Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
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Featured Stories
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The 2025 State of the Climate Report: The world on the brink
The world is hurtling toward climate chaos, according to a major new report published Oct. 29 by 13 prominent climate scientists in Bioscience, a forum of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now, and the window for mitigating the worst outcomes is rapidly closing, they warn.
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Why billions of gallons of raw sewage keep flowing down the Delaware River
Billions of gallons of raw sewage continue to flow down the Schuykill and Delaware Rivers from Philadelphia and Camden due to storm overflow days every year, according to a new report by Penn Environment. Activists want something to be done about it.
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PA House Environmental Committee to hold LNG terminal hearing Nov. 5
The Pennsylvania House Envionemntal and Natural Resource Protection Committee will hold a hearing in Chester Nov. 5 on the proposed Penn American LNG export terminal.
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October, 2025 Newsletter
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PA’s Data Center Boom: Moving Fast and Ignoring Environmental Concerns
$90 billion in investments could reshape the energy landscape in Pennsylvania, but community voices and renewable alternatives are missing from the plan. Data center projects are being aligned with fossil fuel energy sources, dramatically increasing greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating climate change and driving up energy costs for consumers.
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DVRPC to approve Delaware County Proposal to add 18 EV charging stations
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will amend the Fiscal year 2025 Transportation Improvement Program for the region to include a $2 million plan to add electric vehicle charging stations to 18 Delaware County parks, libraries and county offices. The public can comment on the plan until noon on the day before the DVRPC’s next meeting, Oct. 23.
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Bill to protect PA native species of pollinators and other insects passes House
HB 441, a bill to protect more than 100 species of native insects, including many pollinators, passed the Pennsylvania House by a party-line vote of 102-101. It now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate. Write or email your state senators and ask them to support it.
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Leave the Leaves Or Move Them Just a Little
Haverford Climate Action is calling on Delco residents to take inaction! Leave your leaves! Did you know that if you leave some or all of the leaves in your yard they will break down naturally over time and enrich your soil? They also provide habitat for pollinators and small creatures. Read more for a link to see what you can do to help wildlife survive and thrive in your leaves at a time when insects are experiencing mass extinction.
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Commentary: Governor Shapiro – Don’t sell PA out to polluters
Since taking office, Gov. Josh Shapiro has taken no meaningful action to promote clean energy or mitigate climate change. Physicians for Social Reponsibility is asking Gov. Shapiro not to give away the store to the fossil fuel industry and big tech data centers in the name of “energy reliability.”
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Fracking’s broken promise to PA: electricity was supposed to cost less but it doesn’t
Fracking promised to reduce electric and natural gas prices for Pennsylvania’s residents, but prices have increased instead. Read this report by Inside Climate News reporters Kiley Bense and Dan Gearino to find out why.
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Philadelphia bill would ban city from contracting with Reworld incinerator
A bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council Sept. 18 would prohibit the city from contracting with companies that incinerate its trash and recyclables. Currently about one-third of Philadelphia’s waste is sent to the Reworld (formerly Covanta) incinerator in Chester. Most of Delaware County’s municipal waste is also burned in the incinerator.
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County Council Accepts Sustainability Commission’s Zero Waste Plan
The Delaware County Council has accepted the county Sustainability Commission’s zero waste plan that promises to work towards an 82% reduction in solid waste, increase the efficiency of the county’s waste disposal practices and reduce costs.
Latest News
Loophole on Big Beautiful Bill allows tax credits for geothermal installers that they can pass on to homeowners — Canary Media 11-03-25
Every working LNG terminal in the U.S. has violated pollution limits — The Guardian 10-28-25
Data center uses giant battery to get online faster, provide grid flexibility — Canary Media 010-27-25
Federal shutdown hampers talks among PA, other states, on Chesapeake Bay cleanup — PA Capital-Star 10-22-25
U.S. 2025 extreme weather disasters costliest on record, totalling $101 billion — The Guardian 1-22-25
Trump forces delay in international plan to decarbonize shipping — Canary Media 10-20-25
Solar is next on Trump’s renewable energy chopping block — Canary Media 10-13-25
Take Action
Listing of an action alert here does not imply endorsement by the League of Women Voters.
Hurry! Tell your PA legislators not to trade a budget deal for RGGI — Sierra Club
Don’t make us choose betwen popcorn and pollinators — Environment America
Gov. Shapiro: Defend the ‘Roadless Rule’ and protect the Allegheny National Forest — Environment America
Ask your state senators to pass HB 504, the community solar bill, to save money on your electric bills — Clean Air Council
Tell MAHA Commission: phase out Glophosate — Environment America
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