Schuylkill County EcoWatch

08/25/2026

KELAYRES – Township supervisors here granted Amazon Web Services an extension as its land development plans remain under consideration for a data center near Lofty.

https://shensentinel.com/news/kline-supervisors-grant-extension-for-consideration-of-amazon-data-center-plans/

08/25/2026

❌❌❌❌❌THE PA ENVIRONMENT DIGEST REPORTS:

DEP Sets Sept. 15 Hearing On Blythe Recycling & Demolition [BRADS] Landfill Permit Modification Related To Leachate Hauling At Its Facility In Schuylkill County❌❌❌❌❌❌

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The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 22 PA Bulletin of a September 15 hearing on the proposed modificat...

08/25/2026

Schuylkill County Commissioners have asked the state's Dept. of Environmental Protection to deny Natural Soil Products its permit renewal. Further, it says the company is likely violating zoning rules the County is ready to investigate. DETAILS IN COMMENTS 👇

08/25/2026

08/23/2026

08/23/2026

LOFTY – As Kline Township planners heard more testimony regarding a planned data center campus near Lofty, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that it and all other data center developments were now out of the PA Permit Fast Track Program.

https://shensentinel.com/news/kline-data-center-project-bounced-from-permit-fast-track-program/

08/23/2026

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS – In two hours worth of testimony, residents of Butler Township and Gordon borough asked supervisors to hold off on clearing a hurdle for Phase 3 of a proposed data center campus at the Highridge Industrial Park.

https://shensentinel.com/news/residents-urge-ask-butler-to-hold-off-on-rezoning-land-for-data-centers-third-phase/