Joanne Kilgour: Future of Southwestern PA — decades of good-paying clean and green jobs
TribLive, Joanne Kilgour, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023
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“This region is a place where hard work and innovation go hand in hand. For years, Western Pennsylvanian workers proudly built the steel that fueled America’s economy. Now we’re ready to …
Solar means business in America: Here’s what that looks like in Pennsylvania
By Scott Elias, guest editorial, PENN Live Patriot-News, Feb. 4, 2022
Americans know that solar means business, creates jobs, helps the environment, and can help families, farms, and businesses save money — that’s why poll after poll finds that an …
Trump failed fossil fuel-reliant communities — Build Back Better invests in them
The Hill, Feb. 6, 2022. By Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, the author of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet”, is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
As Democrats rework their strategy to introduce a Build Back Better …
Dionysus Deep Well Site Denied
Dec. 15. 2021. Kudos to Concerned Citizens of West Deer (CROWD) in their work to deny permits for two fracking well pads in the West Deer Community. Olympus Energy, formerly Huntley and Huntley, applied for permits for the …
Pittsburgh outlines energy strategy in new document
Pittsburgh’s energy strategy now has been extended to private developers.
In a document released Saturday, the city says it wants private entities to submit climate and energy-efficiency plans along with building plans.
The Philadelphia Energy Authority Launches the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. to Grow City’s Clean Energy Economy
Philadelphia Energy Authority Press Release, Sept. 21, 2021
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The Philadelphia Energy Authority Launches the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. to Grow City’s Clean Energy Economy
Philadelphia, PA — The Philadelphia Green Capital …
How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won
by Ilana Cohen, The Nation.
Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was produced for Student Nation, a program of The Nation Fund …
Other Voices: Plugging abandoned wells boosts local economies
Max Harleman and Jeremy Weber (Univ. Pittsburgh, GSPIA) in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 18,2021.
Energy from oil and gas wells fueled American industrial growth and powered our country through two world wars and two energy crises. But today, many of …
Bipartisan Climate and Health Win: House Votes to Reinstate Oil & Gas Pollution Rules; Methane Emissions Resolution now Moves on to the White House
Statement of Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund, June 25,2021
(WASHINGTON) With bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restore EPA rules limiting oil and gas methane pollution from new wells, processing plants and other facilities across the …