After 10 hearings with over 400 voices from across Pennsylvania, and tens of thousands of written comments, the result is clear: A vast majority of Pennsylvanians support the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a proven cap-and-invest program that curbs climate...
Fighting climate change, planting more trees and funding environmental progress in tight times will be among the challenges confronting state lawmakers in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania when they gather in January in their respective capitals. … In Pennsylvania, environmental groups...
Pennsylvania’s goals for utilities to buy increased amounts of power from alternative sources, such as wind and solar, are set to flatline in 2021 unless the General Assembly acts. Advocates for raising the standards say it will create jobs and...
As the new year approaches, plenty of people will probably resolve to exercise and get outside more often. For those who live close to greenways like the Schuylkill River Trail, or who can jog along the Pennypack and Perkiomen creeks,...
State Rep. Brian Kirkland announced that the Pennsylvania Environmental Council was awarded a $50,000 state grant for a project to help reconnect Chester residents with the Delaware River. The Department of Environmental Protection awarded the Pennsylvania Environmental Council a $50,000...
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council has honored Allegheny College for more than a decade of work to advance sustainability and achieve carbon neutrality in 2020 with the Western PA Environmental Award. You can access PEC’s virtual event to hear Governor Tom...
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, September visitor numbers at State Parks broke all existing records with a 31% increase over last year – 4.7 million guests compared to last year’s 3.6 million. Eight parks experienced...
It seemed like it would never happen. This time next year, Lancaster County residents should at last be able to walk out on the towering, curving 114-year-old Safe Harbor railroad trestle, look down through a glass panel at the mouth...
As a lifelong Cheltenham resident, I have frequently found myself going out of the township to seek out nature trails. Though there are some short trails within Cheltenham, I have always desired a more extensive network of trails in my...
When the sun shines and temperatures become mild, many want to get out of the house, even if it is just to wash their car. A bucket of warm soapy water, some soft sponges and drying towels, hook up the...
It is difficult to recall when the Pennsylvania Environmental Council – better known as PEC – first entered my awareness, but it’s been a while. OK, make that quite a while. Decades. During that time I’ve attended their conferences that...