Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
Welcome to the Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse. This website, sponsored and operated by the League of Women Voters of Delaware County, provides information about environmental matters in Delaware County. Contact Us.
Featured Stories
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DEP Hears Public’s Complaints and Ideas over Marcus Hook Energy Transfer Permit
Concerned citizens filled the folding chairs at the Marcus Hook Community Center Feb. 18 to voice their opinions about air pollution emanating from the Energy Transfer Marketing and Terminals (ETMT) industrial complex there.
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DOE Extends Comment Period on LNG Export Terminals Until March 20
Press Release from the Action Network! This is a last call for submitting comments to DOE to STOP LNG Exports! Let’s build the record on truth and facts! When the […]
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February, 2025 Newsletter
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Environmentalists Take Monroe Energy to Task at DEP hearing
The people of the Chester-Marcus Hook industrial corridor are fed up with government permits that allow the polluting industries along the corridor to continue to spew high levels of pollutants into the air.
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January, 2025 Newsletter
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Delaware County Conservation District Leads Restoration of Stoney Creek
The Delaware County Conservation District (DCCD), led by Director Karen Wilwol, spearheaded an impactful restoration project at Moore’s Lake Park, also known as The Hollow, in Prospect Park. This large-scale planting effort, conducted in collaboration with the Borough of Prospect Park and the Darby Creek Valley Association (DCVA), successfully enhanced the riparian zone of Stoney Creek with 170 newly planted trees and shrubs.
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December, 2024 Newsletter
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Organization of the Month: Solarize Delco
Got Sun? Solarize Delco can help you get solar panels for your roof. It is a non-profit, volunteer organization that advises Delaware Countians on whether their roofs are suitable for solar panels and how to go about getting them.
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EPA Begins Final Phase of Haverford Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its latest – and hopefully last – remediation effort at the Havertown Superfund Site on Nov. 19, aimed at collecting contaminants that have flowed […]
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November, 2024 Newsletter
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Air Quality Monitoring Expands in Delco
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded the Delaware County Planning Department $37,000 to install up to 50 air quality monitors to measure particulate emissions throughout the Chester-Marcus Hook area.
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October, 2024 Newsletter
Latest News
EarthJustice class action seeks reinstatement of $3 billion in environmental grants Congress already allocated — EarthJustice 06-23-25
Fracking impact fees dropped in 2024 as fewer new wells were drilled — PA Capital-Star 06 24-25
Clean energy winners and losers in Senate’s Big Beautiful Bill — Canary Media 06-23-25
BBB will be more costly for consumers and for the environment — Flodlight 06-17-25
EPA will repeal power plant emissions rules even though power plants are the second biggest source of toxic pollutants — Canary media 06-16-25
Tulane professor resigns, alleges university gagged her research on environmental justice — Floodlight 06-12-25
PennEnvironment hits milestone 40th plastic bag ban
$14 billion in clean energy investments, 10,000 jobs lost as Trump Administration rolls back IRA funding — E2 report
Take Action
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Urge PA House Energy Committee to vote no on HB 502 that Would strip local municipalities of any say over large energy projects — Delaware Riverkeepers 06-23-25
Organizations asked to sign letter opposing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — Delaware Riverkeepers 06-18-25
Join with the League of Conservation Voters to tell Congrass to stand up for the environment — 06-16-25
Demand that Gov. Shapiro Join 15 other states in a lawsuit to protect our environment — Delaware Riverkeepers 05-07-25
If there was ever a time to contact our senators, it’s now to stop the repeal of clean energy incentives in the ‘big beautiful bill’ — Climate Reality
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