Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-12-18/public-lands-wilderness/roadless-rule-exemption-called-threat-to-natural-areas/a68648-1 December 18, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Conservation groups fear that if one state is exempted from the federal Roadless Rule, others will follow. (scharfsinn86/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): In these times of rapidly accelerating climate change, it helps to cling to signs of hope. For instance, the House of Representatives recently passed the bipartisan Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Temperatures are dropping and snow is starting to fall across parts of our country, signaling the start of winter and the holiday season. But one thing is clear as ice: We have a child care crisis, … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): Our elected officials are willing to bend the rules for the conventional oil and gas industry and weaken environmental protections because the industry doesn’t think the current law should apply to them. Tell your Representative … Continued
BY JESSIE HELLMANN – 12/16/19 12:49 PM EST The Hill Federal agencies will receive $25 million from Congress to study gun violence in a government spending deal reached by House and Senate negotiators — a major win for Democrats who have long pushed for … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): We have long hoped for lower prescription drug prices that protect the American people from Big Pharma’s runaway greed. And this week, we may finally get a vote in the U.S. House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-12-11/climate-change-air-quality/report-expanding-fossil-fuel-plans-threaten-climate/a68580-1 December 11, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Optical gas imaging shows methane and volatile organic compounds escaping from an oil and gas facility in Texas. (photo by Earthworks) HARRISBURG, … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): The administration has just released a new draft management plan that proposes to open huge swaths of protected lands in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to ConocoPhillips for oil drilling. Please oppose this plan for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/06/now-lets-do-everywhere-kansas-city-missouri-approves-free-public-transit-all Published on Friday, December 06, 2019 by Common Dreams Measure championed as “visionary” way to reduce inequality and better serve everyone in the community. By Julia Conley, staff writer The Kansas City Council unanimously voted Thursday to … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Call Monday, December 9! “We need you to ensure that any tax package passing this year must include improvements to the low-income tax credits: the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax … Continued