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10/11/2007
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| More than half of industrial and municipal facilities across Pennsylvania recently discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allowed, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance. |
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1/7/2004
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| PHILADELPHIA—Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center today announced that PennPIRG, PennEnvironment, and the Delaware Nature Society have reached an agreement with the Kennett Square and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regarding years of compliance problems at Kennett Square's sewage treatment plant. Among other provisions, the court-approved agreement requires Kennett Square to: |
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07/29/2008
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| As millions of Americans flock to beaches around the country, PennEnvironment reported that beach closings and warnings due to pollution dropped last year at Pennsylvania's Lake Erie beaches, according to the Natural Resource Defense Council's 18th annual beach water quality report. |
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07/08/2008
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| With all eyes focused on the legislature’s annual budget process, a little-known but critical proposal to protect the Great Lakes—including Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie—garnered approval from the state Senate and moved to the desk of Governor Rendell for final sign off.
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03/10/2008
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| Today’s findings by the Associated Press confirm what PennEnvironment has suspected for some time: that prescription drugs and other medicines are now in the tap water for millions of Americans. Many of the nation’s top health experts have predicted this growing threat for years and have warned about the impending challenge of protecting U.S. drinking water supplies from increased contamination due to pharmaceutical drugs.
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