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Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania

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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Save the date: Environmental Scorecard Launch

Join us to find out how your legislator voted on the environment! Hi -- Finding out how our state legislators have voted on the environment is WAY harder than it should be. That’s where we come in!   At Conservation Voters of PA, one of our signature programs is tracking how state representatives a…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 8:52 PM

What a proud day for the United States!

We’ve won the biggest climate victory in our nation’s history! Hi — moments ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. We’ve won the largest victory ever to address the climate crisis! This victory means more to me than I could have ever imagined. We’re seeing our world chang…
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  Caylee Claypoole · [email protected]
August 15, 2022 at 4:29 PM

FWD: Save the date for our ELEVENTH Annual Green Gala!

Hi — I wanted to make sure you saw Molly’s recent message announcing our Eleventh Annual Green Gala happening on Thursday, September 15! We are only ONE month away from our first in-person fundraising event since 2019! This gathering could not come at a better time in the environmental movement. W…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
August 12, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Let’s tell President Biden: we’re with you every step of the way

Help us show President Biden just how thrilled we are to have achieved such a monumental victory together. Hi – WE DID IT! The U.S. House passed the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest action our country has EVER taken to combat the climate crisis! Hard-working Americans across the country will …
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 9:19 PM

Save the date for our ELEVENTH Annual Green Gala!

Hi —  The heat wave that’s gripped much of Pennsylvania and the East Coast this past month is just one more proof point that the effects of climate change are already upon us. But with the Senate’s recent passage of the biggest federal climate package in U.S. history, we finally have a chance to p…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
August 7, 2022 at 7:52 PM

The most important action on climate you might ever take

Raise your voice to help get the federal climate legislation passed by the House Hi — AMAZING! The Senate passed the nation’s biggest climate bill in history! I’m finally feeling hopeful about our future. With this bill, we have a shot to avoid the worst climate change predictions – predictions we’…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
August 2, 2022 at 2:58 PM

Predictions for the impact of the federal climate bill are HUGE

Every donation will make a difference to help pass the largest climate legislation in historyHi - What a difference a week makes! We are now the closest we’ve EVER been to passing federal climate legislation.   I’m finally feeling some hope. We have a chance - right now - to protect our children an…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Our take on Manchin and Schumer’s surprise climate deal

Every donation will make a difference to help pass the largest climate legislation in history Hi —  You might have heard that Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin announced a surprise agreement on a deal for a climate, clean energy, and environmental justice bill that is putting us on a path…
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  Michelle Giles · [email protected]
July 13, 2022 at 5:36 PM

YOU shouldn't have to pay to plug abandoned oil and gas wells!?

Hi —  Last week, when the legislature should have been completely focused on passing a new state budget, they detoured to pass House Bill 2644 which would put the responsibility of plugging abandoned oil and gas wells on YOU, the taxpayer, rather than the corporate polluters who abandoned these we…
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  Jess Cadorette · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 7:13 PM

The time is now: Join us to discuss federal climate action

Hi —  Enacting transformative federal legislation to address the climate crisis is more important now than ever before. In addition to decades of environmental rollbacks and inaction, the recent West Virginia VS. EPA Supreme Court decision reinforces the need for Congress to take climate action no…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 10:45 PM

AMAZING NEWS: PA legislature passes historic investments in conservation

Please send a message thanking your lawmakers and the governor for passing a state budget that makes historic investments in conservation.   Hi  —   Great news! The Pennsylvania legislature just passed a budget with historic levels of funding for envir…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 8:30 PM

The state budget - we need you

Hi — The deadline for passing a state budget has come and gone.  Unfortunately, far right legislators are holding this process hostage and  continue to refuse to make the kind of investments that Pennsylvanians deserve, despite a massive budget surplus.   We are this close to winning major investme…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 7:39 PM

West Virginia v. EPA decision: Supreme Court guts EPA's authority to fight climate change

—  Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced its decision on West Virginia v. EPA. The Court's decision will now severely limit the federal government's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, the second largest contributor to global warming in the United States. With this ruling, th…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 7:59 PM

It’s crunch time! Tell your state lawmakers to support common sense environmental investments

