Remembering Franklin L. Kury
-- In Memoriam: Franklin L. Kury, Author Of The Environmental Rights Amendment To The Pennsylvania Constitution [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Generations Yet To Come - A Discussion With Franklin Kury
-- Larry Schweiger: Remembering Senator Franklin Kury - An Environmental Hero
-- DCNR: Celebrating The Legacy Of Franklin Kury: A Champion For Environmental Rights For All Pennsylvanians [PDF of Article]
-- Inside Climate News - Marie Cusick: Remembering Franklin Kury, The ‘Visionary’ Author Of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment
-- Formal Obituary For Franklin L. Kury, Author Of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment
-- "You can bury the workmen but the work will go on; And you can silence the voices but you can't stop the song" - Unspoken
Awards/Recognition
-- DCNR Honors Park Rangers, Civilian Who Helped Save Mountain Biker’s Life At Swatara State Park, Lebanon, Schuylkill Counties [Video + Photos]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Small But Mighty: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Celebrates 30 Years Of Revitalizing Region’s Coal Land [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Intern Experiences: Isaac Edman, University Of Pittsburgh Law School, Working With DEP Office Of Chief Counsel In Southwest PA
-- DEP Intern Experiences: Adriana Bernard, Penn West Edinburgh University, Working with DEP Waterways and Wetlands Office
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces Winners Of 2026 Photo Contest
Grants
-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications From 10 Counties For Trail Organization Capacity Building Mini Grants [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Lancaster Farming: DEP Seeks To Fill Vacancies On Agricultural Advisory Board
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Watershed Leadership Training For Lancaster's Next Clean Water Leaders [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- WHYY The Pulse Podcast: The Philadelphia International Cycling Classic Bike Race Is Back Aug. 30!
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Supports The International Coastal Cleanup To Keep Litter From Reaching Our Waterways; Free Supplies Available [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: End Summer On A Green Note With Tire Collection, Paper Shredding, Other Events In Centre County
-- DCNR Calendar Of Events - Search For Educational, Recreational Activities In State Parks Near You
-- DEP To Host Sept. 16 Town Hall Meeting On Findings From The PA PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Multi-Site Health Study In Bucks, Montgomery Counties And What They Mean For Local Families [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Sept. 16 Regular Business Meeting In Bloomsburg
-- TribLive: Western PA Audubon To Mark Annual Bird Migrations Sept. 19 In Fox Chapel, Buffalo Township
-- State College To Host Northeastern Transportation & Wildlife Conference Sept. 27-30 [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection: Registration Opens For GridAdvance Summit Oct. 15 At PJM Training Center
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts New Horizons - Infrastructure, Energy And Data In The Coming Decade Conference Oct. 20 [PaEN]
-- Registration Now Open For 2026 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 20-22 In Grantville, Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Call For Presentations: Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit, Feb. 23-24 [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Call For Presentations For 2027 PA Land Conservation Conference April 14-16; Nominations For Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- Governor’s Office To Brief DEP Citizens Advisory Council On Governor’s Data Center Executive Order Sept. 1 [PaEN]
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Extends Deadline For Comments To Sept. 8 On Act 54 Report On Damage To Structures, Streams Caused By Underground Coal Mining [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game, Fish & Boat Commissions Say 858 Wildlife Species In PA Need Help, Your Input Needed Now
-- DEP To Restart Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining Due To Incorrect County In Public Notice, It’s In Washington County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 22 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For Montour CT Natural Gas Power Plant Expansion In Montour County To Feed Data Centers [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC Double, 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipelines In Fox Twp., Sullivan County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 29 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Repsol Oil & Gas USA 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 102 Permit For Unknown CNX Gas Company Project In Salem Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 70 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Sept. 15 Hearing On Blythe Recycling & Demolition [BRADS] Landfill Permit Modification Related To Leachate Hauling At Its Facility In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A 250 MW Solar Energy Facility In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For PECO Energy Double 230 kV Transmission Line Crossing Of Schuylkill River In Montgomery County To Serve Data Center Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Harwood To Harleigh Substation Transmission Line Project In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Receives Final Act 2 Land Recycling Remediation Report From Archbald Data & Energy Center, LLC For Site In Lackawanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Total Maximum Daily Load Plan For Baken Creek Watershed, Perry County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Utilities New Breinigsville -Tek Park 138-69 kV Transmission Line Project In Lehigh County To Serve A Data Center Project [PaEN]
-- New York Times: EPA Moves To Curb Public Input On Air Permits For Data Centers, Other Projects
-- TribLive Editorial: Government Has To Let You Speak But Does It Have To Listen?
