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Today, PEC reiterated support for a state House bill that would help protect Pennsylvania property owners and communities from landslides caused by increasingly frequent severe weather events. Its lead sponsors, […]
At a hearing on Monday, June 30, PEC Senior VP for Legal and Government Affairs John Walliser gave the following verbal comments on the Department of Environmental Protection’s proposal to […]
For many people, seeing just one National Park is an adventure. What about visiting all 63? Back in 2018, a couple of events set PEC Program Manager Rachael Stark on […]
The Circuit Trails Community Grant Program continues to grow thanks to new funding from the William Penn Foundation. This year, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) will support a total of […]
The following opinion piece — signed by PEC President Tom Gilbert, Dennis Affinati of IBEW District 3, and Stefani Pashman, CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development — appeared […]
above: PEC President Tom Gilbert and Secretaries Jessica Shirley and Cindy Adams Dunn present awards to The Nature Conservancy during the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. The Governor’s Awards […]
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is partnering with DiscoverNEPA on a series highlighting some of the region’s best outdoor adventure destinations. This post was originally published June 5 on the DiscoverNEPA […]
On June 10, PEC and Environmental Defense Fund sent a joint letter to members of the Pennsylvania Senate regarding three proposals to change the regulatory rule making process: June […]
On Friday, June 6, PEC submitted comments to the House Energy Committee on legislation to establish the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition (RESET) Board: Dear Representatives: The Pennsylvania […]
House Bill 501, enacting the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standards (PRESS), was approved at the June 2nd meeting of the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee. The Pennsylvania Environmental […]
Featured image credit: Sierra Weir Artists Selected for ‘Reflections Through Art: Water Trails on the Susquehanna Basin’ Artist in Residency The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, in partnership with PA Water Trail […]
It’s easy to generate excitement around building new miles of trail. More difficult, but arguably more important, is maintaining existing trails. To help under-resourced trail managers get a handle on […]