Trump may defund MACH-2 Hydrogen Hub
The Trump Energy Department has indicated that it plans to cut funding for four hydrogen hub projects in blue states while keeping three in red states. In Pennsylvania, that means axing the MACH-2 hub along the Delaware River that was supposed to be fueled by clean off-shore wind farms. Those projects are also being axed while the three remaining hubs will be fueled by fossil fuels.
Urgent: Trump Admin. is cutting habitat destruction ban in Endangered Species Act
Public comment is urgently needed on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule change in the Endangered Species Act to eliminate habitat destruction as a covered harm.
Op-Ed: PA DEP needs more staff to deal with urgent environmental problems
While the workload of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has increased dramatically over the past two decades, its staff has shrunk significantly to the point where the department can no longer adequately enforce Pennsylvania’s environmental laws and regulations.
Glenn ‘Hurricane’ Schwartz to be keynote speaker at 4th Annual Sustainability Conference
Former Channel 10 weatherman Glen “Hurricane” Schwartz will be the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Delaware County Sustainability Conference to be held from June 9 to June 14 this year. It will be a hybrid in-person and online conference.
House environment committee approves bill to regulate ‘cumulative pollution’
The Pennsylvania House Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Committee voted HB 109 out of committee on a party line vote of 14 Democrats to12 Republicans April 7. The bill was the subject of a packed hearing in Chester in March.
New documentary traces plastic pollution back to Pennsylvania and Louisiana
The documentary tells the stories of two states with a major stake in the plastics economy: Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania segment focuses on Beaver County’s Shell ethane cracker plant, a massive facility for manufacturing plastics that began operations in the fall of 2022.
County will add trails to Delco Woods, keep BMX track
Delaware County has unveiled its much-anticipated plan to turn a tract once owned by the Philadelphia Archdiocese into the 213-acre Delco Woods, the newest, biggest park owned by the county.
Marple Files New Appeal but PECO Reliability Station May Be Built Anyway
Marple Township and the two Marple residents who have challenged the construction of a PECO Reliability Station on Sproul Road are back in the Commonwealth Court with a new appeal asking it again to overturn the Pennsylvania Utility Commission’s approval of the project on environmental grounds.