Programs/Information
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education News Back To School Edition! [PaEN]
-- DEP/DCED: Steelton-Highspire School District To Save $3.6 Million Over 20 Years Using Solar Energy In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Mon Valley Initiative To Save Big On Energy Costs With New Rooftop Solar Energy System In Washington County [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center, Partners Can Help Businesses, Schools, Municipalities, Nonprofits Look At How Solar Energy Can Stabilize, Even Reduce Your Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Penn State Center for Energy Law & Policy Now Has Available An Online Database Of Local Solar Ordinances From 300 Local Governments In 57 Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Finalizes Spill/Release Notification Guidance Under Clean Streams Law [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: DEP To Study Whether 11,000 Acres In Westmoreland County Is ‘Unsuitable’ For Coal Mining
-- Observer-Reporter: Coal Miner Sues For Wrongful Termination Claiming Coal Company Retaliated After Worker Raised Safety Concerns
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Two Coal Miners Sue Core Natural Resources After They Say They Were Punished For Voicing Safety Concerns In PA Underground Coal Mine
-- Observer-Reporter: South Strabane Twp. Again Delays Vote On Ordinance Regulating Fossil Fuel Power Plants In Washington County
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Small But Mighty: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Celebrates 30 Years Of Revitalizing Region’s Coal Land [PDF of Article]
-- PA Congresswoman Summer Lee, Westmoreland County Leaders Celebrate $1.075 Million Federal Grant To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Drainage In Turtle Creek Watershed [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Mine Drainage Cleanup Project Gets $1 Million In Federal Funding
-- DEP Highlights Cleanup Of Former Steel Plant At Hazelwood Green To Turn Dirt Into Jobs Thru Land Recycling, Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program In Allegheny County
-- The Allegheny Front: Lacking Federal Limits, DEP Looks To Reduce PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Biosolids Spread On Farm Fields
-- PA American Water Provides Additional $6.13 Credit On Water Bills From PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Lawsuit Settlement With Manufacturers
-- PA Capital-Star: Report Finds Bacteria From Fecal Matter Affecting PA Rivers, Streams
-- US Forest Service Proposal To Rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ Could Open Allegheny National Forest Wilderness To Logging, Extractive Industries [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 90% Of PA State Park Cabins Are Booked For Labor Day Weekend, But Here Are Tricks To Landing A Reservation
-- PennLive: Lancaster Conservancy Opens Hiking Trail At Safe Harbor Nature Preserve In Conestoga
-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Heading Into The Woods This Fall? Pennsylvania’s Tick Risks Are Changing
-- DEP Mosquito-borne Disease Control Program: Current Counties Positive For West Nile Virus, Jamestown Canyon Virus
-- Wilkies-Barre Times Leader: Casting Off Barriers: Women Learn Fly Fishing At Hickory Run State Park
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Swarms Of Mayflies In Wilkes-Barre A Good Sign For The Susquehanna River
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Researchers Find Microplastics In Insects From Schuylkill River Watershed
-- TribLive: Reports Of Bats Triple In Allegheny County As Late Summer Swarming Season Begins
-- Reading Eagle: Rare Wood Stork Drops Into Berks County Setting Off A Birding Rush In Richmond Township
-- WHYY: Free Live Plant Library Brings ‘A Little Whimsy’ To Northeast Philadelphia
Environmental Heritage
-- LancasterOnline: Inside The Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe’s Fight For PA State Recognition And To Tell Their Own Story [PDF of Article]
-- The Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe Website
A.I./Data Centers
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Requiring A.I. Data Center Developers To Sign Consent Order Binding Them To Comply With GRID Principals, Including Clean Energy; DEP Will Not Review Permits Until Communities Give Their Approval [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Gov. Shapiro Invites Public To Provide Information To State On A.I. Data Center Development In Their Communities Thru New Webpage [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Pose Hidden Threats To A.I. Data Center Development - A Proposed Site In Washington County Is Just One Example - By Marci Michalski, Burgettstown, Washington County [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Office To Brief DEP Citizens Advisory Council On Governor’s Data Center Executive Order Sept. 1 [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Franklin & Marshall College Poll Finds 79% Of PA Voters Oppose An A.I. Data Center In Their Communities
-- Inquirer: New Poll Of PA Likely Voters Finds 62% Oppose A.I. Data Center Construction
-- Scranton Times: PPL Utilities Joint Venture Buys 7,200 Acres Of Land For Massive Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - August 24 & 31 [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry: DEP Decision To Approve Unrestricted Use Of Contaminated Water From Oil & Gas ‘Mineral Brine’ Wells Clears The Way For Uncontrolled, Free Disposal Of Contaminated Water At Public Expense And Risk [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: DEP Considering ‘Alternative Enforcement Measures’ To Assure Cleanup Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Lycoming, Bradford Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 62: Contaminated Water Releases, Polluted Soil At Multiple Locations At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment; Little Cleanup Happening In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 41: Remediation, Collection Of Contaminated Water Continues At Loan Asset Issuer Shale Gas Water Pipeline Release Site In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Routine Inspection Finds ‘Significant’ Release Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Pollutes Hillside In Warren County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Diversified Production LLC Contaminated Water Pipeline Release Pollutes Farm Field In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Iron Cumberland LLC Conventional Well Plugging Results On Subsurface Release Of Cement Into Hargus Creek In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP: K Petroleum Inc. Shale Gas Well Site Had Contaminated Water Flowing Down The Side Of A Storage Tank In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Reports 2 Landslides Along Shale Gas Water Pipeline Route In Union Twp., Washington County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Defense Fund Awarded Foxwynd Foundation Grant To Help Locate Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners In Settlers Cabin Park, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror Letter: Old Crow Wetland Remains In Peril From Convenience Store Stormwater In Huntingdon County - By Stan Kotala, Altoona
-- York County Community Foundation Awards Grant To Launch York County's First Sustainability Coordinator [PaEN]
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: August 30, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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