Tell your state lawmakers to support common sense environmental investmentsTell your state lawmakers to support common sense environmental investments — It’s late June and that means there are only a few days left before the legislature is set to vote on the budget.   Pennsylvania is still sittin…
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  Emily Gale · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 9:21 PM

Juneteenth

Hi — People across Pennsylvania - and the entire nation - will spend the weekend celebrating and honoring Juneteenth.   Juneteenth is a day in honor of the last groups of enslaved people in Texas who finally got the word of their freedom on June 19, 1865 - two and a half years after President Abra…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Urge your lawmakers to support Growing Greener III

We have the unique opportunity to make great projects happen in PA communities now, with economic and environmental benefits that will extend for generations to come.Hi —  Roughly a third of Pennsylvania's waterways are too polluted for swimming or eating fish that are caught.1 With a problem of th…
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  Hillary Mohaupt · [email protected]
May 31, 2022 at 2:55 PM

FWD: Join us for a lunchtime conversation TODAY with Rep. Patty Kim!

Hi —  I wanted to make sure you saw Michelle's message below about our Facebook Live conversation with Rep. Patty Kim. You can visit our Facebook page at noon today to tune in and listen — even if you don't have a Facebook account!   Don't miss this opportunity to hear about Rep. Kim's work to inc…
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  Michelle Giles · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month by joining us for a lunchtime conversation with Rep. Patty Kim

Hi —   May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — a time to learn more about and celebrate the culture, history, and accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.    To cap off our celebration of this …
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 9:31 PM

It's go time.

A Mastriano administration would be dangerous for the future of our Commonwealth. Hi —  Voters across Pennsylvania went to the polls yesterday and confirmed our endorsed candidate Josh Shapiro as the Democratic candidate for Governor. While we’re excited to do whatever it takes to get Shapiro over…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
May 17, 2022 at 11:00 AM

Happy Primary Day! Do you have a plan to vote? ✅

Today's the day! Please vote to make your voice heard if you still need to!Hi — Today is an important primary election in Pennsylvania, with key statewide, legislative, and local races on the ballot. If you’ve already voted, thanks for using that power to make your voice heard! 🙌 If you still have …
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  Jess Cadorette · [email protected]
May 11, 2022 at 3:10 PM

Have you returned your ballot or made a plan to vote yet?

Making sure you have all the info you need to complete your mail-in ballot if you have one! Hi —  I wanted to make sure you got Eva’s message below about how to vote early in this year’s primary election. If you still have your mail-in ballot, you should fill it out this week and mail it by Friday,…
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  Michelle Giles · [email protected]
May 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM

TAKE ACTION to advance environmental justice at the DEP

This is our chance to take action on behalf of communities that are disproportionately impacted by both the sources and impacts of pollution and climate change.Hi friend,  When we look at the dangerous impacts of pollution and climate change, Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities and low-income …
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 9:31 PM

The 4-1-1 on voting early and voting by mail! ✉️

Your vote is your voice, so use it to vote early!Hi there,  Can you believe it? The primary election is just two weeks away, but there’s still time to vote early if you prefer skipping the lines at the polls! Thankfully, voting in Pennsylvania has been, and continues to be, safe, secure, and lawful…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
April 28, 2022 at 5:50 PM

We won, but there are so many more fights ahead

Friend, we have more work to do to see RGGI and our 21st century green economy through the finish line.Hi — Lately it feels like we’re battling nonstop far-right attempts to block environmental progress and our right to vote.  We’re fighting over a dozen anti-environmental bills at the moment that…
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
April 26, 2022 at 8:25 PM

DEADLINE APPROACHING: We need stronger protections against “forever chemicals”

PFAS chemicals are extremely pervasive and dangerous to human health. We must demand a rule that applies equal protection against them through regular testing and stronger standards. Hi —  Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to submit comments to the Department of Environmental Protection on its proposed new r…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 3:32 PM

Thank Governor Wolf for supporting RGGI!

