Sunday, September 6, 2026

September 7 - 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]


Click Here To View Or Print The Entire September 7 PA Environment Digest


108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - September 7


We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy


PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 30 Young Ambassadors To Promote Environmental Sustainability In Pennsylvania


Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Farm Conservation Success In Small Watersheds; When Dams Come Down; Recognition Of Amy Bowers Cordalis


PA Municipal Authorities Association Receives 2026 Empowering Women Award


New State Budget Forces DEP To Take Money From 7 Other Environmental Programs To Keep The Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Running


Inside Climate News: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Files Lawsuit To Preempt Criminal Charges By PA Attorney General In Bucks County Jet Fuel Pipeline Spill, Asks For State Clean Streams Law To Be Declared Unconstitutional


DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Another $15 Million In Penalties For Latest Air Pollution Violations In Beaver County; Air Pollution Penalties Total $27.6 Million Since Plant Opened


DEP: An Estimated 336,000 Gallons Of Fracking Flowback Water Was Released During An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Incident At The INR OPR LLC Cooper Well Pad In Young Twp., Indiana County


DEP: Contaminated Reuse Water Used In Fracking Overtopped Containment; Tank Truck Carrying Contaminated Water Rolls Over At Range Resources Appalachia Shale Gas Well Pad In Lycoming County


DEP - Day 1,331: Big Dog Energy LLC Shale Gas Well Pad Lacks Secondary Containment To Contain Spills, Has No Emergency Response Plan In Westmoreland County


DEP: Wilmoth Interests Inc. Improperly Disposed Of Oil-Contaminated Soil From A Spill At An Allegheny National Forest Conventional Well Site In Warren County


DEP - Day 2,447: American Natural Resources LLC Fails To Comply, Does Not Respond To Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells It Abandoned In Allegheny County


DEP - Day 221: HR McClure Fails To Plug 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells It Abandoned In Greene County; Fails To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports For 5 Years


DEP - Day 545: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc Failed To Finish Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County


Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - August 29 to September 4


Organizations Defend Delaware River Basin Commission Shale Gas Fracking Ban


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy 18.4 Mile, 20-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Susquehanna County


DEP Restarts Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining In Washington County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 5


Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Declines Slightly Again; Price Of Natural Gas For Residential Customers Increased By 7.3% From Prior Year


PA Public Utility Commission Forecasts Data Center-Driven Industrial Electricity Use In Pennsylvania Will Increase 18.56% A Year, To More Than Double Current Demand By 2030


PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To Sept. 4; Order Still In Place To Require Data Centers, Large Loads To Go To Backup Generation, If Needed


Local Organizations To Host Sept. 10 Town Hall Meeting On A.I. Data Centers In Fayette County, And Online


In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7


DEP Industrial Energy Assessment Program Offering Minimal Cost Energy Audits To Small & Medium Manufacturers, Ag Businesses


Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 6 Energy And Agriculture Conference In Cumberland County


DEP To Hold Oct. 15 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For SINC Construction LLC Greenwood Acres Residential Community In Tobyhanna Twp., Monroe County


DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: Bedford, Franklin, Lancaster, Snyder, Tioga, York County Clean Water Projects Highlighted


Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Organic & Sustainable Agricultural Exchange Nov. 9 In Harrisburg


Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Partners Host Lebanon Valley Clean Water Week Sept. 12-19


PA Recycling Markets Center: Full Circle Bioconversion - Food Composting At The Little League World Series In Williamsport


Independence Conservancy To Hold Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties


French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Paul & Cynthia Black To Preserve 78.3 Acres In Chester County


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August: Executive Action On A.I. Data Centers; Interview With Franklin Kury; Ride With PEC; Mini Grant Opportunity; Outdoors For All


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grant Program


14th Annual PA Firefly Festival Celebrates Successful 2026 Season In Forest County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - September 5


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


Additional Tools--

Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email

PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed: Update on PA environmental issues.

PA Environment Daily Blog: Update on PA environmental issues.

Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

Click Here to search back issues of the Digest.

Questions? Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com

[Posted: September 7, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

No comments :

Post a Comment

Subscribe To Receive Updates:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner