Penn Township Advocacy
Penn Township, home to Protect PT's Environmental Education Center, is currently engaged in a "comprehensive rezoning" of the entire municipality. This involves changing the map's zoning districts, creating new zones, and adding new defined uses, such as "Truck Stops" and "Solar Farms". One use that has remained absent from the list of defined uses is "Data Centers".
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Most people are aware that new data centers are being proposed throughout Western Pennsylvania. Unless a use is defined and regulated within a municipality, a developer could place new development wherever is most convenient. That's why Protect PT is pressuring Penn township to include "Data Centers" in their new ordinance, and to restrict their placement in the township to the "Heavy Industrial" Zone.
Find Infrastructure Near You
Penn Township is the site of 7 permitted well pads, many of which are in close proximity to residential neighborhoods, schools, and healthcare facilities. Find out what infrastructure is closest to you using our interactive fracking map (left).
Penn Township Ordinance
Protect PT has drafted a model ordinance and submitted it to the Penn Township Commissioners for enactment to better protect residents from unconventional shale gas development, also known as fracking. If you are a Penn Township resident, sign our petition now to demand better protections for residents.
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