Monday, July 6, 2026

July 6 - 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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142 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - July 6


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Michelle Dunn Honored With Governor’s Lifetime Environmental Achievement Award


Celebrate Park And Recreation Professionals Day July 17!


DEP: Equitrans Water SVC Reports Wastewater Release From Pipeline Connected To Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment During Reclamation In Aleppo Twp., Greene County; Drainage Pipes Held Together By Duct Tape


DEP: Seneca Resources Failed To Notify DEP Of Casing/Cementing Failures In 6 Shale Gas Wells For 15 Years In Delmar Twp., Tioga County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 27 to July 3: Shale Gas Driller Fails To Notify DEP Of Casing/Cement Failures; Pipeline Spill At Water Impoundment; 313 Conventional Abandoned Well Violations


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 4


PUC Investigation Finds Fatal 2025 Philadelphia Rowhouse Natural Gas Explosion Not Related To Philadelphia Gas Works Facilities, Operations


Senate Committee Moves Bills Authorizing Individual Municipalities To Enact Moratoriums On Consideration Of A.I. Data Center Proposals-- After Voting Down A Statewide 3-Year Moratorium


House Committee Amends Senate-Passed Tax Code Bill On Data Centers, Then Adjourned To Sept. 28


PUC Invites Comments On Potential Regulations For Interconnecting Electric Loads, Including Large Loads, Like Data Centers


PJM Hot Weather Alert Remains In Place For July 4 For Entire Service Area, July 5 For Mid-Atlantic And Dominion Energy Transmission Zones


PUC Urges Consumers To Explore #WaysToStayCool and #SaveInPA As Region Faces Extreme Heat; PUC Monitoring PJM Electric Grid Operations


NRDC: PJM Membership Votes On Recommendations To Help Prevent A.I. Data Centers From Overloading The Electric Grid; PJM Board Will Have Final Say


DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Keystone Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County


DEP Issues 2 Chapter 105 Permits For Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Centers Offsite Utilities In West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County


Energy Efficiency Alliance Releases 15 New Case Studies Showing How Southwest PA Businesses, Organizations Are Saving On Energy Bills Thanks To Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency [No Fuel - No Price Spikes]


PA House Republicans Unveil Energy Package To Eliminate Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Take Away Citizen Appeal Rights; Eliminate Right Of Citizens To Petition For Rule Changes; Limit Environmental Standards To Federal Standards


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 6


Environmental Quality Board Meets July 14 To Consider Final PFAS Land Recycling Program Regulation Changes, Hear Fee Reports On Water Quality Permits, Erosion & Sedimentation Permits


DEP/Agriculture Invite Comments On Updated Safeguards To Prevent PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Wastewater Biosolids From Polluting Groundwater


EPA Seeks Comment On Draft Guidance For Reducing Risks From PFOA/PFOS In Wastewater Biosolids [When Released]


DEP: Drought Conditions In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh Counties Worsen From Drought Watch To Warning


DEP Chesapeake Bay Program Update Highlights 10 Millionth Tree Planted; County Water Quality Improvement Projects; Education Opportunities


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal Court Hears Arguments To Halt Cuffs Run Pump-Storage Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project In York County


Dept. Of Agriculture To Start Accepting Applications For Sustainable Agriculture Grants July 13


PA Dept. of Agriculture: Get Ready To Apply For Resource Enhancement & Protection (REAP) Farm Conservation Tax Credits


PA Interfaith Power & Light Issues RFP For At Least 50,000 Trees For Roots Branches & Hands Tree Planting Initiative


French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 34 Acres In North Coventry Twp., Chester County


State Agencies Launch Initiative To Make Roads Safer, Reduce Wildlife Collisions By Developing A Statewide Wildlife Connectivity Strategy To Promote Wildlife Crossings


Erie Bird Observatory, Presque Isle State Park, Tom Ridge Environmental Center Host Pennsylvania Piping Plover Fest In Erie On July 18-19


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


PA Parks & Forests Foundation Welcomes Interns Natalie Nichols And Annalise Velasquez


PA iMapInvasives Program Invites Public To Search For Wavyleaf Basketgrass Invasive Species During Basketgrass Bonanza; July 29 Webinar


Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 5 Webinar On Forested Headwaters And Drinking Water Quality


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 4


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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


Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI)


-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: July 6, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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