Oil Trains and the Threat to Our Communities and Environment

July 6, 2017 by Zakia M. Elliott, Southeast PA Outreach Coordinator

A new documentary highlights the threat of oil trains pollution. Read more

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Harrisburg Punts on Environmental Protection in the State Budget (Again)

June 30, 2017 by Matt Stepp, Director of Policy

The environment continues to be set aside in the state budget process. Read more

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Part II: A Primer on Pennsylvania�s Water Crisis - Solutions

June 28, 2017 by Jan Jarrett, Communications, Outreach and Policy Consultant, Matt Stepp, Director of Policy

Solutions to the statewide water crisis. Read more

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Part I: A Primer on Pennsylvania�s Water Crisis - Challenges Impacting Every Community

June 27, 2017 by Jan Jarrett, Communications, Outreach and Policy Consultant, Matt Stepp, Director of Policy

This primer is Part 1 in a two part series, with a sidebar providing a brief history of Pennsylvania�s policy fight for clean water, a description of the water pollution challenges impacting Pennsylvanians, and the potential solutions toward providing clean water for all. Read more

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Pennsylvania�s History with Water Pollution Policy

June 27, 2017 by Jan Jarrett, Communications, Outreach and Policy Consultant, Matt Stepp, Director of Policy

Pennsylvania�s first statewide policy for preventing water pollution was the Purity of Waters Act of 1905, which set the first limits on how much �sewage� could be placed into Pennsylvania�s waterways. Read more

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Protect Clean Water in the Keystone State

June 21, 2017 by Glenn Watkins, Water Resources Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation

A guest blog from the National Wildlife Federation for PennFuture's Water is Life Month. Read more

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Planning Ahead for Continued Restoration of Mine-Impacted Waters

June 20, 2017 by Kurt J. Weist, Senior Attorney

Healing the scars of past coal mining. Read more

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Lead in Our Drinking Water: Cause for Concern?

June 14, 2017 by Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, Executive Director, Women for a Healthy Environment

A look at a dangerous threat to our water sources across the state. Read more

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Supreme Court to Interpret Reach of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law

June 13, 2017 by George Jugovic, Jr., Vice President of Legal Affairs

The Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, enacted in 1937, is the main law designed to protect our state�s abundant fresh water resources � from fast rushing mountain streams, to slower flowing valley rivers, to underground water that navigates through cracks and spaces between rock and soil. Read more

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