From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): New research finds that the plastic food containers we use every day could be leaching toxic PFAS “forever” chemicals.1 We need to get these substances out of our products. But in the words of a plastics industry … Continued
From Fund Our Schools PA (https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/): It’s time!The trial starts at 9:30am Friday, November 12th. Here’s everything you need to know to tune in: The trial will be livestreamed on the Commonwealth Court’s YouTube. Link will be available at FundOurSchoolsPA.org/trial Commonwealth … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Clean Air Council is partnering with Delaware Riverkeeper Network and other allies to urge the Biden administration to STOP liquified natural gas (LNG) trains from transporting this dangerous and explosive liquified methane through the … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): It’s time to put an end to fossil fuels. Sign the multi-faith statement supporting a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at https://greenfaith.org/fossil-fuel-treaty/. The young indigenous and Black voices at COP are telling us it is time to act. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/10/human-rights-coalition-petitions-un-probe-discriminatory-vaccine-hoarding-rich The accused nations have rejected global solidarity and instead chosen “the service of profit and the corporate capture of power,” according to a new appeal. ANDREA GERMANOS November 10, 2021 A global coalition is accusing nations including the … Continued
From the Sierra Club (http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/): The gas industry is again showing how powerful its influence is in Harrisburg. Industry-friendly legislators are pushing Senate Bill 275 and House Bill 1947 which would take power away from local governments by prohibiting them … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This week is a YES WE CAN moment! We will win free Pre-K for 3 and 4 year olds, policies that cut child care costs in half, paid family/medical leave, home- and community-based services, historic investments … Continued
Much like legislation naming post offices to members of Congress, bills to name bridges and roads are a staple of slow legislative days in Harrisburg. The honorees range from military members and first responders who have died in the line … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Lawmakers are dragging their feet on helping people who fled Afghanistan, and we’re not going to tolerate it. It’s been months. So many Afghan families are still struggling with complete uncertainty whether they will have a way … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/08/must-read-analysis-reveals-massive-global-gap-between-declared-and-actual-emissions The new investigation from the Washington Post reveals as much as 13.3 billion tons of under-reported emissions. ANDREA GERMANOS November 8, 2021 A major new investigation from the Washington Post has found “a giant gap” between the greenhouse gas emissions … Continued