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FracTracker Alliance Appeals DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Mineral Brine Well Permit Due To Concerns The Permit Creates A New Loophole For Disposing Of Contaminated Groundwater Without Testing Or Restrictions On Its Use
Briefing: DEP Issues A New Type Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Permit Allowing Groundwater Contaminated By Oil & Gas Formations To Be Dumped On Roads, Used In Consumer Products Without Restrictions
House Committee Moves Bills To Prohibit Road Dumping Contaminated Groundwater Released By Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drilling; Setting Minimum Standards For Power Plant Community Benefit Agreements; Encouraging Native Insect Habitats
State Budget Brief: DEP Oil & Gas Program Enforcement & Permitting Staff Has Been Frozen For Last 10 Years, Meanwhile Drilled Shale Gas Wells Increased By Nearly 50%
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Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - June 15
Conestoga River Named PA River Of The Year: A River Once Associated With Pollution, Degradation, Now Source Of Community Enjoyment, Recreation
Conservation Efforts In Upper Conestoga River Watershed Highlighted In Berks County To Improve Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay
Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes Robert Hughes And John Dawes With Lifetime Achievement Awards
Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Awards More Than $300,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Funding Opportunities
Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Award Local Reclamation Mini-Grants
DEP Marks Plugging 400th Conventional Oil & Gas Well Abandoned By Its Owner Under A Taxpayer Funded Program
PennLive: Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Eureka Resources For Oil & Gas Wastewater Leaks From Its Now Closed Standing Stone Facility In Wysox Twp., Bradford County
DEP Investigation Finds CNX Gas Company LLC Shale Gas Facilities Caused The ‘Diminution’ Of 2 Private Water Supplies In Bell Twp., Westmoreland County
DEP: Frontier Natural Resources Shale Gas Driller Failed To Restore 4 Multimillion Gallon Water Impoundments, 4 Well Pads For 3,252 Days In Clinton County
DEP: Day 587 And Counting: Seneca Resources Continues To Release Wastewater, Frack New Shale Gas Wells At Taft Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County
DEP Inspection Finds Continued Failure To Comply With E&S, Stream, Wetland Crossing Permit Requirements At Expand Operating Shale Gas Water Pipeline Construction Site In Bradford County
PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 6 to 12: AG Files Criminal Changes; Shale Gas Impacted Water Wells; 587 Days Of. Continuing Spills; Failure to Restore Impounds For Nearly 9 Years; 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 13
Independent Fiscal Office Estimates 2025 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee To Yield $243.9 Million, $79.3 Million More Than In 2024
PUC Releases Summer Readiness Overview Reports By PA Electric Utilities
PUC Sets Aug. 19 Telephonic Prehearing On The Transource 230 kV Transmission Line In Franklin County Connecting To A Maryland Substation
PJM Interconnection Issues 3rd Hot Weather Alert For June 11-12 In Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions
New Study Finds If Pennsylvania Leaders Act Now They Could Save Households $841 Per Year In Energy Costs By 2030
In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - June 15
Community Advocates For Clean Energy Of Greater Philadelphia To Host June 17 Webinar On How To Move A Community Energy Project From An Idea To Action
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Receives $25,000 Grant From West Penn Energy Fund For Facility Energy Assessments
House Passes Bill To Ban Toxic PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Baby, Personal Care Products With Bipartisan Support
PA American Water Announces 2026 Wonderful World Of Water Camps For Students 7 to 11 In Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties
PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts June 25 Online Conversation Café - Flood Risk Communication
PA Dept. Of Agriculture Invests Nearly $8.8 Million To Protect 1,775 Acres Of Farmland On 22 Farms In 16 Counties
Friends Of The State Line Serpentine Barrens To Hold June 17 Information Meeting For Individuals Interested In Becoming Volunteers To Support This Unique Area In Chester County
Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Diane Rosencrance Leaving After 10 Years Of Service To Take A New Position; Trey Talley To Serve As Acting Executive Director
14th PA Firefly Festival Will Be Held June 26-27 Exhibits & Entertainment In Downtown Tionesta, Forest County
Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults
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[Posted: June 15, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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