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Friday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.28.25: tinyurl.com/2y3f2jfz
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Friday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.28.25: tinyurl.com/2y3f2jfz
PA Capital-Star: Rifle Deer Hunting Season Begins In PA Saturday; With 2 Sunday Hunting Days penncapital-star.com/briefs/rifle...
Rifle deer hunting season begins in Pennsylvania Saturday, with two Sunday hunting days. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
More than half a million hunters are expected to take the fields and woods for Pennsylvania’s firearm deer hunting season that begins on Saturday, Nov. 29 this year.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
PA Capital-Star: Rifle Deer Hunting Season Begins In PA Saturday; With 2 Sunday Hunting Days penncapital-star.com/briefs/rifle...
LancasterOnline: PennDOT Wants To Use Part Of Natural Lands Sadsbury Woods Preserve In Chester County For Improvements To US 30/10 Bypass tinyurl.com/365tpuru
PennDOT wants to use part of nature preserve near Lancaster County for improvements to US Route 30/10 bypass
A nature preserve near Lancaster County’s eastern border could see a portion of its land acquired by the state as part of ongoing upgrades to Route 30. Supporters of land
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November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
LancasterOnline: PennDOT Wants To Use Part Of Natural Lands Sadsbury Woods Preserve In Chester County For Improvements To US 30/10 Bypass tinyurl.com/365tpuru
The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s EPA Again Reverses Course On Coke [Coal] Oven Rule For Toxic Air Pollution, Granting 2-Year Waivers To Comply www.alleghenyfront.org/trump-coke-o...
Trump reverses course on coke oven rule for toxic air pollution, granting 2-year waivers to comply
U.S. Steel applauds the move while environmental groups say it puts the health of communities near coke plants at risk.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s EPA Again Reverses Course On Coke [Coal] Oven Rule For Toxic Air Pollution, Granting 2-Year Waivers To Comply www.alleghenyfront.org/trump-coke-o...
DEP Issues Lazy Oil Company Violations For Abandoning 12 Conventional Wells In Venango County; None Of The Wells Could Be Found At Their GPS Coordinates; If You Know More, Call DEP [PaEN] tinyurl.com/k4km67du
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
DEP Issues Lazy Oil Company Violations For Abandoning 12 Conventional Wells In Venango County; None Of The Wells Could Be Found At Their GPS Coordinates; If You Know More, Call DEP [PaEN] tinyurl.com/k4km67du
Today’s Violations: DEP follow-up inspection of a Winfall Energy Inc. NV conventional well in Oklahoma Boro, Westmoreland County found no progress made in cleaning up multiple spills and a still leaking storage tank since they were discovered on Oct. 2-- 48 days and counting: tinyurl.com/4sutjj4b
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today’s Violations: DEP follow-up inspection of a Winfall Energy Inc. NV conventional well in Oklahoma Boro, Westmoreland County found no progress made in cleaning up multiple spills and a still leaking storage tank since they were discovered on Oct. 2-- 48 days and counting: tinyurl.com/4sutjj4b
Today’s Violations: DEP found an EQT Production Co. conventional well in Freeport Township, Greene County was leaking gas and the owner failed to submit a well integrity report: tinyurl.com/42entuyh
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today’s Violations: DEP found an EQT Production Co. conventional well in Freeport Township, Greene County was leaking gas and the owner failed to submit a well integrity report: tinyurl.com/42entuyh
Morning Call Guest Essay: President’s Administration Putting National Parks In Peril - By John Plonski, National Parks Volunteer, Former Executive Deputy DCNR www.mcall.com/2025/11/27/o...
Opinion: Trump administration is putting national parks in peril
Opinion: Trump-era cutbacks are disassembling the U.S. system of national parks
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November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Morning Call Guest Essay: President’s Administration Putting National Parks In Peril - By John Plonski, National Parks Volunteer, Former Executive Deputy DCNR www.mcall.com/2025/11/27/o...
Foundation For Sustainable Forests - Loving The Land: The Liebenguth Family Woodland In Forest County: ‘The Land Is A Sacred Place’ [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3aexjuh2
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Foundation For Sustainable Forests - Loving The Land: The Liebenguth Family Woodland In Forest County: ‘The Land Is A Sacred Place’ [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3aexjuh2
TribLive: Eco-Conscious Residents Finds ‘Off-The-Grid’ Solar Energy Success In Aspinwall, Allegheny County triblive.com/local/fox-ch...
Eco-conscious resident finds 'off-the-grid' solar success in Aspinwall
Aspinwall resident Steve Paff hasn’t had an electric bill in six years. He followed his keen interest in solar energy and made the decision to install a large, 20-panel solar unit in his backyar...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
TribLive: Eco-Conscious Residents Finds ‘Off-The-Grid’ Solar Energy Success In Aspinwall, Allegheny County triblive.com/local/fox-ch...
