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— Punxsutawney Garden Club Honored With Keep PA Beautiful’s Community Pride Award In Jefferson County [PaEN]
— Times-Tribune: Local DEP Teams Honored For Responses To Mine Subsidence, Dam Sediment Release In Luzerne County [PDF of Article]
— DCNR Grants News: Celebrate Park & Recreation Professionals Day! July 18; Video Highlights Of Recreation Career Options; Heritage Song Playlist Competition
— The Allegheny Front – Julie Grant: Longtime FracTracker Alliance Activist Ted Auch Moves On, His Concerns About The Industry Persist
— Some Susquehanna University Students Focusing Their Summer Internship Experiences On Helping To Save The Environment [DCNR] [PaEN]
— Williamsport Sun: Partnering Opportunities, STEELS Standards At Core Of Inaugural Regional Environmental Literacy Ripple Effects Convening
— Tribune-Democrat Editorial: First Waves Program Touts Environment For Local Kids [PDF of Article]
— Observer-Reporter: Ellsworth Celebrates 125th Anniversary, Founded As A Coal Company Town In Washington County [PDF of Article]
— Delaware RiverKeeper, Better Path Coalition Urge Public To Oppose Federal Agency Proposal To Lift Ban On Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail; Comments Due Aug. 4 [PaEN]
— Shale Gas Industry VP Attacks Credibility Of A Mom And Allegheny County Resident For Comments She Submitted In Support Of DEP Plan To Reduce Methane Emissions From The Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]
— PennLive Guest Essay: Why Pennsylvanians Must Speak Up For Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions – Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Patrice Tomcik, Mother, Butler County Resident And Moms Clean Air Force Member [PaEN]
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network – Rager Mountain Leak Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Sarah Hertweck, Indiana Township Supervisor – ‘I See Up Close How Hobbled We Are By The State To Make The Best Choices For Our Community’ [PaEN]
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Rachel Meyer, Mother, Beaver County Resident – My Home Is Near A Natural Gas Compressor Station, 8 Shale Gas Well Pads, And The Shell Petrochemical Plant Is In My County [PaEN]
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Barbara Jarmoska, 77 Year Resident Lycoming County – The Degradation Is ‘Shocking And Tragic’ [PaEN]
— Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Vanessa Lynch, Mother, Allegheny County Resident – Its Been 5 Years Since A Grand Jury Report Said Pennsylvania Failed To Protect Families From Fracking, Let’s Right Past Failures [PaEN]
— The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Details $5.5 Million Upgrade Costs For Rhodes Estates Water Systems In Venango County Area; Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill [PaEN]
— Williamsport Sun Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution [PaEN]
— TribLive: Effort To Find Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Coming To Allegheny County
— PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – July 5 to 11 – Shale Gas Wastewater, Fracking Chemicals Release; Water Pipeline Rupture; Crude Oil Spills; More Abandoned Wells [PaEN]
— Upper Makefield Twp. To Host July 15 In-Person Town Hall With DEP On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Contamination In Bucks County [PaEN]
— July 28 Webinar: SLAPP Suits: Legal & Communication Strategies To Protect Your Voice In A Legally Risky Environment [PaEN]
— TribLive Letters: Natural Gas Benefits Pennsylvania – By Patrick Henderson, VP Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition
— Guest Essay: The Real Story Behind The Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee – It’s Not Funding, It’s Cleanup Money – By Mary Jo Simmen-Gray, Hempfield, Westmoreland County Resident [PaEN]
— Observer-Reporter: Study Finds Hundreds Of Miles Of Southwest PA Roads In ‘Poor’ Condition
— Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp., Greene County In Federal Court Over Limits On Heavy Equipment Hauling On Local Roads To Prevent Damage [PDF of Article]
— Beaver Times: As Western PA Loses Residents, Counties Prepare For The Future; Some Communities Offering Cash To Attract People
— PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! [PaEN]
— Reuters: PJM, America’s Largest Power Grid, Is Struggling To Meet Demand From A.I.; Electricity Bills Are Projected To Surge 20% This Summer [PDF of Article]
— WESA – Rachel McDevitt: As More A.I. Data Centers Connect To PA’s Electric Grid, Some Worry Prices Will Spike
— Financial Times: US Utilities Plot Big Rise In Electricity Rates As Data Centre Demand Booms
— Bloomberg: Electric Bills In US Set To Rise As Utility Requests For Rate Hikes To Accommodate A.I. Data Center Demands Double
— Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor Urges FERC To Set Conditions On NRG Energy’s Plan To Buy 13GW In Gas-Fired Generation From LS Power To Avoid Market Abuses
— US Dept. Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’? [PaEN]
