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 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
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
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
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/08/first-draft-cop26-decision-text-slammed-love-letter-fossil-fuel-industry “To keep 1.5 alive,” said the head of Greenpeace, “fossil fuels phase-out” must be added, and “countries must come back next year to close the gap.” JESSICA CORBETT November 8, 2021 As a new analysis revealed Monday that … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): This past weekend, the House passed a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment, and Jobs Act, and took a big step towards passing the Build Back Better Act with a promise to vote … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada’s boreal forest will lose three football fields of trees.1 It’s alarming, but the culprit is softer than you think: We’re watching the boreal disappear before our … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): This past summer, we saw firsthand that the climate crisis is here and already impacting Pennsylvanians. We need to take action now to ratchet down climate pollution. Fortunately, environmental champions in the state capitol recently put forth … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The entire life cycle of plastic is toxic. Plastic is made from oil and gas. Plastic products can choke or even kill our wildlife. Plastic pollution dirties our waters and parks. But things could get even worse: Right … Continued