Mariner East Drilling Settlement Offers New Protections

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Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-10/environment/mariner-east-drilling-settlement-offers-new-protections/a58925-1 August 10, 2017 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Mariner East II project will carry natural gas liquids across 17 counties in Pennsylvania (Jay Phagan/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some Pennsylvania … Continued

Farming Out DEP Permitting Function to Third Parties: Tell PA Reps This is a Bad Idea

From Pennsylvanians Against Fracking (https://paagainstfracking.org/): The Pennsylvania legislature has been guilty of over-reach and pandering to gas industry interests in the past (Act 13 comes to mind), but the current amendments to House Bills 542 (Tax Code), 453 (Fiscal Code), … Continued

Tell PA Senators to Say NO on Bill to Delay Rule on Pollution Reduction Standards

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From Friends of the Earth (http://www.foe.org/): Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt just backed down on their attempt to let Big Polluters continue pouring smog into the air. Due to legal pressure from 15 states, Pruitt’s EPA announced it would stop … Continued

Research Suggests Hunger a Side Effect of Climate Change

Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-08/climate-change-air-quality/research-suggests-hunger-a-side-effect-of-climate-change/a58898-1 August 8, 2017 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Research suggests higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to reduce nutrients in food. (David Fulmer/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued

PA Benefits from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—We Need to Protect It

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Published on August 7 on PennLive: http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2017/08/pa_benefits_from_the_arctic_na.html By Sandra Strauss The U.S. House Budget Committee followed President Trump’s lead and introduced its version of a 2018 federal budget that includes a plan to collect revenues from drilling in the Arctic … Continued

Water Blesses Us. Let’s Pray for Water! (and Protecting It in the Federal Budget)

From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): In August and September, we’re calling on faith communities to pray for and bless water. Pray With Us! » Water sustains our physical and spiritual wellbeing. Water is life. Water is sacred. Yet, water is … Continued