Pennsylvania as a Hydrogen Hub
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Let the Failed DNA Hydrogen Hub Go and Turn the Page to a Cleaner Future
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The proposed DNA hydrogen hub, which would have produced hydrogen from natural gas, has failed to secure federal fund…
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Mapping Climate Change By Viewing USDA's Plant Hardiness Zones
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This month, the USDA released the first update to its Plant Hardiness Zone Map in more than a decade, providing a sta…
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Climate Disruption on Trial: A Major Victory for Environmental Rights in Montana
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On August 14, 2023, a Montana state trial court decided that the legislature violated the people’s constitution…
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How RGGI Can Help PA Meet EPAs New Carbon Emission Reduction Standards
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) solicited comments on a proposed rule that will limit the greenhouse gas (G…
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Renaming Erie's Summer of Soot and Sewage to the Summer of Community Climate Solutions
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Last week, an article in the Erie Times-News aptly referred to Erie's summer as the "Summer of Soot and Sewage." Citi…
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How Humans are Breaking the Jet Stream and Changing the Weather
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Pennsylvania's weather in 2023 has been strange at best and deadly at worst. Extreme drought in May gave way to histo…
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The Carbon Rule
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When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite, President Dwight D. Eisenhower created a committee of notable s…
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Why Go Solar?
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Across Pennsylvania, interest is growing in rooftop solar panels for environmental and economic reasons. Despite earl…
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Misguided Homeowner Association Restrictions Block Pennsylvanias Solar Potential
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By Caroline Weiss, Legal Intern Lately, homeowners are coming across unlikely opponents to their solar ambitions. In…
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Introducing PennFutures New Legal & Policy Interns!
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Since its inception in 1998, PennFuture has emphasized the importance of using the law to protect Pennsylvania's envi…
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Solar-Powered PennFuture Walks the Walk, Doubles PV Capacity
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In June 2003, PennFuture installed our first set of solar panels. The 3.84-kW system was made up of 32 panels, each r…
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How we helped create "A Shared Vision for Pennsylvania's Environment and Communities" and where we go next
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Our mission at PennFuture is to protect the air, water, and land for the benefit of all Pennsylvanians. We act on thi…
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Recent Passage of Lawn Care Bill Will Improve Pennsylvania's Waterways
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For over a decade clean water advocates have sought updates to Pennsylvania's Fertilizer Act to include more protecti…
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Aquashicola Creek Finally Given Exceptional Value Designation
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After languishing at the Department for Environmental Protection (DEP) for nearly twelve years, the Aquashicola Creek…
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Pennsylvania Began Participation in RGGI on July 1. What Happens Next?
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(This piece has been updated on July 11, 2022 to reflect recent action at the Commonwealth Court) On July 8, 2022 the…
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We Must Continue to Work for Change
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Standing on the doorstep to my retirement, announced in February, the last few months have included a lot of reminisc…
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Philly Tree Fund Bill A Significant Step in Protection of Tree Canopy
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Philadelphia passed Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson's Philly Tree Fund bill during a marathon session last…
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PennFuture Protects Major River Basins Across Pennsylvania in Stormwater Settlement
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On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, PennFuture successfully reached an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environme…
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Turning PA into a "Hydrogen Hub" is not a Sustainable Energy Solution
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Discussions around beginning a massive-scale Blue Hydrogen project in Pennsylvania began hitting the media around Aug…
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PennFuture, Partners Advocate for Clean Water Funding Opportunities in the State Budget
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It's budget season in Harrisburg! Pennsylvania has $2.2 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funding that remains…
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Subsurface Storage is a Promising Addition to our Renewable Energy Arsenal
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Batteries, storage, renewables: you've probably heard these terms a lot alongside each other when the topic of clean…
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Introducing PennFuture's New Legal Interns!
