Highway boondoggle in Erie will cut off communities from the Lake Erie waterfront
A new report details why the wasteful Bayfront Parkway project should be reconsidered.
Rivers & lakes
Our country’s lakes, rivers and streams give life to ecosystems and people alike from coast to coast. Now it’s time we protect them as the life-giving resources they are.
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Statement: Senate rejects amendment that would speed approval of polluting projects
Four decades later, another win for the Boundary Waters
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Update: Environmental law under threat
Report: 9 billion gallons of sewage, stormwater overflowing into Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers
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Clean Water for the Three Rivers
Wasting our Waterways
Safe for Swimming 2021 Edition
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PennEnvironment Statement: U.S. House passes historic public lands bill to permanently fund Land and Water Conservation Fund
Philadelphia, PA – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, a historic conservation bill that will permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at $900 million annually and provide $9.5 billion over five years to fix maintenance problems that are plaguing our public lands in Pennsylvania and across the nation. With a final vote of 310-107, and having already passed the U.S. Senate, the bill garnered considerable bipartisan support in the House and now heads to the President’s desk.
Statement: U.S. House passes major public lands bill
"With today’s passage of this bill, we’re one step away from putting a lock and key on funding that has always been intended for conservation projects -- yet consistently diverted to other purposes. We’re closer to adopting a new consciousness for today’s world, that our lives are made richer if surrounded by more nature, rather than more extracted resources."
Bringing Nature to Your Screen
Social distancing may mean putting a pause on certain outdoor adventures. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the natural world from the comfort of your own home. Consider watching some (or all) of these 14 nature films to make you feel like you are summiting a mountain or trekking through the Amazon.
10 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into Pennsylvania’s Waterways
10 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into Pennsylvania’s Waterways
Industrial facilities dumped more than 10 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Pennsylvania’s waterways, making Pennsylvania’s waterways the seventh worst in the nation, according to a new report released today by PennEnvironment.