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.

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

Paul M. King, President of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, is pleased to announce the promotion of Janie French to the position of Director of Water Programs, Statewide for the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, effective immediately.

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An East Liberty nonprofit isn't looking to save the environment by planting a garden on a neighborhood bus shelter.

East Liberty Development Inc., however, hopes to make a difference through attention the unconventional shelter could bring to green initiatives.

The group said it is spending $20,000 to install a "green roof" atop a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus shelter at Penn Avenue and North Whitfield Street.

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.

Etna's moment of stormwater clarity happened with Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.

The storm inundated about a fourth of the borough, an Allegheny River community with about 3,400 residents just upstream of Pittsburgh, Manager Mary Ellen Ramage said. Water, 8 feet deep in places, flooded about 400 homes. At the borough building on Butler Street, water was up to the light switches.

"We started talking about things where we could help ourselves," Ramage said

By Cheryl Allison

callison@mainlinemedianews.com

As pervasive and damaging as unchecked stormwater runoff has been along the Main Line and in the Philadelphia region, people have generally looked to their local government for big fixes to stem the flow.

They may think there is little a homeowner or individual property owner can do to make a difference against what seems like a force of nature.