Conservation Voters of PA Selects Molly Parzen to Serve as Next Executive Director
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After an extensive national search, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania has selected Molly Parzen, a proven environmental champion with a distinguished career in advocacy, to serve as its next Executive Director.
Parzen was named permanent Executive Director after serving as interim head of CVPA and following more than a decade of service at the advocacy organization.
Environmental advocates laud Wolf push to increase conservation funding in budget proposal
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We are pleased that Governor Wolf has included substantial investments in critical conservation projects in his proposed budget.
Environmental advocates laud Wolf, Democrats’ push to increase conservation funding
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Conservation Voters of PA and Sierra Club of Pennsylvania issued the following statement in response to calls from Governor Wolf and Pennsylvania Democratic legislative leaders this afternoon to increase funding for conservation projects across Pennsylvania.
Environmental advocates call for quick Supreme Court action to restore voting access
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PennFuture President and CEO Jacquelyn Bonomo and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Interim Executive Director Molly Parzen issued the following joint statement in response to a divided Commonwealth Court decision today striking down Pennsylvania’s landmark mail voting law
Conservation Voters of PA hails House passage of Biden Build Back Better bill, calls for swift Senate action
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Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Federal Climate Campaign Manager Kai Mateo thanks every Democratic member of our congressional delegation for working to move the Build Back Better bill out of the House and calls on the Senate to take quick action.
Conservation Voters of PA calls for swift action on Biden climate and budget framework
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Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Interim Executive Director Molly Parzen said the budget framework President Biden announced yesterday represents the strongest effort our nation has ever made to combat the climate crisis by investing in good-paying union jobs and strengthening the middle class.
Environmental Organizations Stand by RGGI
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An alliance of environmental organizations issued the following statement on Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s remarks on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Pennsylvanians are facing a climate crisis and the question isn’t RGGI versus some other plan. It’s RGGI versus doing nothing.
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $80,000 in Judicial, Local Candidates in 2021
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Leading environmental advocacy group Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania announced that its Victory Fund political action committee is conducting a targeted, independent expenditure persuasion campaign to elect statewide judges and local officeholders who will make important decisions about the future of our environment, the integrity of our elections, and the health of our neighborhoods.
Phila. City Council calls on Congress to pass Biden climate, infrastructure plan
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Philadelphia City Council is calling on Congress to quickly pass President Biden’s sweeping $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act to address the nation’s climate and infrastructure crises, pointing to the local jobs it can create and how the investments can help underserved communities.
In a resolution that passed unanimously today, Councilmembers pointed to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida, which flooded basements, forced residents to flee from their homes and even flooded the Vine Street Expressway, closing it through Center City. Severe weather events like Ida are becoming more and more frequent due to climate change, which is also driving extreme heat that created record temperatures and multiple heat emergencies this summer.
Biden’s infrastructure plan would help Philly fulfill clean water promise
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Every family in Pennsylvania deserves access to clean, safe drinking water.
Unfortunately, in many parts of our commonwealth, particularly in communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania with older infrastructure, we are still struggling to fulfill that promise. State and local governments don’t have the resources on our own to properly address these hazards. We need a partner in the federal government.