PennFuture
@pennfuture.bsky.social
Pennsylvania's environmental advocate and watchdog fighting against potential threats to PA's clean air, pure water, and healthy climate since 1998.
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ACT NOW: Demand the EPA protect our water, not the polluters!
The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
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The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
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UPDATE #Clairton Coke Works Explosion:
Board released concerns w/ rebuild.
“Without a comprehensive facility siting evaluation, it is not clear that workers are being relocated to buildings that are safe from future fires, explosions, or toxic releases.”
www.csb.gov/us-chemical-...
#USSteel
Board released concerns w/ rebuild.
“Without a comprehensive facility siting evaluation, it is not clear that workers are being relocated to buildings that are safe from future fires, explosions, or toxic releases.”
www.csb.gov/us-chemical-...
#USSteel
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Interim Safety Recommendations to U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works Following Fatal Explosion - General News - News | CSB
www.csb.gov
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
UPDATE #Clairton Coke Works Explosion:
Board released concerns w/ rebuild.
“Without a comprehensive facility siting evaluation, it is not clear that workers are being relocated to buildings that are safe from future fires, explosions, or toxic releases.”
www.csb.gov/us-chemical-...
#USSteel
Board released concerns w/ rebuild.
“Without a comprehensive facility siting evaluation, it is not clear that workers are being relocated to buildings that are safe from future fires, explosions, or toxic releases.”
www.csb.gov/us-chemical-...
#USSteel
ACT NOW: Demand the EPA protect our water, not the polluters!
The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
secure.everyaction.com/DySHjxuLw0iv...
The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
secure.everyaction.com/DySHjxuLw0iv...
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
ACT NOW: Demand the EPA protect our water, not the polluters!
The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
secure.everyaction.com/DySHjxuLw0iv...
The EPA’s proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will weaken the Clean Water Act and hand corporations a license to further pollute our waters.
Send your letter before January 5, 2026!
secure.everyaction.com/DySHjxuLw0iv...
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In Pennsylvania, contamination from fracking is layered on top of earlier waves of pollution from coal mining, manufacturing and oil drilling.
The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways | Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive, reports @insideclimatenews.org.
The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways - Bucks County Beacon
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.
buckscountybeacon.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In Pennsylvania, contamination from fracking is layered on top of earlier waves of pollution from coal mining, manufacturing and oil drilling.
We’re suing!
Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and Sierra Club have filed a Notice of Appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging errors in the #HomerCity #datacenter power plant plan approval.
Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and Sierra Club have filed a Notice of Appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging errors in the #HomerCity #datacenter power plant plan approval.
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We’re suing!
Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and Sierra Club have filed a Notice of Appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging errors in the #HomerCity #datacenter power plant plan approval.
Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and Sierra Club have filed a Notice of Appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging errors in the #HomerCity #datacenter power plant plan approval.
Allegheny County: A #datacenter gets approved for a conditional use permit to build in Springdale Borough last night.
PennFuture & @conservationvoterspa Allegheny County Civic Engagement Coordinator Natalie Davidson recorded this video from the council meeting.
Councilmembers voted 5-2.
PennFuture & @conservationvoterspa Allegheny County Civic Engagement Coordinator Natalie Davidson recorded this video from the council meeting.
Councilmembers voted 5-2.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Allegheny County: A #datacenter gets approved for a conditional use permit to build in Springdale Borough last night.
PennFuture & @conservationvoterspa Allegheny County Civic Engagement Coordinator Natalie Davidson recorded this video from the council meeting.
Councilmembers voted 5-2.
PennFuture & @conservationvoterspa Allegheny County Civic Engagement Coordinator Natalie Davidson recorded this video from the council meeting.
Councilmembers voted 5-2.
PennFuture and @conservationpa.bsky.social Joint Erie Civic Engagement Coordinator, Neel Singh, had the honor of contributing to the @eriereader.bsky.social's Year in Review!
Check out his environmental piece, "Our Changing Local Climate" below!
www.eriereader.com/article/erie...
Check out his environmental piece, "Our Changing Local Climate" below!
www.eriereader.com/article/erie...
Erie's Year in Review 2025
Our year in politics, economics, arts, culture, athletics, education, and environment
www.eriereader.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
PennFuture and @conservationpa.bsky.social Joint Erie Civic Engagement Coordinator, Neel Singh, had the honor of contributing to the @eriereader.bsky.social's Year in Review!
Check out his environmental piece, "Our Changing Local Climate" below!
www.eriereader.com/article/erie...
Check out his environmental piece, "Our Changing Local Climate" below!
www.eriereader.com/article/erie...
▶️ NOW ON YOUTUBE: Our Uncovering PA’s Energy + AI Strategy Webinar!
This webinar goes over:
✔️ who’s calling for data centers and more fracked gas
✔️ why data centers are economic duds
✔️ how you can take action
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGR...
This webinar goes over:
✔️ who’s calling for data centers and more fracked gas
✔️ why data centers are economic duds
✔️ how you can take action
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGR...
