Opinion
Remembering a Historic Year for Conservation
Molly Parzen, Executive Director of Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, looks back at the conservation movement’s many victories in 2022.
Molly Parzen
December 23, 2022
Molly Parzen
Opinion
Environmental Issues Helped Power Democrats to Victory This Election
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.
Molly Parzen
December 2, 2022
Opinion
Bucks County Must Prioritize Open Space, Environmental Protection in Planning Process
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.
Molly Parzen
October 5, 2022
Opinion
Join the Fight Against Bucks County Sewer System Privatization
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania stands with communities fighting privatization of essential services, like water and sewage utilities.
Molly Parzen
August 29, 2022
Opinion
As Federal Climate Change Negotiations Enter Home Stretch, Lawmakers Need to Hear from Voters
It’s time to tell Republican Brian Fitzpatrick to actually put the communities and constituents he represents ahead of partisan politics.
Molly Parzen
June 30, 2022
Opinion
Time for PA to Make Historic, Bipartisan Investment in Conservation
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
May 26, 2022
Opinion
Bucks County at the heart of the fight for our environment
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.
Molly Parzen
April 20, 2022
Active Clubs Are White Supremacy’s New, Dangerous Frontier
August 29, 2025
These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture.
Could Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse End Up in Court?
August 28, 2025
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
OPINION: Trump’s Troop Deployments in Cities Across the US Are Dress Rehearsals for Nullifying Your Vote
August 27, 2025
“This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
‘Victory for Pennsylvania Voters and Our Democracy’: Court Rules State Must Stop Throwing out Mail Ballots Over Date Errors
August 26, 2025
“Discarding thousands of ballots every election is not a reasonable trade-off in view of the date requirement’s extremely limited and unlikely capacity to detect and deter fraud,” the appeals court panel wrote.
5 Takeaways From DC’s Organized Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupation
August 26, 2025
The city is resisting an occupied force in creative, raucous, and even joyful ways. The rest of the nation should take note.
