Reports & White Papers
Economic Policy is Environmental Policy: Prioritizing Environmental Progress in Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development
The report offers policy recommendations for the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).
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Land Use Is an Environmental Issue: PennFuture Publishes A New Guide to Help Pennsylvania Residents Understand and Effectively Participate in Land Use Decision-Making
Learn how to protect the natural environment with Public Participation, Public Power: A Community Guide to Local Land Use Decision-Making in Pennsylvania
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Community Toolkit for Logistics Ordinance Guidebook
An overview of the model ordinance, information on municipal ordinance amendment process, and tips for encouraging municipal leaders to pass the model ordinance
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White Paper: Solar Energy
This paper sets the record straight on commonly held myths about solar and recommendations to overcome the largest obstacles to solar energy adoption.
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Living With Logistics: A Model Logistics Use Zoning Ordinance for Pennsylvania Municipalities
PennFuture Releases Living With Logistics: A Model Logistics Use Zoning Ordinance for PA Municipalities to manage the influx of massive logistics facilities.
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Hydrogen in Pennsylvania: An Opportunity to Do It Right
In June of 2022, PennFuture published a paper about the emerging issue of hydrogen hubs in Pennsylvania.
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A state legislator’s guide to protecting Pennsylvania’s waterways for the future.
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Underfunded and Polluted: Solutions to Fund Clean Water in Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
On April 8, PennFuture released a new report designed to get Pennsylvania back on track toward funding clean water obligations in the Chesapeake Bay.
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On Feb. 22, PennFuture and partners released a new report that shows the eye-popping depths that Pennsylvania goes to subsidize the fossil fuel industry.
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Clean Energy & Natural Climate Solutions in Pennsylvania
This fact sheet spells out policies that could help PA reduce greenhouse gas emissions and speed the state’s transition to zero-carbon energy production.
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Our Water, Our Future: A Common Agenda for Protecting Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie Watershed
On Dec. 3, PennFuture and 12 partner organizations released a blueprint designed to protect Pennsylvania's Lake Erie watershed for decades to come.
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A Green Stimulus and Recovery Platform for Pennsylvania
On July 28, PennFuture released a 50-page report designed to guide our leaders to implement a green stimulus recovery plan for Pennsylvania.
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Stream Redesignation Handbook
In December 2019, PennFuture published a third version of its Stream Redesignation Handbook.
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2019 Annual Report
This document is PennFuture's 2019 Annual Report, published in March 2020.
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2018 Annual Report
This document is PennFuture's 2018 Annual Report.
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Pennsylvania Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book
This first edition of the Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book presents important information about the opportunities and threats facing Pennsylvania waterways
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2017 Annual Report
PennFuture Testimony: Oil and Gas Regulations
Clean Energy Toolkit Part II
Clean Energy Toolkit Part I
PennFuture Brochure
Stormwater Ordinance Manual
A Fresh Start For Pennsylvania
26 steps Governor Wolf can take to improve Pennsylvania’s environment and economy
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Fossil Fuel Subsidy Report
Taxpayers have paid nearly $800 per year in recent years. Download our Fossil Fuel Subsidy Report to learn more.
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Clean Jobs PA
How is clean energy creating jobs in Pennsylvania – and what policies are needed now to ensure future job growth? Find out in the Clean Jobs PA report.
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Environmental Scorecard
Are Your Representatives Protecting Your Health and the Environment?
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Reclaim Act
When ‘king coal’ moves away, coal workers are left without a livelihood, the environment is scarred, and communities are destroyed. We’re working to ensure...
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Are You Ready for Solar?
This resource contains information and tools for municipalities that wish to institute best practices for the zoning and permitting of residential and small...
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How is Pennsylvania doing on the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay?
The Chesapeake Bay foundation’s report Pennsylvania Milestones reviews agriculture, forest buffers, nutrient management, urban infiltration, and more...
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Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (PCCA), Act 70 of 2008 directed Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to conduct a study of the...
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Pennsylvania Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report
From Lake Erie to the Delaware, learn about the conditions of Pennsylvania’s extraordinary waters
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Stream Re-designation Handbook
A step-by-step guide for petitioning to upgrade your stream to High Quality or Exceptional Value Special Protection in Pennsylvania
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Advancing Energy Efficiency Goals
Act 129 programs have been very successful, highly cost-effective, and have brought significant benefits to Pennsylvania’s electric ratepayers...
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