On September 26, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted in favor of an amended version of a Senate bill designed to quash protest. It is modeled after a sample bill written by the American Legislative Exchange Council … Continued
From 350.org (https://350.org/): Just a few short weeks ago, a federal judge ruled that the Administration’s review of Keystone XL was inadequate – now, the administration is back again with another sloppy review just 37 days later saying the impacts of … Continued
From PA Post (https://papost.org/): The map shows the Mariner East 2 pipeline’s path across 17 Pennsylvania counties on its way to the Marcus Hook industrial complex in Delaware County, where the natural gas liquids it carries will be shipped overseas … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/26/poor-peoples-campaign-national-call-moral-revival/#.W6zmAHtKgdU By David Elliot September 26, 2018 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), flanked on her right by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI, and on her left by House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA, and Rep. David Price (D-NC) Anti-poverty advocates gathered … Continued
The Guardian Oliver Milman Last modified on Mon 24 Sep 2018 11.42 EDT After her house flooded for the third year in a row, Elizabeth Boineau was ready to flee. She packed her possessions into dozens of boxes, tried not to … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/26/fact-week-drop-uninsured-rates-low-income-rural-residents-three-times-larger-medicaid-expansion-states/#.W6vd9HtKgdU By Lecia Imbery September 26, 2018 The uninsured rate for low-income adults has decreased in the last several years across America, thanks in large part to the Affordable Care Act. But small towns and rural areas of states … Continued
Washington Post By Chris Mooney Photos and video by Jonathan Newton Sept. 22, 2018 Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases. And one lake is behaving very strangely. Katey Walter Anthony has studied some 300 lakes across the tundras of the Arctic. … Continued
Washington Post By Devin Powell September 22 ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY — On a ship near the top of the planet, a 120-pound steel claw dumps out mud freshly scooped from the bottom of the sea. Jackie Grebmeier gets to work with … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): This spring, a Honduran couple with their 3-year-old son were passing through the Guatemala-Mexico border, just hours after fleeing death threats. Days later, the administration implemented the zero tolerance policy and within just a … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-09-26/rural-farming/farm-bill-could-help-or-hinder-clean-water-efforts/a64128-1 September 26, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Cover crops promote soil health and control erosion and nutrient runoff, but support for them in a new Farm Bill is uncertain. … Continued