climate change

September 5, 2023

Big Win for the Environment in Montana

Pennsylvania has its own Environmental Rights Amendment, passed unanimously over 50 years ago. It says, in part: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values

March 22, 2022

Stop LNG by Rail

Sign the petition calling on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to ban LNG “bomb” trains.

Petition to be delivered to PHMSA on March 31, 2022, so please sign before then.


Background:
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety …

October 30, 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change

As of 2020, the U.S. plastics industry is responsible for at least 232 million tons of CO2e gas emissions per year.
By Beyond Plastics, October 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change is a comprehensive account of the United …

October 28, 2021

NY DEC Denies Permit for Danskammer Power Plant near Newburgh

Proposed plant expansion did not meet greenhouse gas limits demanded by state’s climate law, officials say
By Cloey Callahan, Time Union, October 27, 2021

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) denied operating permits for both Danskammer and Astoria gas

October 26, 2021

Dutch Pension Fund to Divest from Fossil Fuel Producers

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels
By Mike Corder, AP News, October 26, 2021

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund announced Tuesday that it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels, …

October 22, 2021

Climate Poses Many Threats To U.S. Financial System & Natural Gas May Be Major Risk

The federal entity created to guard against another Great Recession just issued its first landmark report on global warming
By Alexander C. Kaufman, The Huffington Post, October 21, 2021

After months of waiting, environmental groups responded with disappointment tinged with

March 9, 2021

The Even More Game-Changing Biden Order You’ve Never Heard About

Biden’s executive order “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” (“Restoring Science”), issued January 20, has received bafflingly little publicity. In effect, it orders federal agencies to take out the regulatory trash

December 5, 2020

Health Professionals Oppose Gibbstown LNG Export Terminal

In letters to the Delaware River Basin governors and the DRBC, Concerned Health Professionals of NY, and other groups, cite public health, community safety and environmental concerns as reasons to reject this project.

DRBC should pay attention to these letters!

December 5, 2020

Public Opposition to Gibbstown LNG Export on Delaware River Explodes

Governors of Four States Petitioned to Vote NO December 9 (Press Release)

Download the Week of Action Toolkit to see what you can do to fight the Gibbstown LNG export terminal. The Toolkit includes talking points, contact information for the

September 11, 2020

Poll Says Pennsylvanians Support More Regulations on Fracking

Poll was commissioned by Climate Power 2020 and the League of Conservation Voters
By Ryan Deto, Pittsburgh City Paper, September 2, 2020

Download the poll results as a pdf.


Politically speaking, the discussion around fracking in Pennsylvania lacks nuance. Fracking …

July 9, 2020

Is This the End of New Pipelines?

Defeats at three projects reflect increasingly sophisticated legal challenges, shifting economics and growing demands by states to fight climate change
By Hiroko Tabuchi and Brad Plumer, New York Times, July 8, 2020

Protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline in early …

November 4, 2019

Fracking Halted in England in Major Government U-Turn

Victory for green groups follows damning scientific study and criticism from spending watchdog
By Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian, November 1, 2109

The government has halted fracking in England with immediate effect in a watershed moment for environmentalists and community activists.…

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