Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-13/climate-change-air-quality/racing-to-the-bottom-on-methane-emissions/a56354-1 February 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window DEP estimates the natural gas industry emitted 115,000 tons of methane in Pennsylvania in 2014. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean air … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Starting March 1st, the annual Ecumenical Carbon Fast offers opportunities to honor the season of Lent by mindfully refraining from adding to our personal and communal carbon footprints (With thanks to the Massachusetts … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-09/environment/lawsuit-calls-trump-order-on-regulations-unconstitutional/a56320-1 February 9, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The executive order requires eliminating at least two regulations for every new one enacted. (pixabay.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Public interest law, environmental … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Governor Tom Wolf has proposed a budget that would reform state government and address its financial woes – but it does little to support badly needed increases for environmental protection. Pennsylvania has significant environmental and public health … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The Governor gave is budget address this morning. His staff briefed the environmental community yesterday afternoon on his budget, as well. The top-line narrative of his budget is increasing investment in education, consolidating government, a severance tax, … Continued
Please consider submitting a letter to the editor of your local paper calling for Governor Wolf to provide assistance for residents of The Woodlands and other communities that have lost drinking water because of fracking. First a few tips: Keep … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Last year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized common sense natural gas emissions standards aimed at putting an end to wasteful leaks, venting and flaring of natural gas and dangerous pollutants. The new … Continued
In his first week as president, Donald Trump signed an executive action clearing the way for the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Sadly, his blatant disregard Native American sovereignty comes as no surprise. The Army Corp of Engineers … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): As you may have heard, the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The decision was arrived at without adequate surveying and minimal actual studying of the impacts on our homes, … Continued
From Conservation Voters of PA (http://www.conservationpa.org): You took action and we won! In December we asked you to speak up for threatened wild trout populations in our state’s streams, and your voice was heard. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission … Continued