PEC and TNC Statement on House Budget Negotiations
Text of Letter from Don Welsh, President & CEO of PEC, and William Kunze, Pennsylvania State Director of The Nature Conservancy:
July 16, 2009
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An Enlighting Night: Marcellus Shale and Sustainability Registration
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Designing a Municipal Sediment Credit System for Wissahickon Creek
By Kenneth J. Warren and Mindy Lemoine
03-18-2010
The Wissahickon Creek is one of our region's treasured streams. Meandering from its headwaters in upper Montgomery County through Valley Green to its confluence with the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, the creek provides recreational, aesthetic and ecological benefits. Despite its charm, however, the creek faces several challenges.
13th Annual EAC Conference
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If you are unsure whether your or your EAC is a PEC member, please contact Carol Meyers at 215-592-7020 x100 or cmeyers@pecpa.org to verify.
Harrisburg Dinner/Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence
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Meetings to address trail from Millvale to Harrison
By Karamagi Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In days gone by, the steel industry dominated the 185 miles of riverfront in Allegheny County. The remnants of that industry, including contaminated brownfields, scrap yards and rail lines, have impeded efforts to reuse land along the Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio and Youghiogheny.
ACTION ALERT: Armstrong Trail needs your help.
This rail with trail right-of-way along the Allegheny River in Gilpin and Bethel Townships between Schenley and Ford City was "railbanked" and purchased by the Allegheny Valley Land Trust (AVLT), managers of the Armstrong Trail.
For over eight years, the AVLT has been in conversations with The Kiski-Junction Railroad about sale of 9 miles of the right-of-way for both freight and scenic service. This is a laudable economic development goal and proper under the federal Rails to Trails Act.
Seminar in Carnegie touts green roofs
By Bob Podurgiel
Even though most roofs are still covered with ice and snow, people in Carnegie are thinking green -- as in green roofs.
