Awards/Recognition
-- Litter Lifters Of West Vincent Twp., Chester County Recognized With Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Students Receive Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence
-- Hartwood Acres Park In Allegheny County Inducted Into The Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Breathe New Life Into Historic ‘Pumpy’ Reservoir Outdoor Recreation Opportunities In Schuylkill County
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Beach Ranked No. 1 In US For Etiquette; No. 71 Overall
-- FracTracker Alliance, Halt The Harm Network Now Accepting Nominations For 2026 Community Sentinel Award [PaEN]
Grants
-- Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Now Accepting Applications For Trout Tank Grants To Support PA Outdoor Businesses; July 15 Applicant Webinar [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- DCNR Seeks Applicants For NextGen Advisory Council [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: PA Outdoor Corps Members Cleanup Holy Trinity Rain Garden In Altoona
-- Landforce Now Accepting Applications For Fall Crew Member Training; Hire A Landforce Crew; 2025 Impact Report Released [PaEN]
-- DEP Launches New Penn Heat Pump Pathways Heat Pump/HVAC Workforce Development Program
Upcoming Events
-- Protect PT, Partners To Host July 23 Webinar On Landfill Leachate Radiation Hazards From Oil & Gas Waste [PaEN]
-- July Is Prairie Month At DCNR’s Jennings Environmental Education Center In Butler County - Celebrate The Bloom! July 25 [PaEN]
-- US Army Corps Of Engineers, Partners To Host 3 Open House Meetings On Chartiers Creek Flood Risk Study In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance, Resilient Reading Host July 14 Behind-The-Scenes Tour Highlighting Redevelopment Of The Reading Bank Building Into Energy Efficient Housing, Retail Space [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 4 On-Farm Pasture Walks - Grazing Dairy In Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Somerset Counties [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Penn State Extension Offers Free Water Testing/ PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Workshop July 16 In Uniontown
-- PA Solar Center Hosts July 31 Webinar On Going Solar Without Tax Incentives - Financing For Public Entities To Stabilize, Cut Your Energy Bills [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Aug. 1 At Shikellamy State Park Marina Sunbury, Northumberland County
-- Family-Friendly Fun Planned For Penn State's Ag Progress Days Aug. 11-13 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 17 Webinar On Large-Scale Solar Energy Facilities - Where Will They Be, What Do They Look Like? [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Host Inaugural Keystone Invasive Species Forum Sept. 16 In Boalsburg, Centre County [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 14-16 In Columbus, Ohio [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- Read Carefully! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 11 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On A Chapter 105 Permit For A Seneca Resources Co 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline Running Through Farmington & Chatham Townships, Tioga County [PaEN]
-- Energy Transfer Asks PUC To Dissolve Sunoco Pipeline Company And Transfer Assets To 2 New Companies-- One For Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines Like Mariner East Pipelines And Another For Refined Petroleum Product Pipelines [PaEN]
-- DEP published notice in the July 11 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Mothball Plan notification received from PEI Power, LLC on a Title V Air Quality Permit for two landfill gas fired turbines in Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County. (PA Bulletin, Page 4180)
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing July 30 On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 2 Related To Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Lots Going On! DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Restarts Comment Period On Corrected Major Amendment To Homer City Generation Data Center Project Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Aug. 4 Hearing On Major Modification To Waste Permit For Blythe Recycling & Demolition Waste Site Landfill In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- US Army Corps Of Engineers, Partners To Host 3 Open House Meetings On Chartiers Creek Flood Risk Study In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Hosts July 23 Webinar On Changes DEP Proposes In Regulating Wastewater Biosolids To Prevent PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 22 To Hear About Glamping In State Parks, Other Updates [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Inquirer: Exploding, Small Lithium-ion Batteries Blamed For Fires In Area Junkyards And Drop In Port Traffic
-- RegenAll And Chestnut Housing Partner To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Affordable Housing Units In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Came Together After Storms, Now, Elected Officials Must Act To Counter Climate Change
-- Blue-Green Coalition Calls On PA Senate To Pass Legislation To Encourage Solar Energy Facilities On Warehouses To Lower Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Wilds/Purple Lizard Maps: New Dark Skies Map Highlights One Of Pennsylvania’s Most Remote Landscapes [PaEN]
-- The News-Item: Northumberland County Gets ‘Whaleback’ Coal Education Site In Land Swap With Reading Anthracite Co.
