Delaware County Endorsements
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US Congress
PA 5
Mary Gay Scanlon considers protecting the environment a major part of her lifelong advocacy for children and families. She appreciates the “important work the Sierra Club does identifying issues where we can make a real difference, helping to educate me and the public”. “Climate is in my main bucket of focus”. She has worked hard to defend and protect the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and prevent rollbacks. As part of her public outreach, she has hosted several workshops across her district to educate people on how they can benefit from the IRA and to understand the big picture of climate and the IRA. She helped to bring funds to the Eastwick section of Philadelphia to mediate against increased flooding due to climate change, and has worked to improve water quality for the section of the Delaware River that goes through Philadelphia that currently is impacted by waste water and untreated storm water runoff..
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PA State Senate
26
One of Tim's goals for the next term would be to cut costs and bring in more revenue for PA. He would like to see an extraction tax on fracking. The fracking companies should pay their fair share of taxes. He would fight against LNG terminals, such as the one being promoted for Delaware County's riverfront..
Tim is an Incumbent - he has a 97% Lifetime Environmental Voting Score.
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D
PA State Rep
165
Jenn works with the Blue/Green Caucus on a bill to require commercial appliances to meet the same standards as home appliances. She has been working with the Climate Caucus to get standards updated to require energy usage to be diversified and to prevent PECO rate hikes. She has been working on legislation to protect residents and the environment when data centers are built.
Jenn is an Incumbent - she has a 96% Lifetime Environmental Voting Score.
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D
PA State Rep
168
Lisa is looking forward to another term, her e-recycling bill will be a big push if it hasn’t passed already. And she wants to see increased DEP funding. She has become convinced of the need for strong state-level safeguards. From her experience as a township commissioner, she understands well how local governments face pressure from wealthy developers, and have limited resources to fight back. She emphasized that communities, in order to show strong legal grounds to fight the data centers, must be able to cite clear impacts from noise pollutants, water usage, or other environmental issues. Without this data, the communities can face expensive legal suits filed by developers.
Lisa is an Incumbent - she has a 95% Lifetime Environmental Voting Score.
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D
PA State Rep
161
Six years ago Leanne started the Blue/Green working group in Harrisburg to bring people together to find common ground between the need for jobs and environmental issues. Their first win is Solar for Schools, which was a collaborative effort and represented the needs of both unions and environmental groups..
Leanne is an Incumbent - she has a 99% Lifetime Environmental Voting Score.
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D
PA State Rep
160
Elizabeth sees health care as a human right, and the closing of Crozer hospital as a breaking of trust. She believes in ensuring a livable wage and she wants to see PA adopt sustainability laws like the plastic bag ban passed in Delaware. Elizabeth wants more enforcement of the Environmental Rights Amendment locally. She wants to make rooftop solar more affordable for Pennsylvanians through incentives.
Elizabeth is a Challenger- the Incumbent has a 49% Lifetime Environmental Voting Score.
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