Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/not-freedom-gas-failure-gas-first-its-kind-report-details-planetary-perils-us Published on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 “These projects aren’t just associated with health and safety risks: if even a fraction of them come to fruition, they will condemn the planet to a future of climate chaos.” By … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/single-most-important-stat-planet-alarm-atmospheric-co2-soars-legit-scary-record Published on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 by Common Dreams “We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.” By … Continued
From Everyday Democracy (http://www.everyday-democracy.org): Could your community benefit from a conversation on immigration? This brief, 2-hour “Quick Guide” can help communities like yours address the related issues of immigration and racial justice by encouraging people to talk about their personal connection to race … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): On June 4 the House passed HR6: The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. This is the first bill providing a pathway to citizenship to pass the House in many, many … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Right now, the Administration is trying to quietly change the way we define poverty. Each year the poverty line—the income amount that defines who is and isn’t in poverty—is adjusted for inflation. The … Continued
Next Tuesday, thousands of Americans – young and old, Christian and non-Christian alike – will head to Capitol Hill to ask Congress to support bold, bi-partisan solutions to combat climate change. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act will drive … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): Washington, D.C. – A first-of-its-kind report from the advocacy group Food & Water Watch provides a full and detailed analysis of the emerging fracked gas infrastructure buildout that is symbiotically driving, and being driven by, a new fracking boom in … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Thursday, June 20th ─ and the entire month of June ─ we come together to celebrate the courage and resilience of refugees and their contributions to U.S. communities. We also raise our voices in opposition … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We wanted to flag the memo below that we sent out earlier today about a report that found overwhelmingly negative student performance in cyber charter schools and mixed results in brick-and-mortar charters. If you … Continued
From the Better Path Coalition (https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/): On May 14th, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a bombshell report on 46 cases of children with rare cancers in four counties at the epicenter of the shale gas boom in southwestern Pennsylvania since 2008. Among them are 27 … Continued