The Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA is urging all Pennsylvania residents to contact their state House and Senate members to urge them to invest in clean water.

All Pennsylvanians have a right, guaranteed by the state’s constitution, to safe, healthy water.

Now is the time to raise your voices to make it loud and clear to your elected officials that we need more acres of streamside trees, fewer cattle in streams, safer drinking water, and healthier soils.

But these things can only happen if the state increases its investment in clean water.

Roughly 19,000 miles of Pennsylvania’s rivers and streams are damaged by pollution, putting human health at risk and damaging local economies.

But the state’s investments in clean water continue to be inadequate! The Keystone State lags significantly behind in reaching its clean water goals. 

Before budget hearings begin in Harrisburg on DEP and DCNR’s budget request February 21, urge state legislators to commit to greater investments in saving local rivers and streams and finding additional support so the Commonwealth can provide the clean water that is the right of every Pennsylvanian.

Click Here to find your legislators and send a message.  Click Here to find out how clean the stream or river near you is.

For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.  Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).  Click Here for a copy of CBF-PA’s most recent newsletter.

NewsClips:

PA Funding For Environmental Regulation Is Unsustainable Panel Says

State Funding To DEP Is Inadequate, Says Advisory Panel

Swift: State Borrowing To Tackle Water Quality Issues

Letter: Conservation Funding Vital To Clean Water

Drilling In State Forests To Generate $80 Million This Year

In 5 Years, Impact Fee Pumped $1 Billion Into Drilling Communities

Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards Grants For 2017

Letter: Popular Support Favors Increasing Parks, Recreation, Conservation Funding

AP: Wolf Could Secure Minimum Wage Hike, With Big Concessions

State Could Lose Federal Authority To Monitor Drinking Water

EPA’s Pruitt Pledges To Vigorously Defend EPA Grants, Funds To States

Game Commission Recruiting Next Class Of Wildlife Conservation Officers

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DEP Citizens Advisory Council: The Consistent Cuts To DEP’s Budget Are Unsustainable

EPA: DEP Lacks Resources To Enforce Minimum Federal Safe Drinking Water Regs

CBF-PA: Wolf’s Budget Lacks Adequate Investments To Meet PA’s Clean Water Commitments

PA Chesapeake Bay Commission Members Spotlight Need For Clean Water Fund In PA

Growing Greener Coalition: Wolf Budget Falls Short In Protecting Water, Other Natural Resources

Gov. Wolf Proposes New Budget With Little New For The Environment

[Posted: Feb. 23, 2017]

2/27/2017