From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Our nation is faced with a kairos moment with the pandemic, economic downturn, racial injustice, and climate change overlapping to create a nationwide crisis. The book of Ephesians in the bible uses the word Kairos … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As the nation is enveloped in a sweltering heat wave, we’re reminded that we are running out of time to address the climate crisis. 2020 is already on track to be among the top five hottest years ever … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): After the second warmest January to March since national temperature began being recorded in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is projecting a 75% chance that 2020 will be recorded as the … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): After the second warmest January to March since national temperature began being recorded in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is projecting a 75% chance that 2020 will be recorded as the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/19/study-suggests-fossil-fuel-use-emits-40-more-climate-heating-methane-previously Published on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 by Common Dreams The lead author said that one positive implication of the research is “if we can reduce our emissions, it’s going to have more of an impact.” By Jessica … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): In these times of rapidly accelerating climate change, it helps to cling to signs of hope. For instance, the House of Representatives recently passed the bipartisan Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/climate-crisis-health-emergency-new-report-warns-us-fracking-boom-making-people-and Published on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 by Common Dreams “It is unconscionable that we continue to subject our communities to these risks when we have the technology to make a just transition to renewable energy.” By Jessica … Continued
From the Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice (http://justice.crcna.org/): On Monday, November 4, President Trump began the formal process of withdrawing the U.S from the Paris Climate Agreement. This action by the president deepens the climate crisis as it … Continued
Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2019/10/new-audubon-report-shows-30-bird.html On October 10, the National Audubon Society released a new report– Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink— which found two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change and may lose more … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): At a time when we should be transitioning away from fossil fuels, the Pennsylvania Legislature wants to subsidize the expansion of the natural gas industry. The PA House has already passed HB 1100, so it’s up … Continued