From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Urge your US representative to support the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019. Our nation’s leaders must create policies that take the entire United States economy to a sustainable future. This Act will move federal agencies … Continued
From Natural Resources Defense Council (https://www.nrdc.org/): Any day now, a group of key state lawmakers will decide the fate of a bill (SB 596) that would increase the number of electric vehicles and charging stations on Pennsylvania’s roads. We need … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every year, more than 250,000 tons of plastic pellets spill into the environment.1 These tiny fragments, used in plastic manufacturing, swirl in the water and wash up on shore in humongous drifts. The Clean Water Act is … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): Our elected officials are willing to bend the rules for the conventional oil and gas industry and weaken environmental protections because the industry doesn’t think the current law should apply to them. Tell your PA … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have a chance to protect sea otters, harbor seals and other marine wildlife from offshore drilling — for good. In September, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would block dirty, destructive drilling off … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-10-18/climate-change-air-quality/epa-holds-only-hearing-on-eliminating-methane-regulations/a68107-2 October 18, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window As a greenhouse gas, methane is 80 times more powerful in the near term than carbon dioxide. (denismax/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Put your love for the earth into action in 2020 by taking part in Interfaith Power & Light’s Faith Climate Action Week April 17 – 26! Save the date! Faith Climate Action Week is … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Recently an ad in The Wall Street Journal put companies like Chevron, ExxonMobile and ConocoPhillips on notice: we will hold accountable corporations who consider drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We let them know you’re watching … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to protect Arctic wildlife from destructive drilling. Now, it’s the Senate’s turn. With a bipartisan vote, the House passed the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which will end … Continued
Published on Thursday, October 10, 2019 by Common Dreams Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/10/new-study-warns-5-billion-people-could-face-higher-risk-climate-related-coastal “If we continue on this trajectory, ecosystems will be unable to provide natural insurance in the face of climate change-induced impacts on food, water, and infrastructure.” By Jessica … Continued