Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/05/puc-judge-issues-emergency-order-to.html Posted: 25 May 2018 04:07 AM PDT Public Utility Commission Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Barnes Thursday issued an Order to Sunoco to shutdown the operation of the Mariner East 1 Pipeline and construction of the Mariner East … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Last week, dozens of faith leaders from around the country convened on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to advocate for a world where all living things can thrive. We met with more than 30 … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): We want to tell you and other long-term supporters of the Keystone Research Center and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center about our new project that we launched today — We The People. Please sign … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): First Class of GreenFaith Fellows in 2008 Across a decade, GreenFaith’s Fellowship Program trained 180 Fellows from more than 25 states and 4 countries for religious-environmental leadership. From diverse clergy bringing a stronger environmental message back to their … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The fracking boom sparked stories of health scares across rural Pennsylvania: kids with burning rashes, farmers with chronic headaches and nausea, more difficulty breathing from asthma. These symptoms took parents and health professionals in communities near fracking … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): There’s a lot of things to love about the ‘80’s. But outdated controls on oil & gas drillers are not on that list. Yet a vote this week by old-school legislators in Harrisburg would turn back the … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-05-11/climate-change-air-quality/volkswagen-settlement-to-clean-pa-air/a62495-1 May 11, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Some of Pennsylvania’s share of the Volkswagen settlement money will help build charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. (Joenomias/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As you head to work, play with your kids at the park, or walk down city streets, dirty diesel buses are probably passing you by in many parts of Pennsylvania. They spew diesel exhaust that worsens asthma … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The federal mandate to blend ethanol into our gasoline, which is one component of the Renewable Fuel Standard, has been a disaster for wildlife species—encouraging and subsidizing the destruction of vanishing ecosystems. Grassland birds like the short-eared owls have seen … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): A group of investors representing $2.5 TRILLION in assets took a stand against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge! They urged oil companies and banks to not support drilling in this wildlife nursery. … Continued