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Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL) is asking Delaware County residents to call or email Philadelphia City Council to NOT approve a new contract with Reworld/Covanta incinerator to burn a portion of its trash and to pass the “Stop Trashing Our Air Act.” City Council previously failed to enact the bill to stop doing business with Reworld.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has expanded its nationally recognized PHS LandCare program into Chester, Pennsylvania, bringing its proven vacant land stabilization and greening model to Delaware County for the first time.
Plaintiffs are continuing to press the Trump administration in federal court to restore $3 billion in grant funding for environmental and climate justice programs that would benefit underserved communities, as a Sept. 30 deadline nears.
On August 16, 2026, former state Sen. Franklin L. Kury, author of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, passed away at the age of 89. The amendment guarantees the people of Pennsylvania the right to clean air, pure water and preservation of natural, scenic and historic sites.
Upper Darby Township has passed a comprehensive ordinance creating a Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control program to reduce childhood lead exposure in the township’s older housing. The ordinance addresses lead-based paint hazards in properties built before 1978 when lead-based paint was banned in the United States.
The Monroe Refinery in Trainer, PA, is seeking approval for several large construction projects expected to begin in August 2026 and conclude in December 2029. The Clean Air Council is concerned about several aspects of the projects. Public comments on the projects are due by Monday.
Eddystone is not in secret talks with any company seeking to build an LNG terminal, according to the borough manager in response to allegations raised by two environmental groups.
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Riverways Coalition are seeking enthusiastic individuals that are interested in adopting a section of a creek, stream, or river in the Philadelphia region for weekly monitoring. Volunteers will conduct visual assessments of Combined Sewer Overflow outfalls at their assigned sections.
The DEP has published its 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan for the entire state and is seeking public comment, but Delaware Countians are likely to be most interested in pages 22 to 29, dealing with Chester’s air monitoring program, of the 161-page statewide report.
Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL) will hold a webinar Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. to disclose “secret corporate plans” to build a liquid natural gas export terminal in Eddystone. Register for the webinar below.
