115 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 115 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- DCNR Grants News: Thank You Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 17!  Bridgeton Nature Preserve Opens; Conestoga River Of The Year Video; Meadow Management Workshop July 21 

-- 600 Acres In Western PA Conservancy Bear Run Nature Reserve In Fayette County Is Now Part Of The Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN] 

-- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: The Quecreek Mine Rescue - 24 Years Ago   [PaEN] 

-- PA Environmental Council: New State Budget Leaves A.I. Data Centers Unresolved, Big Win For Advanced Transmission Line Tech, Modest Progress On Other Energy Issues  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Regulation Of Food Processing Residuals In PA Budget A Win, But Requirements For A.I. Data Centers Fall Short

-- More Reactions: Final State Budget Fails To Take On Growing Concerns About Energy Affordability And Keeping The Lights On  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: In New PA Budget, Shapiro And Lawmakers Shun Concerns On A.I. Data Center Proposals

-- PennLive: After Years Of Complaints About Brutal Odors, Legislation Sets Course To Regulate Food Waste Residual Disposal On Farms

-- PA Capital-Star: Farmers’ Use Of Food Processing Waste Will Be Regulated Under New PA Law

-- Spotlight PA: The Accounting Tricks That Balanced PA’s State Budget - But Only On Paper 

-- The Center Square: PA Leaders Delay $1.3 Billion In Payments To Medical Care Organizations Help Create Balanced State Budget Illusion

-- PennLive: Independent Fiscal Office: PA Still Faces Underlying $5  Billion Deficit, Despite Budget Reprieve

-- Inquirer Editorial: PA Lawmakers Passed A Budget And Ducked Every Hard Question  

-- TribLive Editorial: How Would You Score Pennsylvania On State Budget?

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Congressional Effort To Overturn Fracking Ban In Delaware River Watershed Died In Committee, This Time  [PaEN]  

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Fracking Ban In The Delaware River Basin Survives A Republican Congressional Challenge - For Now  

-- Protect PT, Partners Host July 29 Webinar On How The Shale Gas-Fueled A.I. Data Center Boom Will Increase Risks To Health, Environment Without More Protective Setbacks  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: HG Energy Suffers Underground Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Failure Resulting In Up To 42,000 Gallon Contaminated Water Spill In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Settlement With UGI Utilities Over Alleged Shortcomings In Plastic Natural Gas Pipeline Construction  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Asks 4 Oil & Gas Contaminated Water Injection Wells To Shut Down, Suspects Frack Wastewater Is Migrating To Other Wells

-- Washington County Invites The Public To Provide Comments On The County Hazard Mitigation Emergency Plan On July 28 At The Washington County Fairgrounds Building  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: PA General Energy Co. Submits Chapter 105 Permit Application For 2.92 Mile Saluda Natural Gas Pipeline, Access Road, Workspace Project In The Loyalsock State Forest, Gamble Twp., Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues First Title V Air Quality Permit For The Tenaska PA Partners, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In South Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland County After Nearly 8 Years Of Operation  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Energy Transfer Seeks To Expand Revolution Natural Gas Processing Plant With History Of Violations, An Explosion In Washington  County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Before DEP Approves More Pollution At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County, It Should Look At Its Compliance Record - By Laris Mednis, Clean Air Council and Terrie Baumgardner Beaver County Resident

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Air Quality Issues Take Center Stage In Mon Valley, US Steel’s Open House Puts Focus On New Investment 

-- DEP To Hold Meeting/Hearing Aug. 20 On Water Quality Permits For Carbon Node East Data Center Development In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Major Amendment To Chapter 105 Permit For Amazon Data Center PHL 100 Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 15 Natural Gas Generators For Iron City No. 2 Data Center In Beccaria Twp., Clearfield County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 282 Generators For Amazon Data Center Project In Falls Twp., Bucks County  [PaEN]  

-- PJM Data Center-Driven Power Auction Prices Limited By $325/MW-Day Cap; Without Cap Would Have Been 70% Higher In PA, Most Areas; Missed Reliability Target By 6,831 MW  [PaEN] 

-- Reuters: PJM Power Grid Auction Hits Prices Limit, Falls Short Of Reliability Goal

