Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening
Grove City residents are concerned that the landfill will accept oil and gas waste and further pollute nearby waterways.
Grove City residents are concerned that the landfill will accept oil and gas waste and further pollute nearby waterways.
Administered largely by states, LIHEAP distributes more than $4 billion a year to 6.2 million low-income households nationwide to help with heating and cooling costs.
The documentary “Single-Use Planet” follows the “river of money” underpinning the plastics industry in the United States.
Penn State scientists found microplastics dating back to the 1950s buried in the sediments of a river, two creeks and a lake.
“It’s not a climate plan, it’s not an energy plan, it’s a plan to keep the fossil fuel industry happy,” said Food & Water Watch PA State Director Megan McDonough.
On Oct. 3, the candidates in this key swing state will meet for their first debate in Harrisburg.
Amid public scrutiny over environmental and worker safety violations, Eureka Resources, a fracking wastewater treatment company, idled a facility, canceled plans to build another and intends to sell or close two more.
Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating.
But environmentalists say the new report from CNX Resources’ monitoring program, created as part of a collaboration led by Gov. Josh Shapiro, is full of misinformation.
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” wrote Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
“Art has always been a way to tell the story and expose injustice,” said artist Kevin Aster Young.
“Tax cuts for some of the wealthiest Americans should not be funded on the backs of needy children,” said Pennsylvania State Senator Steve Santarsiero.
Trump has called protesters “animals” and “a foreign enemy,” and is leaving open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
From big cities to small towns, citizens will declare “no” to authoritarianism on Donald Trump’s birthday.
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