The state budget deal eliminated future participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state program that forces corporate polluters to pay for investments in renewable energy, and the best tool we had to lower energy prices and fight climate change.
“If Pennsylvania passes this, it will be the best law on the books,” said Eric Tars, senior policy director at the National Homelessness Law Center.
It was a referendum on how law enforcement interacts with immigrant communities and how residents envision safety, trust, and belonging, writes Olcay Ayata.
Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming.
“If I hadn’t been doing karate and had that mindset of ‘you can do things you didn’t think you were physically and mentally capable of,’ I’m not sure that I would have attempted to run,” said New Britain Township Supervisor Bridget Kunakorn.