-- PA Capital-Star: PJM Interconnection Electricity Price Hits Cap Again In Latest Auction

-- New York Times: A.I. Data Centers Add Billions In Power Costs In PJM Region

-- Utility Dive: PJM Generation Capacity Auction Prices Hit Price Cap, Reserve Shortfall Grows

-- Utility Dive: PJM Generation Capacity Auction Results Compound ‘Alarm Bells:’ FERC Chairman

-- PJM Board Approves Changes To Transmission Line Projects, Substations To Support Data Center Development  [PaEN] 

-- Quinnipiac University Poll Finds 74% Of PA Voters Would Oppose Building An A.I. Data Center In Their Community; 76% Are Following Data Center News Closely  [PaEN]

-- WITF: New Poll Finds Opposition To A.I. Data Centers Is Growing Among PA Voters 

-- Courier Times: Amazon Proposed To Install 286 Backup Generators At Falls Twp. A.I. Data Center

-- WNEP: Farmers In Union, Lycoming Counties Share Concerns About Proposed PPL Transmission Line Project That Would Help Power Proposed A.I. Data Center

-- Scranton Times: NY Developer With Russian Ties Eyes Archbald For A 7th A.I. Data Center Proposal 

-- WVIA: Clinton Twp. Supervisor Resigns As Residents Question  Ties To A.I. Data Center Developer In Wayne County

-- DEP Issues Corrected Chapter 105 Permit For Wetlands Impacts At The Homer City Generation Data Center Project In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Protesters Rally Against A.I. Data Center Development In Wilkes-Barre

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Protesters Voice Concerns Over A.I. Data Centers At Wilkes-Barre Rally

--  WVIA: Residents, Candidates Speak Out Against A.I. Data Center Development During Protest In Wilkes-Barre

-- AP: New York Won’t Build A.I. Data Centers For A Year As It Weighs Energy And Climate Risks 

-- Inside Climate News: New York Becomes First State To Pause New A.I. Data Center Development 

-- Wall Street Journal: The A.I. Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing For Their Lives 

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 20  [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts July 30 Webinar On Helping Businesses, Municipalities And Nonprofits To Transition To Solar Energy Through The PA Solar Center GET Solar Program  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Desri Energy Developing 1 GW Energy Storage Facility On Site Of Former Little Blue Run Coal Waste Disposal Area In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Storage Company Tapped To Power Golden Dome Missile Defense System 

-- PA US Sen. McCormick Announces Nearly $10 Billion In Defense Investments: Eos Energy Storage, Firepoint Energy Coal Waste Recovery Project

-- The Allegheny Front: Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Authorize Balcony Solar To Offset Electricity Bills

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: RISE PA Decarbonization Grants Expected To Reduce Industrial Air Pollution In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Resilient Energy Technology And Infrastructure Consortium Led By Pitt, CMU And WVU Funded With $321 Million Science Foundation Grant 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Resilient Energy Technology Consortium Addressing Energy Inflection Point - By  Rob A. Rutenbar, Vice Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh 

-- Reuters: Solar Energy Construction Costs Jump 18% But Remains Cheapest Generation To Build [No Fuel Costs]

-- Bloomberg: US Cost For Natural Gas Power At 17-Year High And Climbing 

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: July 17 Understanding Radical Climate Activists , 4:00 p.m.

-- PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 14 - 17; PJM Confirmed It Reached New All-Time Peak Load Demand 2,595 MW Over Previous Record [PaEN] 

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert For July 15; Requested & Received DOE Order To Put Data Centers On Backup Generators, Exceed Environmental Standards If Needed From July 15 To 21  [PaEN]  

-- PJM Extends Maximum Generation Alert To July 16; Hot Weather Alert To Continue Thru At Least July 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: In Wake Of Record-Breaking Heat Waves In PA, Experts Reflect On Preparing For Future

-- AP: Canadian Wildfires Expose Millions In Midwest, Northeast US To Dangerous Smoke

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Tuesday, July 14 For Southwestern PA

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code Red Air Quality Alert For Thursday, July 16 Due To Impacts Of Wildfire Smoke from Canada And Minnesota

