From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Sheltering in place for the past seven weeks has many yearning to get out and enjoy the outdoor places that make Pennsylvania great. Yet as Gov. Wolf plans for residents to “return to a different and more … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): The Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation Fund, the Environmental Stewardship Fund, and the Conservation District Fund are among eight environmentally focused funds under attack. Will you speak up for this critical environmental funding at https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Pennsylvania?actionId=AR0262610? The … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): When an Ohio man took a job trucking waste for the oil and gas industry, he was told the waste he was transporting was perfectly safe. But when he and other workers began exhibiting strange health … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): In a relentless campaign to dismantle our environmental protections, the Administration’s EPA is now trying to lock in their disregard for science in future environmental rule-making. Register your opposition to the administration’s shameful attempts … Continued
Ecumenical Advocacy Days’ 2020 conference theme is “Imagine! God’s Earth and People Restored!” As the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the deeply rooted systemic injustice and institutionalized racism that traps communities of color in cycles of poverty and poor health outcomes, … Continued
Court decision leaves in place vital protections for the nation’s oceans, rivers, lakes WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund siding with clean water advocates that point source discharges to navigable waters through groundwater … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Even in the midst of a viral pandemic, anti-environmental legislators in the Pennsylvania General Assembly are using the COVID-19 public health crisis as a cover to move bills to block any proposed or final environmental regulations. On … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, Governor Tom Wolf ordered the shutdown of all non-essential non “life sustaining” businesses in Pennsylvania. Energy Transfer, parent company of Sunoco, then applied for and received … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): People across the country are facing weeks of social distancing, with long school closures and social isolation, and are increasingly wanting to turn to the outdoors and nature as a refuge. With Earth Day just around the … Continued