Executive Director, PennEnvironment
Started on staff: 1994
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
As executive director, David spearheads the issue advocacy, civic engagement campaigns, and long-term organizational building for PennEnvironment. He also oversees PennPIRG and other organizations within The Public Interest Network that are engaged in social change across Pennsylvania. David’s areas of expertise include fracking, global warming, environmental enforcement and litigation, and clean energy and land use policy in Pennsylvania. David has served on the environmental transition teams for Gov. Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. Under David’s leadership, PennEnvironment has won the two largest citizen suit penalties in Pennsylvania history against illegal polluters under the federal Clean Water Act and the largest citizen suit penalty under the federal Clean Air Act in state history.
New data released this week by State Farm Insurance Company ranked Pennsylvania No. 1 in the nation for the number of auto insurance claims filed for animal-vehicle collisions.
The EPA will update water quality standards for the lower Delaware River that haven't been changed in more than a half-century.
PHILADELPHIA -- After a contentious 2022 election cycle in Pennsylvania, a new, pro-environment leadership will steer policymaking in the state House for the next two years. This tectonic shift comes after decades of attacks on environmental policy and proposed rollbacks of existing environmental protections. The new majority that Pennsylvanian's elected to the state House of Representatives on Tuesday presents the commonwealth with fresh opportunities to solve our most urgent environmental challenges.
Thursday, November 17, 2022-The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Field in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania, part of Cambria County north of Johnstown, has been leaking methane for a week and a half. According to documents posted on the DEP website, the agency issued a combined five violation notices to the facility operator, Equitrans LP, on November 7 and November 8.
