PA Dems pass pipeline safety resolution
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s State Committee, at its June 8 meeting, passed a resolution calling for • improved pipeline leak detection and notification, and county-wide disaster response plans • costs of the above to be borne by pipeline operators, not local...
Pennsylvania faces more flooding, pollution and diseases because of climate change
By Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA 06) and Jess Cadorette (PennEnvironment), The Morning Call, May 8, 2019 As local residents recently celebrated Earth Day, we used it as a crucial opportunity to put a bright and necessary spotlight on one of the most critical issues affecting...
Comitta, McCarter seek to modernize Pennsylvania’s renewable energy standards
from Rep. Carolyn Comitta (D-156): HARRISBURG, April 17 — At a Capitol news conference, state Reps. Carolyn T. Comitta, D-Chester, and Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery, joined state Sens. Art Haywood, Thomas H. Killion and Steven J. Santarsiero to call attention to...
Upcoming Pro-Environment Legislation
excerpt from Rep. Danielle Friel Otten’s newsletter, 3/29/19: In recent years, Pennsylvania has experienced dangerous summer heat waves and intensifying rainfall as our planet warms. If this issue is not addressed, it will only worsen as we continue to burn...
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