From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not permanently safe from oil and gas drilling. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is among one of the last remaining truly wild places. Every year, hundreds of thousands of caribou migrate … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/01/campaigners-demand-deep-cuts-plastic-production-global-treaty-negotiations-ramp “The scale of the problem is mind-boggling,” said one advocate. “Plastic is in our blood. It’s in fetuses. It’s really encroaching on every aspect of human existence.” JULIA CONLEY December 1, 2022 Climate campaigners attending the first negotiations … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/30/finally-some-justice-fracking-company-pay-millions-poisoning-towns-water “This case proves once and for all that drilling and fracking contaminated our drinking water,” said one Dimock, Pennsylvania resident. KENNY STANCIL November 30, 2022 Environmental justice advocates celebrated Tuesday when a fracking company accepted responsibility for poisoning … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Clean Air Council and its supporters have worked for years to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce air pollution from new and existing oil and gas facilities. The gas industry emits … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Why are we cutting down one of the planet’s most important forest ecosystems to make toilet paper? Housing some of North America’s most iconic animals, Canada’s boreal forest is also a crucial carbon sink that absorbs planet-warming … Continued
The vast majority of US public lands are carved out of Indigenous people’s sacred homelands. In some cases, Tribal communities retain treaty rights to those lands, many of which contain sacred cultural sites. Yet the federal government grants itself permission … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s future is not ensured. The Arctic Refuge isn’t a permanently protected place. This means that future oil and gas drilling could ruin this wild place, and tracts of land could be leased … Continued
Please consider signing our public petition calling on EPA to protect people not PFAS polluters when it issues National Pollution Discharge Elimination System guidance to states this winter. Please also consider sharing it with other people who might be interested in … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Do you believe the Earth is sacred and we have a duty to care for it? A recent poll says most Americans do. For me, caring for Creation also means respecting and protecting the … Continued
Posted at https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion-intersects-with-americans-views-on-the-environment/ Responsibility for the Earth is part of many U.S. Christians’ beliefs, but so is skepticism about the climate WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 17, 2022) – Most U.S. adults – including a solid majority of Christians and large numbers of … Continued