DESPITE the growing green mania, these are tough times for the environment. Between natural disasters and regulatory rollbacks, our air, water, and land are under siege.
And Pennsylvania's cuts to Department of Environmental Protection and the loosening of regulations related to gas drilling puts our commonwealth front and center of this troubling trend.
Fortunately, here in the city, there's good news; Mayor Nutter traveled to Belmont Plateau Friday to sign a landmark ordinance designed to protect public land.
