Coal, natural gas and wind, in addition to pipelines and other transmission infrastructure are familiar sights on our landscapes. The ongoing challenge is to guide development of our energy resources into areas that have the least amount of impact on our most exceptional, sensitive and high value ecological areas. These include lands that the Conservancy has conveyed to public agencies in the past. WPC has a wealth of scientific and planning expertise that can help achieve this goal.
The following guidance document provides an overview of the principles, considerations and approaches that inform and characterize WPC’s policy work.
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has developed policy statements expressing our detailed position on several forms of energy development. The current versions of these board-adopted statements are available below.
* WPC Oil, Gas and Minerals Policy Statement
* WPC Wind Energy Policy Statement
* WPC Solar Energy Policy Statement
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