Groups supporting Gov. Rendell’s Growing Greener II environmental spending initiative met in the Capitol this week to discuss the need to continue to put pressure on legislators to move the proposal forward.

The groups reminded the General Assembly that they have through Tuesday, November 30 to act on the proposal before they must end their work. Gov. Rendell also called on the General Assembly to come back into session through Tuesday to do mass transit funding.

Andrew McElwaine, president of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council said, This holiday season will be a cheerless one for Pennsylvanians who expected the Legislature to act on mass transit, brownfields cleanup, and preservation of farmland and open space. These programs were left behind for now, but they must be addressed very soon.”

NewsClip: Editorial – And the Environment

11/26/2004