From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): While our neighbors in the U.S. and around the world are urgently calling for action on climate change, the Trump administration continues to roll back the limited federal climate solutions we currently have in … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): This week, the Pennsylvania State Senate voted on a bill (SB 619) that would make it easier to pollute our waters. This bill would cut back existing regulations, fundamentally changing water protection in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 619 … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): Budget negotiations are happening right now in Harrisburg and there are some who want to cut funding for important investments in our environment and our communities while providing giveaways to the fossil fuel industry. Tell … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/14/changes-are-really-accelerating-alaska-record-warm-while-greenland-sees-major-ice Published on Friday, June 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “The numbers needing relocation will grow, the costs are going up, and people’s lives and cultural practices will be impacted.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer The Sawyer Glacier in … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Pennsylvania’s air quality needs your help. The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) is currently receiving comment on a direly needed increase in air quality permit fees. Please support this fee increase at http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51176/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26357 to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Once known for our production of coal, oil and gas, Pennsylvania now has the opportunity to lead in a new direction. On May 7, a bipartisan collection of 88 state legislators reintroduced legislation to require Pennsylvania to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): 414 million pieces of plastic. All on the beach. Marine scientists conducted a comprehensive survey of debris on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and found 414 million pieces of plastic, weighing 238 metric tons.1 It’s just the latest … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): This month, we saw something we hadn’t seen in a decade: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to take action on the climate crisis. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. Go to https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=32736 to tell our U.S. senators: … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As we all know too well, Pennsylvania has a real air pollution problem — almost half of us live in areas that received a grade of an “F” from the American Lung Association for soot and smog … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Senator Bob Casey has courageously opposed the Administration’s dangerous proposed modification to standards that reduce methane pollution from oil and gas operations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew … Continued