LWV DelCo Environmental Clearinghouse
Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
The 35th annual Delaware County Garden Contest, sponsored by the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Delaware County, will be held this spring and summer. The contest is open to all levels of county gardeners, from beginner to advanced.
The Jeanette Ross Environment Lecture for 2026 is titled; What is Zero Waste and Why Is It a Critical Climate Strategy? It will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 7:00 PM via Zoom. The presenter is Alex Danovitch principal consultant at Nothing Left to Waste and Director of Strategy and Business Development for Recycle Ann Arbor.
Pick a park. Take a hike. Then write about it—you just might get published in Sierra magazine!
Choose a state or national park near you, go explore, and then write an essay about what the experience was like and why protecting that natural area is important to you. Contest open to all those up to age 18.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency order directing grid operator PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), and Constellation Energy Corporation, owner of the Eddystone Generating Station, to ensure Units 3 and 4 of the plant remain in operation through May 24. The units were originally slated to shut down on May 31, 2025.
Organizations and individuals from across Pennsylvania are invited to sign a letter to Governor Shapiro urging his participation in a statewide virtual town hall to share concerns about the fast proliferation of AI Data Centers across PA. The Better Path Coalition and No False Climate Solutions PA – coalitions that the Delaware Riverkeeper Network is a part of – are organizing the event.
Monroe Interstate Pipeline Company will again hold office hours at the Aston Township building on March 3 following a 378,000-gallon leak at its Chelsea Tank Farm in December.
The next office hours session is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 at the Aston facility at 3264 Concord Road.
Newlin Grist Mill in Glen Mills invites the public to its 250th celebration, with three packed days of historical fun this spring. Those attending can enjoy a selection of demonstrations, workshops, make-and-take activities, and talks on topics related to the trades that built America and fueled a revolution.
The Trump Administration has virtually stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act or the Superfund law, according to an independenct analysis of Envirnmental Protection Agency enforcement actions in the first full year of the Trump Administration.
The Trump administration moved today to overturn a key legal foundation of the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. In a press conference at the White House, President Donald Trump hailed the move as “the single largest deregulatory action in American history.”
