Sustainable Communities
Current Bid Request - Spring Garden Street Greenway RFP
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) is pleased to announce a new opportunity for consultant services.
Over the next year, PEC will be leading a conceptual design for the Spring Garden Street Greenway, with the ambition of creating the City of Philadelphia’s first Complete and Green Street. A Request for Proposals is available for download below and will provide you with more information about the project and submission requirements.
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
PEC Statement on Marcellus Legislation
PEC today released the following statement on the pending HB1950 Conference Committee Report:
The enemy of the good is the perfect, and while this legislation is not perfect, the people of Pennsylvania are better served by passage of this bill now than to wait another year or longer for something stronger.
Job posting: Conservation Landscape Coordinator (NEPA)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Conservation Landscape Coordinator
The Conservation Landscape Coordinator is currently listed as a contract position with no benefits; renewable annually contingent upon availability of funds. However there is potential for future full-time employment with PEC which would include additional responsibilities.
REPORTS TO: Pennsylvania Environmental Council Northeast Office Director
Raffle drawing and Silent Auction: Two ways to support PEC!
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Local lock-and-dam sites eyed for hydroelectric generators
An Illinois-based energy company wants to install a new breed of hydroelectric generators at four nearby lock-and-dam sites in the next two years that could crank out enough electricity to power nearly 30,000 homes.
Hydro Green Energy LLC filed plans this week to install the first set of hydroelectric turbines on the Braddock Locks & Dam on the Monongahela River. The smallest of the proposed local projects, it could produce enough energy for 2,240 homes while having little impact on the environment and no effect on river navigation, spokesman Mark Stover said.
Plans for trail linking river towns sparks interest
While some politicians talk about high-speed rail to connect the country, the trend locally appears to lean more toward biking and hiking trails stretching throughout the state and as far away as Maine and Washington, D.C.
The economic possibilities of a 26-mile trail linking river towns in the Allegheny Valley to trails outside Allegheny County attracted more than just the usual group of hikers and bikers to a public meeting Nov. 30 by the Allegheny Valley Community Trails Initiative.
PEC to Leadership in Harrisburg: Its Time to Act
PEC sent the following message to the Governor and Leadership in the General Assembly today:
After several years of work and debate, Pennsylvania stands close to passage of meaningful updates to the decades-old Oil & Gas Act. On behalf of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), we are writing to urge you to quickly reconcile and pass thesecritical protection provisions before the end of the year.
Pennsylvania Environment Ride
The Pennsylvania Environment Ride is an exciting ride designed to support the work of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. On May 18, 2012, riders will embark on an Amtrak train for Elizabethtown, PA. Upon arrival at Elizabethtown, you will begin a three-day return journey to Philadelphia, featuring the best riding that Pennsylvania has to offer. The route will be fully supported by a volunteer crew who will mark the route, hand out refreshments and good cheer at rest stops, offer sweep services to riders who need a lift, and more.
