Monday, July 13, 2026

July 13 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” 

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


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138 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - July 13


Budget First Look: At Best A Cost-To-Carry Environmental Budget, Supports Oil & Gas Program Operations, Minor Data Center Provisions But No Moratorium Or Pause, Sales Tax Exemption For Data Centers Stays


A.I. Data Center Legislative Scorecard: Pennsylvania Failed To Finalize Meaningful Legislation On Energy Affordability, To Increase Electric Generation And Give Communities The Tools They Need To Cope With A.I. Proposals


Environmental/Energy Groups: Final State Budget Fails To Address Critical A.I. Data Center Issues And Skyrocketing Energy Bills


Litter Lifters Of West Vincent Twp., Chester County Recognized With Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award


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


Delaware RiverKeeper Alert: Amendment In Congress Would Strip Delaware River Basin Commission Of Its Authority To Enforce The Ban On Oil & Gas Fracking In Delaware Watershed


PA Emergency Management Agency To Open Multi-Agency Resource Center July 14 To Assist Victims Of Flooding In Blair County


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


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


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


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


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


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


DEP Issues Final Water Quality Permits For The Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Appalachian Reliability Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Armstrong, Greene and Westmoreland Counties


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


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing July 30 On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 2 Related To Shale Gas Development


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 11


Guest Essay: Weighing The Pros And Cons Of KeyState Energy’s Natural Gas-Based Fertilizer Plant In Karthaus Twp., Clearfield County


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


Protect PT, Partners To Host July 23 Webinar On Landfill Leachate Radiation Hazards From Oil & Gas Waste


FracTracker Alliance, Halt The Harm Network Now Accepting Nominations For 2026 Community Sentinel Award


US DOE Announces $150 Million In Funding Available To Support Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment, Processing; Enhanced Unconventional Oil & Gas Recovery; Advanced Fracking, Well Diagnostics Projects


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June - A.I. Data Center Guardrails


DEP Restarts Comment Period On Corrected Major Amendment To Homer City Generation Data Center Project Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit In Indiana County


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


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 13


Blue-Green Coalition Calls On PA Senate To Pass Legislation To Encourage Solar Energy Facilities On Warehouses To Lower Energy Costs


PA Solar Center Hosts July 31 Webinar On Going Solar Without Tax Incentives - Financing For Public Entities To Stabilize, Cut Your Energy Bills


Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 17 Webinar On Large-Scale Solar Energy Facilities - Where Will They Be, What Do They Look Like?


RegenAll And Chestnut Housing Partner To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Affordable Housing Units In Lancaster


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


DEP To Hold Aug. 4 Hearing On Major Modification To Waste Permit For Blythe Recycling & Demolition Waste Site Landfill In Schuylkill County


Family-Friendly Fun Planned For Penn State's Ag Progress Days Aug. 11-13


Delaware RiverKeeper Hosts July 23 Webinar On Changes DEP Proposes In Regulating Wastewater Biosolids To Prevent PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination


US Army Corps Of Engineers, Partners To Host 3 Open House Meetings On Chartiers Creek Flood Risk Study In Washington County


Registration Open! Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 14-16 In Columbus, Ohio


Hartwood Acres Park In Allegheny County Inducted Into The Old-Growth Forest Network


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 22 To Hear About Glamping In State Parks, Other Updates


DCNR Seeks Applicants For NextGen Advisory Council


DCNR Resource Highlights Statewide Outdoors For All Events; Wildlife Corridors; Trail Of The Year Nominations; Making State Parks, Forests More Accessible


Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Now Accepting Applications For Trout Tank Grants To Support PA Outdoor Businesses; July 15 Applicant Webinar


Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Hosts July 27 Webinar On Outdoor Participation Trends And What They Mean For Your Business


Pennsylvania Wilds/Purple Lizard Maps: New Dark Skies Map Highlights One Of Pennsylvania’s Most Remote Landscapes


Landforce Now Accepting Applications For Fall Crew Member Training; Hire A Landforce Crew; 2025 Impact Report Released


July Is Prairie Month At DCNR’s Jennings Environmental Education Center In Butler County - Celebrate The Bloom! July 25


Penn State Extension To Host Inaugural Keystone Invasive Species Forum Sept. 16 In Boalsburg, Centre County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Hosts 4 On-Farm Pasture Walks - Grazing Dairy In Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Somerset Counties


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 11


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn.; PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: July 13, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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