Manchin’s Energy Bill Condemned as ‘Kick in the Gut to Climate Justice’

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/13/manchins-energy-bill-condemned-kick-gut-climate-justice “Instead of funding non-polluting alternatives, it throws public money at expensive, unproven technologies that will allow the fossil fuel industry to continue poisoning frontline communities and trashing the planet.” KENNY STANCIL July 13, 2021 Public and environmental … Continued

Reclaim Public Medicine for Public Health

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/08/20/reclaim-public-medicine-public-health Published on Thursday, August 20, 2020 by Common Dreams By taking the vaccine industry into full public ownership, we can provide an internationalized response to this and future pandemics that properly recognizes vaccines as a global public … Continued

Urge Our Senators to Join the New Environmental Justice Caucus

From Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (http://www.interfaithchesapeake.org/: Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have announced the creation of the first ever Senate Environmental Justice Caucus. The purpose of the caucus is to elevate urgent environmental … Continued

Call to Protect/Expand Services Families Need—July 22

From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): National Call-in Day Monday, July 22nd Once again, the Administration and Congress are headed towards the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching halt unless new funding levels and … Continued

Act to Make Public Health a Priority in the 116th Congress

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From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): 2018 was recorded as the 4th hottest year ever globally, only behind 2015, 2016 and 2017. 2018 was also the wettest year ever recorded in Scranton, Reading, State College, and Pittsburgh, PA, joining more than two dozen … Continued