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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 1h
Land Conservancy of Adams County Partners With Jeff and Betsy Yinglling To Preserve 101 Acre Farm [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yfjdyjhk
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 1h
Heritage Conservancy Partners With Leah and Doug Beck To Preserve 30 Acre Property In Bucks County [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4tfmn8f6
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 2h
Erie County's Anthony Sorci Was Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award By Rep. Patrick Harkins, Rep. Robert Merski [PaEN] tinyurl.com/523md2aa
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 2h
PA Technical Assistance Program, Catalyst Connection To Hold Oct. 28 Webinar On No-Cost Energy Efficiency Resources To Boost Manufacturing Competitiveness [PaEN] tinyurl.com/33bbuekm
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 3h
Wednesday - PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips: 10.7.26: tinyurl.com/37jjsfun
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 3h
Washington Post Guest Essay: Technology Improvements Will Mean A.I. Data Center Facilities Will Shrink Considerably Resembling Today’s Dreary Indoor Shopping Malls - By Todd G. Buchholz, Former White House Director Of Economic Policy tinyurl.com/4tb2y3wh
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Opinion | The data center boom will shrink. That’s good news.
Investors and engineers need to wrestle with what these facilities will look like in 10 or 20 years.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 3h
Pittsburgh’s Public Source: Records Reveal Sprawling 28 Building A.I. Data Center And 1 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Plans In Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny County; Township Town Hall Meeting Oct. 13 www.publicsource.org/elizabeth-to...
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Records reveal sprawling data center and power plant plans for Elizabeth Township
Emails obtained by Pittsburgh's Public Source show a developer's plan for a 3.7 million-square-foot data center campus and gas plant in Elizabeth Township.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 3h
US EIA Winter Residential Heating Cost Outlook Based On Forecast Temperatures In Northeast: Natural Gas 14% Lower; Propane 15% Lower; Electricity 3% Lower; Heating Oil 21% Higher www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 4h
TheDerrick.com: The Effort To Preserve Cook Forest Began 100 Years Ago In Clarion, Forest, Jefferson Counties tinyurl.com/mtdym3fs
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 4h
Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Logperch Fish Recovering In Pennsylvania, Feds Say www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlif...
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Chesapeake Bay logperch are recovering, feds say
Populations of a small darter species found only in the lower Susquehanna River have rebounded enough not to warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act, according to a federal review
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 4h
Chesapeake Bay Journal: Virginia Energy Plan Takes ‘Clean First, Least Cost’ Approach To Meeting Clean Energy Goals, Rising Data Center Energy Demand www.bayjournal.com/news/energy/...
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Virginia plan lays out options to meet clean energy goals and rising demand
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger released the state’s energy plan on Oct. 1. The plan takes a “clean-first, least-cost” approach to achieving Virginia’s clean energy goals, while meeting the mounting ...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 4h
Inquirer: Constellation Energy’s Limerick (PA), Salem (NJ) Nuclear Power Plants In Deal To Be Uprated To Sell Data Center Electricity To Google www.inquirer.com/business/ene...
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Two Philly-area nuclear plants are increasing power generation as part of a deal with Google
It's part of a deal between Google and Constellation Energy that aims to offset the increasing energy demands of AI data centers.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 4h
Scranton Times: Archbald Planning Commission Meets Today [Oct. 7] To Discuss Project Gravity A.I. Data Center Proposal; Developer Proposes Using 430 MW Of Batteries As Backup Power www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/10/06/p...
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Project Gravity to use 430MW of batteries for data centers
Project Gravity wants to build one of the largest battery storage sites in the U.S. to support its data centers, sparking neighbors’ fears even as the developer defends the batteries as safe.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
Morning Call: What’s It Like Living In The Shadow Of An A.I. Data Center? These New Jersey Residents Know www.mcall.com/2026/10/06/w...
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What’s it like living in the shadow of an AI data center? These New Jersey residents know
As demand for these facilities has surged, so has the controversy surrounding them. Across the country, proposed complexes have received fierce pushback from nearby residents concerned about environme...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
PA Solar Center: North Side Christian Health Center Solar Energy/Battery Project Helps Ensure Uninterrupted Access To Healthcare In Pittsburgh www.nschc.org/news/solar-p...
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Powered by Partnership: Solar Storage Project — North Side Christian Health Center
On Monday, August 3, North Side Christian Health Center (NSCHC), alongside Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, Mayor Corey O’Connor, community leaders, funders, and project partners, celebrate...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
Stroud Water Research Center Comments On DEP Biosolids Permits: High Rate Of PFAS Contamination Already Found On Most Farm Fields Treated With Biosolids, Tighter Controls Needed stroudcenter.org/news/stroud-...
