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New Report: Gas Does not Belong in A Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Enviromental Defense

The report illustrates why including ‘naturalgas under the sustainable finance label would undermine the tool’s credibility, invalidating the efforts to date. Methane is responsible for 30 per cent of the current global temperature rise to date globally, and over 14 per cent of Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. “A

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.16.23

PA Environment Daily

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

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Guest Essay: Embrace The Renewable Energy Future Now Before It's Too Late

PA Environment Daily

Everyone can understand that renewable energy sources-- sunlight, wind, the heat of the earth, and water in various forms of motion-- have an initial advantage over sources that must be continually extracted, processed, transported, and burned. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a telling moment during a 2021 congressional hearing, top oil and gas company executives refused to tell API’s president to stop opposing climate and environmental policies the corporations claim to support. Today, most hydrogen is produced from fossil (“natural”) gas. Spoiler alert: They’re doing nothing of the sort.

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The Stream, April 5, 2023: Vanuatu Takes World’s Climate Inaction to International Court

Circle of Blue

billion natural gas project. The loss of Uganda’s rapidly melting glaciers will not only affect local communities and wildlife, but also scientists who rely on the ice to study historical climate records.

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October 3 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov. 3 DEP Issues 2 NOVs Against PA General Energy For Water Pollution Discharges Into The Loyalsock Creek From Gas Pipeline/Water Withdraw Construction In Lycoming County Pitt School Of Public Health, PA Dept Of Health Abruptly Pull Out Of Oct.