Hi —  This Earth Day, I’m thrilled to share that Pennsylvania just took a historic step forward in addressing our climate crisis and building a 21st century green economy!  That’s because the state’s Legislative Review Board just published rules that allow us to finally join the Regional Greenhouse …
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  Michelle Giles · [email protected]
April 18, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Tell the DEP: We need stronger protections against “forever chemicals”

PFAS chemicals are extremely pervasive and dangerous to human health. We must demand a rule that applies equal protection against them through regular testing and stronger standards.Hi friend, This is concerning. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has identified multiple sites acros…
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
April 15, 2022 at 1:05 PM

A “crowded” field

As Josh Shapiro's opponents pledge to eviscerate PA’s environmental protections in a massive corporate giveaway to the oil and gas industry, we need to do everything we can to make sure not a single one of them succeeds. Hi —  Political pundits are calling the Republican primary field for the Pennsy…
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  Kristin Zilcosky · [email protected]
April 8, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Get outside and do good this Earth Month 🌎

Hi there,  Earth Day has served as an introduction for so many people to the environmental movement. Cleanups, rallies, and events hosted by nature centers and nonprofits have inspired millions of people to become lifelong environmentalists — a strategy that’s been working for over 50 years!  This y…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
April 7, 2022 at 3:05 PM

🚨🚨 CVPA Endorses Josh Shapiro for Governor!

We need a strong environmental leader who is ready to stand up to politically powerful lobbyists and fight for a clean energy future for Pennsylvania.Hi — Pennsylvania’s primary election is just 40 days away, and the stakes for the Governor’s race couldn’t be higher. With countless attempts made by …
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  Joanne Kilgour · [email protected]
April 6, 2022 at 6:20 PM

✨ Special Announcement✨ CVPA’s new Executive Director!

Hi there, I’m thrilled to share the news with you that Conservation Voters of PA has named Molly Parzen as our permanent Executive Director! She has served as interim head of CVPA since July 2021, following more than a decade with our organization. Prior to serving as interim Executive Director for…
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
April 1, 2022 at 4:15 PM

⏰ Time to check your voter status and request your mail-in ballot!

Don’t believe the hype: voting by mail in PA is here to stay. Request your mail-in ballot now to make your voice heard this May!Hi there,  Pennsylvania has an important primary election coming up on Tuesday, May 17. And no, that’s not an April Fool’s joke — key statewide races will be on the ballot …
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
March 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

🚨 UPDATE: exploitative oil and gas bills moving NOW

We’ve got to call this agenda what it is — a shameless attempt to make the rich richer that will increase climate pollution and have devastating health impacts on communities of color who are disproportionately impacted by fossil fuel infrastructure Hi there,  Earlier this month, we warned you about…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
March 28, 2022 at 6:50 PM

[URGENT] We’re launching a full court press to stop these bills

Time and time again, bills like SB 119 and HB 637 have prevented us from reaping these investments in cleaner air and healthier communities. Hi —  State legislators are trying AGAIN to block Pennsylvania from joining a carbon reduction program to improve our air quality. One bill will even prevent t…
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  Kai Mateo · [email protected]
March 24, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Urge your Senators to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Our environmental laws are only as strong as the judges who enforce them. URGE THE SENATE TO CONFIRM JUDGE JACKSON In a historic move, President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female nominee, to the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Judge Jackson wil…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
March 15, 2022 at 8:40 PM

The fossil fuel industry must STOP using an international crisis to their own ends

We can’t drill our way out of high gas prices. The only real, long-term solution to high, unreliable energy costs is investing in made-in-America renewable energy.Hi —  The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is devastating to watch, and we stand with the Ukrainian people.   That’s why it is so egregious…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
March 11, 2022 at 7:06 PM

PA just missed out on $200 MILLION

Lawmakers who are beholden to the greedy fossil fuel industry have done everything in their power to keep PA out of RGGI - and denied us the chance to have received more than $200 million dollars to invest in communities. Hi —  This week, 11 states across the Northeast that are part of the Regional …
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  The Women of Conservation Voters of PA · [email protected]
March 7, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Celebrate Women’s History by having a conversation with us on Twitter!

