From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): There’s a lot of things to love about the ‘80’s. But outdated controls on oil & gas drillers are not on that list. Yet a vote this week by old-school legislators in Harrisburg would turn back the … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-05-11/climate-change-air-quality/volkswagen-settlement-to-clean-pa-air/a62495-1 May 11, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Some of Pennsylvania’s share of the Volkswagen settlement money will help build charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. (Joenomias/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): While the state legislature is on break this week and next, PPC is focusing on the remaining weeks left on the calendar before the looming June 30th budget deadline and making a strong case … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/05/11/houses-snap-cuts-hurt-children/#.Wvmlc4AvwdU By Lecia Imbery May 11, 2018 The House is likely to vote as soon as next week on the Farm Bill, legislation that includes the reauthorization of SNAP/food stamps. Despite historically being a bipartisan bill, the version put … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/14/time-moral-confrontation-poor-peoples-campaign-launches-local-rallies-nationwide Published on Monday, May 14, 2018 by Common Dreams “We cannot continue to have a democracy that engages in the kind of policy violence that we see happening every day.” By Julia Conley, staff writer Protesters in … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As you head to work, play with your kids at the park, or walk down city streets, dirty diesel buses are probably passing you by in many parts of Pennsylvania. They spew diesel exhaust that worsens asthma … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Congratulations! Our combined tireless efforts to push back against the terrible House Farm Bill have paid off. Anti-hunger advocates and dozens and dozens of groups representing children, women, older adults, veterans, people … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The federal mandate to blend ethanol into our gasoline, which is one component of the Renewable Fuel Standard, has been a disaster for wildlife species—encouraging and subsidizing the destruction of vanishing ecosystems. Grassland birds like the short-eared owls have seen … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): A group of investors representing $2.5 TRILLION in assets took a stand against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge! They urged oil companies and banks to not support drilling in this wildlife nursery. … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/15/1764510/-Black-and-Latinx-people-face-the-greatest-barriers-to-re-entry-after-prison-women-fare-worst Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza Former Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility as part of a re-entry event highlighting educational programs promoting rehabilitation on July 28, … Continued