From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Deadlock over the state budget continues in Harrisburg and without your help, a clean healthy environment could be sacrificed as part of the deal. Just this week, the Senate rejected HB 453, an ill-conceived plan by the House … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-09-13/environment/environmentalists-ask-house-to-reject-budget-riders/a59415-1 September 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Groups say riders to the Senate budget bill would put air, water and health at risk. (Jared Kofsky/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): In this note you will find highlights from the late August 2017 PA IPL climate policy briefing call, beginning with opportunities for action and witness. Our monthly updates are intended to build our … Continued
See other ways you can contribute to Hurricane Irma relief: Faith-Based and Other Ways to Help Our Neighbors Affected by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) Provides Places to Help Those Affected by Harvey & … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): September is here, and our hearts are filled with gratitude, and also with sorrow and pain in the face of suffering. In this newsletter we offer you tools, activities, and ways to engage: … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): We’re pleased to share that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2), joined by Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-13), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Jan Schakowsky (IL-9), and Keith Ellison (MN-5) have introduced … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/07/unprecedented-lofoten-declaration-demands-managed-decline-fossil-fuel-industry With far-reaching document, 220 organizations call for rapid, global transition to achieve low carbon future Published on Thursday, September 07, 2017 by Common Dreams By Julia Conley, staff writer The Lofoten Declaration is aimed at ramping up … Continued
NOTE there are two actions. Say NO to State Budget Raid of Environmental Funds From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): PennFuture needs your urgent help TODAY. When a major newspaper in the Commonwealth compares the current state budget shenanigans in Harrisburg to “a clown … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): As communities across Texas and Louisiana begin dealing with the devastating impacts of Hurricane Harvey and the overwhelming task of cleaning up and rebuilding—many people are wondering, how will we pay for this? … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): From the devastation in Texas to the torrential monsoon rains in Asia that have flooded out millions, to the record breaking heat and wildfires in the West, we are witnessing the impacts of global … Continued