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New Energy Future Platform

PennEnvironment called on state-level candidates to endorse these solutions to tackle our energy problems. Pennsylvania has the know-how to move us away from our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels, and toward a cleaner, more secure future. We need leaders who support moving Pennsylvania in a new direction that protects our environment, our national security, our global climate, and our children’s futures.

We asked candidates to endorse PennEnvironment’s New Energy Future platform:

• Support state-level policies to reduce our dependence on oil by saving one-third of the oil Pennsylvania uses today by 2025.
• Support state-level policies to harness clean, renewable, homegrown energy sources like wind, solar and farm-based bio-fuels for at least a quarter of all energy needs by 2025.
• Support state-level policies to save energy with high performance homes, buildings and appliances so that by 2025 Pennsylvania uses 10 percent less energy than we do today.
• Support state-level policies to invest in a new energy future.

Federal legislative candidates from Pennsylvania who signed on to the New Energy Future platform:

House:

District

Name

Party

2

Chaka Fattah

Democrat

8

Patrick Murphy

Democrat

10

Chris Carney

Democrat

12

John Murtha

Democrat

19

Todd Platts

Republican


Pennsylvania House and Senate legislative candidates who signed on to the New Energy Future platform:

Governor

Name

Party

#1: Reduce dependence on oil

#2: Clean, homegrown renewables

#3: Energy Efficiency

#4: Invest in energy research

Ed Rendell

D

yes

yes

yes

yes


State House

County

District

Name

Party

#1: Reduce dependence on oil

#2: Clean, homegrown renewables

#3: Energy Efficiency

#4: Invest in energy research

Allegheny

19

Jake Wheatley, Jr

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

20

Don Walko

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

21

Lisa Bennington

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

22

Chelsa Wagner

D

no

no

no

yes

Allegheny

23

Dan B Frankel

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny, Westmoreland

25

Joseph F Markosek

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

28

John Henry

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

30

Shawn T Flaherty

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Allegheny

39

David K Levdansky

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Beaver

10

Jaret A Gibbons

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Beaver

14

Jim E Marshall

R

no

yes

yes

no

Berks

126

Dante Santoni, Jr.

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Berks

127

Thomas Caltagirone

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Berks

128

Russell Hummel

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Berks

130

David Kessler

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Berks, Lehigh

134

Douglas Reichley

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bradford

68

Matt Baker

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bradford

110

Tina Pickett

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bradford

110

Diane Ward

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

18

Gene D DiGirolamo

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

142

Christopher King

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

143

Marquerite Quinn

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

144

Katherine Watson

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

145

Paul Clymer

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

178

Scott A Petri

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chester

13

Arthur D Hershey

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chester

157

Carole A Rubley

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chester

158

Chris Ross

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chester

160

Steve Barrar

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chester, Delaware

168

Thomas H 'Tom' Killion

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Clearfield

74

Bud George

D

yes

no

yes

yes

Clearfield

75

Dan Surra

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Columbia, Montour, Northumberland

107

Robert Belfanti Jr.

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Delaware

160

Steve Barrar

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Delaware

165

William F Adolph, Jr

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Delaware

166

Greg Vitali

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Elk

75

Dan Surra

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Erie

3

John R Hornaman

D

no

yes

yes

no

Fayette, Greene, Washington

50

H William 'Bill' DeWeese

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Fayette

58

Ted Harhai

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming

114

Jim Wansacz

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lackawanna

115

Edward Staback

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lawrence

10

Jaret A Gibbons

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lehigh

131

Karen Beyer

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lehigh

132

Jennifer Mann

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lehigh, Northampton

133

Joseph Brennan

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Luzerne, Monroe

118

Mike Carroll

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Luzerne

119

John Yudichak

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Luzerne

120

Phyllis Mundy

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Monroe, Pike

189

John Siptroth

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

53

Bob Godshall

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

61

Kate Harper

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

70

Jay Moyer

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

148

Michael Gerber

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

149

Daylin Leach

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

151

Rick Taylor

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

153

Josh Shapiro

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery, Philadelphia

154

Lawrence H Curry

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Montgomery

157

Carole A Rubley

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Northampton

131

Karen Beyer

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Northampton

136

Robert Freeman

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Northampton

137

Richard Grucela

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Philadelphia

173

Michael P McGeehan

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Philadelphia

181

W Curtis Thomas

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Philadelphia

182

Babette Josephs

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Philadelphia

188

James R Roebuck

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Washington

39

David K Levdansky

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Wayne

115

Edward Staback

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Westmoreland

58

Ted Harhai

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

York

95

Eugene DePasquale

D

yes

yes

yes

yes


State Senate

County

District

Name

Party

#1: Reduce dependence on oil

#2: Clean, homegrown renewables

#3: Energy Efficiency

#4: Invest in energy research

Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland

38

Jim Ferlo

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Berks, Chester, Montgomery

44

John C Rafferty, Jr

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks

6

Paul G Lang

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks, Montgomery

10

Charles T. 'Chuck' McIlhinney, Jr

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bucks, Montgomery

12

Stewart J Greenleaf

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Centre, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union

34

Jon W Eich

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Centre, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union

34

Robert J Cash

I

yes

yes

yes

no

Chester, Delaware

26

Edwin B 'Ted' Erickson

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming

20

Robert G McNamara

D

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton

16

Pat Browne

R

yes

yes

yes

yes

PennEnvironment does not endorse candidates. This list only indicates that candidates agree with our energy platform to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy, increase energy efficiency and boost funding for clean energy research and development.
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