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10 Most Recent Publications for PA

Buffers 100: Taking a Positive Trend Statewide

Naturally vegetated buffers along streams are good for Pennsylvania's communities, environment and economy. They help to filter out pollution from runoff, prevent erosion and flooding, and provide important habitat for aquatic life.

Clean Water Action surveyed municipalities in more than a dozen counties across Pennsylvania and found that 192 municipalities had a riparian buffer ordinance and over 30% of those ordinances required 100 foot or greater buffers on some streams.

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Pennsylvania Currents|online, Summer 2009

In this issue of Pennsylvania Currents|Online:

Natural Gas Drilling Boom Threatens Pennsylvania Waters
In the coming years, several thousand wells may be drilled across western, central, and northeast Pennsylvania or natural gas. These new wells will be drilled into a rock formation known is Marcellus shale, where potentially big reserves of natural gas can be found over a mile underground. In 2008, over 500 gas wells were drilled in the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania, and even with the recession, gas production is projected to increase annually for the next several years.

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  • energy
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  • Sustainer Letter
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Natural Gas Drilling Boom Threatens Pennsylvania Waters

In the coming years, several thousand wells may be drilled across western, central, and northeast Pennsylvania or natural gas. These new wells will be drilled into a rock formation known is Marcellus shale, where potentially big reserves of natural gas can be found over a mile underground. In 2008, over 500 gas wells were drilled in the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania, and even with the recession, gas production is projected to increase annually for the next several years.

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Thanks for Supporting Clean Water’s 12th Annual Auction and Party!

About 90 Clean Water Fund supporters joined us for a fabulous evening of food, music, and a silent and live auction. This year’s Florence Neilson Environmental Leadership Awards went to Sharon McCormick for her work organizing the Ambler community to clean up the largest asbestos waste pile in the U.S. and to Kathleen McGinty for her work to reduce mercury emissions and invest in environmental conservation as Secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection. We raised over $13,000 for our work to protect and promote clean water, clean air, and healthy communities.


Thanks to our sponsors and item donors for making our Auction and Party a success—we look forward to seeing you again next year!!!

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Campaign for Stream Buffers Builds Support

A recent survey by Clean Water Action found that almost two hundred cities, towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania have adopted ordinances requiring buffers between new development and their streams and rivers. Almost one-third of these municipalities require buffers of at least 100 feet, which is consistent with Clean Water Action’s Buffers 100 initiative. It’s impressive to see so many towns across the state working to make sure that development doesn’t result in degrading our rivers and streams.

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Pennsylvania Sustainer, September - October 2008

In this issue:

  • Our Pick for President: Why America Needs Barack Obama
  • Clean Water Action Endorsed Candidates for 2008
  • Electing a Greener Congress in 2008
  • Volunteers Needed to Elect Pro-Environment Candidates!

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Pennsylvania Sustainer, April - August 2008

In this issue:

  • Protecting Our Drinking Water from Pollution
  • Help Pro-Environment Candidates Win in 2008
  • Decrease Diesel Pollution in Our Neighborhoods
  • Clean Water Action in Your Community
    • Philadelphia Area Update
    • Pittsburgh Area Update
    • Lehigh Valley Update
  • Buffers 100 — A Buffer for Every Stream

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Pennsylvania Sustainer, January - March 2008

Victories for the Environment in 2007 - Challenges for 2008

  • Looking Ahead in 2008
    • Clean Water Restoration Act
    • Safer Drinking Water Act
  • Local Victories for the Environment in PA
    • Lehigh Valley
    • Pittsburgh Area
    • Philadelphia Area
  • How is Congress Voting on the Environment?

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Pennsylvania Currents|Online: Archive

Pennsylvania Currents|Online, Spring 2009

Natural
Gas Drilling Boom Threatens Pennsylvania Waters

Campaign for Stream Buffers Builds Support

Thanks for Supporting Clean Water's 12th Annual Auction and Party!

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Other Publications

New Jersey Brochures, Fact Sheets, Power Points, and Resolutions

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Everglades for All

Cover image: Everglades for Al, 2010In March 2010, Clean Water Fund released Everglades for All.

Over 1,500 Florida residents participated in our survey which was intended to get a pulse on how the public and diverse constituency groups feel about ongoing outreach and historic Everglades restoration efforts.

This survey revealed new opportunities for relationship building and will hopefully increase public input on key decisions in Everglades restoration.

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Over 1,500 Florida residents participated in our survey which was intended to get a pulse on how the public and diverse constituency groups feel about ongoing outreach and historic Everglades restoration efforts.

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Turning Up the Heat: Exposing the manufacturers' lackluster mercury thermostat collection program

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Turning Up the Heat exposes the dismal results of the manufacturers’
voluntary mercury thermostat collection program. The Thermostat
Recycling Corporation (TRC) has collected less than 5% of the
approximately 100 tons of mercury from mercury thermostats
removed from service in the last decade. The collection program in
Rhode Island is below the national average for preventing mercury
pollution from thermostats and far behind the national leaders. The
report recommends that states adopt strong laws, with financial
incentives and performance standards for recycling mercury thermostats,
to drastically improve the TRC program and prevent mercury pollution.

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Environmental Groups Ask That Climate Bill Include Energy Efficiency

Take action now for a clean energy future for America!

October 30, 2009

The Honorable Barbara Boxer, Chair
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
410 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

RE: Require Efficiency Investment of at least 1/3 of Allowance Value Given to Electric Utilities

Dear Chairwoman Boxer:

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  • A clean energy future for America!
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Safer Technology: The Only Solution When Security Fails

Eight years after September 11th, sobering warnings remain unheeded regarding the vulnerability of U.S. chemical plants to terrorist attacks. Journalists across the country have repeatedly made their way into more than 80 chemical plants demonstrating the ease with which fence-line security can be penetrated. As President Obama said in 2006, "these plants are stationary weapons of mass destruction spread all across the country."

The potential for fatalities and economic disruption from an attack on one of these plants is staggering. A 2001 U.S. Army Surgeon General study estimated that in densely populated areas 900,000 to 2.4 million people could be killed or injured in a terrorist attack on a U.S. chemical plant in a densely populated area.

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  • Help Protect Communities by Urging a Switch to Safer Chemical Technologies
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