Result

Keeping Pennsylvania Growing Greener.

Hundreds of miles of Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers have been protected, and tens of thousands of acres of family farmland and other open spaces have been preserved, thanks to Growing Greener, the state’s premier land and water conservation program. PennEnvironment helped win voter approval of a $625 million renewal of the 2005 renewal of this important program, which directed $625 million toward conservation. 

Result

Holding illegal polluters accountable.

GenOn Energy illegally dumped manganese, selenium and other pollutants into the Conemaugh River for years. In 2007, we sued to stop the pollution. In 2011, a judge ruled the company liable for a staggering 8,684 Clean Water Act violations. GenOn was ordered to end the pollution and pay a record-breaking $3.75 million to restore the river.