The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead. Next Target: Line 3.
Bill McKibben, June 11, 2021, New York Times.
The announcement this week from the Canadian company TC Energy that it was pulling the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline project was greeted with jubilation by Indigenous groups, farmers and ranchers, …
350.org responds to G7 announcement to end coal financing
350.org press release, May 21, 2021
Global – Today the world’s richest nations made a major step towards phasing out the dirtiest energy source. After some resistance from Japan, the G7 agreed to end their financial support for coal development …
Repairing the Damage from Orphan Wells and Abandoned Mine Lands
Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by
For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But …
Senators Laughlin, Haywood Announce Bipartisan Bill To Increase AEPS Solar Share To 5.5%
David Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, March 17, 2021.
Senators Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Art Haywood (D-Montgomery) recently announced plans to introduce legislation to increase the solar share under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards from 0.5 to 5.5 percent by …
Climate: Where Technology, Infrastructure, and Policy Meet
In his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, a man who has left his mark on software, business, and philanthropy sets his sights squarely on the
Five Young Black Leaders Fighting For Racial and Climate Justice
By Belawoe Akwakoku February 5, 2021, Defend Our Future
This Black History Month, we are happy to add on to our list from last year, as we recognize and amplify the work of five more young Black leaders that …
Wolf Administration Awards $2.5 Million Contract to University of Pittsburgh to Research Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania
12/22/2020 Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that a $2.5 million contract is in place with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to conduct research on the potential health effects …
DiNapoli commits New York state pension fund to net-zero emissions portfolio by 2040
ALBANY — Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has set a target of getting the state’s $226 billion pension fund’s portfolio to net-zero emissions by 2040 and outlined the most detailed path to date on reviewing — …