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Philadelphia’s Bring Your Own Bag Bill: How We Got Here and Why It Matters

January 6, 2026 | By Maurice Sampson

Philadelphia just took a major step toward sustainability. After years of advocacy, the Bring Your Own Bag (BYOBag) law is now in effect: cutting paper bag waste, supporting small businesses, and promoting equity by encouraging reusable bags. Smart policy, real impact, and a cleaner city for everyone.

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August 10, 2017 | By Steve Hvozdovich

There’s only one way to describe the recent revenue package (HB 118 & 542) that passed the Pennsylvania State Senate and is supported by Governor Wolf, which trades off enacting one the nation’s weakest severance taxes on natural gas drilling for inclusion of the most damaging set of environmental

Pennsylvania Capitol, photo: Clean Water Action

Victories and Challenges in Pennsylvania

December 22, 2016 | By Myron Arnowitt

Climate change is a hoax. We’re going to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. We’re going to eliminate the Waters of the U.S. rule. We’re going to roll back most of the Obama administration’s environmental policies, including the Clean Power Plan. These are not only president-elect Trump’s

The planet needs all of our help

November 21, 2016 | By Paula Weiner

I'm an activist, which probably goes without saying, given that I work as a canvasser for a non-profit environmental organization.

Cracking Down on Shell’s Cracker Plant

November 15, 2016 | By Adam Tuznik

Thirty miles northwest of Pittsburgh in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to build the largest petrochemical processing facility that our region has ever seen. Every day, Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant will consume ethane from 88 million gallons of natural gas, much of it

What Philadelphia Can do to Reduce Our Risk from Oil Trains

July 5, 2016 | By Colin Pepper

Every year during the first weeks of July, thousands of people across North America participate in the Stop Oil Trains week of action to commemorate the 47 people who tragically lost their lives in Lac Megantic, Quebec when a runaway oil train derailed and exploded. This July 6 marks the third