS Salem, LLC A.I. Data Center Campus In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permit For PPL Electric Montour-Columbia 230 kV Transmission Line Rebuild Project In Montour, Columbia Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permit For PPL Electric Wescosville-Allentown 138 kV Transmission Line Project In South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permit For PPL Electric Juni-Bern Laydown Yard In Carroll Twp., Perry County To Serve Construction Of Utility Upgrades [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Revolutionized Energy Extraction With New Techniques, Technology-- Longwall Coal Mining, Shale Gas Drilling
-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Farmers Devastated By Fruit Crop Losses Find Only Limited Relief Available
-- The Allegheny Front: Groups Say Nippon Steel Investments Will Perpetuate Coal And Air Pollution In The Mon Valley
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: First Chrome Production Facility In US In Decades Comes To Lawrence County
-- LancasterOnline: F&M Students, Professor Study What’s Behind Lancaster County’s Poor Air Quality
-- The Conversation: Should You Swim In Pittsburgh’s Rivers? A Water Researcher Breaks Down The Answer - By Daniel Bain, Associated Professor Of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh
-- DCNR Invests $500,000 To Expand Musser Gap Trail, Build 50 Mile Trail Network In Rothrock State Forest, Centre & Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Agree On This - Our State Parks Need Funding Now - By Bradley Mallory, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Board Member
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Purple PA Might Be Divided, But Not On This: Tell Lawmakers To Fund State Parks, Forests - By Former Rep. Kate Harper, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- WITF - The Spark: PA Author Tory Mather Highlights Hidden Natural Wonders Across The Commonwealth
-- Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available
-- TribLive: Community Gardens Sprout Opportunity, Produce Across Western PA
-- LancasterOnline: Rev. Henry Muhlenberg Was Lancaster’s Revolutionary Botanist - By Lois Miklas, Master Gardener
-- Reading Eagle: Peregrine Falcons Nest For The 20th Season In Downtown Reading
-- KDKA: Video Shows 2 Eaglets In US Steel Nest Take First Flights: ‘An Incredible Milestone’
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - June 29 [PaEN]
-- Hundreds Of Residents From Communities Across PA Dealing With A.I. Data Center Development Rally At State Capitol To Support Bipartisan Legislation To Enact A 3-Year A.I. Data Center Moratorium [PaEN]
-- PA House Passed 20 A.I. Data Center Bills, Many By Lopsided Bipartisan Votes; PA Senate Acts On Tax Changes [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bill Giving Individual Municipalities Authority To Pause Consideration Of A.I. Data Center Proposals For 6 Months [PaEN]
-- PA House Nearly Unanimously Passes Bill To Repeal State Data Center Computer Equipment Sales Tax Exemption [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bill Limiting State Data Center Sales Tax Exemption To Those Developers Following Gov. Shapiro's Responsible Infrastructure Development Standards [PaEN]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Center Offers $10,000 To Hazle Twp. Households As An Incentive To Approve The Plan [4,505 Households In Twp. - $45 Million]
-- The Center Square: A.I. Data Center Developer’s Proposed $10,000 Per Household Payment To Hazle Twp. Residents In Luzerne County Called ‘Bribe’ For Local Approval
-- Republican Herald: Work Begins On A.I. Data Center Complex In Butler Twp., Schuylkill County- 6 Buildings, 1.2 GW Power Plant
-- Financial Times: Exelon CEO Warns US Faces Blackouts As Soon As 2027 Due To Power Supply Shortfall As A Result Of Data Center Power Demands [PDF of Article]
-- PJM Interconnection Holds Next Generation Capacity Auction June 30, Results To Be Announced July 14 [PaEN]
-- PJM Adds New Emergency Procedures To Deal With Strained Grid: A Capacity Advisory; Directive For Data Centers To Use Backup Generators [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For June 29 In Western Region, June 30 to July 3 For Entire Service Area; 5th Alert This Season [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Six Years And Counting: None Of The Recommendations The Grand Jury Made To Better Protect Pennsylvanians From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Have Been Adopted [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 20 to 26 - Large Contaminated Groundwater Release From Conventional Well Site; Shale Gas Water Pipeline Issues; DEP Locked Out Of Well Pad; Trouble With Porcupines [PaEN]
-- DEP: Day 609 - Sample Results Confirm Continued Wastewater Releases At Seneca Resources Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Finds Large Release Of Contaminated Groundwater From Conventional Well Storage Tanks Flowing Out Of Containment; 4th Major Spill In Warren County In 9 Days [PaEN]
-- DEP: Coterra Energy Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline Failed Twice In The Same Section 23 Days Apart In Dimock Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Negotiations On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Export Facility In Eddystone Boro On Delaware River Occurring In Secret Under Nondisclosure Agreements With State Officials In Delaware County
-- Delaware County Times: Proposed LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Moving Ahead In Eddystone, Environmentalists Say
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 26 Webinar On Radioactive Radium And Salinity In Groundwater And How It Affects Drinking Water; Featured Speaker Has Researched Contaminated Groundwater From Oil & Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Withdrawal Of Democratic Candidate Opens Way For Environmental Advocate Jodi Borello To Challenge Republican Incumbent Sen. Camera Bartolotta As Independent [PDF of Article] [Click Here To Learn More About Her Background]
-- Jodi Borello For State Senate: Accountable To You! Not Corporations
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 34 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In May; 167 In 2026 [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Environmentalists Discuss Future Of Rockview Land: ‘Its Use In The Future Will Affect All Of Us’
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.
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[Posted: June 28, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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