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Stroud Center Weighs In on Pennsylvania’s Proposed PFAS Safeguards
Stroud Center research shows that a variety of PFAS compounds may be found in some soil and water samples from Pennsylvania farm fields treated with biosolids.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
ABCNews: Abandoned Mines Causing Sinkholes, Other Incidents Across The Country [PA Included] tinyurl.com/awn7cxb7
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'A constant problem': Abandoned mines causing sinkholes, other incidents across the country
An ABC News investigation finds that decaying infrastructure from abandoned underground mines is causing the collapse of streets, highways and family homes.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
House Hearing II: Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Creates An Aerosol Mist Carrying Pollution Through The Air And Into My Lungs - By Siri Lawson, Warren County Resident [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yckez4vv
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
House Hearing III: Protect PT: For Too Long The Oil & Gas Industry Has Used Our Southwest PA Communities As Dumping Grounds For Their Waste - Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Must Be Banned [PaEN] tinyurl.com/42zcub24
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
Spotlight PA: Barbara Laxon: A Retiree’s Quest To Help Track Down PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/10...
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Abandoned oil and gas wells leave PA with a costly problem
Thousands of abandoned wells remain across Pennsylvania. One Bradford retiree has spent years helping find the ones the state doesn’t know about.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
Washington Post - Salena Zito: In Pennsylvania, Gov. Shapiro Faces A Data Center Controversy Burning Where Coal Once Did tinyurl.com/2enuue57
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Opinion | In Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro faces a controversy burning where coal once did
The governor is taking on data centers. His union allies aren’t so sure.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 5h
Evangelical Environmental Network Action Celebrates PA House Passage Of Battery Storage Legislation With Bipartisan Support [PaEN] tinyurl.com/333kkvkp
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 6h
Fit Energy Data Center/Power Plant Developer Says It Is Working With Newport Township On A Community Benefits Agreement; Township Manager Welcomed The Company's Investment In The Luzerne County Community [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yhyzywrn
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 6h
PUC Chairman Calls For Preemption Of Local Decisions On Needed Electric Generation Facilities; A Firm Bring Your Own Power Before Data Centers Connect To The Grid; PUC Study Identifies 21 Potential Generation Sites [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2x46dvbm
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 6h
Hundreds Of Protesters Tell Governor Shapiro, Legislators, “We Won’t Back Down;” Call For Data Center Moratorium [PaEN] tinyurl.com/26cj7ydk
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 6h
In Memoriam: Marv Woodall, Heritage Conservancy’s Chairman Emeritus heritageconservancy.org/remembering-...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 6h
October 7: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down Another Penny Since Yesterday $4.45/Gallon - $1.34/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Crawford County $4.71 Highest Average Price] gasprices.aaa.com?state=PA
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 19h
Fit Energy Data Center/Power Plant Developer Says It Is Working With Newport Township On A Community Benefits Agreement; Township Manager Welcomed The Company's Investment In The Luzerne County Community [PaEN] tinyurl.com/yhyzywrn
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tuesday - PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips: 10.6.26: tinyurl.com/4hwzsazw
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Penn State Master Watershed Steward Stefanie Green Helps Conserve Natural Resources In Northampton County [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4rj3hc96
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Centre Daily Times: Penn’s Cave Listed For Sale; PA Still Weighing Whether To Acquire It, Shapiro Says www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
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Penn’s Cave is listed for sale. PA still weighing whether to acquire it, Shapiro says
The roughly 1,400-acre property is listed for sale with an asking price of $34 million.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Local21News: Take A Tour Of The TECfusions Data Center Under Construction In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County local21news.com/news/face-th...
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Face the State | Taking a tour of a data center under construction in Pennsylvania
In a special edition of Face the State, host Joel D. Smith takes you live inside of a data center complex being built in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Play This A.I. Data Center Simulator To Step Into The Role Of Decision-Maker www.pennlive.com/business/202...
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Play this data center simulator to step into the role of decision-maker
This playable journalism tool draws from real Advance Local reporting to show the pressure local officials face weighing billions in investment against land use, water demand and tax incentives that c...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Hundreds Gather To Oppose A.I. Data Centers In Newport Twp. Monday In Luzerne County www.timesleader.com/news/1761750...
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Hundreds gather to oppose data centers in Newport Twp.
