Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-22/energy-policy/report-30m-solar-homes-could-boost-jobs-benefit-environment/a75102-1 July 22, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – With federal investment, a proposal to connect 30 million homes in the United States to solar energy could have a big … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The proposed Twin Metals mine — on the border of Minnesota’s beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — is an ecological disaster waiting to happen. If the mine’s toxic tailings hit the wilderness’ interconnected waterways at any point, … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-21/energy-policy/reports-what-pa-appalachia-can-learn-from-natural-gas-booms-failure/a75072-1 July 21, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report demonstrates why the last decade’s natural-gas boom in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia fell below expectations and did not … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Years ago, more than 50,000 grizzly bears roamed the Lower 48 — but today, only about 2,000 grizzlies remain.1 For decades, hunting drove down their numbers and development shrank their habitat. But even after this one-two punch, lawmakers still … Continued
From the National Farmworker Ministry (http://nfwm.org/): This summer’s heat wave is creating dangerous and deadly condition for farm workers–even more than usual. Inside Climate News reports: “People around the Pacific Northwest piled into emergency cooling centers late last month to escape … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): In the last 20 years, the western monarch population has plummeted to only 2,000 butterflies, and the eastern population has fallen by roughly 80 percent.1 They need Endangered Species Act protections to survive — and while the Biden … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/14/biggest-story-world-right-now-humanity-has-flipped-amazon-carbon-sink-source The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.” JESSICA CORBETT July 14, 2021 Following years of warnings and mounting fears among scientists, “terrifying” research revealed Wednesday that climate change and deforestation have turned parts of … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/17/oregons-growing-bootleg-fire-one-70-now-raging-us-west-where-another-heatwave-looms “We are living through a climate catastrophe,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. “We have to redesign our economy to respond to the current crisis and to ensure it doesn’t get much, much worse.” KENNY STANCIL July 17, 2021 … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/critical-step-climate-biden-restore-protections-tongass-national-forest “The Tongass is not only one of the few truly wild places left on the planet, it is vital to our path forward as we deal with climate change,” said the Alaska-based group SalmonState. JULIA CONLEY July … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Methane pollution causes deep and irreparable harm, polluting the air and jeopardizing the health of children and those living in frontline communities. This summer the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on new safeguards to … Continued