Please join faith leaders and faith communities around Pennsylvania in endorsing the Clean Water for the Woodlands fund drive. Imagine living without clean water. Imagine living in a house where drinking a glass of water from the tap or taking … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): This Thanksgiving, as we gather together in gratitude, let’s be thankful for the bounty of Creation and mindful of how our food choices affect the Earth and the climate. In this time of uncertainty … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): At the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, police have used excessive force against peaceful human rights defenders, confronting men, women and children with military gear and military-grade weapons. Peaceful protest is a human right. Stand up for … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This has been intense. Last week, we told you we were incredibly concerned about President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on opening the Arctic Ocean and other lands in Alaska to drilling. Trump’s transition team has … Continued
Thursday November 3, 2016 12:01 AM Reading Eagle The Issue: The state’s largest physicians group wants to stop new natural gas drilling while studying the practice’s health effects. Our Opinion: It’s a reasonable, if unrealistic, request. For years, the primary focus of … Continued
By Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis November 9 at 11:34 AM Donald J. Trump comes into office with a plan to toss out most of what President Obama achieved on energy and the environment. While vowing to “cancel” the international Paris climate accord Obama … Continued
Posted at http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/07/stories/1060045351 Benjamin Storrow, E&E reporter Published: Monday, November 7, 2016 For months, a Washington state ballot measure seeking to impose America’s first carbon tax simmered behind the scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Now, as the campaign hurtles toward … Continued
November 4 was an historic day! The Paris Climate Agreement will become international law. Currently 96 countries have ratified the agreement, representing just over two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris agreement will reduce emissions toward a shared … Continued
Actions speak louder than words. Last year, world leaders reached the Paris Agreement, the world’s first global climate pact that included every major country on the planet. Today, that agreement enters into force! Now, it’s time for our governments to … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Federal action opportunities: Comment period on the Clean Energy Incentive Program closed November 1. Postcards in support of the program were collected at PA IPL’s conference on October 30, and overnighted to EPA Administrator … Continued