Conservation Voters of PA
banner
conservationpa.bsky.social
Conservation Voters of PA
@conservationpa.bsky.social
🗳️ Elect environmentally responsible candidates
🌳 Advocate for clean water, clean air & clean energy
🌄 Hold elected officials accountable
Allegheny supporters: join us on 11/18 for a crucial County Council vote to increase the city's air permit fee! Come early for a gathering to learn more, prepare to speak, and head over to the Council meeting together. https://action.conservationpa.org/a/allegheny-county-council-permit-vote?ms=BSKY
Speak Out for Clean Air in Allegheny County!
Join PennFuture and CVPA before the 5 PM Allegheny County Council meeting where the Air Quality Permit Fee will be up for a vote. We must encourage County Council Members to vote YES to ensure clean ...
action.conservationpa.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Plantations to Petrochemicals” by the Black Appalachian Coalition examines the connection betw historical plantation systems & the current extensive petrochemical industrial development. https://blackappalachiancoalition.substack.com/p/toxic-racism-the-freedom-to-breathe-5fe #ListenNow #PodcastRec
Toxic Racism: The Freedom to Breathe
Plantations to Petrochemicals
blackappalachiancoalition.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Can’t seem to get your lawmakers to pay attention to you? They’re probably checking out what oil and gas are offering them 👀 and letting your energy prices rise as a result #PAPolitics #Pennsylvania #CleanEnergy #distractedboyfriend
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Their capitulation means that Pennsylvanians will now be robbed of more than $1 billion annually to lower electricity prices through investments in #cleanenergy." https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/rggi-climate-program-pennsylvania-budget-deal-environment/ #RGGI
PA's $50B budget deal ends RGGI climate program
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) would have capped the amount of carbon that companies in Pennsylvania are allowed to emit.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join us and partners in Philly on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, for a community conversation with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz about extreme weather in Pennsylvania. Free entry and refreshments! https://www.mobilize.us/lcvpa/event/866712/
The Hurricane Hour: Talking Climate with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz · Climate Action PA
From flooding in our neighborhoods to record-breaking heat across our cities, Pennsylvanians are already feeling the impacts of extreme weather. But behind every storm is a story and a call to action....
www.mobilize.us
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reserve your spot to get the details about what the election results mean for the rest of 2025 and beyond!
100% of our endorsed candidates WON! 🎉

Now what? Join us and @pennfuture.bsky.social on 11/20 at noon for a webinar breaking down how these results will shape PA’s climate + democracy.

🔗 Register: https://action.conservationpa.org/a/courts-climate-commonwealth/?ms=BSKY

#PAElections #ClimateAction
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Allegheny supporters: join us on 11/18 for a crucial County Council vote to increase the city's air permit fee! Come early for a gathering to learn more, prepare to speak, and head over to the Council meeting together. https://action.conservationpa.org/a/allegheny-county-council-permit-vote?ms=BSKY
Speak Out for Clean Air in Allegheny County!
Join PennFuture and CVPA before the 5 PM Allegheny County Council meeting where the Air Quality Permit Fee will be up for a vote. We must encourage County Council Members to vote YES to ensure clean ...
action.conservationpa.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
From inquirer.com: "While hundreds of millions of dollars in additional education funding and an earned income tax credit for working families represent wins for the Democratic side of the aisle
Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes
inquirer.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
“Policies like an end to utility rate hikes in NJ and a commitment to rejoin RGGI in VA resonated powerfully with voters. Rather than using these victories as momentum for ongoing negotiations, @governor.pa.gov surrendered our most powerful tool to lower energy costs." @conservationpa.bsky.social
POLITICO Pro: Shapiro bails on multi-state carbon compact
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to approve a state budget that nullifies a six-year effort to join a regional cap-and-trade program for power plant emissions.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Every transgender Pennsylvanian deserves access to care, community, and resources — no matter their zip code.

This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we’re celebrating and uplifting centers across Pennsylvania that are creating safe, affirming spaces for our trans neighbors. 🌈
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We want to express so much gratitude to the lawmakers who stood with us against this budget deal that sacrificed #RGGI:
Rep. Greg Vitali, @reprabb.bsky.social, Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson @repbenwaxman.com
@pasenatorsaval.com @senatormuth.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Doing nothing isn’t leadership. 👉 Tell Harrisburg: We need a clean energy plan that lowers costs and puts people over polluters: action.conservationpa.org/a/rggi-withd...
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
PA just blew it. @governor.pa.gov agreed to a budget that blocks us from joining RGGI — a program that would’ve lowered bills and cleaned up our air.