We, as a movement, must do better in elevating the women who are leading the fight to protect our planet.Hi —  Women are resilient changemakers who shape the face of policy and progress across the globe. Throughout history, they’ve had crucial roles in the conservation field and climate action movem…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
March 5, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Public Comments: Biden Admin needs to hear from YOU on this

30x30 is a bold commitment to meet the scale of the crises facing climate and nature while ensuring all Americans have access to the outdoors — but it requires immediate action.   TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT AMBITIOUS PROTECTIONS FOR LANDS AND …
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
March 2, 2022 at 5:06 PM

IT'S HERE ✅ The 2021 LCV National Environmental Scorecard

The results are in! See how your elected officials stacked up >> JUST RELEASED: LCV’S 2021 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD SEE IT HERE!  Hi —Over the past 50 years, our partners at League of Conservation Voters (LCV) have published the National Environmental Scorecard annually to track the e…
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  Eva Piatek · [email protected]
February 28, 2022 at 4:36 PM

[Deadline TODAY] Take action against fracked gas industry loopholes

A fracking ban isn’t a true ban if it contains loopholes that prioritize billionaires and corporations over the health of our neighbors, workers, and natural resources. Hey there, Today is the LAST DAY to submit comments to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on their proposed regulations abo…
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  Michelle Giles · [email protected]
February 22, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Take action against fracked gas industry loopholes

A fracking ban isn’t a true ban if it contains loopholes that prioritize billionaires and corporations over the health of our neighbors, workers, and natural resources.Hi —   This time last year, fracking was permanently banned in the Delaware River Basin. It was a huge victory for the 13 million pe…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
February 8, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Urge state lawmakers to support the governor’s proposed budget

Our state and nation are facing a climate crisis, and Pennsylvania must support efforts like these to protect our land and water from the disastrous effects of climate change caused by polluting industries.     Hi —   Governor Wolf just announced…
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  Kristin Zilcosky · [email protected]
February 2, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Tell public officials to act quickly to restore federal clean water protections

By acting quickly to develop a stronger standard to protect all our waters, the Biden administration can uphold their climate commitments and stand up for vulnerable communities nationwide.     Hi —   We have an opportunity right now to totally r…
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  Conservation Voters of PA Team · [email protected]
January 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Our plan for honoring and celebrating Black History Month

    Hi friend,   Like many other white-led groups, we have embarked on a forever journey to dismantle white supremacy in our organization and the environmental movement. Every conversation we have about equity and justice and every institutional…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
January 28, 2022 at 9:30 PM

HUGE decision on vote by mail

This is all part of a nationwide far-right playbook to swing elections, and we must fight back.     Hi —   Hours ago, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against voting by mail and declared Act 77 unconstitutional.   We expect that this dec…
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  Kai Mateo · [email protected]
January 27, 2022 at 2:15 PM

This Climate Action Week, tell your Senators to support Build Back Better

Now is the time to finalize this transformational bill and get👏 it👏 done👏     Hi —   It’s so frustrating to see federal action on the Build Back Better Act stalled in the Senate. Time is running out to make the once-in-a-generation investments th…
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  Molly Parzen · [email protected]
January 22, 2022 at 3:10 PM

FWD: This is urgent, friend — Stop lawmakers from manipulating our state courts!

This scheme is a solution to a problem that does not exist, and it needs to end NOW. Hi —   I have bad news. A bill that would gerrymander our state courts is likely up for a final vote in the state House THIS Monday.   This scheme is a solution to a problem that does …
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  Jess Cadorette · [email protected]
January 21, 2022 at 5:31 PM

[COMMENT DEADLINE] Tell DEP to deny permits for Mariner East 2

We’ve already seen massive destruction caused by this pipeline, as well as 48 criminal charges filed against the company by the Attorney General.     Friend, we don’t have much time.   Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners has submitted permit renewal…
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  Katie Blume · [email protected]
January 19, 2022 at 9:50 PM

This bill is about power, not people.

We deserve a legislature that works for all of us.     Hi, brace yourself for the latest political shenanigans I’m going to tell you about.   Some of our state lawmakers are mounting a huge power grab by pushing a bill that would give the legisla…
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