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code Purple Air Quality Alert For Friday, July 17 Due To Wildfire Smoke From Canada, Minnesota  

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Saturday, July 18 In Southeast PA 

-- At 12:48 p.m. July 19: DEP Declared  Sunday, July 19 Code Orange Air Quality Day In Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria, Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Somerset Counties 

-- DEP Declares Monday, July 20 A Code Orange Air Quality Day In Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland, Somerset Counties Due To Wildfire Smoke

-- TribLive: Unhealthy Air Quality Conditions In Western PA Prompt Cancelations And Warnings 

-- Scranton Times: How To Protect Yourself From The Bad Air Caused By Wildfires

-- The Allegheny Front: What You Can Do To Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke [2023]

-- PennLive: DCNR: 20 PA Wildfire Fighters Deploying To Minnesota To Battle Wildfires

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Air Quality Issues Take Center Stage In Mon Valley, US Steel’s Open House Puts Focus On New Investment 

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Plans To Renew Contract With Reworld Trash Incinerators, Including The Facility In City Of Chester, Delaware County

-- PA Infrastructure Investment Authority Invests $306.4 Million In 29 Local Safe Drinking Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Projects In 23 Counties  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Approves Reduced PA American Water Rate Increases Of 4.75% For Water, 14.17% For Wastewater Customers  [PaEN]

-- WVIA: PA American Water, Sewage Disposal Rates Increasing Again, But Less Than Company Requested

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Advocates Recommend Caution In Potential Wilkes-Barre Sewer System Sale

-- PA Emergency Management Agency To Open Multi-Agency Resource Centers In Philadelphia To Aid Victims Of Severe Storms On July 18, 19, 20 At Three Locations

-- Inquirer: PEMA Opening Resource Centers In Philadelphia After Microburst Storms Result In More Than 1,000 Damage Reports

-- WNEP: EPA Administrator Visits Luzerne County Superfund Site To Witness $39 Million Groundwater Cleanup Project Launch

-- Post-Gazette: Spill Of Hydraulic Fluid From Westmoreland County Steel Plant Into Allegheny River Contained, Lower Burrell Fire Chief Says

-- WNEP: Goodwill Industries, Reworld Partner For Electronics Recycling  In Lackawanna County

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Receives $6.6 Million Federal Grant To Restore Coal Waste In North Manheim Twp

-- Lancaster Farming: Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation 

-- Reading Eagle: Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 30 Webinar For Manure Injection For Water Quality, Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- York Daily Record: Codorus Creek Greenway Project Could Begin In 2027

-- Fox43: EPA Administrator Tours Watershed Alliance Of York Projects

-- Inside Climate News: Chesapeake Bay Program Delays Decision On Tribes’ Place In Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Agreement

-- Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Aug. 19 Webinar On Staying Safe During Farm Visits, 9:00 a.m.

-- Delaware County Times: $120 Million Delaware County Open Space Referendum To Be Put On Ballot 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Buys 23 Acres Along Heritage Trail, Expands Protected Habitat 

-- Central Pennsylvania Conservancy To Hold Special Fundraising Event Aug. 29 At The Cameron-Masland Mansion At Kings Gap State Park In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- 2027 Penn State Extension Landowners Conference Sponsor, Exhibitor Opportunities - March 4-6, State College

-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Releases Rainbow Family Gathering Impact Report In Allegheny National Forest

-- PennLive: What Is Harmful Algal Bloom And Why It’s Dangerous To People, Pets

-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control In Ridley, Darby, Tinicum Townships, Delaware County Related To West Nile Virus 

--  TribLive: PA Lyme Disease Cases Near Historic Highs In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties 

-- WVIA: Lehigh River Rafting Trip Pairs People To Find Common Ground Off Land: ‘In The Same Boat’

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book By Pittsburgh Author Tory Mather Explores The Natural Wonders Of Pennsylvania

-- Western PA Conservancy, Partners Dam Removal Project To Improve Fish Habitat On Callen Run In Jefferson County  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: Student Campers Explore Wildlife Care At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

-- Erie Times: Festival On July 18-19 To Celebrate Return Of Piping Plover To Presque Isle State Park

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[Posted:July 19, 2026]   PA Environment Digest