Environmental Regional Legal & Regulatory Issues

March 21, 2025

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Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 3/21/2025
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com

Both laws and regulations constrain, and sometimes help, what can be done for our environment. Here are some actions and suggestions to help cope with various environmental issues of our region.

Rep. Greg Vitali is the Pennsylvania state representative of the 166th legislative district. He serves as Majority Chair of the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee. Rep. Vitali introduced House Bill 364 which would restore a Board under the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Environmental Quality Board’s, authority to increase conventional oil and gas well plugging bonds to help prevent hundreds of new well abandonments a year. He also introduced House Bill 109, legislation requiring stricter oversight of industrial permits in environmental justice areas. He will discuss these bills.
Liz Robinson is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association. She also is a long-time advocate for environmental issues, particularly in the Philadelphia region. She will talk, more in depth this time, about increases in energy prices for consumers and businesses as well as about the regulatory environment for energy, particularly in Pennsylvania.