From Berks Gas Truth (https://gastruth.org/): Berks Gas Truth has partnered with grassroots and advocacy organizations across the country to draft a letter to President Biden calling on him to stop Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports. We’ve created a petition version … 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
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The administration has cut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by 26% ($2.4 billion) in his proposed 2021 federal budget, including a 71% cut to the EPA’s Environmental Justice program. It is also proposing to cut … 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 PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We’re one big step closer to saving Chaco Canyon from drilling. The U.S. House just passed the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would permanently protect lands within a 10-mile radius around the park … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/09/truly-terrifying-scientists-studying-underwater-permafrost-thaw-find-area-arctic Published on Wednesday, October 09, 2019 by Common Dreams The lead researcher said that “this is the most powerful” methane seep he has ever seen. “No one has ever recorded anything similar.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): With heat records breaking regularly and extreme weather becoming a norm in Pennsylvania and beyond, it’s critical our leaders take strong action now to address the climate crisis. Unfortunately, the administration recently proposed to … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, led by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, just proposed the complete elimination of methane controls in the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for oil and gas facilities. Methane … Continued
Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:58 AM PST By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Chemical clues in waters near Marcellus Shale gas wells in rural Pennsylvania can identify new drilling-related sources of methane contamination, according to scientists. The findings provide a … Continued