What voters want isn’t that surprising: a plan to fight climate change while creating jobs, help to mitigate flooding and sprawl, and investments to preserve open space and protect the water we drink and the air we breathe.
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania is calling on County Commissioners to include a commitment to preserving at least 25 percent of Bucks County land in its new comprehensive plan.
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania stands with communities fighting privatization of essential services, like water and sewage utilities.
It’s time to tell Republican Brian Fitzpatrick to actually put the communities and constituents he represents ahead of partisan politics.
Governor Wolf and the legislature must quickly pass a bill that approves Growing Greener funding so Pennsylvanians can get to work building a greener future for all of us.
Molly Parzen’s new monthly column will focus on the intersection of environmental policy and local, state and national politics and highlight how key environmental issues play out in Bucks County and across Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
Look for ruby red strawberries and tomatoes, rich leafy greens, carefully crafted coffee, artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, granola, field-grown flowers, local honey, and more at Bucks County’s farmers market offerings.