— DEP Invites Comments On An Air Quality Permit For A Proposed 218 MW Natural Gas Power Plant For A Data Center In Bradford County; Site Originally Proposed For An LNG Gas Facility [PaEN]
— Scranton Times: Developer Looks To Build 30+ Data Centers In North Pocono Using 1.5 GW Of Power In Lackawanna County
— Wall Street Journal: Can Pittsburgh’s Old Steel Mills Be Turned Into An A.I. Hub? [PDF of Article]
— Philadelphia Business Journal: Massive 6 Million Square Foot Data Center Proposed In New Castle, Delaware
— Chesapeake Bay Journal – Karl Blankenship: Amazon Building 2 New Data Centers In Pennsylvania
— Chester County Press: Kennett Township Supervisor Blasts PECO For Unreliable Power Service
— The Allegheny Front – Reid Frazier: PA Leaders, President To Meet At Carnegie Mellon On Natural Gas, Data Centers As A.I. Threatens To Worsen Climate Change [July 15]
— Post-Gazette – Chloe Jad/Anya Litvak: A Critical Energy And A.I. Summit Is Coming To Pittsburgh July 15; Is The City Ready For Its Close-Up?
— Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro To Attend McCormick’s Energy, A.I. Summit In Pittsburgh
— Post-Gazette: PA US Sen. McCormick In The Spotlight As He Brings Focus On PA Energy, A.K. To Pittsburgh
— TribLive: President’s Participation In Energy Summit At Carnegie Mellon Met With Backlash
— Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Business Groups Urge EPA To Support Plastics Industry Growth [PDF of Article] [Warning]
— Observer-Reporter: New Study Links Chemicals In Plastics To Heart Disease Deaths
— DEP Approves Permit For 400 MW, 2,716 Acre Mineral Basin Solar Energy Project On Abandoned Mine Land In Clearfield County [PaEN]
— Spotlight PA: Popular Solar Energy For Schools Program Might Soon Go Dark
— ReImagine Appalachia Hosts July 15-16 In-Person Workshop On Applying For RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency Grants In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
— MCall Guest Essay: Raising Clean Energy Requirement Good Move For Pennsylvania – By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment, & Jim Brown, Audubon Mid-Atlantic
— PennLive Guest Essay: Proposed RESET Energy Facility Siting Board Must Be Scrapped – By Dr. Barbara Brandom, Concerned Healthcare Providers of PA & Mark Oseicki [House Bill 502]
— PittsburghUnionProgress.com: From Slag Heap To 70-Acre Solar Energy Facility: Pittsburgh Transforming Swisshelm Park Site
— Scranton Times: Solar Energy Facility Proposed In Scott Twp., Lackawanna County
— TimesOnline: Tamaqua Boro Hears Lehigh Anthracite’s Solar Energy Facility Plans In Schuylkill County [PDF of Article]
— The Derrick: Solar Developer Mum On Reason Behind Cancellation 325 Acre Project In Cherrytree Twp., Venango County [PDF of Article]
— Altoona Mirror: Wind Turbine Makes Its Way To CPV Rogues Wind Farm In Cambria County
— TribLive: Massive Wind Turbine Blade Slices Into Westmoreland County Business
— Altoona Mirror: Cambria County Windmill Superloads May Slow Traffic Through Bedford, Clair, Cambria, Somerset Counties Thru Mid-September
— Gov. Shapiro Announces Investment In Pittsburgh-Based Module Design Sustainable Housing Company [PaEN]
— Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Announces Major Investment In Pittsburgh-Base Sustainable Housing Company
— Reading Eagle: Reading, Berks Nature, Green Building Alliance Held Sustainability Roundtable On Green Buildings
— PublicNewsService.org: PA Farmers Calculate Return On Climate-Friendly Ag Practices
— Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch: Clean Energy Jobs, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, More PA Climate Updates
— Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy Consortium Led By Western PA Universities Vie For $160 Million National Science Foundation Grant
— Erie Times: Federal Judge Questions Feds’ Move To Drop Criminal Case Against Erie Coke [Coal] Supervisor For Illegal Air Pollution
— Black Appalachia Coalition Hosts July 10 Steel Sick Webinar: When Breathing Becomes A Battleground, Noon
— Clean Air Council, NRDC Sue EPA Over Toxic Refinery Chemical That Threatens Fenceline Communities [PaEN]
— Inquirer: At Least 7 EPA Workers In Philly Office Placed On Leave After Signing Declaration Of Dissent
— Appalachian Voices: Urge Government Leaders To Continue Funding For Appalachian Regional Commission
— Appalachian Voices: How The President’s Plan For The Federal Budget Hurts Appalachia [Warning]
— Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Regional Commission Faces 93% Budget Cut, Sparking Outcry From Local Economic, Community, Education Organizations
— Gov. Shapiro Announces Support For Multi-Agency Resources Center For Those Impacted By Severe Storms In Susquehanna County; Center To Open July 14 [PaEN]
— WNEP: Flash Flooding In Wayne And Pike Counties
— PA Capital-Star: PA Task Force 1 Heads To Texas To Assist With Rescue And Recovery Efforts
— Courier Times: Remembering 7 Lives Lost In July 2023 Upper Makefield Twp. Fatal Flood In Bucks County
— TribLive: National Weather Service Taps Technology, Volunteer Network To Monitor Storms
— Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Public Input Virtual Workshop July 15, 6:30 p.m.