Instead? Big Oil wins. We lose.

www.tiktok.com/@conservatio...
PA just blew it. Gov. Shapiro agreed to a budget that blocks us from joining RGGI — a program that would’ve lowered bills and cleaned up our air. Instead? Big Oil wins. We lose. Doing nothing isn’t le...
TikTok video by Conservation Voters of PA
www.tiktok.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
Today, the Pennsylvania General Assembly finalized a budget that blocks the Commonwealth from the only strong climate policy we had and leaves transit in a funding crisis. Read Clean Air Council's statement at buff.ly/GHpXLqR.
Clean Air Council » Blog Archive » PA Governor and Legislature Sign Budget Blocking RGGI and Leaving Transit Unfunded
PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 12, 2025) – On November 12 the Pennsylvania General Assembly ended a months-long impasse by finalizing a budget that blocks the Commonwealth from the only strong climate…
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We’re devastated that governor.pa.gov gave in to the false choice between social services and lower energy bills. We cannot afford to let this failure be the final word on #CleanEnergy policy. #RGGI #Pennsylvania
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
ALLEGHENY COUNTY: Join us with @conservationpa.bsky.social on Tuesday, Nov. 18th for an important Allegheny County Council meeting.

We must encourage County Council Members to vote YES on the Air Permit Fee Increase to ensure clean air for all!

RSVP: action.conservationpa.org/a/allegheny-...
Speak Out for Clean Air in Allegheny County!
Join PennFuture and CVPA before the 5 PM Allegheny County Council meeting where the Air Quality Permit Fee will be up for a vote. We must encourage County Council Members to vote YES to ensure clean ...
action.conservationpa.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
You can read more about this bill & track its progress by visiting: palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb894
palegis.us
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
There are thousands of concerns veterans bring home with them after their service, and not enough resources to help them with those concerns. My bill makes one aspect a little easier, and that’s providing our veterans with pathways to employment.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks for your leadership in supporting our veterans and our environment!
There are thousands of concerns veterans bring home with them after their service, and not enough resources to help them with those concerns. My bill makes one aspect a little easier, and that’s providing our veterans with pathways to employment.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
100% of our endorsed candidates WON! 🎉

Now what? Join us and @pennfuture.bsky.social on 11/20 at noon for a webinar breaking down how these results will shape PA’s climate + democracy.

🔗 Register: https://action.conservationpa.org/a/courts-climate-commonwealth/?ms=BSKY

#PAElections #ClimateAction
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Climate was on the ballot in #Pennsylvania too. The state Supreme Court will be ruling on #RGGI, and it's upheld our constitutional rights to clean air, water, and land. Voters don't want justices who will stand with polluters. https://grist.org/politics/it-was-a-very-good-election-for-the-climate/
It was a very good election for the climate
In the first election of President Trump's second term, voters make it abundantly clear that they still care about climate action.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We've seen the costs of fossil fuels: energy bills that we can't afford, climate disasters & dirty air. The best way to create jobs and cut costs is with #RGGI https://keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/07/environmentalists-urge-shapiro-lawmakers-not-to-compromise-on-climate-to-end-budget-impasse/
Environmentalists urge Shapiro, lawmakers not to compromise on climate to end budget impasse
Republican lawmakers have staunchly opposed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as an economic burden.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Republicans are refusing to lower our energy costs and are hurting Pennsylvanians to block our clean energy future.

#RGGI #StayInRGGI #CleanEnergy
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Conservation Voters of PA
PennFuture & @conservationpa.bsky.social thank our environmental volunteers and supporters who came out to the rally for RGGI on fairly short notice. You show how much strength the environmental movement has in PA. 🌿

www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
Environmental groups rally in fear Harrisburg budget deal will sink major greenhouse gas initiative
Environmental nonprofits rallied with elected officials at City Hall to support Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), an effort by 12 states to reduce carbon emissions.
www.inquirer.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM