Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-27/energy-policy/cleaning-the-air-and-boosting-the-bottom-line/a54222-1 September 27, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Industrial energy efficiency alone could reduce carbon emissions by 175 million tons a year in 2030. (Riffsyphon1024/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – States … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): In 2014, the U.S. oil and gas industry leaked 9.8 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas methane into our air. That’s the climate equivalent of running almost 225 coal-fired power plants for a … Continued
Doylestown Friends Meeting strongly supports the voices and actions of the Standing Rock Sioux who, together with tribal peoples across the country and their allies, are protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We particularly decry the use of … Continued
Posted at http://fair.org/home/dakota-access-blackout-continues-on-abc-nbc-news/ Neil Young’s song about the Dakota Access pipeline fight is 5 minutes, 39 seconds longer than the combined coverage of the controversy on the ABC and NBC networks. (screenshot: Slate) The Sacred Stone Camp established by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Now, the Arctic Ocean AND the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are in Big Oil’s crosshairs, including places in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place sacred to the Gwich’in people where polar bears and caribou … Continued
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is considering whether to let the PennEast Pipeline Company tear up rivers and streams that provide drinking water to millions of people to build a new gas pipeline. Energy experts say we have above … Continued
IUCN report warns that ‘truly staggering’ rate of warming is changing the behaviour of marine species, reducing fishing zones and spreading disease The scale of warming in the ocean is ‘truly staggering’, the report warns. Oliver Milman in Honolulu; @olliemilman Monday … Continued
About us: PennFuture is leading the transition to a clean energy economy in Pennsylvania and beyond. We are protecting our air, water and land, and empowering citizens to build sustainable communities for future generations. Job Description: Northeast PA Outreach Coordinator … Continued
Posted at http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/06/howarth-alerts-white-house-growing-methane-danger By Blaine Friedlander (bpf2@cornell.edu) As methane intensifies greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – propelling average global temperatures higher toward the brink of no return – Cornell’s Robert Howarth briefed the White House’s Office of Science and Technology … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-14/environment/prioritizing-five-counties-is-key-to-pas-clean-water-efforts/a54027-1 September 14, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window About 1,400 miles of rivers and streams in five priority counties have been damaged by agricultural pollution. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued