From 350.org (https://350.org/): We just won a huge victory in the fight against Keystone XL. A federal judge overruled the Administration and called for a more robust environmental review of the pipeline in Nebraska. Earlier this week, we sent you … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/arctic-warming-stalls-summer-weather-study-warns-intensifying-very-extreme-extremes Published on Monday, August 20, 2018 by Common Dreams “This is #climatechange, and the time to act on it is now.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Flooding from monsoon rains has killed hundreds of people in India’s … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/these-giant-portraits-will-stand-path-trans-mountain-pipeline-make-powerful Published on Monday, August 20, 2018 by Common Dreams The People on the Path series offers creative resistance to controversial fossil fuel project By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Some of the portraits of people protesting the Trans … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Six years ago, Ford Motor Company was part of a landmark agreement with the EPA, the state of California, and other major automakers to significantly improve fuel efficiency standards and build cleaner cars. Ford’s CEO … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Although our efforts to get a bill passed to amend the PA State Constitution were not successful, there are many things to feel good about. SB22, although amended, passed the Senate and got as far … Continued
Tell Congress to restore voter protections at the ELCA Action Center. Decades ago, faith leaders and church activists served a critical role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The act, after being signed into law, … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): We hear a lot about the top 1 percent and how more and more income and wealth are going to the very richest Americans while working families get left behind. But did you know … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/08/17/protecting-immigrant-children-abuse/#.W3bWyc5KgdU By Lecia Imbery August 17, 2018 On Aug. 16, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on what federal agencies are doing – or rather, aren’t doing enough of – to protect unaccompanied … Continued
Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News reporter Published: August 16, 2018 at 2:25 PM A federal court has lifted the Trump administration’s delay of the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule. A federal judge in South Carolina has issued a nationwide injunction on the … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Right now, Congress is working on a farm bill that will dictate the next five years of farm policy and funding. The Senate passed a clean version, but it must be reconciled with the House version, which … Continued