Join us for a discussion on how the data center buildout proposed for Pennsylvania could be fueled by more fracking and new gas power plants.
First, you'll learn about the risks posed to human health and the environment. And then, you'll learn about how you can be part of an important effort that seeks more protections for communities.
Protective Buffers PA is a coalition of advocates petitioning the PA Environmental Quality Board to increase the minimum allowed distance between new fracking well pads and our homes, schools, businesses, and waterways. [Read more here.]
We need residents across our state to help us call for this change, which will keep pollution from drilling further away from our communities.
Featured speakers include--
-- Lauren Posey, Environmental Policy Advocate, Protect PT
-- Lisa Hallowell, Senior Attorney, Environmental Integrity Project
-- Matt Kelso, FracTracker
-- Courtney Bernhardt, Director of Research and Co-Director of EIP's Center for Environmental Investigations
-- Lisa Graves Marcucci, EIP’s PA Coordinator of Community Outreach
Click Here to register for the webinar and for more information.
Related Articles This Week:
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Congressional Effort To Overturn Fracking Ban In Delaware River Watershed Died In Committee, This Time [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]
-- 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]
-- 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]
-- PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Settlement With UGI Utilities Over Alleged Shortcomings In Plastic Natural Gas Pipeline Construction [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]
-- Gov. Shapiro's Legal Action To Impose Price Cap On PJM Interconnection Generation Capacity Auctions Results In Saving Consumers $13.3 Billion In Latest Power Auction [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- 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
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA State Budget Saves $500 Million Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Amid Growing Opposition To A.I. Boom
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Fracking Ban In The Delaware River Basin Survives A Republican Congressional Challenge - For Now
-- 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
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Asks 4 Oil & Gas Contaminated Water Injection Wells To Shut Down, Suspects Frack Wastewater Is Migrating To Other Wells
-- Bloomberg: US Cost For Natural Gas Power At 17-Year High And Climbing
-- WESA/NPR: Oil Companies Are Making Billions, Calls To Tax Their Windfall Profits Are Growing
-- Bloomberg: First US LNG Natural Gas Cargo In A Year Docks In Yangpu Port To Power Chinese Economy
[Posted: July 17, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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