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Renew Growing Greener

Pennsylvania is defined by our natural, historical and cultural landscapes. Yet, from the waterfalls of the Poconos, to the family farms in Amish country, to the historic sites of Valley Forge and Gettysburg, we’ve seen too many of our beloved landscapes threatened by or lost to reckless overdevelopment.

Now the state’s most successful land and water conservation program—aptly named ‘Growing Greener’—is out of money and set to expire. If we don’t act quickly, we will lose this critical program, and along with it more of our precious landscapes.

PennEnvironment is working to save this essential program—because when we lose our family farms and other open spaces, we lose a part of what makes Pennsylvania great.

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Latest News

New Report: Solar Power Can Reap Huge Benefits for Environment, Energy Security 3/09/2010

From laundromats and baseball stadiums, to homes and cars, solar energy is already enhancing energy security and reducing pollution in Pennsylvania and nationwide. A new PennEnvironment report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the country’s total energy needs by 2030, and moving toward reaping the full potential benefits of solar energy.

Environmental Groups’ Clean Water Act Lawsuit Expected to Lead to a Cleaner Walnut Creek, Lake Erie 2/10/2010

PennEnvironment, Erie County Environmental Coalition and Gaia Defense League applauded the recent agreement regarding ongoing Clean Water Act violations by the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority and their suit against the facility.

Our Latest Reports

Building a Solar Future: Repowering America's Homes, Businesses and Industry with Solar Energy 3/09/2010

This PennEnvironment report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the United States' total energy needs by 2030, through a wide array of solar technologies and tools.

Plug-In Cars: Powering America Toward a Cleaner Future 1/21/2010

This PennEnvironment report walks through the global warming pollution reductions, oil savings and cuts in air pollution that could be realized from a significant investment in plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid cars.

In the News

Phila. Environmental Group Sees Sunny Future for Solar Power - KYW Radio - 3/09/2010

A local environmental group has released a report suggesting that solar power should meet ten percent of the nation's total energy needs by 2030.

Reducing greenhouse gases essential to a cleaner future - Allentown Morning Call - 2/25/2010

Despite what Exxon Mobil Corp. and Rush Limbaugh would have you believe, evidence is stronger than ever that global warming is real, it is being fueled by burning fossil fuels, and if left unchecked it will bring a variety of dire consequences to Pennsylvania and the planet.

America needs Clean Energy Act - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2/21/2010

America's dependence on foreign energy resources continues to prove harmful to both the country's security and the global climate.