Call Senators to Protect Cardin-Lugar Provision on Payments for Natural Resource Extraction
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): This week, the House of Representatives voted to gut a critical anti-corruption law. The good news is that the Senate can still save it, and you can help make this happen. Take action … Continued
Tell Legislators: Increase Budget for Safe Drinking Water
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): StateImpact Reports: “The EPA says Pennsylvania’s drinking water program failed to meet the federal requirements for conducting inspections of water systems, and that DEP’s lack of staffing has caused the number of unaddressed Safe Drinking Water Act violations … Continued
Thank Representatives Meehan, Fitzpatrick and Costello for Voting to Uphold the BLM Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Representatives Meehan, Fitzpatrick and Costello were among the 11 Republicans with the courage to do the right thing. Call and say thanks: Rep. Patrick Meehan: (202) 225-2011 (find local office numbers at https://meehan.house.gov/contact/offices) Rep. Brian … Continued
Environmental Actions, Information from PAIPL
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): State action opportunities: Write letters to the Editor (LTE) on the importance of fugitive methane limits, and the need for protections of the air, water, and stable climate on which we all depend. Send … Continued
Congress Votes to Overturn Stream Protection Rule
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-03/environment/congress-votes-to-overturn-stream-protection-rule/a56231-1 February 3, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Debris from coal mining contains heavy metals such as mercury, selenium and arsenic. (Jakec/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Congress has voted to … Continued
Tell FERC to Reject the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Developers are seeking to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to ship fracked gas through West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, adding to an already-large network of existing and proposed pipelines in the region. Not only would … Continued
Casey Votes No on Tillerson Nomination
Monday, January 30, 2017 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement … Continued
9,442 Citizen-Reported Fracking Complaints Reveal 12-Years of Suppressed Data
Laurel Peltier Jan. 30, 2017 02:54PM EST Guess what was found in Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) filing cabinets after gas operators drilled 10,027 fracking wells over the last 12 years? Only 9,442 citizen-reported fracking complaints. And 44 percent of those … Continued
Tell DRBC – Put Permanent Ban on Fracking Now
Since 2010 the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has prohibited permitting for natural gas extraction projects in the Delaware River Basin while they study its potential impacts on water resources, a de-facto moratorium that does not allow permits to be issued until … Continued