PA Pushback on EPA Plan to Eliminate Methane Regulations

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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

As Category 5 Dorian Devastates, Pope Francis Urges World to Act Fast on Climate Emergency

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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

Tell Congress: Support the Roadless Area Conservation Act

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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

Leaked UN Draft Report Warns Rising, Warming Oceans ‘Poised to Unleash Misery’ Worldwide

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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