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
▶️ NOW ON YOUTUBE: Our Uncovering PA’s Energy + AI Strategy Webinar!
This webinar goes over:
✔️ who’s calling for data centers and more fracked gas
✔️ why data centers are economic duds
✔️ how you can take action
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGR...
This webinar goes over:
✔️ who’s calling for data centers and more fracked gas
✔️ why data centers are economic duds
✔️ how you can take action
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGR...
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Let's see more of these types of energy projects in Pennsylvania!
✔️cleaning up brownfields
✔️producing cheap, clean energy
✔️addressing high energy bills
✔️putting money back in the community
✔️cleaning up brownfields
✔️producing cheap, clean energy
✔️addressing high energy bills
✔️putting money back in the community
🌞PA SOLAR VICTORY!
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Let's see more of these types of energy projects in Pennsylvania!
✔️cleaning up brownfields
✔️producing cheap, clean energy
✔️addressing high energy bills
✔️putting money back in the community
✔️cleaning up brownfields
✔️producing cheap, clean energy
✔️addressing high energy bills
✔️putting money back in the community
🌞PA SOLAR VICTORY!
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🌞PA SOLAR VICTORY!
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
Rush Township solar project to reclaim 2,000 acres of toxic mineland for clean energy development
Read more here: www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania...
👏We love this!
🗑️ Empowered CDC is working to tackle illegal dumping by creating three legal dump sites in Southwest Philadelphia, with large public trash cans where anyone can dispose of household trash.
🔗Link to read more: whyy.org/articles/sou...
🗑️ Empowered CDC is working to tackle illegal dumping by creating three legal dump sites in Southwest Philadelphia, with large public trash cans where anyone can dispose of household trash.
🔗Link to read more: whyy.org/articles/sou...
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
👏We love this!
🗑️ Empowered CDC is working to tackle illegal dumping by creating three legal dump sites in Southwest Philadelphia, with large public trash cans where anyone can dispose of household trash.
🔗Link to read more: whyy.org/articles/sou...
🗑️ Empowered CDC is working to tackle illegal dumping by creating three legal dump sites in Southwest Philadelphia, with large public trash cans where anyone can dispose of household trash.
🔗Link to read more: whyy.org/articles/sou...
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Thank you to our outstanding Steering Committee, who will help strategize our next steps and put us on the path to success. We greatly appreciate their support and are very excited to see what incredible work will come from our coalition across the 15-state Ohio River Basin
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thank you to our outstanding Steering Committee, who will help strategize our next steps and put us on the path to success. We greatly appreciate their support and are very excited to see what incredible work will come from our coalition across the 15-state Ohio River Basin
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How did Pennsylvania get into place where we are obsessed with luring data centers powered by fracked gas?
Great thread to learn more ⤵️
Great thread to learn more ⤵️
🧵Who is calling for all these data centers powered by fracked gas?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
How did Pennsylvania get into place where we are obsessed with luring data centers powered by fracked gas?
Great thread to learn more ⤵️
Great thread to learn more ⤵️
🧵Who is calling for all these data centers powered by fracked gas?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🧵Who is calling for all these data centers powered by fracked gas?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
And why are so many coming to Pennsylvania?
LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program, is OPEN!
LIHEAP provides cash grants to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating bills.
Learn more and apply here: www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/intake/#/app...
LIHEAP provides cash grants to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating bills.
Learn more and apply here: www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/intake/#/app...
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program, is OPEN!
LIHEAP provides cash grants to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating bills.
Learn more and apply here: www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/intake/#/app...
LIHEAP provides cash grants to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating bills.
Learn more and apply here: www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/intake/#/app...
📅Join us on Dec. 4th for a webinar entitled, “Uncovering PA’s AI & Energy Strategy” to learn more about Team PA’s vision for PA’s fossil fuel future.
Fracked gas data centers are coming to PA- learn who is behind this push & what you can do!
Register: secure.everyaction.com/KJ0bLX_NpkWj...
Fracked gas data centers are coming to PA- learn who is behind this push & what you can do!
Register: secure.everyaction.com/KJ0bLX_NpkWj...
Uncovering PA’s AI + Energy Strategy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Webinar
Join PennFuture for a virtual webinar on Thursday, December 4th at 6 PM ET to uncover Pennsylvania's AI and Energy Strategy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📅Join us on Dec. 4th for a webinar entitled, “Uncovering PA’s AI & Energy Strategy” to learn more about Team PA’s vision for PA’s fossil fuel future.
Fracked gas data centers are coming to PA- learn who is behind this push & what you can do!
Register: secure.everyaction.com/KJ0bLX_NpkWj...
Fracked gas data centers are coming to PA- learn who is behind this push & what you can do!
Register: secure.everyaction.com/KJ0bLX_NpkWj...
🌞LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t overlook solar in Indiana County’s energy plans
Electricity prices are increasing across the state & higher demand for electricity strains the grid. Adding more affordable electricity generation can help.
