Reading is Getting Ready for Climate Change
By Lisa Scheid, Reading Eagle, May 26, 2020.
Reading’s path to committing to 100% renewable energy began almost four years ago with a worried community college writing professor.
Stephanie Anderson of Reading Area Community College found herself looking for a …
Two PA Colleges Hit Carbon Neutrality Goals
Public Source: Four environmental issues in the Pittsburgh region to keep your eyes on in the age of COVID-19
By, Public Source,
Climate change, air pollution, oil prices and waste could be transformed by the pandemic.
“COVID-19 cost jobs, closed businesses and limited travel. But the economic ruin has also led to record …
NY Stops Williams Pipeline: Enormous Victory
350.org Press Release, May 15, 2020.
(New York City) Climate and community leaders celebrated today as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced their denial with prejudice of a key water permit for the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement
Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics
By Joel Makower, GreenBiz, May 11, 2020.
At first glance, the sprawling industrial site, covering roughly 900 acres in Kingsport, Tennessee, appears to be just another chemical manufacturing facility. There are hundreds of buildings and countless miles of pipes, conveyors, …
As a ‘green stimulus’, Pakistan sets virus-idled to work planting trees
By Rina Saeed Khan | Thomson Reuters Foundation, 28 April 2020.
The effort shows how funds to help families during the pandemic could also help prepare for the next big threat: climate change
When construction worker Abdul Rahman lost his …
U Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement to supply campus with solar energy by 2023
04/16/20 The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Penn recently signed a Power Purchase Agreement for the construction of two new solar energy facilities in central Pennsylvania to supply campus with renewable energy.
The two solar energy facilities will operate …
Judge Revokes Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline, Delays Construction
350 NoKXL Promise to Protect Statement, April 15, 2020.
Great Falls, MT — Today, a federal judge ruled to revoke Nationwide Permit 12 for the Keystone XL pipeline, a key water-crossing permit needed to complete construction of the project. The …
Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Giving Taxpayer Funded Subsidies To Manufacturers Who Use Natural Gas; Veto Override Attempt Coming
PA Environment Digest Blog, Edited by David E. Hess, March 28, 2020.