Senator Steve Santarsiero and Representative Jim Prokopiak Call for a Pause on Consideration of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger by the Surface Transportation Board until Environmental Review is Finished and Shared with the Public

BUCKS COUNTY – September 22, 2026 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Representative Jim Prokopiak (D-140) are calling on the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB), which has the authority to reject or approve railway mergers, to pause...

Protecting the People Who Protect Pennsylvania

Op-ed by Senator Amanda Cappelletti 

With the recent rise of oil and gas prices, we have heard a lot about how Pennsylvania should be an energy leader. We can be. We should be. And it should be clean energy – a move that increases job opportunities, economic development, and places us at the forefront of addressing the climate crisis.

Report after report illustrates the dire state of our environment. This year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report made it clear – we must act now to avoid the very worst impacts of climate change.

#GO100PA: A Renewable Future for Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA  − September 21, 2021 − Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D- Montgomery, Delaware), Senator Katie Muth (D- Berks, Chester, Montgomery),  Representative Christopher Rabb (D-Philadelphia), Representative Danielle Friel Otten (D-Chester) joined...