HARRISBURG, PA (January 4, 2010) – Attorneys with Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) last week filed an appeal before the Environmental Hearing Board challenging an amendment to the permit for the Shannopin Mine Dewatering Project. The appeal was filed on behalf of Friends of Dunkard Creek, as well as PennFuture.

The Shannopin Mine Dewatering Project, which was designed to prevent a]]> Leaders urge prompt consideration of its recommendations

Harrisburg, PA (December 18, 2009) – With the release today of the  Pennsylvania Climate Change Action Plan by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), leaders from business and environmental groups urged Governor Rendell and the Pennsylvania Legislature to move forward with its recommendations to protect and promote the state’s environment and economy. The plan identifies 52 spe]]> Chatham College, United Jewish Federation, East Liberty Development and Sustainable Pittsburgh

Nearly 2 million pounds of heat-trapping gases avoided since campaign began in March.

(Pittsburgh, PA - December 16, 2009) - The Black and Gold City Goes Green Campaign, a citywide effort to encourage Pittsburghers to take a series of mon]]> HARRISBURG, PA (December 1, 2009) – Pennsylvania’s burgeoning competitive electricity market is good for both the environment and the economy, and, as it expands statewide, will continue the dual benefit of giving greater value to consumers and building the 21st Century green economy with renewable energy sources like wind and solar power, said Jan Jarrett, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture).

“Electricity competition is]]> Harrisburg, PA (November 18, 2009) –Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) today announced that it had sent letters of intent to sue to five central Pennsylvania dairy farms that allow animal sewage and sediment to discharge into local waters, in violation of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law. These letters start the clock, giving the farms 60 days to clean up their pollution and adopt a plan to prevent more discharges before a lawsuit is filed.

“Thi]]> Reston, VA (November 16, 2009) – Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), Pennsylvania’s leading conservation organization dedicated to protecting and improving Pennsylvania’s environment and economy, has been selected as the Pennsylvania affiliate of National Wildlife Federation (NWF). The unanimous decision was made at NWF’s Board of Directors meeting this past weekend.

“We are extraordinarily pleased to accept the responsibilities]]> Harrisburg, PA (November 13, 2009) – Jan Jarrett, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), today thanked U.S. Senator Arlen Specter for his leadership on green jobs and clean energy, praising his vote in committee for S.1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.

“Senator Specter’s vote is more than just one Senator’s vote,” said Jarrett. “His vote sends a strong signal to his colleagues about the tr]]>
Pittsburgh, PA (October 15, 2009) — Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) announced today it had reached a settlement with FirstEnergy for air pollution violations at its Bruce Mansfield plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The consent decree, filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, creates a pathway to clean air that FirstEnergy must take to reduce both visible and microscopic air pollution from being released into]]> Budget battles show absolute need for tax on Marcellus Shale drilling

(Harrisburg, PA - October 9, 2009) Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) expressed a deep sense of relief that the state budget adopted today did not call for wholesale drilling in the state forests, as early budget plans called for.

“Thanks to an incredibly heroic team of legislators, damage to our state forests will be minimal, for now,” said J]]> (Pittsburgh, PA, October 8, 2009) – Today, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), joined by leaders from the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Clean Water Action, along with Dr. Evelyn O. Talbott of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Allegheny County Council President Richard Fitzgerald, announced a major new campaign to reduce the fine soot pollution responsible for Pittsburgh’s number one ranking]]> Nearly 40 groups are calling on city and state government to revive the public riverfronts along the Delaware and Schuylkill

PHILADELPHIA, PA - (Oct. 7, 2009) - The Coalition for Philadelphia's Riverfronts (CPR) - a new alliance of more than three dozen civic, neighborhood, governmental, faith-based and business groups - launched an unprecedented and coordinated effort to revive Philadelphia's waterfront areas yesterday.

The groups that are part of CPR (by Jan Jarrett, president and CEO
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If the state budget negotiators have their way, the core of what makes Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania – our forests, which gave us our very name – will be destroyed. All because our elected officials are unable to stand up to the million dollar lobbyists of the gas and oil industry.

It all started when Governor Rendell released his original bu]]> Plan would destroy state forests on altar of natural gas industry

(Harrisburg, PA - September 11, 2009) – Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) today condemned the proposed “compromise” budget deal as announced this morning, calling it “bad news for Pennsylvania’s economy, environment and taxpayers.”

“This budget gives a big sweetheart deal to the multi-national gas drilling indu]]> (Philadelphia, PA ) - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) will hold its tenth annual Green Power Awards on Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 12 noon - 2 pm at The Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street, in Philadelphia. Thirty-two individuals, private industries, government agencies and public interest organizations that are building Pennsylvania’s thriving renewable energy market will be honored at the luncheon.

Individuals and organizations receiving]]> Chesapeake Bay Foundation announces lawsuit against DEP for lax permitting