Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/12/saddest-thing-wont-be-breaking-news-concentration-co2-hits-record-high-416-ppm Published on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 by Common Dreams “Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation need to be reduced to ZERO to stop this trend!” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Residents look on as flames burn through … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/07/consistent-mass-extinction-new-study-warns-climate-chaos-driving-rapid-decline Published on Friday, February 07, 2020 by Common Dreams The research “adds to a growing body of evidence for alarming, widespread losses of biodiversity and for rates of global change that now exceed the critical limits of … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Major car companies are currently working to repeal air pollution protections here in Pennsylvania and nationwide. This fall, Subaru, Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, and Chrysler all came out in support of the Administration’s proposal to weaken clean … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Pennsylvania’s greatest conservation program just celebrated its 20th anniversary.1 It’s called “The Environmental Stewardship Fund,” and is known to most of us as “Growing Greener.” For the past two decades, it’s helped to preserve some of Pennsylvania’s … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Imagine that every 10 to 12 seconds, blasts interrupt your life so loudly that they not only disturb your day, but disorient you and interfere with your ability to communicate and eat. And this continues for hours, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/13/temperature-antarctica-soars-past-69degf-noaa-reports-last-month-was-worlds-hottest Published on Thursday, February 13, 2020 by Common Dreams While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record “incredible and abnormal.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every day, it seems like the need to address the climate crisis becomes more urgent. And we all know that politicians’ efforts to implement climate solutions have lagged behind the public’s resolve to tackle climate change. That’s … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Less than 10 percent of single-use plastics were recycled in 2019.1 The rest went to landfills, were burned in incinerators or were left uncollected, with approximately 8 million tons making their way to the sea.2 Nothing we … Continued
From the National Resources Defense Council (https://www.nrdc.org/): We’ve never been this close to losing Alaska’s iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling… The administration will soon begin selling oil drilling leases in the Arctic Refuge, and oil megacorp Chevron … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have a huge chance to protect our drinking water. When we turn on the taps in our kitchens, none of us should have to worry that our water is tainted with toxic substances. Yet toxic PFAS … Continued