Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-10-25/environment/pa-strongly-supports-fuel-efficiency-standards/a60004-1 October 25, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Transportation now is the largest source of carbon pollution. (05322008/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Overwhelming support for keeping federal fuel-efficiency standards cuts across … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Right now, Alaska Native Gwich’in leaders are meeting with as many members of Congress as they can. They are in a race against time to get Arctic oil drilling provisions out of the projected revenue … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/23/electric-cars-and-surging-solar-spell-market-doom-fossil-fuels Published on Monday, October 23, 2017 by Common Dreams Analyses show how demand for electric vehicles and rapidly falling renewable energy prices could take down oil and gas industry By Jessica Corbett, staff writer The cost of … Continued
New York, NY In the face of mounting environmental catastrophes across the globe, some 98 religious and ethical organizations and individuals have called on five US banks to cease financing fossil fuel projects due to their destructive impact on life-giving … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): They’re the Quilt 6. Six more supporters were arrested last Saturday (October 21), including Father Bill, a Catholic priest. They were taken into custody by state police while blocking the upper and lower entrances to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-10-23/environment/childs-app-boosts-gardens-for-pollinators/a59962-1 October 23, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Populations of monarch butterflies and other pollinators have declined sharply. (bbarlow/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Conservation and gardening groups are getting help from … Continued
The Call to US Banks to Cease Fossil Fuel Financing is a project of the good folks at the Climate Justice initiative at Union Theological Seminary. They’re asking religious leaders to sign on by October 20 (NOTE: You can still sign … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Emissions from a developing, massive Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County would contain a toxic mix of pollutants – particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds, such as acrolein, benzene, toluene and naphthalene – that exacerbate … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): The Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal that led to huge emissions of harmful diesel particulates and smog pollution could be minor compared to what is happening right now. Congress is considering legislation that would protect … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On Monday, twenty-three courageous members of our movement were arrested in front of an excavator on land belonging to the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in West Hempfield Township. Those arrested ranged in age … Continued