In an era of divided government, it’s more important than ever that Pennsylvanians stand up and make their voices heard.
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
In 2023 alone, more than 158,000 Pennsylvania families benefited from these programs, saving more than $267 million on clean energy investments that provide long-term savings.
As energy demands increase in the commonwealth, the governor has called on PJM to clear a huge backlog of clean energy projects.
Money from these programs is currently being held hostage by Trump to benefit the billionaire oil and gas CEOs who funded his campaign.
Our elected leaders in Harrisburg must ensure Pennsylvania’s economy remains on the path to a clean energy transition that creates new good-paying jobs and pumps billions of dollars of investment into communities across our commonwealth.
But this momentum needs to power us into a 2025 that will likely be filled with many challenges.
Governor Shapiro and our state legislature can – and must – act as a bulwark against any Trump-era rollbacks by strengthening enforcement of our existing environmental laws even as they work to enact new policies that make our state a leader in environmental protection.
Pennsylvania state legislature races are crucial in advancing pro-environment policy in Pennsylvania.
Thankfully, there are brave faith leaders standing firmly in the breach, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by Christian Nationalists.
Environmentalists say that allowing the industry to drill in Pennsylvania’s part of the watershed would risk contaminating drinking water for some 15 million people with toxic chemicals.
“I want the results of the water tests to be made public. I want an investigation about how the material got into the field, and I want it remediated,” said Trumbauersville resident Wes Comes.
If the two-year limit is enacted, evictions are expected to skyrocket, resulting in an increase in homelessness.
Local MAGA millionaire Jim Worthington put it best when he told NOTUS last week, “Ninety percent of the time, he votes with the president. He didn’t this one time, but it didn’t affect the outcome.”
