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 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 …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 22, 2021. Laura Legere.
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointments to the state Public Utility Commission until the Democratic governor drops his effort to use executive authority to join a regional partnership for …
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 …
Kirkus Review, Dec. 25, 2020.
BRIGHT GREEN LIES
HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT LOST ITS WAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
BY DERRICK JENSEN & LIERRE KEITH & MAX WILBERT ‧ RELEASE DATE: MARCH 16, 2021
A critical …
March 22, 2021, Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Governor Tom Wolf announced today a major clean energy initiative that will produce nearly 50 percent of state government’s electricity through seven new solar energy arrays totaling 191-megawatts to be built around …
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 …
By Akshat Rathi, March 10, 2021, Bloomberg Green.
The exuberance of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is masking an ugly reality. Greenhouse gas emissions are already creeping higher than before the pandemic as economies come back to life.
That shouldn’t …
Fossil Free Pitt Coalition Press Release, Feb. 15, 2021
PITTSBURGH, PA — On Monday, February 15th at 9am, University of Pittsburgh students and allies will be installing a billboard in Oakland. The billboard, located at the intersection of Boulevard of …
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