G P O P

PennFutures is having a $150 a person event on Saturday night at the Sheraton in Society Hill to honor Ed Rendell for being the “greenest Governor.” We all know that’s not true!

We’ll be highlighting his miserable record on protecting our drinking water from gas drilling poisons.  Join us!

Society Hill Sheraton

(more…)

Read the article and see the video from the Times-Herald:

http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/04/23/news/doc4bd12e415487d724605846.txt

See pictures on Brian Rudnick’s Flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/buhrayin/sets/72157623786565177/

On EARTH DAY, Thursday, April 22nd, activists from organizations including the Green Party of PA, Citizens for Clean Water, NoDrill NEPA, Energy Justice Network, Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, and others, will gather outside each of the regional offices of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to call as one for the following demands:

- An immediate moratorium on all horizontal hydrofracturing (“fracking”) in the Commonwealth, including our state forests and floodplains,
- An immediate freeze on all new Marcellus Shale drilling permits throughout Pennsylvania,
- The immediate suspension of the authority of the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to approve drilling-related water withdrawals anywhere in Pennsylvania – and, if necessary,
- The unconditional resignation of DEP Secretary John Hanger.

Speakers & activities will commence at 12:00 noon at the
DEP Regional Offices
2 E. Main Street, Norristown
located one block from the Norristown Transportation Center — easily accessible via the Norristown High Speed Line from 69th Street and the R6 Regional Rail.

(more…)

Green Party candidate for State Representative (194th District) Hugh Giordano has two upcoming events.

Public Forum for all candidates sponsored by the Roxborough Development Corporation

Wednesday April 7, 2010 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
6148 Ridge Avenue

(more…)

Jay Sweeney, long-time Green Party activist and candidate for State Representative (111^th District), will be in Philadelphia to give a brief talk to the Green Party of Philadelphia about natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. He will speak about how drilling in northeastern PA affects our water here in the Delaware Valley.

When: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 8:00 PM
Where: Singapore Vegetarian Restaurant, 1006 Race Street

(more…)

ERIE COKE CORPORATION’S “FLAGRANT DISREGARD” OF ENVIRONMENT SPURS GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO CALL FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION TO CLOSE PLANT

On March 10, Erie residents were horrified by the release of a noxious cloud of coke oven gases and fine black particles as it spread across the city in an industrial “upset” from the beleaguered eastside Erie Coke Corporation.

If this situation were not bad enough, Erie Coke’s revelation in the past month that it has spewed toxic pollutants not previously measured by either the EPA or DEP was described by Freda Tarbell, the DEP’s spokesperson, as “documentation that DEP and EPA didn’t have earlier.”

(more…)

Just a reminder, the regular monthly membership meeting will be:

Thursday, March 25, 6:30 PM

at LAVA, 4134 Lancaster Avenue

All registered Green Party members and other interested folks are welcome.

Agenda will include:

- updates on Hugh Giordano’s campaign for state representative

- statewide petitioning to get U.S. Senate candidate Mel Packer on the ballot

- Earth Day demonstration at the DEP Office in Norristown

- Singapore Dinner with Jay Sweeney about Marcellus Shale on April 10.

Delaware County Greens present Crude;  The Real Price of Oil (2009)

The Delaware County Green Party will present the only Delco area showing of Crude; The Real Price of Oil (2009).  They will be showing this at Swarthmore Borough Hall, 121 Park Avenue on Saturday, March 27th at 7pm. This is part of a nationwide week of showings of this movie, sponsored by RAN (The Rainforest Action Network). More information at http://ran.org

(more…)

Petition Drive Kick-Off

Giordano Kick-Off a Huge Success
Campaign off to an excellent start

Philadelphia, PA – Friday night, friends and supporters packed into the Holy Smoke Bar and Restaurant to help kick off Hugh Giordano’s campaign for State Representative.  Giordano, the Green Party candidate, told the crowd why he should be the 194^th District’s next Representative in Harrisburg.

“I care about working people and will fight for workers’ rights,” said Giordano.  “I have seen three generations of poverty living in the same house – that’s almost 90 years of poverty among hard-working people, people who worked in factories and never took a dime from the system.  There’s something wrong with that picture,” said Giordano.

(more…)

You’re Invited

To a Campaign Kick-Off

In honor of

Hugh Giordano

Green Party candidate for State Representative

Friday, March 5, 6:30-8:30 PM

At Holy Smoke, 473 Leverington (at Ridge Ave)

$30 per person includes light refreshments

and a donation to jump start Hugh’s campaign

Grassroots Democracy * Nonviolence* Ecology * Social Justice

rsvp to gpop@gpop.org — walk-ins welcome!

(more…)

Due to the ongoing snow storm,  and the latest news that the heaviest accumulation will begin tonight, we have decided to cancel tonight’s in-person GPOP Meeting.  However, due to pressing business, we are holding a conference call instead.  Any interested Green can rsvp to gpop@gpop.org to get conference call details.

6:30 PM at a phone near you!

Agenda will include:

- report back from GPPA State Convention

- updates on Hugh Giordano’s campaign for State Rep.

- proposal to protest EPA on Earth Day due to reckless Marcellus Shale permitting

Our next regularly scheduled Membership Meeting will be Thursday, March 25.

Green Party Nominates Hugh Giordano for 194^th State Rep.

Giordano to focus on working families

Monroeville, PA – This weekend, the Green Party of Pennsylvania approved the nomination of Roxborough resident Hugh Giordano to be the party’s contender for State Representative in the 194^th District.  The District is currently served by Kathy Manderino who announced her retirement in December.

(more…)