March 1 PA Environment Digest

The March 1 PA Environment Digest is now available. Click here to print this Digest.

Secretary Hanger- DEP Cut To Bone After Years Of Budget Reductions

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger told the House Appropriations Committee this week said his agency's budget has had a series of budget cuts over the past few years and "now we are down to the bone or close to the bone" in terms of having the resources needed to accomplish its mission to protect the environment.
In 2007, then-DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty, used almost those same words to describe the Gov. Rendell's budget request for that year. Click here to read more.....