— ReImagine Appalachia, Central Appalachian Network Host July 17 Webinar On Nature Based Hazard Mitigation To Reduce Flooding [PaEN]
— Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Aug. 7 Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities [PaEN]
— Scranton Times: Olyphant, Mayfield In Lackawanna County Grapple With Flood Zone Designations
— WITF: Muddy Run Pump Storage Energy Generation Facility Siren Warning Test Thursday In Lancaster County
— Bloomberg: Few Texas Homeowners Hit By Extreme Rains Have Federal Flood Insurance
— PA Dept. Of Insurance: Why Should I Consider Flood Insurance?
— PennLive Editorial: Texas Flood Tragedy Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Pennsylvania
— TribLive Editorial: Prediction, Prevention Critical To Natural Disaster Response
— Republican Herald Editorial: Government And Citizens Share Responsibility For Emergency Preparedness [PDF of Article]
— Inquirer Editorial: President’s Continued Denial Of Climate Change Helps Fuel Death, Destruction Across The Country [Texas Floods]
— Inquirer: How Philly Is Keep Water Clean During Union Strike: Sleeping On Cots, 24/7 Shifts, Double Time
— PA Capital-Star: After Last Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Fell Short, New Proposal Aims To Be Flexible, Data-Driven
— PublicNewsService.org: PA Farmers Calculate Return On Climate-Friendly Ag Practices
— PennLive Guest Essay: Capital Region Water Working To Reduce Untreated Wastewater Flowing Into The Susquehanna River – By Capital Region Water
— Chesapeake Bay Journal: ‘Invaluable Service’: The Role Of Community Science In The Chesapeake Bay Region [ALLARM – Dickinson College]
— Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell Post Presentations From Conference On Using Abandoned Mine Pools As Resources [PaEN]
— Lock Haven Express: Trout Unlimited Hold Info Session On Beech Creek Mine Restoration Project
— Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation To Launch New Abandoned Mine Reclamation Chronicles Podcast, Sponsors Invited [PaEN]
— Observer-Reporter: Ellsworth Celebrates 125th Anniversary, Founded As A Coal Company Town In Washington County [PDF of Article]
— DEP Sets Aug. 14 Hearing On A Stormwater Permit For The Proposed AAMPA Warehouse Project In Cumberland County [PaEN]
— Penn State Extension July 31 In-Person Workshop In York On Watershed Friendly Lawns For Homes, Golf Courses And Parks [PaEN]
— DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous/Residual Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
— Allegheny County Health Dept., PA Resources Council To Hold 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN]
— Altoona Mirror: Blair County-Based Intermunicipal Relations Committee Plans July 19 Household Hazardous Waste Collection
— Inquirer Guest Essay: Don’t Waste It: This Is An Opportunity To Rethink Philly’s Trash Collection System
— Inquirer Guest Essay: Philly Exports Its Waste To Other Communities Disposal Of What Could Be Composted Within City Limits Saving Money And Emissions – By Adam Bailey, Philadelphia’s Citizens Planning Institute
— Hazelton Standard Speaker: Butler Twp. Supervisors Oppose Alterra Plastics Recycling Plant Planned For Sugarloaf
— WPXI: Smoldering Lithium-Ion Battery In Garbage Truck Prompts Proper Disposal Reminder From Firefighters
— PennLive – Charles Thompson: Cumberland County Farmer Wins Land Us Battle Sparked By Debate Over Land Application Of Food Processing Residuals He Never Used
— The Allegheny Front: WV University Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In Appalachian Streams
— WHYY: New ResourcePhilly Online Tool Aims to Make Recycling More Accessible In Southeast PA
— DEP: Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance Documents In Development [PaEN]
— DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 23 On Knowledge & Literacy Through Environmental Education [PaEN]
— DCNR Seeks Members For NextGen Advisory Council [PaEN]
— DCNR, Volunteers, Local Officials Celebrate Opening Of First Phase Of Rothrock State Forest’s Musser Gap Trail In Centre County [PaEN]
— Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape Awards Nearly $100,000 in Grants for Parks, Trails, Land Stewardship [PaEN]
— Inquirer: Some Federal Campsites Closed By President In PA Are Back Open, Others May Not Be Open All Summer
— Post-Gazette: Friends Of Flight 93 Launch $500,000 Fundraiser Campaign Ahead Of 25th 9/11 Anniversary
— Warren Times: State, Private, Tribal Forestry Division Proposed To Be Eliminated In National Forest Service That Helps Local Companies
— Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie July 26 At Jennings Environmental Ed Center In Butler County [PaEN]
— TribLive: Allegheny Island Provide Escape In The River: ‘Pittsburgh’s Hidden Gem’
— Tribune-Democrat: Ebensburg To Unveil StoryWalk On Ghost Town Trail
— Courier Times: Bucks County Offers Plenty Of Scenic Sites For Health-Sustaining Walks
— Hidden City: New Public Park Brings Bridesburg Back To The Delaware River In Philadelphia
— Inquirer: FDR Park Opens 1st Phase Of Comprehensive Overhaul: ‘Once-In-A-Generation Investment’
— WHYY: Penn’s Landing Park Over I-95 In Philly Taking Shape
— TribLive: State Parks, Watershed Associations Monitor Rivers For E. Coli Contamination
— KDKA: Raccoon Creek State Park Closes Swimming Area Due To High E. Coli Levels
— PennLive: Pennsylvania Kayaker Dies On Delaware River
— TribLive: Ticky Business – How Pitt Researchers Hunt Ticks
— Post-Gazette: Warmer Weather, Milder Winters May Expand Mosquito Territory In PA; State Tracking 60+ Species In PA
— Altoona Mirror: Blair County To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying To Help Limit West Nile Virus Transmission
— TribLive: West Nile Virus Found In Mosquito Samples From Multiple Allegheny County Neighborhoods
— DEP West Nile & Jamestown Canyon Virus Monitoring, Control Program Website
— Gov. Shapiro Signs Historic Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban
— WESA: PA Lawmaker Says Bill To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban Rooted In Environmentalism
— Post-Gazette – Mary Ann Thomas: Law Repealing Centuries-Old Sunday Hunting Ban In PA Nears The Finish Line
— WESA: Abandoned Boats Haunt Pittsburgh Rivers, New Law Could Help Remove Them Faster
— PA Society For Ornithology Birding Festival Coming To Allentown Sept. 26-28: Field Trips; Awards; Holly Merker Co-Author Of Ornitherapy Keynote [PaEN]
— WITF: Why Pennsylvania Is Removing Dams And How It’s Helping Fish, Rivers And Communities
— Scranton Times: Lackawanna Conservation District Seeks School For Trout In The Classroom
— PA iMapInvasives Program To Hold 2025 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Aug. 1-31; Webinar Overview Set For July 23 [PaEN]
— Post-Gazette – Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternflies Are Aback In The Pittsburgh Area, And They’ll Be Here A While
— Eire Times – Brian Whipkey: Are You Seeing Lots Of Fireflies In PA? Here’s What’s Happening In Rural Areas
— TribLive: Fireflies Making Noticeable Return To Western PA
— Hollow Oak Land Trust: July 19 Bugfest At Montour Woods Pavillion In Moon Twp., Allegheny County, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
— WNEP: Kettle Creek Environmental Education Centers Hosted Bug Fest In Monroe County
— Susquehanna Greenway: The Hatch Of The Mayflies – A Summer Spectacle On The Susquehanna River – By Darian Jones, Communications & Outreach AmeriCorps Assistant
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