FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2020 CONTACT: Josh Raulerson, Director of Communications EMAIL: [email protected] 2020 GAP Relay Goes Greener Sustainability partnership increases offsets for event-related climate and watershed impacts PITTSBURGH – The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) has...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2020 CONTACT: Sally Tarhi, Pennsylvania Environmental Council EMAIL: [email protected] Regional Environmental Efforts Selected for Awards Pittsburgh—Two environmental projects and a community leader from the Western Pennsylvania area will share $15,000 from Dominion...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2020 Contact: Janet Sweeney, Pennsylvania Environmental Council Phone: 570-718-6507 Email: [email protected] Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape announces 2020 Mini-Grantees The Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape is pleased to announce the following Mini-Grantees: Delaware...
For Immediate Release: June 18, 2020 Contact: Janet Sweeney, POWR Phone: 570-718-6507 Email: [email protected] POWR announces 2020 Pennsylvania Sojourn Grant Awards Luzerne – The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020...
PEC works across Pennsylvania to develop trail networks that connect communities to nature. It’s our mission that all Pennsylvanians have access to environmental and recreational resources. We are aware, however, that just building trails is not enough to make everyone...
Yesterday the Environmental Quality Board voted to advance a proposed rulemaking for Pennsylvania to link with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to public comment. After initial review by the state Attorney General, the public will be afforded the opportunity...
When LTV shuttered its Hazelwood Works plant in 1997, the site was one among dozens of brownfields targeted for redevelopment by the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and local foundations. 23 years later, the property now known as Hazelwood Green...
A reckoning over RGGI, outdoor recreation and COVID, bipartisan love for community solar, and clearing a path for E-bikes: Legal & Government Affairs VP John Walliser reviews the PEC policy agenda heading into what promises to be an eventful fall...
On this week’s Regional Roundup…a new immersive writing project called TrailOff – it’s an app containing stories that are paired with Philly-area hiking trails. Each trail features a different narrated story that matches up with where listeners are along their hike....
Fringe Festival 2020 is almost here, and although the festival, for the most part, will be taking place through the virtual sphere, there are two new aspects of the beloved art tradition that all Philadelphians can take part in without...
TrailOff is a new mobile app premiering in September of 2020 during the fall’s FringeArts Festival that brings its users a cutting edge artistic experience that is equal parts immersive theater, GPS-triggered technological “magic” and connection to nature. This mixed...
Heavy rain pounded parts of Pennsylvania over the summer of 2018. Some flash floods turned deadly. Many took a toll on property, roads and bridges. Water rushed through Chanceford Township, York County so fast, pavement floated up and away like...