Most #justicetransformation folks are very unhappy with the outcome of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons recent hearings! Some very deserving folks who have demonstrated proof of changed lives were turned down en masse. Only two people were granted clemency from … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): As you flip through the pages of a calendar, you could put a tragic anniversary on almost every single day. That’s not normal, but it has been normalized here in Pennsylvania and all across the country. Yesterday … Continued
From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): If you haven’t yet heard, Communities across a vast area of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia and West Virginia have been hit hard by an on-going devastating climate disaster. Last week, Eastern Kentucky was hit with devastatingly … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/03/moderna-revenue-shows-pandemic-has-been-lucrative-smash-and-grab-big-pharma “In the Covid-19 pandemic, world leaders have allowed pharmaceutical companies to place extraordinary profits ahead of saving lives,” lamented one campaigner BRETT WILKINS August 3, 2022 As Moderna reported higher-than-expected revenue driven entirely by sales of its publicly … Continued
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (PA IPL) is a community of congregations, faith-based organizations, and individuals of faith responding to climate change as an ethical and moral issue, through advocacy, education, energy conservation, energy efficiency, stewardship, and the use and promotion of … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): As Congress nears the end of its work for the current budget year, we have an important opportunity to secure more funding for homelessness and affordable housing. The President’s budget request for … Continued
From the Endangered Species Coalition (https://www.endangered.org/): We are running out of time. Climate change is making storms like we saw in Kentucky and wildfires like we are seeing out West more frequent and devastating and threatening our ability to respond. … Continued
From the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (https://www.palwv.org/): In a triumph for PA voters, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld the constitutionality of no-excuse mail-in voting yesterday. Read the full decision here. The Court ruled that Act 77, the … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Senate is expected to vote this week on a tax and investment plan that taxes large profitable corporations, reins in Big Pharma’s price gouging, lowers carbon emissions, and provides billions of dollars … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-08-01/energy-policy/public-pressure-prompts-usps-to-boost-ev-purchases/a80099-1 August 1, 2022 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The U.S. Postal Service is buying nearly 85,000 new vehicles and estimates 40% will be electric. Scott Hochberg, attorney at the Center … Continued