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Budget cuts hamper environmental protection - Philadelphia Inquirer	2009-10-24
While climate change and energy issues may be near the top of the national agenda, the deal that ended the state's budget crisis this month slashed funding for the Department of Environmental Protection by 27 percent.
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State Senators discuss environment - Delaware County Daily Times	2009-04-23
A bipartisan contingent of state senators joined environmental advocates PennEnvironment in Harrisburg on Earth Day Wednesday to discuss environmental legislation introduced this session.
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U.S. aids Superfund cleanups in region - Philadelphia Inquirer	2009-04-16
One upside of the economic downturn is that some of the our region's most contaminated sites will finally get cleaned up.
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State group blasts energy plant - Erie Times News	2009-03-14
In an e-mail to its 30,000 members and volunteers throughout the state, the director of PennEnvironment instructed its activists to contact Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection and "ask them to halt the Erie tire burning facility."
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Bill Critical to Future Recycling - Wilkes Barre Times Leader	2008-07-19
Many of the county's popular and successful drop-off recycling programs might disappear if state legislators do not pass a bill that would allow counties to fund the programs.
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Landfill-fee ruling could can Cambria recycling money - Johnstown Tribune Democrat	2008-07-19
Recycling programs across the state are in jeopardy because landfill fees that funded them were struck down by Commonwealth Court and state legislators have not acted.
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Legislature needs to grant counties the authority to fund environmentally programs through a tax - Harrisburg Patriot-News	2008-07-17
One piece of unfinished legislative business that needs to be addressed is a shortage of funding for county recycling programs.
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Legislature must repair measure to enable county recycling programs - Allentown Morning Call	2008-07-16
Because it is an important piece of environmental responsibility, government from the local level on up should help people to do recycling.
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Congressman gets a green thumbs-up - Delaware County Daily Times	2008-07-07
Congressman Joseph Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, was lauded by the state advocacy group PennEnvironment for his environmental voting record.
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Lawmakers OK funding for hazardous cleanup - The Reading Eagle	2007-12-14
Work will continue on 11 hazardous waste sites in Berks County after state lawmakers struck a last-minute deal to fund a statewide cleanup program Thursday.
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Pa. House rescues a cleanup program - Philadelphia Inquirer	2007-12-13
An environmental crisis has been averted in Pennsylvania, as the state House yesterday approved - unanimously and with stunning speed - a three-year funding plan for the state's hazardous-sites cleanup program.
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House votes on cleanup bill today - Bucks County Courier Times	2007-12-12
The state House of Representatives expects to vote today on a bill that could help clean up nine abandoned industrial sites in Bucks County and fund crews that mop up hazardous spills after train derailments and traffic crashes.
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Legislators: Reauthorize Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund Act - Main Line Times	2007-09-27
The Main Line's counties currently have more hazardous waste sites than almost any other counties in the Commonwealth. Sadly, Montgomery County has more toxic sites being cleaned under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund than any other Pennsylvania county. Twenty-three toxic sites are actively in the cleanup process.
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Hazardous-site program barely going, official says - Philadelphia Inquirer	2007-09-25
Hobbled by years of shrinking budgets and now facing a complete loss of funding by Dec. 31, Pennsylvania's hazardous-sites cleanup program is running on fumes, attending to only the most serious threats to public health.
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Editorial: Increase tipping fees - Philadelphia Inquirer	2007-07-26
It would have been an absolute shame had Gov. Rendell's budget deal with the General Assembly required stealing money from parks and libraries to fund cleanups of hazardous waste sites. But it almost happened.
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Cleanup account faces $$ squeeze - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader	2007-07-23
State legislators are looking for ways to keep a state fund that pays for the cleanup of contaminated sites afloat before it is depleted this fall. The $40 million Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund will run dry this September or October.
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Toxic cleanup fund running out of money - Bucks County Courier Times	2007-06-24
A nearly 20-year-old program that funds cleanup at contaminated toxic dumpsites throughout the state will run out of money by the end of the week.
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State DEP to inspect Town Center site - Bucks County Courier Times	2007-04-06
In the wake of an asbestos controversy at the demolished Levittown Shopping Center, the state Department of Environmental Protection plans to inspect the 50-acre Tullytown site next week, a department spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Trichloroethylene and a picket fence - The Philadelphia Inquirer	2007-04-02
Do you know what toxic dangers lurk in the air, water and soil around your house?
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Water Woes	2007-02-15
The Fels South Philadelphia Family Center on Broad Street is not a building where you'd expect a debate regarding the future of Philadelphia's water treatment plants to occur.
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Taking the air out of LNG's sails - Philadelphia Daily News	2006-01-20
This op-ed was written by Joan L. Krajewski, Anna C. Verna and Frank DiCicco, City Council members who represent the river wards. IN THE VERY near future, Philadelphia Gas Works will announce that it has found a developer to partner with in its efforts to expand its Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in the Port Richmond section of the city into the Freedom Energy Center, an import shipping terminal for LNG. By now, you have heard much about this proposal and, as elected representatives, we want to make our views very clear.
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Promises, Promises - The Patriot-News	2006-01-02
A promise made on the campaign trail is a promise kept as governor -- at least that's the way Gov. Ed Rendell presents his case.
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$625 Million set for green initiatives - Bucks County Courier Times	2005-07-09
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania environment will get a $625 million shot in the arm, now that lawmakers and the governor have hammered out a funding agreement.
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Environmental group branching into bucks - Doylestown Patriot	2005-02-05
As the county commissioners were wrapping up their last meeting to help decide the present and future status of Bucks County last Wednesday, another meeting, aimed at securing the world's future, was getting started outside.
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GOVERNOR RENDELL ACCEPTS 20,000 POSTCARDS URGING ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ISSUE - PA Power Port	2004-02-10
HARRISBURG: Governor Edward G. Rendell today accepted 20,000 postcards from representatives of environmental groups across the Commonwealth.
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EXPLOSIVE NEW EPA STUDY FINDS - Clean Air Council	2004-01-08
Philadelphia, PA - Environmental and public health advocates today responded to an explosive new report from the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General's office, which found that the nation's leading toxic waste cleanup program faces a funding shortfall of almost $175 million. This shortfall has dramatically slowed the pace of cleanup at some of the nation's most toxic Superfund sites.
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Amtrak struggling to keep old junk from popping up along tracks - The Daily Item	2003-09-29
PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€” On its Web site, Amtrak tells passengers to expect a scenic ride as they take the train from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.
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State Budget cuts hurt environment, new group says - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	2002-06-18
Budgetary cuts for two successful and popular environmental programs have put some of Pennsylvania's best natural features and restoration work at risk, according to a report released yesterday by PennEnvironment, a new group campaigning to have that money restored.
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