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Pennsylvania to Congress: Protect Our Parks Nicholas A. Tonelli/Creative Commons Tonelli/Creative Nicholas A. Fall Report Pennsylvania to Congress: Protect our parks Critical park funding stalls Staff Sadly, while Pennsylvanians enjoyed some of our most iconic parks this sum- mer such as Valley Forge, the Delaware Water Gap, and Ohiopyle State Park, Congress moved to cut funding for our greatest outdoor places—here and across the nation. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) provides critical support to na- tional and state parks across America. Yet Congress raided the program last year— leaving parks without the resources they so desperately need. And the parks budget proposed by Congress for the upcoming year completely zeroes out the LWCF, leaving our parks more vulnerable to the effects of drilling, mining, development PennEnvironment staff and volunteers discuss protecting Pennsylvania’s parks with and pollution. Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz in D.C. We lose when park funding is slashed Building support for our parks met with champions like Reps. Mike Fitz- While most Pennsylvanians haven’t We collected pictures of Pennsylvanians patrick (R-Bucks) and Allyson Schwartz heard of it by name, the LWCF has pro- enjoying their favorite parks and sent tens (D-Montgomery) about the threat to our vided more than $315 million over the of thousands of petitions to Congress. parks. And after highlighting numerous last 50 years to Pennsylvania’s state and Our staff talked with more than 60,000 reasons people love our parks, Sen. Bob national parks. It helped create Valley Pennsylvanians about the parks we love Casey signed onto legislation that would Forge, protect state parks from Ricketts and how the LWCF protects them. provide dedicated funding for the LWCF. Glen to Ridley Creek, and maintain rec- PennEnvironment continues to advocate reational areas we love like the Delaware In mid-July, a dozen volunteers and allies for all of Pennsylvania’s members of Con- Water Gap. went to D.C. to remind our elected offi- gress to support this important initiative cials why they care about our parks. We and fully fund the LWCF. Given this track record of success, it’s not surprising that millions visit our parks each year. The LWCF is a critical tool take action for protecting our natural heritage—but that is not its only value. According to If shortchanged by Congress, our parks will be a recent report, they spend $5.4 billion more vulnerable to the effects of encroaching on gear, food and housing, often in our overdevelopment, crumbling infrastructure, more local economies. pollution or drilling. Help protect our parks. Take action on our To defend our parks, PennEnvironment website: www.PennEnvironment.org/action launched a campaign this summer to win support for long-term funding for this Gettysburg National Military Park critical program. Hubis Walt VOLUME 11 | NO. 2 Fall Report | 2013 Staff To our members Recent action This summer was a clear reminder that Victory: Lawsuit makes coal plants clean up act when we come together, we can deliver As a result of a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of PennEnvironment, great results for our environment. the Sierra Club, and the Clean Air Council, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the (DEP) updated and strengthened air quality permits With Congress on the verge of gutting one for a group of Pennsylvania coal fired power plants. of the nation’s crown-jewel conservation programs, the Land and Water Conser- As a response to our legal appeal, the DEP proposed and issued new permits for vation Fund, PennEnvironment staff, seven plants. Two other plants, Elrama and Armstrong, have been shuttered. members and volunteers jumped to action. “Luckily, the authors of the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act had the Our canvass staff talked to more than foresight to allow citizens to take legal action when state officials fail to act,” said 50,000 Pennsylvanians about the threat to PennEnvironment Director David Masur. “This is a significant victory for the the LWCF, and we mobilized thousands of people of Pennsylvania, for those who suffer from asthma and other respiratory concerned citizens to call and email Penn- ailments, and for anyone living downwind from these facilities.” sylvania’s members of Congress. After thousands of emails to Sen. Bob Casey’s of- fice, and after PennEnvironment activists More than 400 attend hearing to save Loyalsock visited his D.C. office directly, he signed More than just temperatures were on the rise this summer in Pennsylvania as onto legislation to defend the LWCF. concerned citizens kept the heat on Gov. Tom Corbett’s efforts to open up some of the most pristine parts of Loyalsock State Forest to drilling. Sometimes it