Read here: archive.ph/wYKhX#select...
Electricity prices are increasing across the state & higher demand for electricity strains the grid. Adding more affordable electricity generation can help.
Read here: archive.ph/wYKhX#select...
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌞LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t overlook solar in Indiana County’s energy plans
Electricity prices are increasing across the state & higher demand for electricity strains the grid. Adding more affordable electricity generation can help.
Read here: archive.ph/wYKhX#select...
Electricity prices are increasing across the state & higher demand for electricity strains the grid. Adding more affordable electricity generation can help.
Read here: archive.ph/wYKhX#select...
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“It’s not just that we fumbled the ball on the 1-yard line, but then [we] picked it up and ran it into the other end zone,” said @pennfuture.bsky.social President and CEO Patrick McDonnell.
Governor Shapiro Pulled Pennsylvania Out of Regional Carbon Market to Appease Republicans. Critics Say ‘He Got Rolled’ | Some Democrats and environmental advocates argue that the governor has essentially given away the store, reports @rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social for @grist.org.
Governor Shapiro Pulled Pennsylvania Out of Regional Carbon Market to Appease Republicans. Critics Say 'He Got Rolled' - Bucks County Beacon
Some Democrats and environmental advocates argue that the governor has essentially given away the store.
buckscountybeacon.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“It’s not just that we fumbled the ball on the 1-yard line, but then [we] picked it up and ran it into the other end zone,” said @pennfuture.bsky.social President and CEO Patrick McDonnell.
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today, please consider a donation to PennFuture to support our work defending the environment and promoting renewable, affordable energy.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today, please consider a donation to PennFuture to support our work defending the environment and promoting renewable, affordable energy.
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#givingtuesday2025 #environmentalprotection
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#givingtuesday2025 #environmentalprotection
Thanks for the mention about our webinar this Thursday,
@buckscountybeacon.com
Join us December 4th at 6PM to learn the truth behind AI Data Center Development Scheme in Pennsylvania
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@buckscountybeacon.com
Join us December 4th at 6PM to learn the truth behind AI Data Center Development Scheme in Pennsylvania
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/12/penn...
PennFuture to Host Virtual Webinar Uncovering the Truth Behind AI Data Center Development Scheme in Pennsylvania - Bucks County Beacon
Are AI, data center development, and fracking the future we want in the commonwealth?
buckscountybeacon.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thanks for the mention about our webinar this Thursday,
@buckscountybeacon.com
Join us December 4th at 6PM to learn the truth behind AI Data Center Development Scheme in Pennsylvania
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/12/penn...
@buckscountybeacon.com
Join us December 4th at 6PM to learn the truth behind AI Data Center Development Scheme in Pennsylvania
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/12/penn...
📈Pennsylvania electricity rates are set to increase TODAY!
Here's what you should know:
Here's what you should know:
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
📈Pennsylvania electricity rates are set to increase TODAY!
Here's what you should know:
Here's what you should know:
Philadelphia Civic Engagement Coordinator Shevell Higgs gives a Philly news roundup of what action the city and local organizations are doing to stop illegal dumping.
Take our survey:
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#philly #philadelphia #phl
Take our survey:
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#philly #philadelphia #phl
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Philadelphia Civic Engagement Coordinator Shevell Higgs gives a Philly news roundup of what action the city and local organizations are doing to stop illegal dumping.
Take our survey:
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#philly #philadelphia #phl
Take our survey:
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#philly #philadelphia #phl
We now have an Air Quality Monitor in our Harrisburg HQ front window 🙌!
#pennsylvania #cleanair
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#pennsylvania #cleanair
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The Air Quality Monitor is now up in the Harrisburg Office. #cleanair #pennsylvania #airpollution
YouTube video by PennFuture Media
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We now have an Air Quality Monitor in our Harrisburg HQ front window 🙌!
#pennsylvania #cleanair
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#pennsylvania #cleanair
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Mark you calendars! Giving Tuesday - a global generosity movement - is next week. Please consider giving a donation to support PennFuture or give a gift on behalf of someone for this holiday season!
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#Pennsylvania #environment #environmentalist
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#Pennsylvania #environment #environmentalist
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Mark you calendars! Giving Tuesday - a global generosity movement - is next week. Please consider giving a donation to support PennFuture or give a gift on behalf of someone for this holiday season!
Donate here: secure.everyaction.com/0f80aAxvQE6r...
#Pennsylvania #environment #environmentalist
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#Pennsylvania #environment #environmentalist
ICYMI: Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule.
This includes facilities like U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
www.wowktv.com/news/trump-e...
This includes facilities like U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
www.wowktv.com/news/trump-e...
Trump exempts some coal from Clean Air Act rule
President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ICYMI: Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule.
This includes facilities like U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
www.wowktv.com/news/trump-e...
This includes facilities like U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
www.wowktv.com/news/trump-e...