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August 3 - 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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121 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - August 3


Gov. Shapiro Honors Commonwealth Employees With Governor's Award For Excellence, Including Staff From DEP, DCNR


PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards


Citizens Coal Council: PA Act 54 Promised Structures, Stream Damage From Coal Mining Would Be Identified, Tracked, Repaired - After 30 Years That Promise Remains Undocumented, Unverified And In Most Cases Unmet


DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For A Consol Coal Company Pipeline To Dispose Of Coal Refuse Disposal Area Sediment Pond Overflow Into Underground Mine Workings In Washington County


The Center Square: Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Endorses Statewide Moratorium On A.I. Data Center Development Amid Eminent Domain, Farmland Preservation Worries


Lenape Nation Of Pennsylvania - Rising Nation River Journey On Delaware River Aug. 2 to 15


DEP: Apollo Resources Reports Release Of 3,200 Gallons Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Well Storage Tank In Snow Shoe Twp., Centre County


DEP - Day 33: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Fails To Comply With Order To Prevent Migration Of Contaminated Water Release Offsite At Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County


DEP Issues Violations To John D. Branch For Failing To Comply With Spill Containment Regulations Around Storage Tanks Holding 42,000 Gallons Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Wells In Warren County


Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts In-Person Aug. 5 Shale Gas Fracking And Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool In Washington County


DEP Invites Comments On Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Ellisburg Natural Gas Storage And Compressor Station Air Permit In Potter County


DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For 3.6 Mile EQT ARO LLC Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Lycoming County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 1


Three Rivers WaterKeeper, Upper Chartiers Creek Watershed Assn. File Intent To Sue PA Transformer Technology, LLC For Alleged Discharges Of PCBs In Washington County


Mountain Watershed Association To Hold Aug. 1 Community Remembrance Event For Blue Hole Creek, Somerset County, Now Contaminated With Lead From Shooting Range


Penn State Extension To Hold Sept. 23 Webinar On A Statewide Road Salt Initiative To Promote Smarter Winter Maintenance, Pollution Reduction


Independent Fiscal Office Reports Average Cost Of Electricity In PA Jumped 14.6% Over Past Year, Total Average PA Electricity Bill Has Increased 20.6% Since 2024


PJM Interconnection Proposes One-Time Backstop General Capacity Auction In September With A $555/MW-Day Cap On Prices - Nearly 71% Higher Than Current $325 Cap


DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Fill, Utility Lines Related To Aligned Data Centers Project, Shippingport Boro & Raccoon Twp., Beaver County


North Pocono CARE, Pocono Heritage Land Trust Host Aug. 1 Hike At Barton Brothers Property That Abuts Proposed A.I. Data Center Site In Lackawanna County


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - August 3


North Museum Of Play In Beaver Falls Flips The Switch On New Solar Energy Installation In Beaver County


Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. Flips The Switch On New Solar Energy System To Save $4,543 A Year On Electricity Costs In Allegheny County


Solarize Greater Philadelphia, Partners Host Aug. 19 Webinar For Municipalities On How To Take Advantage Of Solar Energy To Make Energy Costs More Predictable


DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Natural Soil Products Biosolids Composting Permit For Facility In Frailey Twp., Schuylkill County


DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Order With Chevron USA For A Site In Springdale Boro. Allegheny County


DEP Invites Comments On Revised Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For The Keystone Metals Reduction Site In Cheswick Boro, Allegheny County


DEP To Hold Sept. 16 Hearing On RACT Title V Air Quality Permit For Hercules Cement Plant In Stockertown Boro, Northampton County


PA Parks And Forests Foundation Celebrates New Accessible Canoe & Kayak Launch At Locust Lake State Park In Schuylkill County


Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land - Landowners Tell Their Stories: Remembering Working Forest Landowner Robert Crawford


Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 25 Webinar For Forestland Owners On Opportunities Available In Forest Carbon Credit Programs


Western PA Conservancy Easement Protects More Farmland, Forestland In Westmoreland County


WeConservePA: Voters In PA Passed Referendums Raising $1.13 Billion To Protect Farmland And Open Space Since 1996


Meagan Birkenmaier Named Director Of The Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Webinar Series Beginning Sept. 23


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - August 1


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: August 3, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

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