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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Senators Anthony H. Williams (D-Delaware/Philadelphia), Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), & Amanda Cappelletti (D-Delaware/Montgomery) joined state Rep. Regina Young (D-Delaware/Philadelphia), the Overbrook Environmental Education Center, Conservation Voters of PA, …
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — SEPTA announced the launch this week of the Transit Supportive Community Development (TSCD) Program — a key initiative of SEPTA Forward, the Authority’s Strategic Plan, to support …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its climate adaptation and resilience plan describing how USDA will prepare for current and future impacts of climate change.
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that $750,000 in available grant funding is available for environmental education projects. Additionally, DEP will hold a free webinar …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Wednesday by a vote of 3-2.
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf issued the following statement praising the Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s decision to approve a rulemaking for Pennsylvania to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions by …
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HARRISBURG, PA — State Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester County), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, issued the following statement upon the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week announced that Pennsylvania became the second state in the nation to provide state-sponsored climate training with the recent …
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Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry is a major methane emitter. More than five and a half years ago, Governor Tom Wolf promised regulations …
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DANVILLE, PA — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Deputy Secretary Lauren Imgrund, State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger, and officials from Geisinger Health System this week toured a streamside buffer …
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