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PennFuture statement on Gov.-elect Josh Shaprio Cabinet Appointments
PennFuture statement on Governor-elect Josh Shapiro's cabinet appointments to lead environmental protection, conservation, and agriculture programs
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PennFuture Statement on Delaware River Basin Commission’s Additional Fracking Regulations
PennFuture fully supports regulations that ban the discharge of fracking wastewater within the Delaware River basin
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PennFuture Senior Director of Government Affairs Ezra Thrush Appointed to Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro’s Transition Team
The appointment reflects Thrush’s—and PennFuture’s—widely respected expertise on the Commonwealth’s environmental policy and conservation issues.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Takes a Rare Step by Granting Environmental Coalition’s Petition to Protect Aquatic Life in the Delaware Estuary
The petition urged the federal government to initiate rulemaking, claiming the Delaware River Basin Commission is failing to protect aquatic ecosystems
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PennFuture statement in reaction to the Pennsylvania Senate's vote on a new fossil fuel subsidies package
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Why Pennsylvania natural gas might not be poised to come to Europe’s rescue
On April 9, PennFuture's Jessica O'Neill was included in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about Pennsylvania's fracked gas industry and the crisis in Ukraine.
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Allegheny Front: A Longtime Environmental Leader Reflects on Her Career, and Why She's Still Hopeful
On March 11, the Allegheny Front spoke to PennFuture President and CEO Jacquelyn Bonomo about her impending retirement.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Carbon pollution from Pa. power plants is rising — and it's not just a pandemic bounce
On Feb. 24, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette talked to PennFuture's Rob Altenburg for a story on rising carbon emissions.
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ABC News: Bitcoin operation ignites debate around the waste from coal mining in Pennsylvania
On Jan. 25, ABC News interviewed PennFuture for a story about the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency mining in Pennsylvania.
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NBC News: The new steel? Hope and fear as a new plastics factory rises in Appalachia
On Nov. 14, NBC News interviewed PennFuture about Shell's ethane cracker plant that will become operational in 2022.
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PennFuture Op Ed in The Patriot News
PennFuture President and CEO Patrick McDonnell warns of the economic and environmental danger that accompanies expanding tax credits for fossil fuels
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On May 26, PennFuture's Adam Nagel had a piece published that calls on the Philadelphia Water Department to go after federal infrastructure funding.
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PennFuture Op Ed in the Pocono Record
On May 13, PennFuture's Donna Kohut had a piece published that highlights the need to protect the Poconos' exceptional waters from development.
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PennFuture Op Ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On March 9, PennFuture had an Op Ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the fossil fuel industry using the war in Ukraine to its advantage.
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PennFuture Op Ed in the York Daily Record (February 2022)
On Feb. 9, PennFuture had an Op Ed published that calls on state lawmakers to take seriously their duty to fund clean water programs in Pennsylvania.
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