Environment
Pennsylvania Senate and House Elected Officials Strongly Urge Governor Wolf to Investigate Serious Health Impacts Associated with Fracking
Harrisburg, PA − March 17, 2021 − Earlier today, State Senator Katie Muth (D - 44th Senate District) and State Representative Sara Innamorato (D - 21st House District) along with 33 members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate, publicly requested Governor Wolf direct...
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
BUCKS COUNTY − March 12, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues today in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water for millions of Pennsylvanians from the environmental hazards of fracking. Their...
PA Senate & House Dems Host Hearing on ‘A People’s Budget: The Environment’
Harrisburg – February 25, 2021 - At the request of Sen. Amanda M. Cappelletti (D- Delaware/Montgomery), Sen. Nikil Saval (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Rick Krajewski (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Sara Innamorato (D- Allegheny), and Rep....
Senator Muth Commends Action by taken by the DRBC to Protect Drinking Water
Chester, PA − February 25, 2021 − State Senator Katie Muth (D - Chester, Montgomery, Berks) was relieved that the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) voted to permanently prohibit unconventional oil and gas extraction in the 13,539 square-mile area of the Delaware...
Senator Muth urges Governor Wolf to Safeguard the Drinking Water for over 13 Million
Harrisburg, PA − February 24, 2021 − In a formal letter sent today, State Senator Katie Muth (Chester, Montgomery, Berks) strongly urged Governor Tom Wolf to vote in favor of a proposal before the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to permanently ban...
Hundreds Tune in for State Senator Katie Muth, PennEnvironment Virtual Environmental Town Hall
Virtual meeting included a lively discussion with attendees on fracking, climate change, and the importance of grassroots action. Royersford, PA − February 11, 2021 − State Senator Katie Muth and PennEnvironment held a virtual environmental town hall attended by...
Senator Katie Muth Asks for Pause in all Drilling Near Marsh Creek Lake, Allow for Comprehensive, Independent Investigation
Royersford, Pa. − August 27, 2020 − Senator Katie Muth called for all drilling near the spill site at Marsh Creek Lake to be halted while the Department of Environmental Protection undergoes a comprehensive, independent investigation. Calls from residents in...
Legislators Call on Wolf Administration to Revoke Mariner East Pipeline Permits in Chester County
Harrisburg – August 2020 – State legislators representing five House districts and three Senatorial districts in Chester County have signed a letter to Secretary Patrick McDonnell of the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine of...
Muth, Innamorato Proposes Legislation to Protect Health, Environment
Bills would close the loophole allowing toxic drilling waste in Pennsylvania landfills Harrisburg, PA − August 13, 2020 − In the wake of a scathing Grand Jury report on the public health and environmental harms of fracking in Pennsylvania, state Rep. Sara Innamorato,...
Senator Muth Calls for Mariner East Permits to be Withdrawn, Following Multiple Dangerous Spills
Upper Uwchlan Township, Pa. − August 11, 2020 − Late yesterday afternoon, drilling fluid from a Mariner East horizontal directional drilling (HDD) site upstream of Marsh Creek State Park spilled into a tributary of Marsh Creek Lake and ultimately into the lake...
Otten, Muth submit joint comments on proposed pipeline projects
EXTON, May 11, 2020 – Last week, state Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-Chester, and state Sen. Katie Muth, D- Berks/Chester/Montgomery, submitted joint statements to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection expressing concerns over the safety of one...
Muth Congratulates Tri-County Transit on DEP Alternative Fuel Investment
Harrisburg – November 20, 2019 – Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery) announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded Tri-County Transit funding to assist with efforts to build an alternative fueling station in Chester...
Otten and Muth Announce $32K Grant to Update Upper Uwchlan Township’s Sewage Plan
EXTON, PA − September 18, 2019 – State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten and state Sen. Katie Muth today announced that a $32,610 Commonwealth Financing Authority grant will be awarded to Upper Uwchlan Township’s Sewage Facilities Program. Upper Uwchlan Township is looking to...
Senator Muth Calls for 100% Renewable Energy in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA– June 19, 2019 – Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery) joined advocates of the clean energy movement today as they rallied to promote renewable energy initiatives at the state capitol. “We have a duty to maintain our values of security, safety,...