<p>NANTICOKE — Hundreds of people packed into the Greater Nanticoke Area High School auditorium Monday for the Newport Township commissioner’s meeting to speak out against a proposed 15 data center ca...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
October 6: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down Another Penny Since Yesterday $4.46/Gallon - $1.35/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Crawford County $4.72 Highest Average Price] gasprices.aaa.com?state=PA
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Scranton Times: Energy Independent Solar/Battery, Affordable Apartments Planned In South Scranton www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/10/05/e...
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Energy independent, affordable apartments planned in South Scranton
Vacant property in South Side that used to contain several homes will become “energy independent, affordable” apartments for a dozen families.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TODAY 12:30: In-Person. 27+ Citizen, Environmental Groups To Hold No Data Center Rally, Main Capitol Rotunda In Harrisburg. 12:30 p.m. tinyurl.com/f9ss3var
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TODAY 9:00: House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric reliability and the PUC’s Assessing Electricity Resource Adequacy in Pennsylvania and PJM report: pahouse.com/live
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Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus | Live Stream
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tribune-Democrat: PA House Advances Bill Requiring Battery Storage For Electric Utilities To Increase Grid Reliability [Republicans Oppose] www.tribdem.com/news/local_n...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DEP To Allow The Use Of Contaminated Water From New 'Mineral Brine' Conventional Wells On Roads, While Prohibiting Contaminated Water With The Same Harmful Pollutants On Roads From Other Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN] tinyurl.com/mrssjsnp
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pittsburgh Business Times: Elizabeth Township To Hold Oct. 13 Town Hall Meeting On A New Proposed A.I. Data Center/Natural Gas Power Plant In Allegheny County tinyurl.com/3wbtakr5
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Developer proposes data center, gas plant for former U.S. Steel brownfield - Pittsburgh Business Times
A developer plans a data center and natural gas plant on a former U.S. Steel site in Elizabeth Township, with a town hall meeting scheduled for Oct. 13.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TribLive: Allegheny County Board Of Health Votes To Review Air Pollution Permit Exemptions For Shale Gas Operations triblive.com/news/health-...
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Board votes to review fracking exemptions in Allegheny County
The Allegheny County Board of Health wants the health department to take a closer look at air-quality permitting exceptions that apply to oil and natural gas operations, including unconventional wells...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PA Environmental Council, Aqua Accepting Applications For Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast PA Starting Oct. 21 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/532xp8nh
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Help Wanted: The Nature Conservancy PA-DE Deputy Director, Strategy & Operations Based In Conschohocken tinyurl.com/bp6uzyth
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Deputy Director, Strategy &amp; Operations
What We Can Achieve Together: The Deputy Director, Business Strategy, Culture, and Operations serves as a member of the Business Unit Leadership Team and as the principal strategic partner and delegat...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday - PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips: 10.5.26: tinyurl.com/52h3xspa
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
PA Capital-Star: PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Is Focus Of Muncy Township Challenge To Planning Code ‘Deemed Approved’ Provision In Lycoming County penncapital-star.com/energy-envir...
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Pa.'s Environmental Rights Amendment is the focus of a Lycoming County data center fight • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
when township officials didn’t hold a hearing on Danko’s application within the normally required 60 days, the holding company took the position that its proposal was automatically approved under prov...
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
PennLive/LehighValleyLive: A.I. Data Center Developer Announces Tioga County Site For Shale Gas Drilling/Natural Gas Power Plant/Data Center Complex And Beaver County Property For Future Development www.pennlive.com/news/2026/10...
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Nasdaq-listed tech company names Pa. county as site for big data center campus in the works
When Alpha Compute first announced the project in August, its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said only that the site was in “northern Pennsylvania.”
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Scranton Times: Ransom Twp. Supervisors To Vote Monday [Oct.5] On A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Lackawanna County www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/10/04/r...
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Ransom Twp. supervisors poised to vote on data center ordinance
Township supervisors will vote Monday on updating zoning laws to include requirements for data center development, nearly a year after the township received its first data center proposal.
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WEDNESDAY Oct. 7 12:30: 500 Feet Isn’t Enough! Rally To Increase Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Facilities. Main Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg: tinyurl.com/2jbyrv5u
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PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP Secretary @paenvironmentnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TUESDAY Oct. 6 12:30: No Data Center Rally - 27+ Citizen, Environmental Groups. Main Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg: tinyurl.com/f9ss3var
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27+ Citizen, Environmental Groups To Hold No Data Center Rally Oct. 6 Main Capitol Rotunda In Harrisburg
Join 27+ environmental and citizen organizations from across Pennsylvania at an October 6 No Data Centers Rally in the State Capitol Buildi...
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