Tell EPA Administrator Pruitt to Put Health and Safety Above Fossil Fuel Profits

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From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt recently announced a plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan—standards that help combat climate change by setting first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants. … Continued

Tell Congress: Support Temporary Protected Status Holders

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From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): The administration has terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua, effective January 5, 2019. The administration also was unable to decide whether to extend TPS for Honduras, resulting in an automatic six-month extension … Continued

Environmental Health Project Provides Resources for Those Affected by Fracking

From the SW PA Environmental Health Project (http://www.environmentalhealthproject.org/): The Environmental Health Project (EHP) is a nonprofit, evidence-based, public health organization that assists and supports residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond who are being impacted by unconventional oil and gas development … Continued

Highlights of the U.S. Global Change Research Program Climate Science Special Report

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The report makes it clear: We have no time to lose. https://science2017.globalchange.gov/downloads/CSSR2017_FullReport.pdf USGCRP, 2017: Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I [Wuebbles, D.J., D.W. Fahey, K.A. Hibbard, D.J. Dokken, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock (eds.)]. U.S. Global … Continued

Now’s the Time to Make Health-Insurance Decisions

Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-07/health-issues/nows-the-time-to-make-health-insurance-decisions/a60173-1 November 7, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Open enrollment ends Dec. 7 for Medicare and Dec. 15 for marketplace insurance. (Rhoda Baer/PA AARPWikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians young … Continued