Delaware Riverkeeper Network commissioned a report, and organized a webinar last October to explain the report. Downloadable document here: Envisioning Pennsylvania’s Energy Future: Powering the Commonwealth’s Energy Needs with 100 Percent Renewables by 2050 Video of webinar here: Envisioning Pennsylvania’s Energy … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This month’s historic marches all over the country showed our government that we are not going to stand quietly by as they move their corporate agenda. And, a new poll recently showed that the … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The Trump Administration’s decision to freeze EPA grants and contracts comes at a time when there is broad-based support to clean the Susquehanna River and restore the Chesapeake Bay. This must remain a priority for Pennsylvania and … Continued
From 350.org (https://350.org/): This week Donald Trump signed executive actions that attempt to restart the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and the Dakota Access fracked oil pipeline. Trump is pushing these pipelines for one reason: because people powered movements stopped … Continued
Posted at http://publicherald.org/hidden-data-suggests-fracking-created-widespread-systemic-impact-in-pennsylvania/ Trends Show Impacts Are Getting Worse by Melissa A. Troutman, Sierra Shamer and Joshua B. Pribanic for Public Herald After a three-year investigation in Pennsylvania, Public Herald has uncovered evidence of widespread and systemic impacts related to “fracking,” a controversial oil and gas … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On January 15, over 200 people gathered at the STAND for a day of community action. First, we threw FERC’s Final Environmental Impact Statement into a giant bonfire, rejecting its conclusion that the ASP would … Continued
DeVos, Sessions, and Pruitt All To Receive “No” Vote From PA Senator WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is ready to announce after deliberations, hearings, and review of available paperwork that he will vote “no” on President-elect … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Melting sea ice is leaving polar bears hungrier and hungrier. The Fish and Wildlife Service just announced that unless we act decisively now, their numbers could plummet in the near future. But instead of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition (http://www.paforestcoalition.org/): It was the worst spill / pollution case that DEP had experienced in their dealings with the oil & gas industry. Wastewater from an impoundment owned by Marcellus gas driller EQT polluted high quality … Continued
From Conservation Voters of PA (http://www.conservationpa.org): The fish in too many of our rivers and streams are too contaminated to eat. Too many homeowners can’t drink their tap water. Kids are losing their futures due to lead poisoning. The legislature … Continued