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.
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.
The Latest on Rivers & lakes
Statement: Senate rejects amendment that would speed approval of polluting projects
Highway boondoggle in Erie will cut off communities from the Lake Erie waterfront
Updates
Clean water groups urge Congress to tackle microplastics
State AGs take action on PFAS
Update: Environmental law under threat
Featured Resources
Coalition Letter Supporting Riparian Buffer Zones
Notice of Clean Water Act Violations
Safe for Swimming?
Clean Water for the Three Rivers
The Latest
Statement: Bipartisan bill a big leap forward for America’s clean water infrastructure
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021 (H.R. 1915) on Wednesday. The bill would authorize $40 billion over five years for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program that provides communities with low-cost financing for clean water infrastructure projects. Additionally, H.R. 1915 includes provisions designed to both assist small or financially disadvantaged communities and dedicate 15 percent of the funding to state grants for green infrastructure improvements.
Microplastics found in every sampled Pennsylvania waterway
Plastic is everywhere and in everything — and Pennsylvania’s waterways are no exception.
Fracking banned in the Delaware River watershed
For 15 million people, drinking water will stay fracking-free.
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."