Tell Your PA Representative—Don’t Bend the Rules for Conventional Oil and Gas Industry

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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

EPA Holds Only Hearing on Eliminating Methane Regulations

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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

Tell Oil Company CEOs that Arctic Drilling is Bad for Business

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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

Tell Our Senators to Vote for the Arctic Refuge Protection Act

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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

New Study Warns 5 Billion People Could Face Higher Risk of Climate-Related Coastal Storms, Water Pollution, and Crop Losses by 2050

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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