From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Each week during the Season of Creation, we are focusing on one part of our shared ministry for God’s Creation. This week, we focus on our public lands. Our public lands can provide a sanctuary … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): The scope of the problem is vast: Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that as many as 10 million people may be exposed to unsafe levels of PFAS, … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Throughout the Season of Creation, our team will present a weekly theme honoring one aspect of God’s amazing creation. This week’s theme is water. The Creation Justice community educates, prays, and acts to uphold our … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Another one of America’s iconic places needs our help: the vital watershed ecosystem of Alaska’s Bristol Bay. On July 30, the Environmental Protection Agency publicly announced it would fast-track a mining project that would devastate Bristol Bay … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-09-03/climate-change-air-quality/pa-pushback-on-epa-plan-to-eliminate-methane-regulations/a67642-1 September 3, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window U.S. oil and gas operations release an estimated 13 million metric tons of methane per year. (Bertold Werkmann/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. — … Continued
The invasive insect Spotted Lanternfly was discovered in Berks County in September 2014 and has since spread to 13 other Pennsylvania counties. It is native to China, India, Vietnam, and was introduced to Korea where it has become a major … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/02/category-5-dorian-devastates-pope-francis-urges-world-act-fast-climate-emergency Published on Monday, September 02, 2019 by Common Dreams “Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Pope Francis greets Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, right, during his … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Check out Tuesday’s article in the Washington Post, which highlights the administration’s attempt to jumpstart industrial-scale old-growth logging in the last largely intact temperate rainforest in America, the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, led by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, just proposed the complete elimination of methane controls in the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for oil and gas facilities. Methane … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/29/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-rising-warming-oceans-poised-unleash-misery-worldwide Published on Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Common Dreams The assessment details anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and displacement due to rising seas By Jessica Corbett, staff writer A … Continued