The Growing Greener Coalition opposes Governor Wolf’s budget proposal to strip tens of millions of dollars away from tangible project investments in order to fund general government operations. Tax receipts were wisely dedicated to the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund in 1993 and the Environmental Stewardship Fund in 1999 (and again in 2002) in continuation of Pennsylvania’s tradition of investing in its communities, redressing the environmental damage of the past, and respecting our generations yet to come.
The Governor’s budget proposal threatens to upend more than two decades of bipartisan consensus on the need to maintain the dedication of the Keystone Fund and ESF so that they may consistently invest in projects that deliver today and will continue delivering for future generations. The Growing Greener Coalition asks the Governor to rethink the Administration’s strategy and for the General Assembly to reject this proposal.
