Why Alaska’s NPR-A, site of the Willow Project, deserves protection
There’s a lot of important wildlife habitat in the area where the Willow project is located. In April, 2024 President Biden acted to protect it.
Fossil fuel pollution
Oil spills and fossil fuel pollution threaten our health, devastate ecosystems and contribute to global warming.
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Bank of America said it would stop financing drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Now it’s backtracking.
Methane emissions are accelerating climate change — here’s what we can do about it
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Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Department of Energy finalizes furnace efficiency rules
It’s time for power plants to clean up their act
Electric buses may be coming to a city near you
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PennEnvironment Testimony in Support of Appliance Efficiency Standards
PennEnvironment Position Letters Supporting Increasing Fracking Setbacks (House Bill 170)
Carbon dioxide removal: The right thing at the wrong time?
PennEnvironment Testimony on SEPTA-Roberts Complex Air Permit
Protecting our natural environment is our human responsibility. We don't own nature—we're a part of it. The solutions are out there. The first step is to call our elected officials in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. Let them know we'll vote them out if they don't act now.Martha Morgan, Member, PennEnvironment
Protecting our natural environment is our human responsibility
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Lawn care goes electric
More Americans across the country are ready to say, 'Get off my lawn!' to their noisy, polluting, gasoline-powered lawn mowers, trimmers and leaf blowers.
STATEMENT: Gov. Shapiro’s newly proposed fracking safeguards are important step for protecting health, environment
While the package of just-announced policies are important first steps for reining in fracking pollution, at the end of the day, we must end fracking if we’re going to protect public health and our planet.
STATEMENT: Proposed hydrogen hub projects in Pennsylvania approved
Energy form touted as ‘clean’ isn’t necessarily so; Projects must be implemented wisely.
Coalition welcomes furnace efficiency standards
Consumer, energy efficiency, environmental, and utility stakeholders welcomed a significantly strengthened federal efficiency standard for home furnaces announced by the Department of Energy on Friday.
Broad coalition of groups urges Energy Department to finalize water heater efficiency standards
Consumer, climate, and health advocates called on the U.S. Department of Energy to promptly finalize water heater efficiency standards.
