From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/):
Democracy works best when you and the other residents of Pennsylvania understand the crucial legislation being voted on in Harrisburg that impacts our families, air, water, and health. That’s why we joined with several allies to develop the 2021-2022 Pennsylvania Environmental Scorecard at https://cleanwater.org/features/pennsylvania-environmental-scorecard-2021-2022.
Much of the legislation scored this session jeopardizes Pennsylvanian’s constitution right to clean air, pure water, and the preservation of the natural environment and files in the face of the oath our elected officials took to uphold this provision. Learn more about the votes cast this session.
Attacks on the regulations that protect our environment and to the democratic systems that ensure fair and equal participation in elections represented grave threats to our Commonwealth. Yet in a rare demonstration of what’s possible when legislators work across the aisle, the Senate unanimously came together to approve a bill that would more accurately identify childhood lead poisoning and both chambers passed a state budget this year that included transformational funding for conservation, clean water, and clean energy. Find out who your legislators are here and see what side of the fight they were on!
Most of the progress made this session however was driven by the Executive Branch. From joining the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, to establishing the first regulation to limit PFAS contamination in drinking water, to creating standards to reduce methane pollution from the fossil fuel industry – the Executive Branch moved the ball forward on environmental protection while extremists in the legislature tried to push us backwards.
We hope you’ll use 2021-2022 Pennsylvania Environmental Scorecard as a tool not just to see how your legislators faired but to engage them and hold them accountable for their votes.
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