Inside Climate News: Members Of PJM Can’t Agree On How To Handle Surging Power Demand From A.I. Data Centers That Has Already Driven Up Electricity Prices For Millions insideclimatenews.org/news/2611202...
Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers - Inside Climate News
With no consensus among stakeholders, PJM Interconnection’s 10-member board now must craft a policy for surging data-center demand that has already driven up electricity prices for millions.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Inside Climate News: Members Of PJM Can’t Agree On How To Handle Surging Power Demand From A.I. Data Centers That Has Already Driven Up Electricity Prices For Millions insideclimatenews.org/news/2611202...
Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor: No More PJM Data Centers Unless They Can Be Reliably Served tinyurl.com/2bn9u7td
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor: No More PJM Data Centers Unless They Can Be Reliably Served tinyurl.com/2bn9u7td
Thursday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.26.25: tinyurl.com/273575tb
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thursday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.26.25: tinyurl.com/273575tb
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 29 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2scpxtut
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 29 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2scpxtut
DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Site Construction Of Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant In Indiana County [PaEN] tinyurl.com/y4u7k9v6
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Site Construction Of Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant In Indiana County [PaEN] tinyurl.com/y4u7k9v6
DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3jtwtrbx
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3jtwtrbx
Today’s Violations. DEP inspection of a Harvey E. Gutmo conventional well in Penn Township, Butler County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Did not submit annual reports. Violations issued. Response requested by Dec. 8. tinyurl.com/3xrhxjys
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today’s Violations. DEP inspection of a Harvey E. Gutmo conventional well in Penn Township, Butler County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Did not submit annual reports. Violations issued. Response requested by Dec. 8. tinyurl.com/3xrhxjys
Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of a Lee Ghere conventional well in Washington Township, Erie County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Did not submit annual reports. Well never inspected. Violations issued. tinyurl.com/yy4s7xy3
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of a Lee Ghere conventional well in Washington Township, Erie County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Did not submit annual reports. Well never inspected. Violations issued. tinyurl.com/yy4s7xy3
Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of Allegany Resource Dev. LLC conventional well in Keating Township, McKean found the well abandoned and not plugged. Violations issued. Response requested by Dec. 12. tinyurl.com/2e62nf93
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of Allegany Resource Dev. LLC conventional well in Keating Township, McKean found the well abandoned and not plugged. Violations issued. Response requested by Dec. 12. tinyurl.com/2e62nf93
WITF: Public Officials Cheer, Watchdogs Fume Over PA Supreme Court Softening Key Public Access Law www.witf.org/2025/11/26/o...
Officials cheer, watchdogs fume over Pa. Supreme Court softening key public access law | WITF
Groups representing local government officials are celebrating the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision this week to remove the mandated 24-hou […]
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November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
WITF: Public Officials Cheer, Watchdogs Fume Over PA Supreme Court Softening Key Public Access Law www.witf.org/2025/11/26/o...
Tribune-Democrat: Clean Air Council Opposing Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Permit tinyurl.com/cwprsuyh
Environmental group opposing Homer City data center's air permit
A Philadelphia-based environmental group may appeal a DEP decision set to award an air quality permit for a proposed $10 billion Indiana County "energy campus" data center.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tribune-Democrat: Clean Air Council Opposing Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Permit tinyurl.com/cwprsuyh
Post-Gazette: New 5-Year Outlook On PA State Budget Shows Lots Of Red Ink www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
New 5-year outlook on Pa. state finances shows lots of red ink
HARRISBURG — Coming on the heels of a hard-won budget deal for 2025-26, a nonpartisan numbers-crunching agency has issued its annual five-year forecast...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Post-Gazette: New 5-Year Outlook On PA State Budget Shows Lots Of Red Ink www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Utility Dive: US EIA: Residential Electricity Prices Continue Rise, Up 7.4% In September; Natural Gas Up 47.4%; No One Sees A Near-Term Solution tinyurl.com/2jkyjsvf
Residential electricity prices continue rise, up 7.4% in September: EIA
Some industry sources say the rise in prices is a function of generation capacity constraints, while others cite transmission and fuel costs. No one sees a near-term solution.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Utility Dive: US EIA: Residential Electricity Prices Continue Rise, Up 7.4% In September; Natural Gas Up 47.4%; No One Sees A Near-Term Solution tinyurl.com/2jkyjsvf
Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor: No More PJM Data Centers Unless They Can Be Reliably Served tinyurl.com/2bn9u7td
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor: No More PJM Data Centers Unless They Can Be Reliably Served tinyurl.com/2bn9u7td
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 29 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2scpxtut
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 29 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2scpxtut