Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-06-17/energy-policy/report-push-for-electric-vehicles-in-american-jobs-plan-would-benefit-pa/a74658-1 June 17, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PHILADELPHIA – A new report predicts big benefits for Pennsylvania, and millions of jobs nationwide, if Congress decides to invest in upgrading the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/16/scientist-who-spent-year-epicenter-climate-crisis-warns-world-may-already-have-hit ‘Urgent’ action is needed, atmospheric scientist Markus Rex said. ANDREA GERMANOS, STAFF WRITER June 16, 2021 The MOSAiC expedition’s Eco and Ocean team near a lead next to ROV sampling. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut /Lianna Nixon/CC-BY 4.0) The atmospheric … Continued
From the Environmental Defense Fund (https://www.edf.org/): We have an historic chance to make climate progress through bold infrastructure investments. But this means going beyond roads and bridges and investing in clean energy infrastructure, electric vehicle charging stations and zero-emitting trucks and buses. … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): There’s good news for bees: We know one of the leading causes of bee die-offs. So why are companies still allowed to use and sell bee-killing pesticides that have devastating effects on our delicate ecosystems? Neonicotinoids — or … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Thank you for caring for God’s beautiful marine creation. We invite you to check out our brand new resource – Save Our Sacred Seas – for more ways you, your congregation, and your community can … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Interfaith Power & Light network has been offered a unique opportunity to be among the first to share the new short film, Other Side of the Hill. Plan to share it with your congregations and … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): You are invited to participate in a 3 week push to finally end fossil fuel subsidies as part of the infrastructure package being negotiated in Congress. As a candidate, President Biden promised to end subsidies … Continued
From the Sierra Club (http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/): Any day now, the Pennsylvania State House could vote on House Bill 637, dangerous legislation that would prohibit the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from regulating carbon pollution and block Pennsylvania from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. HB 637 would … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-06-11/energy-policy/could-pa-gas-preemption-bill-derail-local-climate-action-plans/a74581-1 June 11, 2021 – Michayla Savitt, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — A gas preemption bill in the state Senate would prevent Pennsylvania municipalities from adopting policies to restrict or prohibit methane … Continued
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently requesting speakers for three virtual “listening sessions” to receive input on the EPA’s upcoming standards for methane pollution from existing oil and gas facilities. Please email rzerbo@cleanair.org if you would like to … Continued