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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) just announced they'll be holding ten virtual public hearings for a proposed regulation to limit carbon emissions from power plants in Pennsylvania.

We're writing to share an update following this week's elections and to let you know what to expect this week.First, while Trump has a slight lead in the state, Pennsylvania’s twenty electoral votes are still up in the air. Votes will continue to...

What every Pennsylvanian needs to know to get a mail-in ballot on time and have it count in November.

Harrisburg, PA - Governor Wolf vetoed House Bill 2025 today, which would have removed the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide pollution from any source within the Commonwealth. The bill would’ve...

Mark Lichty, executive producer of Groundswell Rising, recently produced an important film on Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment. The Pa legislature often ignores this constitutional right as it did when it passed Act 13. The more people...

Every year the Pennsylvania Chapter conducts an election for three at-large delegates to the Pennsylvania Chapter ExCom. The Chapter Nominations Committee is looking for dedicated members who want to take on the role of at-large member of...

Welcome to the online-only edition of the Sylvanian, our long-running Chapter Newsletter!

This is the first in a regular series of updates on our Chapter’s work to transition from our dirty energy past and present to our clean energy future. As noted in our last Sylvanian edition, I transitioned into the new Clean Energy Program Director...

Summers in Harrisburg are usually quiet, with the legislature typically out of town for summer recess, and we usually have a chance to catch our breath and plan for the fall session, but this summer has been unusually busy with the legislature...

Glynis Johns realized years ago that the lives, contributions and businesses of Blacks were missing from the historical narrative of the Scranton area. She set about to change that, founding The Black Scranton Project in 2017, an organization ‘...