PA Department of Environmental Protection

Rebates focus on working-class households Pennsylvania is trying to get more residents to go electric. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that its offering larger consumer rebates for electric vehicles, focusing on working-class households. Customers can get $2000 to...

Local recipients include Riverbend Environmental Center & Stroud Water Research Center The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced grants to 63 local environmental education projects. Applicants either demonstrated priorities of water, climate change and/or environmental justice, expanded the public’s understanding...

Allison Acevedo is Pennsylvania’s new Director of Environmental Justice — and she’s ready to work. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle Though born and raised in Pittsburgh, Acevedo went to Swarthmore College and has been working in Philly for...

Feel like your concerns aren’t being heard? PA has your back. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) is nearing the end of a nine-stop Environmental Justice listening tour, focusing on engaging residents and leaders...