“An Evening for Pennsylvania’s Environment” – The Twentieth Annual Environmental Partnership Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 5:00pm at the Woodlands Inn & Resort, Rte 315, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Seven (7) recipients of the Environmental Partnership...
The Northeast Pennsylvania Environmental Partners (Northeast Office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Northeast Pennsylvania Alliance, PPL Corporation, The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company, Wilkes University, PA DEP and PA DCNR) are pleased to announce that Joanne Denworth of the...
Philadelphia, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, one of the oldest and most effective environmental organizations in the Commonwealth, announced that it will award the prestigious Curtin Winsor Award to longtime urban greening advocates Jane G. Pepper and J. Blaine...
PEC’s Lands at Hillside Farms Riparian Zone Restoration Project will be highlighted on WNEP Channel 16 Power to Save show to be aired on June 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm. The story will focus on the issue of invasive Japanese...
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council in partnership with the Lands at Hillside Farms coordinated a streamside tree planting project at the Lands at Hillside Farms in Trucksville on May 7, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The project, which included...
Two watershed protection projects led by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) were featured in The Conservation Fund’s newly released book A Sustainable Chesapeake: Better Models for Conservation. The book profiles conservation practices and technologies for government agencies, community groups, and...
Harrisburg, Pa. — John Walliser, Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, will testify at a hearing on water quality issues relating to the Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, May 14,...
Pennsylvania will invest $204,000 to improve Youghiogheny River Park in Connellsville, Fayette County, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary John Quigley said today. The funds will help connect the park to the river and stabilize the river bank, and...
Harrisburg, Pa. -The Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced today that the award ceremonies for this year’s recipients of the 2010 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence will take place at a gala dinner on April 20, 2010 in Harrisburg. The Governor’s Awards...
Philadelphia, Pa. – Don Welsh, President and CEO for the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), announced that the Board of Directors has elected Anthony S. Bartolomeo, PE, as Chairman. PEC is a non-profit organization devoted to protecting and restoring the natural...
PEC, a member of the Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail, joined more than 20 national, regional and local organizations and agencies in signing a joint letter to the leadership of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior...
The Northeast Environmental Partners announce the “20th Annual Evening for Pennsylvania’s Environment” and are seeking a Call For Nominations for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Environmental Partnership Awards and the Thomas P. Shelburne Award. The Northeast Environmental Partners (Northeast Pennsylvania Alliance, Pennsylvania...