From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The administration is launching an attack on common sense environmental standards, rolling back important protections around vehicle emissions that keep our air clean and save us money at the gas pump. The Environmental Protection Agency and the … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-09-12/environment/epa-proposes-rolling-back-methane-rule/a63948-1 September 12, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The oil and gas industry is the largest industrial source of methane pollution in the United States. (olafpictures/pixabay) PHILADELPHIA – Clean-air advocates … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have amazingly great news: California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a historic piece of clean energy legislation into law. The law commits California to getting 100 percent of its electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources by … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Join PennFuture for a webinar presented by nationally renowned climate scientist and board member Michael Mann, featuring PennFuture President Emeritus Larry J. Schweiger. “Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change” will be held Monday, Sept. 24 at 11:30 a.m. … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The administration has proposed far-reaching rollbacks of air pollution protections from cars and trucks. Add your name to our comments against this attack today at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=27904! Pennsylvanians have already seen more than our fair share of smoggy … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): The administration has moved forward on scrapping the rules on clean car standards after 2020. These standards were one of our biggest victories of recent years, thanks in part to the tens of … Continued
From the Evangelical Environmental Network (http://www.creationcare.org): Young Evangelicals for Climate Action is hosting a Day of Prayer for Climate Action on Sept. 1st to coincide with both the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey and the Global Day of Prayer for … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “The air is literally unsafe to breathe. [1] I’ve had a pounding headache for two weeks straight. My four year old has had a sore throat, constant cough, and is wondering why he hasn’t been able … Continued
HARRISBURG, Pa. (August 21, 2018) – PennFuture today urges the Environmental Protection Agency to reverse course on its purported replacement for the Clean Power Plan announced by the Trump administration, which would safeguard and prioritize the polluting coal industry over … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As massive wildfires scorch the west and record-setting temperatures roast the nation, we can’t afford to keep relying on old, polluting sources of fuel. But the administration just released a power plan that will dump millions of … Continued