From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Interfaith Power & Light network has been offered a unique opportunity to be among the first to share the new short film, Other Side of the Hill. Plan to share it with your congregations and … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Drug prices in the U.S. are more than 2.5 times higher than other countries. Drug prices are so high, in fact, that many people actually have to skip filling their necessary medications as … Continued
From Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania (https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/): (NOTE: You do not need to be Lutheran to use this tool.) The evictions moratorium is set to expire at the end of June, even as one-third of Pennsylvania renters have been reported … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): You are invited to participate in a 3 week push to finally end fossil fuel subsidies as part of the infrastructure package being negotiated in Congress. As a candidate, President Biden promised to end subsidies … Continued
Our friends at Family Values @ Work have been hard at work urging male members of Congress to sign on to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (CA-15) and Steven Horsford’s (NV-04) “Men of Congress” letter highlighting the need for paid family leave ALL … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Time is short to pass the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Act (LACRA) Senate Bill 222. LACRA will make sure the redistricting process is more transparent, that public engagement is welcomed and that clear, measurable map … Continued
From the Sierra Club (http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/): Any day now, the Pennsylvania State House could vote on House Bill 637, dangerous legislation that would prohibit the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from regulating carbon pollution and block Pennsylvania from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. HB 637 would … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-06-11/energy-policy/could-pa-gas-preemption-bill-derail-local-climate-action-plans/a74581-1 June 11, 2021 – Michayla Savitt, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — A gas preemption bill in the state Senate would prevent Pennsylvania municipalities from adopting policies to restrict or prohibit methane … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): You’re busy, so we’ll get right to it. Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed action on childcare, paid leave, taxes, living wages and more; but we need to send in as many signatures as possible to help … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Ending life imprisonment and other extreme sentences is a top advocacy priority for The Sentencing Project, and we are committed to achieving this goal no matter how long it takes. Fortunately, we can make some … Continued