From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): This year, International Endangered Species Day is May 17th. Creation Justice Ministries has developed a bulletin insert and toolkit to help your faith community celebrate. Download the resource directly, and find accompanying faith-based resources at … Continued
According to the Surfrider Foundation: The Dirty Water Rule is a radical reinterpretation of the Clean Water Act that will wipe out protections for streams that provide drinking water to tens of millions of people and wetlands that filter pollution … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Just in time for spring, Interfaith Power & Light is pleased to offer you organic, heirloom, non-GMO seed kits. Grow a Pizza Garden with everything but the mozzarella! It includes delicious tomatoes, peppers, onions, … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Food assistance for the hungry shouldn’t have a time limit. Yet, the Trump Administration has proposed a rule that would take away SNAP eligibility for 755,000 unemployed and underemployed adults. That means … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Transportation is the number one source of America’s global warming pollution. We need to do everything we can to transition to clean, electric vehicles — as soon as possible.1 But the administration plans to end a key … Continued
From the Earth Day Network (https://www.earthday.org): This year, Earth Day Network is working to Protect Our Species, and we urge you to join us. Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love. Many more … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): 2018 was recorded as the 4th hottest year ever globally, only behind 2015, 2016 and 2017. 2018 was also the wettest year ever recorded in Scranton, Reading, State College, and Pittsburgh, PA, joining more than two dozen … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): TAKE ACTION: Tell the top election official in your state to protect our elections against hacking—send a message at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-our-elections-against-hacking. We need you to speak up for our right to free and fair elections. Congress has … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Recently business leaders in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., came out in strong support of redistricting reform. In the wake of the longest government shutdown in history, they point to the unresponsive, unaccountable government that … Continued
Posted at https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2019/02/pas-most-vulnerable-requires-the-continuation-of-the-general-assistance-program-opinion.html The authors are part of a coalition working to preserve General Assistance Updated Feb 4; Posted Feb 4 By Rev. Sandra L. Strauss and Sister Mary Scullion, guest contributors Pennsylvania’s General Assembly has a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians … Continued