takes more elbow grease than we’d hope, but in the end, we’ve seen that Giving Pennsylvanians only 10 days’ notice, the Corbett administration held a if we come together, we can win. hearing on the future of Loyalsock State Forest in Williamsport in early June. Even though the hearing was held during work hours, more than 400 concerned Thanks for your support. Pennsylvanians showed up from every corner of the state to advocate for protect- ing these great public lands. On the heels of that hearing, PennEnvironment collected an additional 6,000 comments, again calling on Gov. Corbett to protect the Loyalsock. David Masur Director Moving forward, PennEnvironment and its coalition partners will remain vigi- lant in their efforts to protect and preserve Loyalsock State Forest from further gas drilling. Rick Karp PennEnvironment, coalition partners, and concerned citizens line up to testify before the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to protect Loyalsock State Forest from gas drilling. PennEnvironment www.PennEnvironment.org/newsletters President Obama announces historic plan to tackle global warming pollution Jenne Turner Jenne Roy Luck Roy For years, we pushed for it and laid the collecting a record number of public Fracking exacerbates groundwork. And when President Obama comments calling for global warming delivered his most detailed commitment solutions. All told, our staff and volunteers global warming collected more than 130,000 signatures, yet to protect our children and future Carbon pollution from power the single-largest set of comments of their generations from global warming, we plants is a major contributor to kind in Pennsylvania history. stood up and applauded. global warming. PennEnvironment Time for action is running out lauded the president when he President Obama announced the first mapped out a plan for cleaning up With time running out to respond to this nationwide climate plan that will set the this pollution. limits on carbon pollution from power threat of global warming, the president’s plan contains several key components: plants, advance energy efficiency, and But despite praising this and other increase the nation’s commitment to aspects of President Obama’s blue- renewable energy. • A limit on carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. Currently they print to tackle global warming, PennEnvironment is aggressively “President Obama has responded to lack any such federal limits —despite being the largest single-source of the pressing the White House to drop the millions of concerned Americans their support for nuclear power, that have spoken out on behalf of their carbon pollution that’s fueling global warming. so-called “clean coal,” and most communities and their families, urging notably, a call for increased fracking him to lead on global warming,” said and gas drilling. Adam Garber, PennEnvironment field • New energy efficiency measures for director. buildings and new appliances that will cut carbon pollution by reducing our overall That’s because study after study What global warming means for PA energy demand. has shown that fracking releases the pollutant methane that is at a Weeks before the announcement, PennEnvironment Research & Policy • Expanding the production of clean, minimum 25 times as powerful as Center released a new report, “In the Path renewable energy sources like wind and carbon dioxide. As Cornell Uni- of the Storm,” highlighting the impacts of solar. versity professor Anthony Ingraffea extreme weather on the commonwealth: noted in a recent New York Times More than 3.2 million Americans editorial, “[natural gas] is not a • Nearly nine in 10 Pennsylvanians submitted public comments last year in ‘bridge’ to a renewable energy live in communities that had a weather- support of the president setting limits future—it’s a gangplank to more related disaster in the last six years, on carbon pollution from power plants, [global] warming and away from according to the Federal Emergency including the 130,000 collected by clean energy investments.” Management Agency (FEMA). PennEnvironment. PennEnvironment and our partners • Extreme weather from Sandy, Tropical News ACU continue to push back against pro- Storm Lee and Hurricane Irene led to posals that promote fracking, and the evacuation of more than 100,000 are working towards a future that Pennsylvanians, power outages for is 100 percent powered with truly millions, and hundreds of millions of clean energy sources such as wind dollars in damage and cleanup costs. and solar power. • 1.5 million Pennsylvanians lost power due to Superstorm Sandy. • Pittsburgh spent $3.6 million clearing more online snow, repairing roads, and restoring To learn more about our actions on global service after the 2010 “Snowmageddon.” warming, visit: www.PennEnvironment.org
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