Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-21/energy-policy/reports-what-pa-appalachia-can-learn-from-natural-gas-booms-failure/a75072-1 July 21, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report demonstrates why the last decade’s natural-gas boom in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia fell below expectations and did not … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Years ago, more than 50,000 grizzly bears roamed the Lower 48 — but today, only about 2,000 grizzlies remain.1 For decades, hunting drove down their numbers and development shrank their habitat. But even after this one-two punch, lawmakers still … Continued
From the National Farmworker Ministry (http://nfwm.org/): This summer’s heat wave is creating dangerous and deadly condition for farm workers–even more than usual. Inside Climate News reports: “People around the Pacific Northwest piled into emergency cooling centers late last month to escape … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): It’s critical that our senators hear from you today. Budget reconciliation gives us the opportunity to make big, bold investments in healthcare, eldercare, childcare, education, housing, Child Tax Credit expansion, clean energy, paid family leave, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/20/profiteering-healthcare-system-blamed-us-medical-debt-surges-140-billion One critic said the new estimate of medical debt in collections shows the for-profit healthcare system is “working just the way the corporate price gougers want it to.” JAKE JOHNSON July 20, 2021 A new study published Tuesday … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): In the last 20 years, the western monarch population has plummeted to only 2,000 butterflies, and the eastern population has fallen by roughly 80 percent.1 They need Endangered Species Act protections to survive — and while the Biden … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Join us at https://action.momsrising.org/sign/sandwich-generation-paid-leave in asking our members of Congress to pass a permanent and comprehensive and fully funded paid family and medical leave policy in the next reconciliation package. When I think of summer, I … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/16/rich-nations-hoard-enough-extra-vaccines-all-african-adults-continents-crisis “As Africa is now facing its third and biggest Covid wave so far, it is getting left behind in the race for vaccine doses,” said the head of UNAIDS. “This vaccine apartheid is unacceptable.” JESSICA CORBETT July … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On July 14, 2021–on the heels of COVID, in the dead of summer, with many consequential questions left unanswered–the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) unanimously approved consolidation plans … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We are delighted that President Biden issued an Executive Order this week to help lower drug prices. [1] This is a great start! But this order alone won’t fundamentally solve the problem of price gouging by … Continued