At rallies in Delaware County and Philadelphia this week, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Natural Lands Trust and the Friends of the Wissahickon joined a bipartisan group of House and Senate members and a former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources to urge support of the Growing Greener ballot question.

At the Delaware County event, Andrew McElwaine, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council joined Delaware County Rep. Bill Adolph (R), State Senators Ted Erickson (R) and Connie Williams (D) and former Department of Environmental Resources Secretary Nicholas DeBenedictis at a Vote YES on Growing Greener rally at the Natural Lands Trust Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media.

At the Philadelphia rally, McElwaine joined Philadelphia State Representatives Kathy Manderino, Babette Josephs and Dwight Evans and Tom Pelikan, Executive Director of the Friends of the Wissahickon, at the Philadelphia Waterworks.

5/13/2005