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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 …

June 29, 2020

PA Attorney General Releases Scathing Grand Jury Report on Fracking Industry, State Regulators

Report outlines health and safety issues caused by fracking and states PA DEP “repeatedly failed to exercise their duties and responsibilities.”
By Frank Kummer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2020

Read the press release from the Attorney General’s office
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June 27, 2020

Irish Draft Programme for Government Includes a Green New Deal and a Ban on Fracked Gas Imports

Download the draft Irish Programme for Government as a pdf
Read more in the
Irish Times


Excerpt from the draft Irish Programme for Government:

Mission: A Green New Deal

Emissions

We are committed to an average 7% per annum reduction …

June 26, 2020

Goldman Sachs Says Renewable-Energy Spending Will Surpass Oil and Gas for the First Time Ever in 2021

Sees total investment spiking to $16 trillion over the next decade
By Ben Winck, Business Insider, June 17, 2020

Read about the financial troubles of US shale companies in the Financial Times.


  • Green-energy investing will account for 25% of all
May 18, 2020

Solar Panels are More Efficient Than You’ve Heard

This material could make them even better
By Maddie Stone, Grist, May 13, 2020

From the article: Technologies that require less up-front capital investment, like perovskites, might ultimately be necessary to build the amount of solar power the world needs

April 15, 2020

River of the Year for 2020: The Delaware River

American Rivers announces 2020 River of the Year alongside Most Endangered Rivers of 2020 release
By Amy Souers Kober, American Rivers, April 14, 2020

DCS has been fighting fracking in the Delaware River Basin since 2008. We believe DCS has

April 14, 2020

NY State Says NO to Fracking!

On April 3, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the FY 2021 Enacted Budget, which includes a PERMANENT BAN ON HYRDOFRACKING!

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today (April 3, 2020) signed the FY 2021 Enacted Budget. The budget is balanced, …

March 30, 2020

PA Governor Wolf Vetoes Natural Gas Tax-Break Bill

Proponents: Economic impact of new coronavirus pandemic should boost efforts to override veto.
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact PA, March 27, 2020

For background on HB 1100 read Petrochemicals in PA: What You Need to Know by the NRDC.
TAKE ACTION!

March 29, 2020

YIKES! EPA Proposes Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is recklessly giving the public just 30 days to comment on this sweeping proposal to restrict the types of research that can be used in public health protection decisions and scientific
March 19, 2020

Stay Well: Information on COVID19

More on “Cattening the Curve”
VIDEO: Empowering and Protecting Your Family During the COVID19 Pandemic by Dr. David Price
UPDATE: The latest recommendation is that everyone should wear a face mask when they go out. This can prevent people without …

February 25, 2020

America’s Radioactive Secret

Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
By Justin Nobel, Rolling Stone, January 21, 2020

Rolling Stone’s Justin Nobel reports

February 3, 2020

Interview with Environmentalist Wilma Subra

A pioneer environmental chemist and community advocate continues to dominate at 76
By Rick Mullin, C&EN, January 20, 2020

“I don’t actually live here,” says Wilma Subra, moving through the living room to the kitchen of a small house that …

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