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Rooted In Pennsylvania, Planting The 10 Millionth Tree
-- Tribune-Democrat: Southmount Takes Tree Inventory, Looking For Volunteers To Keep Eye On Street Tree Health In Cambria County
-- WHYY: Haverford Township Debuts Municipal-Wide Curbside Composting Program In Delaware County
-- Williamsport Sun: Homegrown National Park, Cornell Lab Of Ornithology Partner To Promote Bird-Friendly Habitats
-- Franklin & Marshall College: Legacy Sediments And Stream And Wetland Restoration In Lancaster County [Video]
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Using The Sun To Control Invasives; Beech Leaf Disease; Mapleleaf Viburnum
-- WITF: How Does The Susquehanna River Impact The Chesapeake Bay [Podcast]
-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Breathe New Life Into Historic ‘Pumpy’ Reservoir Outdoor Recreation Opportunities In Schuylkill County
-- PennLive: Which PA Roads Are Most Dangerous For Wildlife Crossings? State Work Group Seeks To Find Out
-- PA Capital-Star: Wildlife Road Crossings And Habitat Will Be Focus Of State Working Group
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Safe Wildlife Crossings Coming To Pittsburgh? Maybe In The Future
-- WPSU: PA’s Elk Herd Featured On Season Premiere Of Discovery Channel Travel Show
-- The Allegheny Front: With Obsolete Dams Gone, Bedford Sees Less Flooding, Improved Habitat
-- Williamsport Sun: Snapping Turtle Is Pennsylvania’s Dinosaur
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Field Notes - Summertime Return To Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area In Lebanon County
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Efforts In Pennsylvania Are Helping Bats Survive Deadly Fungus
-- LancasterOnline: Mosquito Hunter: Behind The Scenes Of Lancaster County’s West Nile Virus Prevention Program
-- PennLive: Destructive Spotted Lanternflies Return To PA: Here’s When To Expect Them
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Fireflies: Tiny Lanterns Of The Summer Night
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Summer Is Here: Find Healing Through Nature And Creation Care
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 13 [PaEN]
-- Reuters: A.I. Data Centers Driving Up Power Bills At America’s Rust Belt Factories [PA Included]
-- Penn State Extension: How A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Residential Electricity Bills
-- The Center Square: In The Lehigh Valley, Data Center-Driven Power Bill Increases Are On The Ballot
-- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: Allegheny Business Conference, Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Unions Call For Continuing Taxpayer Funded $500+ Million/Year State Sales Tax Exemption For A.I. Data Centers Flooding PA
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June Now Available - A.I. Data Center Guardrails [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Humans Who Passively Ignore Incremental Threats Like A.I. Data Centers Have A Lot In Common With Boiled Frogs
-- Spotlight PA: Where Shapiro, Garrity Stand On A.I. Data Centers
-- PA House Republican Proposes Bill To Strip Citizens Of The Right To Request A Suspension Of A DEP Permit To Prevent Irreparable Harm From Occurring While An Appeal Is Heard Before The Environmental Hearing Board [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Republican State Senator, Chair Of PA Republicans Profited From $30 Million Property Sale For A Massive Cumberland County A.I. Data Center Development
-- AP: As Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Rise To Power A.I. Data Centers, Renewable Energy Allies Are Fighting For Cleaner Alternatives [PA Included]
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 4 to 10: 4,200 Gallon Contaminated Water Spill; Cleaning Up Spills For 15 Days, 270 Days, 484 Days And Counting [PaEN]
-- DEP: Lola Energy Petroco Reported 4,200 Gallon Spill Caused By Contaminated Water Eating Thru A Pipe Fitting At Shale Gas Well Pad In Allegheny Twp., Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 15: Contaminated Water Continues To Leak From Pipes Cut During Restoration At Equitrans Water SVC Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 270: Petro Erie Inc. Experiences Leaks From Refurbished Contaminated Water Storage Tanks At Conventional Well Site In Venango County After October 2025 Spill [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 484: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Took No Actions To Finish The Cleanup Of Conventional Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- State Dept. Of Health Environmental Health Indicators Map Is Now Available To Show Potential Health Risks Near You, Including Oil & Gas Facilities & How To File A Report On A Health Concern [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh’s Public Source: EQT Natural Gas Wants Elizabeth Township In Allegheny County To Approve Shale Gas Wells Near A School, Residents Are Worried
-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Unveils Pilot Test For Jet Fuel Pipeline Spill Cleanup In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County
-- Guest Essay: Weighing The Pros And Cons Of KeyState Energy’s Natural Gas-Based Fertilizer Plant In Karthaus Twp., Clearfield County - By Ben Hoffman, Farmer, Karthaus Township [PaEN]
-- Environmental Hearing Board Rules DEP Must Accept Unsuitable For Coal Mining Petition By Mountain Watershed Association For Review Covering Watershed That Includes The Proposed Rustic Ridge #2 Coal Mine In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Allegheny County DA Investigating 35 Cases Of Deed Fraud, Deeds Transferred To An LLC Without Homeowners’ Knowledge [Also Happens With Oil & Gas Property Rights]
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: July 12, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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