The water in the faucet runs orange. But kids are expected to drink it. In Fayetteville, West Virginia, the water at school has been discolored for years. No one knows what’s in it and there is no plan to clean … Continued
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018 7/18 Creation Cor. Col. July Books, etc. July 2018 Books, etc. Creation Corner Column American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Flight for Survival. Giles Slade. The Animal One Thousand Miles Long. Leath Tonino. Animals Strike … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): This September 12-14, mayors, governors, business leaders, religious leaders, and NGOs from around the world are gathering in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit. Many of us will be taking this opportunity … Continued
Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/07/lancaster-to-be-site-of-first-100-solar.html Posted: 11 Jul 2018 11:05 AM PDT High Hotels Ltd. announced Wednesday it is installing a $1.5 million solar array that will generate 100 percent of the electrical power required to operate the 133-room Courtyard by Marriott-Lancaster. … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-07-12/climate-change-air-quality/cities-states-business-push-for-more-electric-vehicles/a63305-1 July 12, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window As the technology improves electric vehicle prices are becoming competitive with internal combustion vehicles. (whodol/Pixabay) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Cities and states are … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to gut the Chemical Disaster Rule that UCS supporters like you helped strengthen. Proposed amendments to the Risk Management Plan (RMP) put millions of people—particularly vulnerable … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Do you think hunters should be able to shoot hibernating mother bears with cubs on national preserves? Or wolf pups in their dens? If not, please sign at https://act.alaskawild.org/sign/stopcubkilling/. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Last month, President Trump signed an executive order making it easier for oil companies to drill off America’s shores by getting rid of protections put in place after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.1 This is … Continued
Posted at https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/global-warming-may-be-twice-what-climate-models-predict Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models and sea levels may rise six metres or more even if the world meets the 2°C target, according … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): The sustained advocacy call summary leads with action items, and always includes discussion hooks, positive news, and a meditation. We hope the discussion for policy conversations with legislators, Letters to the Editor, or … Continued