As more people become aware of adverse impacts to local streams and groundwater, brought about by development, they are considering alternative technologies to reduce those impacts. One alternative gaining interest is the composting toilet to replace conventional flush toilets. However, composting toilets can present a challenge to those charged with approving permits and applying building codes. To unmuddy the waters, we offer some basic information about these cost- and environment-protecting products.

(WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, PA - June 16, 2021) A pair of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decisions yesterday restores the rights of neighbors to a pipeline compressor station and its host municipality to get a full hearing on their challenges to an air permit for the polluting facility. . .

Our fundamental right to clean water rests on three cornerstone waterway characteristics: fishable, swimmable and accessible. The barriers that exist to achieving each of those cornerstones come in social, cultural and legal forms. Today, we are releasing a guidebook to address legal barriers to accessible waterways in the Delaware River Basin.

When the topic of estate planning is brought up, many people tend to think of the traditional nuclear family, maybe a hefty amount of assets, and the drafting a will or trust based on those variables. But given the opportunities that estate planning provides, we at Fair Shake ELS view this area of law as becoming a steward of the land— on smaller scale.

Jen joins Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services as a Staff Attorney in our new Philadelphia, Pennsylvania location.  She started her early professional career as an engineer with Armstrong World Industries and The Boeing Company, working mainly in developing and improving manufacturing processes.  While at Boeing, she became interested in advocating for people on an individual level and started attending law school in pursuit of that endeavor.  In law school, Jen participated in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at Widener University which she found combined her passion for advocacy and her love of the natural world.