Philadelphia Endorsements
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PA State Rep
177
Representative Hohenstein regards his work on the Liquefied Natural Gas Export Task Force as a major environmental accomplishment. He was the minority representative of the Committee, and worked to make sure that the residents of Chester had an opportunity to be heard. He is the author of the minority opinion but he gives credit to his intern and to Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware River Keeper Network. He hopes that we will not have an LNG terminal on the Delaware. He sees three areas of particular concern; the hydrogen hub, transportation, and expansion of renewable energy. He is on House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee and the Transportation Committee, and is focused on the connection between the environmental movement, environmental justice and labor.
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PA State Rep
184
Elizabeth Fiedler is an accomplished environmental champion in the PA House. She drove the funding initiative to remediate lead and other toxins in PA school buildings. She authored the Solar for Schools bill to provide grants to schools for solar installations and technical assistance in accessing additional federal funding for solar; the bill passed the House with bi-partisan support. Fiedler has worked effectively to build labor support for her initiatives.
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PA State Rep
200
Representative Chris Rabb was first elected in 2016. He represents district 200, which includes much of the progressive neighborhoods of Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. He is a founding member of the Pennsylvania Climate Caucus. Graduate of Yale and Penn, published author, Adjunct Professor at Temple University where he helped unionize the adjunct professors. He has plans to introduce a carbon pricing bill. He doesn’t take money from corporate interests -- his donors are primarily people who value environmental issues. He is active with the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), with clean energy policy as a primary interest..
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PA State Rep
195
Donna Bullock is an attorney and chairs the Children & Youth and Ethics committees. She has been working on environmental justice legislation and on better diversification in DEP staffing, as she would like to see a more diverse workforce in the DEP. In getting environmental justice legislation out of committee, she and leadership are trying to work with building trade unions via partnership with the blue-green caucus. In the Children and Youth committee she chairs, lead exposure in the built environment is a particularly environmentally related concern, as well as treatments and care for asthma.
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PA State Rep
175
Mary has been endorsed by Sierra Club in previous election years. She has voted in alignment with Sierra Club on all bills since taking office in 2019. She chairs the Environment Resources and Energy Subcommittee on Parks & Forests. She describes herself as an environmentalist at heart who does a lot of hiking. She was recently added to the Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities committee which has some environmental overlap and she talked about learning and getting up to speed in these areas, specifically Act 15 has to be renewed this year, and among other things it requires Philadelphia Gas Works to work with delinquent customers on payment plans. She considers the hydrogen hub (MACH2) a win as long as it is green. She hopes to be able to expand the renewable energy portfolio standard, and does not see sequestration as a viable climate policy.
Malcolm Kenyatta
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PA State Rep
181
Malcolm Kenyatta has three environmental areas of which he is particularly proud. First is his work with colleagues to build on the momentum of federal investment such as Rep. Fiedler’s Solar Schools bill and the build-out of charging stations at schools and other locations. Second is the environmental justice movement, particularly bills to codify the inclusion of existing pollutants in a neighborhood when considering permits (HB 707). Third, ensuring community organizations are aware of the federal dollars that are available to support local projects and working with those groups to identify projects that will improve the neighborhood environment, particularly heat islands. Looking toward the future, he sees one major problem: the small staff at DEP. He will work to increase DEP staff size, recognizing that increased tools and staff would enable DEP to provide more timely notification about things such as methane leaks.
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US Congress
PA 3
Evans has been spreading the word about the benefits of the IRA and infrastructure law, particularly making sure that the benefit of these bills occur in poorer communities, for example, placing charging stations in low-income communities. He is looking forward to working with newly inaugurated Philly mayor Cherelle Parker, particularly making Philadelphia the cleanest, greenest and safest city in the nation and making intergovernmental connections to get this accomplished. He believes we need to raise the national awareness about the interconnectedness of the economy, environment, and health.
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US Congress
PA 5
Mary Gay Scanlon considers protecting the environment a major part of her lifelong advocacy for children and families. She appreciates the “important work the Sierra Club does identifying issues where we can make a real difference, helping to educate me and the public”. “Climate is in my main bucket of focus”. She has worked hard to defend and protect the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and prevent rollbacks. As part of her public outreach, she has hosted several workshops across her district to educate people on how they can benefit from the IRA and to understand the big picture of climate and the IRA. She helped to bring funds to the Eastwick section of Philadelphia to mediate against increased flooding due to climate change, and has worked to improve water quality for the section of the Delaware River that goes through Philadelphia that currently is impacted by waste water and untreated storm water runoff.
Other Endorsed Candidates On Your Ballot
Statewide Endorsements include:
- PA Attorney General - Engene DePasquale