PA Environment Digest

-- September 6: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday $4.30/Gallon - $1.19/Gallon Higher Than On Feb.

Here are Articles and NewsClips on A.I. and data center issues from last week you may have missed-- -- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - September 7 [PaEN] Energy Costs -- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Energy Bills Driven By A.I. Data Centers Threaten PA Small Businesses, Report Says -- PennLive: PUC: A.I. Data Center Demand Will Increase Industrial Power Use 18.56%; 10% Jump In Residential Electricity Costs Driven By Natural Gas Cost Increases --...

08/31/26 - In Memoriam: Franklin L. Kury, Author Of The Environmental Rights Amendment To The Pennsylvania Constitution: http://tinyurl.com/mr32srec

Here is a snapshot of oil and gas compliance actions taken by the Department of Environmental Protection from August 29 to September 4-- -- 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 [PaEN] -- 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...

Click Here for a list of public participation opportunities and a calendar of events. -- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy 18.4 Mile, 20-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- DEP Restarts Comment Period On MarkWest Project To Daylight 4 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Damage From Coal Mining In Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Oct.

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept.

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the September 5 PA Bulletin-- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 5 [PaEN] -- DEP published notice in the September 5 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the proposed Coterra Energy Brooks to Forwood 18.4 mile, 20-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in Springville, Lathrop and Lenox townships, Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5963)  Read more here.

On September 4, 2026, Inside Climate News reported Energy Transfer/Sunoco filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court in April seeking to preempt criminal charges by Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday over a jet fuel pipeline spill in Bucks County by declaring part of the state Clean Streams Law unconstitutional. Energy Transfer’s objection to the law: Parties could be found guilty of an environmental crime even if their actions are accidental.

The following notices were published in the September 5 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- DEP published notice in the September 5 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the proposed Coterra Energy Brooks to Forwood 18.4 mile, 20-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in Springville, Lathrop and Lenox townships, Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5963)  Read more here.

On September 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has entered into a  consent order and agreement with Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC in which Shell formally acknowledged that the company exceeded total emission limitations for air contaminants and violated other environmental requirements at the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County.