Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/08/un-experts-warn-climate-catastrophe-2040-without-rapid-and-unprecedented-global Published on Monday, October 08, 2018 by Common Dreams “The climate crisis is here and already impacting the most vulnerable,” notes 350.org’s program director. “Staying under 1.5ºC is now a matter of political will.” By Jessica Corbett, … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): It could soon become a lot easier for oil and gas companies to release methane into our air. In just the latest case of rollbacks targeting our air quality, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its plan to … Continued
From the Earth Day Network (https://www.earthday.org): New research published this summer has shown once again that plastic pollution is harming our planet even more than we previously thought. That plastic shopping bag or wrapper that you threw into the garbage because … Continued
Posted: 05 Oct 2018 10:09 AM PDT NOTE: This legislation has no chance of passage this session, but it is important to get the concept before legislators in preparation for passage in the 2019-20 session. It should also be noted … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): October 5 was National Energy Efficiency Day. To celebrate, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center released a new consumer guide to help Pennsylvanians conserve energy and reduce wasted energy in their homes and businesses. You can check out and … Continued
Insurers are at the vanguard of a movement to put a value today on the unpredictable future of a warming planet By Bradley Hope and Nicole Friedman Produced by Jess Kuronen and Tyler Paige When a wildfire engulfed the Canadian … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): As a person of faith, we are called to live out our love for the sacred and for our neighbors through our advocacy to protect the earth upon which we all depend. In 2017, … Continued
Posted at https://www.blackpressusa.com/commentary-the-dirty-water-rule-will-heighten-the-clean-water-crisis-for-black-americans/ By Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP, 119th President, National Medical Association Clean water is a basic human right. Still, too many low-income communities and communities of color are not receiving their right of clean water. They are being … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): Recently, Williams/Transco tore down a Cross and Prayer Labyrinth on the Sisters’ own land to push ahead with their plans to push gas through the ASP. This is despite the fact, or perhaps due to … Continued