This is a moment of growth and expansion for POWER. We need your help to find the right person to lead our work in making real change in our region. Do you know an experienced organizer who’s deeply committed to … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee debated a bill that could cripple the IRS’s ability to enforce the Johnson Amendment, a provision in the tax code that … Continued
From POWER (http://www.powerinterfaith.org/): POWER has been working to increase the awareness of legislative leaders in Harrisburg about the widespread racial disparities in state education funding. For a long time, they would not even acknowledge that it was going on. But … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Check out PennFuture’s new documentary film capturing the issue of pollution from oil trains. The film centers on Jeremy Griffin, a local resident, student and activist living within the oil train blast zone. More than 700,000 Philadelphia … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to delay and rewrite methane pollution standards that protect our children and our planet from dangerous methane pollution. We have a chance to send comments to the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/17/block-pipeline-nuns-court-defend-cornfield-chapel Published on Monday, July 17, 2017 by Common Dreams ‘We’re not looking for money. We want to preserve this land.’ By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Supporters of the nuns’ fight to protect their farmland from the pipeline … Continued
Posted at https://thepeedmont.com/2017/03/22/chesapeake-bay-to-be-drained-cleaned-refilled-on-thursday/ NORFOLK, Va. — Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office announced this morning their plans to drain, clean, and refill the Bay this Thursday. This operation marks the first effort to clean … Continued
By Maripat Pileggi Each year, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania families struggle to keep the heat on in their homes when the cold weather sets in. In some cases, they may face sickness or even death as they suffer without heat. … Continued
From Friends of the Earth (http://www.foe.org/): One of Donald Trump’s first attacks on our environment was to advance the Keystone XL pipeline. He reversed President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline in January. Keystone XL would carry 830,000 barrels of the … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/07/17/resources-from-around-the-coalition-fy18-budget-priorities-edition/#.WW0H3oTysdU By CHN July 17, 2017 Editor’s note: The following blog post was wirtten by Raquel Douglas, CHN’s Summer 2017 intern. One in four renter households unable to afford rent. Billions of dollars in cuts proposed to SNAP, rental assistance … Continued