What's New

In his annual budget address on February 9, Gov. Rendell called on state legislators to implement the Climate Change Action Plan, which PennEnvironment helped to develop through our seat on the Climate Change Advisory Committee.  Thanks in large part to an outpouring of support from PennEnvironment members and activists, the state received over 23,000 public comments in support of the Climate Change Action Plan last fall, which was more public comments than had been received for any other issue in state history.  Read our release.   

How You Can Help

A record number of Pennsylvanians commented in support of the state's Climate Change Action Plan, but it's up to state legislators to make it law and start reaping the environmental and economic benefits.  Call your state legislator today, and ask them to pass as many of the clean energy solutions outlined in the action plan in the coming months as possible.  

Brief Summary

Global warming is the most pressing environmental problem we face today, and the world’s scientists have made it clear that global warming pollution is causing the problem.  In order to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we need to find ways to significantly reduce the levels of global warming pollution being created by our cars, trucks, factories and power plants.  And since Pennsylvania creates more global warming pollution than every state besides Texas and California, we have to do our part to solve this global problem.

PennEnvironment is working at the state and national level to cut global warming pollution from our cars, trucks and coal-fired power plants.  Specifically, we’re working to cut global warming pollution by 35% by 2020 and 80% by 2050—the reductions scientists say are necessary to avoid the worst consequences of global warming.  And we know we can achieve these reductions by building more fuel-efficient cars, shifting to clean, renewable energy and alternative fuels, and using energy efficiency and conservation to reduce our overall energy use.