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CBF Applauds House Passage of Bill to Prohibit The Sale and Use of Toxic Pavement Sealants
April 30, 2024
CBF applauds the Pennsylvania House passage of House Bill 1166, which prohibits the supply, sale, and application of coal tar sealants containing high amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on driveways or parking lots.
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Lancaster Gets an Early Earth Day Gift In Dock Award Tree Planting at Dart Plant
April 21, 2024
Lancaster received an early Earth Day gift of 100 new trees during the weekend. Dr. Zeshan Ismat, 2022 Mira Lloyd Dock Award recipient, and Dart Corporation employees planted the trees on Saturday morning.
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Original ‘Hellbender Defenders’ Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary of Pennsylvania’s Official State Amphibian
April 18, 2024
Five years ago this month and clad in a blue “HELLBENDER DEFENDER” t-shirt, Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation designating the Eastern hellbender as Pennsylvania’s official state amphibian.
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CBF Takes Legal Action to Stop York County Hydroelectric Facility
March 25, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has taken legal action to stop a 1,000-acre pumped-storage hydroelectric facility proposed for Cuffs Run, near the Susquehanna River in York County.
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Conservation Coordinators Join CBF to Accelerate The Renewal Project for the Pequea and Halfmoon Watersheds
February 8, 2024
Isabel “Izzy” Snee and Mariah Saunders have joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) team as conservation coordinators, working to accelerate progress toward bringing impaired streams back to health in parts of four Pennsylvania counties.
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CBF Urges Sustained Investments in The Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program
February 6, 2024
As a final budget continues to take shape in Pennsylvania, CBF is specifically calling for funding that could extend the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP).