By Joan Broadfield As part of EQAT’s New Year’s action team on 1/2, I visited PECO in the early morning to be a visible reminder to CEO Craig Adams that we are expecting PECO to develop the capacity for 20% solar by 2025. We asked for it as a new year’s resolution. But as we…
By Judy Winters As the country was remembering its 9/11 Memorial Day, five of us hopped into Walter’s Prius at 30th St. station. We were on our way to Allentown to drop by a meeting of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania, a lobbyist and trade group which it just so happens that Craig Adams, CEO…
By Dana Robinson Although I live only 8 miles away, I had never been to Chester before this spring. As a white, middle class man, I had allowed the race and class divisions of our segregated society keep me away. But now, as a participant in a Tactical Urbanism workshop, I am visiting various vacant…
By George Lakey I walk because I want the twelve-year-old great-grandson who lives with me to know I’m “all in” for his future. I walk because I’ve seen members of my family suffer when they were jobless, and I know that PECO could bring more good-paying jobs by building for solar instead of fossil fuels….
By Hanae Togami The last action I took part of with EQAT was in the summer of 2014, when, as a highschooler, I had the opportunity to engage in Quaker worship in the lobby of the PNC Headquarters. I remember how powerful that experience was and how at ease I felt. Particularly, I felt safe…
By Joshua Ponter On January 19th, I made the decision to crawl out of my warm bed at 6 o’clock in the morning, and make my way onto the cold city streets. Once there, I met with some people who were actively trying to make a difference in this world. Before this day, I never…
by Jay Bergen On November 13th, I left Philadelphia to travel to Standing Rock for a week to support the water protectors, an experience I’m still reflecting on. Early last week, the Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would deny Energy Transfer Partners the needed permit to build a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline….
by Samantha Shain “Zoom!” went the kids on scooters!“Whoosh!” went the jogging team!“Tap, tap, tap!” went Nelson’s wooden stilt legs!“Scuff, step, giggle!” went the hundred+ walkers!“One, five, ninety nine!” went the registration and fundraising team. “Oh dear…” thought the PECO decision makers*. “The people of Philadelphia … and Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties… are…
by Bill Cozzens On a sunny and sweltering Wednesday, August 24 a small but dedicated group of EQAT activists took the Power Local Green Jobs message to workers, residents and visitors in Doylestown, Bucks County. The occasion was a noontime music concert on the Bucks County courthouse lawn, co-sponsored by PECO. Our group of about…
by Nancy Sleator This morning I joined 21 other people, and we traveled to a PECO substation in Upper Darby. We stood sweating in the blazing August sun and humidity, as we sang, worshiped, and told stories of why we had come. Despite our physical discomfort, and my general dislike taking on public leadership, I…
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