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Since its inception in 1998, PennFuture has emphasized the importance of using the law to protect Pennsylvania's envi…
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PA Environmental Leaders, State Senators Discuss the Failure of Shale Gas Policies and Negative Public Health Impacts of Industry
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On June 2nd, State Senator Katie Muth, chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, joined Senator J…
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The True Cost of Convenience: The Impacts of Never-Ending Warehouse Development
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There are costs to irresponsible, endless development. The current trend in Pennsylvanias area of the Delaware River…
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DEP's Revised Environmental Justice Policy: A Good Start but More Needs to Be Done to Protect PA's Environmental Justice Communities
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Earlier this year, the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its revised Environmental Justice Pub…
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Exhibiting Art and Fighting Climate Change
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Photo Credit: A hologram of Edgar Degass Petite danseuse de quatorze ans (1927), previously on view at Christies San…
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Pennsylvania Finally Caps Carbon Pollution From Power Plants: Now What?
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Pennsylvania's plans to cut carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants took a big step forward on April 23. After…
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Celebrating 52 Years of Earth Day
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On this Earth Day 2022, PennFuture joins with all of you in this day of work and commemoration. We hope you'll be mar…
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Chasing the Rainbow: Carbon Capture is Magic Thinking
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There's been a lot of discussion and excitement about the idea of carbon capture and storage technology. Unfortunatel…
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PennFuture Celebrates Lake Erie and Introduces New Erie Campaign Manager During PA Clean Water Education Week
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PennFuture is celebrating its sixth annual PA Clean Water Education Week, dedicated to showcasing the Commonwealth's…
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Pennsylvania House Asks: Could We Live Without Fossil Fuels? We Say: We Must.
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The only thing more destructive than the fumes from fossil fuels extracted in PA is the fumes of the trillions of tax…
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Philadelphia's 2023 Budget Must Prioritize Clean Water for All
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Duck season! Rabbit season! No, it's budget season! We are only days away from Mayor Jim Kenney's penultimate budget…
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Fallacy, Fiction, and Falsehoods: Debunking the Fossil Fuel Industry's Stance on Russia's War in Ukraine
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On Feb. 24, Russia commenced its unprovoked and atrocious invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. It didn't take long for f…
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This year, Pennsylvania must properly fund efforts to clean up our waterways
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On Feb. 8, Gov. Tom Wolf delivered his eighth and final budget address in which he spelled out the top priorities and…
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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: War, Fossil Fuels, and What it Means for Pennsylvanians
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Russia's war with Ukraine is underlining the economic and national security costs of relying on fossil fuels. Global…
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During Black History Month, State Legislators Fighting Against Jim Crow 2.0 in Pennsylvania
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A generation ago my mother was born in "Jim Crow-era" North Carolina. A generation before that, my grandmother was pr…
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Pipeline Problems Persist in Pennsylvania
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The fracked gas industry in Pennsylvania will never stop trying to convince us that pipelines are safe, efficient and…
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Terrible Excuses to Mine Bitcoin
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A person using the pen name "Satoshi Nakamoto" released a paper in2008introducing Bitcoin in an attempt to solve a pr…
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Introducing PennFuture's New Legal Interns
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Since its inception in 1998, PennFuture has emphasized the importance of using the law to protect Pennsylvania's envi…
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Looking Ahead to the Best and Worst of 2022s Legislative Proposals
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At a time of unprecedented environmental, economic and public health concerns, now is a time when Pennsylvania's legi…
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Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022
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When I was a kid, my gang of cousins and I did this thing we called Goodbye School, Hello Summer. An uncle supervised…
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Renewable Natural Gas: Hope or Hype?
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"Renewable natural gas" (RNG) sounds good, but does it live up to the hype as a green alternative to fracked gas or i…
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Civilian Conservation Corps Gaining Momentum in Pennsylvania
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Momentum is growing for a 21st-century version of the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC's legacy can…
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Living in the Blast Zone: Fracking's Bomb Trains
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In March of this year, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) banned the process of hydraulic fracturing, or frac…
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New Amendment to Pennsylvania's Watershed Implementation Plan Shows Progress in Meeting Clean Water Goals, but Legislature Still Must Act
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Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its long-anticipated amendment to t…
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During Press Conference, State Senators Openly Choose Profits Over Pennsylvanians, Our Environment
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They're getting nervous. On October 20, 2021, State Senators Camera Bartolotta, Gene Yaw, and Independent John Yudich…
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Breaking Down the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will truly transform Pennsylvania. Historic for its size, b…
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