Pittsburgh, PA - The Environmental Hearing Board late yesterday approved a settlement between Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), ratifying PennFuture’s challenge to a permit revision granted to UMCO Energy, Inc., the operator of the High Quality Mine in Fallowfield Township, Washington County. The revision allowed UMCO to longwall part of the mine known as Panel 5-East. Under the terms of the settlement, DEP admitted

Harrisburg, PA - With a new national study showing more than 1,100 Pennsylvanians die each year from pollution from diesel engines - making our state the third most dangerous in sheer numbers and the eighth in per capita deaths in the nation - Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) today urged Governor Ed Rendell to take immediate action to reduce pollution from diesel engines.
“We’ve identified three clear actions that the Governor could take immediately to protect the health of Penns

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A new national report, “Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat,” will be released in Pittsburgh, across the state and nationwide on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in a variety of venues. This landmark report, developed by the Clean Air Task Force, details the staggering health risks citizens suffer as a result of diesel engine pollution and provides county-by-county and me

Pittsburgh, PA — Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), with the support of the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), today announced that it has filed suit against Allegheny Energy for massive air pollution violations at its Hatfield’s Ferry plant in Greene County, Pennsylvania. This suit comes as the United States Congress is considering the so-called “Clear Skies” legislation, which will weaken the federal Clean Air Act and risk citizens’ health. Today’s citizen lawsuit was filed

Harrisburg, PA. - The following statement was sent today to the Pennsylvania legislature and Governor Rendell:
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) calls on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to amend the Green PA proposal, introduced as House Bill 2 and House Bill 3, and passed by the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Unless it amends the Green PA to remedy problems described below, the House of Representatives should not pass Green PA.
The proponents of