From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Especially during the holiday season, delivery trucks are driving through our neighborhoods and near our homes every day. Those packages shouldn’t come with added air pollution and a warmer climate. Tell the world’s largest package delivery company, … Continued
The Healthcare.gov Marketplace is now open until January 15th—please help spread the work to reach your neighbors who need health insurance! The COVID‑19 pandemic has elevated the need for health coverage and the American Rescue Plan has made that coverage more affordable … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution control standards for new oil and gas sites and formally proposed the first-ever federal methane control standards for all … Continued
Join NLIHC, the Coalition on Human Needs, and other advocates across the nation for a Digital Day of Action on Friday, December 17 to urge our senators to pass the “Build Back Better Act” and its unprecedented investments in rental … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Families across the country have been breathing a sigh of relief each month when the Child Tax Credit payment arrives. But December 15th will be the LAST monthly Child Tax Credit check for families if the … Continued
From the Brady Campaign (https://www.bradyunited.org/): We can’t let up now. 2021 is on track to be the deadliest year for gun violence. Sign Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-ban-assault-weapons-now-2 if you agree it’s time to … Continued
Self-identified Christians make up 63% of U.S. population in 2021, down from 75% a decade ago WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 14, 2021) – The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/13/monster-antarctic-glacier-risk-key-ice-shelf-faces-collapse-years-earlier-expected “What we’re seeing is already enough to be worried about,” said one researcher. KENNY STANCIL December 13, 2021 The ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most perilous glaciers is eroding from below due to higher ocean temperatures, prompting … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Did you know that we could have had a fair and just universal child care system 50 years ago? That’s right (and infuriating!). It was 50 years ago today when Republican President Richard Nixon vetoed the … Continued
From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): One of the more controversial aspects of the Build Back Better Act has been the Electric Vehicle tax credit. ReImagine Appalachia wants to see our region at the forefront of these new manufacturing jobs – and … Continued