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Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - October 26

Dickinson College Hosts Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Oct. 27 For Fireside Chat On Actionable Climate Solutions As Part Of The Rose - Walters Prize For Global Environmental Activism College Residency

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Celebrates Successful Annual Conference Focused on Connecting Nature, Community, Equity; Sen. Schwank Recognizes Reading Sustainability Manager

Northampton, Bucks County Municipal Authority Secures $11 Million Navy Funding To Extend Public Water Access To Address PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination; Earns Statewide Recognition

Penn State Extension Offers Master Watershed Steward Training Thru County Programs

Call For Presentations: Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 26-27 - Defending & Restoring Coldwater Habitat In A Changing Pennsylvania Landscape

Senate Committee Reports Out Resolution Authorizing Study Of The Economic Importance Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; Forgetting The Billions In Costs The Industry Dumps On Taxpayers

DEP Celebrates Plugging 500th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well; DEP Continues To Issue Violations By The Hundreds To Conventional Well Owners For Abandoning Wells

Well Done Foundation Completes Plugging 15 Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA, Delivering $2.25 Million In Value To Taxpayers

DEP: Routine Inspections Find 16 Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Forest County

DEP: Follow-Up Inspections Of 4 Michael Harju Conventional Wells Found They Continue To Be Abandoned, Not Plugged Going Back To 2020 In Westmoreland County

DEP: Routine Inspections Find 3 Keystone Crude LLC Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny County

DEP: Bialy Gas Production Intent To Plug Abandoned Conventional Well Leads To Discovery Of Severely Corroded Contaminated Water Tanks With Holes, Leaking Fluids In Beaver County

DEP: Equitrans LP [EQT] Conventional Well Plugging Results In Multiple Spills, Inadvertent Returns, Failure To Comply With Permits In Greene County

DEP - Day 119: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Impoundment In Greene County

DEP: Contaminated Water Tank Failed Causing Release At Diversified Production LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Warren County

DEP: Contaminated Water Release Discovered At Deer Run Oil & Gas LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Crawford County

DEP: EQT Production Site Prep For Well Plugging Leads To Significant Well Pad, Access Road Erosion Violations In Fayette County

DEP - Day 645: First Amer Energy Inc. Failed To Comply With Order To Restore 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Sites In Warren County

DEP Investigating Oct. 4 Seismic Event In Westmoreland County To Determine If There Is A Relationship To Local Shale Gas Operations

PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 17 to 23

Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Protect PT Issue New Citizens Guide On Tracking Contaminated Radioactive Water, Waste From Oil & Gas Development

Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Nov. 10 Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For NFG Midstream Covington Double Natural Gas Pipelines Thru Farmington, Deerfield, Chatham Twps. In Tioga County

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For XTO Energy Inc. 1.78 Mile, 12-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Butler County

DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval For Clear Water Technology Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Jessup Twp., Susquehanna County

DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Permit For CNX Gas Company Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 24

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In September; 291 In 2026

Joint State Government Commission Issues Update On Report Looking At The Costs, Benefits And Risks Of Pennsylvania Participating In The PJM Interconnection; Hearings To Be Held

PUC Launches Working Group To Review Electric, Natural Gas, Water & Wastewater Utility Ratemaking, Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions

PA House Sends Clean Energy, PA EDGE Tax Credits, New Fee For Electric Ratepayer Rebates Legislation Back To Senate For Action; Does NOT Repeal Data Center Tax Exemption

Sen. Yaw To Introduce A.I. Data Center Impact Fee Modeled On Act 13 Shale Gas Impact Fee To Help Address Local Impacts

DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For Shippingport Power Station Natural Gas Fuel Yard In Beaver County For Aligned Data Centers Project

DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For 165 MW Armstrong Power Natural Gas Power Plant In Armstrong County

DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Stanton Swoyersville Exeter 69 kv Line Rebuild Project In Luzerne County

In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 26

DEP To Hold Nov. 10 Meeting/Hearing On Renewal Of NPDES Water Quality Mining Activities Permit For The LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Underground Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties

DEP To Host Nov. 19 Update Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup In East Whiteland Twp., Chester County

Regenall Climate Summit Set For Nov. 14 In Lancaster County

Penn State Extension Hosts In-Person Workshops On Navigating Utility-Scale Solar Energy Siting, Zoning And Community Impact In Forest, Lehigh, McKean, Northampton, Warren Counties

PennVEST Invests $190.3 Million Across 19 Counties To Support Local Drinking Water, Clean Water And Water Infrastructure Projects

Penn State Extension Hosts 2 In-Person Volunteer Riparian Buffer Plantings In Lancaster County Nov. 3, 14

Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 21 In-Person Backyard Stream Repair Day In York County

Registration Open! Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 23-24 At University Of Delaware; Presentation Proposals Due Oct. 30

DCNR Fall Foliage Report Oct. 22-28: Now Is The Time To Enjoy Fall Foliage Across Pennsylvania

Manada Conservancy Partners With Doyle Family To Protect 127 Acres Within The Kittatinny Ridge In Dauphin County; Nov. 12 Program On Regenerative Agriculture

Lancaster Conservancy Adding Over 20 Acres To Climbers Run Nature Center

Register Now! PA Forestry Association Annual Forest Symposium Nov. 7 In State College

Penn State Extension To Host 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard - Why Are They Important Webinar Series

Sponsors/Exhibitors: Penn State Extension Forest Landowners Conference March 4-6 In State College

Philly Tree Coalition Announces Second Round Of Funding For Microburst Storm Responsive Grants

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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News From PA House & Senate

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[Posted: October 26, 2026]  PA Environment Digest