Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/not-freedom-gas-failure-gas-first-its-kind-report-details-planetary-perils-us Published on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 “These projects aren’t just associated with health and safety risks: if even a fraction of them come to fruition, they will condemn the planet to a future of climate chaos.” By … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/single-most-important-stat-planet-alarm-atmospheric-co2-soars-legit-scary-record Published on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 by Common Dreams “We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.” By … Continued
Next Tuesday, thousands of Americans – young and old, Christian and non-Christian alike – will head to Capitol Hill to ask Congress to support bold, bi-partisan solutions to combat climate change. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act will drive … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): Washington, D.C. – A first-of-its-kind report from the advocacy group Food & Water Watch provides a full and detailed analysis of the emerging fracked gas infrastructure buildout that is symbiotically driving, and being driven by, a new fracking boom in … Continued
From the Better Path Coalition (https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/): On May 14th, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a bombshell report on 46 cases of children with rare cancers in four counties at the epicenter of the shale gas boom in southwestern Pennsylvania since 2008. Among them are 27 … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): A lot of people aren’t familiar with Pennsylvania’s dirty little secret: the decades-old legacy of toxic pollution from coal mining that scars communities all across Pennsylvania. We often hear about illegal polluters in the news or imagine … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light, a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization supporting communities and individuals of faith across Pennsylvania in acting on climate change, is seeking an Organization Administrator to work approximately 20 hours a … Continued
From Environmental Action (https://environmental-action.org/): Protect clean water, wildlife and human health: Tell the administration to comply with a federal court order for safer coal ash storage at https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=32633. It’s a lurking environmental threat across the U.S. — the improper storage … Continued
From the National Wildlife Federation (https://www.nwf.org/): This summer, brown bears will converge on the pristine rivers, streams, and wetlands of Bristol Bay, Alaska to feed on sockeye salmon in preparation for a long winter of hibernation. But unless we act … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): If you’ve never been to California’s Sequoia National Park, you need to put it on your list. There’s just nothing that compares to walking among trees that scrape the sky — it’s something no photo can really … Continued