Becoming an Environmental Advocate
September 23, 2021
From delving into priority environmental legislation in Pennsylvania to exploring the policy and technology critical to Icelandic renewable energy, I was fortunate enough to have several experiences formative to my growth as an environmental...
Wild Spectacle
September 23, 2021
Poets like to name the known world. Lists of words become free-form poems that make the reader sit up and reach, not just for the dictionary, but in the case of nature writers, for the encyclopedias of plants and animals. As a poet and a nature...
Bright Green Hope for the Future
September 23, 2021
Bright Green Future is the name of a new book by Gregory Schwartz, a professor of Environmental Science, and writer Trevor Decker Cohen. The book’s subtitle, “How everyday heroes are reimagining the way we feed, power, and build our world” well...
Philip Yates Coleman: 1931 - 2021
September 23, 2021
He carries his canoe down the trail to the river. It is upside down and balanced with the center thwart on his shoulders. When he reaches the water, he wades in and with a practiced motion gracefully rolls the boat down to the surface. He feels the...
Groups Urge Environmental Quality Board to Raise Bond Amounts for PA Oil and Gas Wells
September 17, 2021
Harrisburg, PA -- On Tuesday, September 14th, national and Pennsylvania-based environmental groups sent petitions urging the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to adopt full-cost bonding for conventional and unconventional oil and gas...
Pennsylvania Adopts First Ever Limits On Carbon Dioxide Pollution From Power Plants
September 2, 2021
On Wednesday, September 1st, Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 3-2 to approve a regulation that will put the first ever declining limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from Pennsylvania power plants and allow the...
Job Posting: Philadelphia Climate Works
August 27, 2021
Interested in joining our team? We're hiring a Senior Program Coordinator to work with Philadelphia Climate Works to develop and advocate for climate justice policies that reflect the shared goals of environmental justice communities, labor...
Testing Landfill Runoff For Radioactivity From Fracking Waste Is Important, But Not Enough
July 27, 2021
Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that it will now require all landfills to test their leachate, or liquid runoff, for radioactive contamination like radium, which is commonly found in solid fracking waste...
Cheswick and RGGI: What You Need To Know
July 18, 2021
No, RGGI Did NOT Put an End to the Cheswick Generating Station but RGGI could help the community if we do it right
Supreme Court sides with PennEast pipeline developer over Pennsylvania, New Jersey communities
June 29, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court ruled that private companies can take state land for new fracked gas pipelines, likely speeding the construction of the controversial PennEast pipeline project.