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Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN] tinyurl.com/mu47bwz2
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN] tinyurl.com/mu47bwz2
110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4erm7nfa
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4erm7nfa
Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] tinyurl.com/y6w2fbwf
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] tinyurl.com/y6w2fbwf
In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 8 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yc3wa9ha
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - December 8 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yc3wa9ha
Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2p8xj5rt
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2p8xj5rt
Sunday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.7.25: tinyurl.com/43mh8dur
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sunday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.7.25: tinyurl.com/43mh8dur
Financial Times: Climate Rift Opens Between Amazon, Rivals Over Powering A.I. Data Centers With Clean Power; Accused Of Pressuring Group To Change Emission Rules tinyurl.com/3ekmppv3 [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/yc48trcz
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December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Financial Times: Climate Rift Opens Between Amazon, Rivals Over Powering A.I. Data Centers With Clean Power; Accused Of Pressuring Group To Change Emission Rules tinyurl.com/3ekmppv3 [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/yc48trcz
Centre Daily Times: Centre County Regenerative Farm Benefits Land, Consumers; Here’s How www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Centre County regenerative farm benefits land, consumers. Here’s how
Pole Cat Hollow Farm raises beef, lamb, pork and several kinds of poultry, including broiler chickens, ducks and turkeys for the holidays.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Centre Daily Times: Centre County Regenerative Farm Benefits Land, Consumers; Here’s How www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
York Dispatch: Constellation Energy To Divest From York 1, York 2 Natural Gas Power Plants [Dedicated To Feeding A.I. Data Centers] tinyurl.com/44fx5vrt
Constellation Energy to divest from York 1 and 2 Energy Center
Constellation to shed 6 plants, including York Energy Centers to allow $26 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation to move forward.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
York Dispatch: Constellation Energy To Divest From York 1, York 2 Natural Gas Power Plants [Dedicated To Feeding A.I. Data Centers] tinyurl.com/44fx5vrt
Today’s Violation: DEP: Range Resources Appalachia failed to completely cleanup fracking fluid chemicals spill at a shale gas well pad in Robinson Township, Washington County for 78 days and counting. tinyurl.com/2mmzwtsd
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today’s Violation: DEP: Range Resources Appalachia failed to completely cleanup fracking fluid chemicals spill at a shale gas well pad in Robinson Township, Washington County for 78 days and counting. tinyurl.com/2mmzwtsd
DEP: CNX Gas Suffers Shale Gas Well Casing Failure While Zipper Fracking 3 Wells In West Finley Twp., Washington County; CNX Waited Over 10 Hours To Notify DEP [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2f3jd82h
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
DEP: CNX Gas Suffers Shale Gas Well Casing Failure While Zipper Fracking 3 Wells In West Finley Twp., Washington County; CNX Waited Over 10 Hours To Notify DEP [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2f3jd82h
DEP Issued 13 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Violations Covering Up To 988 Wells For Failing To Submit Annual Production, Waste Generation/Disposal Or Well Integrity Reports; A Step To Well Abandonment [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yx2s4zta
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
DEP Issued 13 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Violations Covering Up To 988 Wells For Failing To Submit Annual Production, Waste Generation/Disposal Or Well Integrity Reports; A Step To Well Abandonment [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yx2s4zta
Post-Gazette Editorial: How Pittsburgh Can Jump On The Highway Removal Bandwagon www.post-gazette.com/opinion/edit...
Big Idea: How Pittsburgh can jump on the highway removal bandwagon
This editorial is part of an ongoing series entitled Big Ideas for a Better Pittsburgh, in which the Editorial Board collects and proposes new ways for...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Post-Gazette Editorial: How Pittsburgh Can Jump On The Highway Removal Bandwagon www.post-gazette.com/opinion/edit...
TribLive: Elected Officials Eye Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal As Borough Council Prepares To Vote Dec. 16 triblive.com/local/valley...
Elected officials eye Springdale data center proposal as borough council prepares to vote
The decision to approve or reject a developer’s proposal to build a massive data center in Springdale is ultimately up to its borough council. With a decision set to be handed down in just over ...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
TribLive: Elected Officials Eye Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal As Borough Council Prepares To Vote Dec. 16 triblive.com/local/valley...
TribLive/AP: National Park Service Drops Free Admission On Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, Adds President’s Birthday tinyurl.com/3cn73nm6
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
TribLive/AP: National Park Service Drops Free Admission On Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, Adds President’s Birthday tinyurl.com/3cn73nm6
DEP Declares Sunday, Dec. 7 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter In Susquehanna Valley tinyurl.com/3ywkcdzu
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
DEP Declares Sunday, Dec. 7 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter In Susquehanna Valley tinyurl.com/3ywkcdzu
Saturday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.6.25: tinyurl.com/bdj8ucy6
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Saturday - PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 12.6.25: tinyurl.com/bdj8ucy6
Morning Call/AP: Railroads Will Be Allowed To Reduce Inspections, Rely More On Technology To Spot Track Problems www.mcall.com/2025/12/05/r...
Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections and rely more on technology to spot track problems
The union representing track inspectors said this raises the risk of derailments.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Morning Call/AP: Railroads Will Be Allowed To Reduce Inspections, Rely More On Technology To Spot Track Problems www.mcall.com/2025/12/05/r...
Financial Times: Surging Natural Gas Prices Worsens Affordability Crisis For Americans tinyurl.com/yaw68d3t [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/4uf29yan
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Financial Times: Surging Natural Gas Prices Worsens Affordability Crisis For Americans tinyurl.com/yaw68d3t [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/4uf29yan
Reuters: Constellation Energy, US DOJ Agree On Conditions For Acquisition Of Calpine Gas Power Plants To Feed A.I. Data Centers [Sell York 2 Natural Gas Plant In PA] tinyurl.com/32essved
Constellation reaches agreement with US Department of Justice for acquisition of Calpine
U.S. power company Constellation Energy said on Friday it has reached a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice on the conditions required to complete the previously announced $16.4 billion acq...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reuters: Constellation Energy, US DOJ Agree On Conditions For Acquisition Of Calpine Gas Power Plants To Feed A.I. Data Centers [Sell York 2 Natural Gas Plant In PA] tinyurl.com/32essved
Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Eels Made A Comeback In The Susquehanna River, But Most Die As They Migrate South To Spawn www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheri...
Eels have made a comeback in the Susquehanna, but most die as they migrate south to spawn
For an eel in the Susquehanna River, it’s a long swim to the Sargasso Sea out in the Atlantic Ocean, where it was born and where it ultimately should return
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December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Eels Made A Comeback In The Susquehanna River, But Most Die As They Migrate South To Spawn www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheri...
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Pennsylvanians Invited To Support Military Service Members Through Trees For Troops www.timesleader.com/news/1726336...
Pennsylvanians invited to support service members through Trees for Troops
<p>At one of four Pennsylvania Trees for Troops donation sites, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, First Lady Lori Shapiro, and Deputy Adjutant General Army Maj. Gen. Michael E. Wegscheider encour...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Pennsylvanians Invited To Support Military Service Members Through Trees For Troops www.timesleader.com/news/1726336...
Registration Open! PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Feb. 19 In Pittsburgh, Online [PaEN] tinyurl.com/5n6ku9ba
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Registration Open! PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Feb. 19 In Pittsburgh, Online [PaEN] tinyurl.com/5n6ku9ba
READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 6 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4r2j27f8
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 6 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4r2j27f8
READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN] tinyurl.com/ryc9ecax
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN] tinyurl.com/ryc9ecax