A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
Testimony of PennEnvironment Executive Director David Masur at PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing, October 25, 2023
PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper teamed up with the National Environmental Law Center to take the first steps under the federal Clean Water Act to sue Styropek USA for illegally releasing plastic pellets into two important Pennsylvania waterways.
PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced Tuesday that they have sent a formal notice of intent to sue BVPV Styrenics LLC and its parent company, Styropek USA, Inc., for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act at their plastic manufacturing facility in Monaca, PA. The environmental groups allege the Styropek facility routinely discharges wastewater and stormwater that is illegally filled with the small plastic beads, called “nurdles,” that are manufactured at the plant.
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