Groups demanding that fracking be banned plan a protest
at incoming Pa. Governor Tom Wolf’s inauguration today
in Harrisburg.
One of the groups is urging their members to ‘disrupt’ the event.
We have that story plus a rundown of the new governor’s green team–and an interview with one of them.
Listen to it all in Episode 10 of EnviroPolitics Podcast.
Will anti-frackers wreck Gov. Wolf's inauguration? Read More »
"Momentum for divestment has been building for years, pushed primarily by the environmentalist Bill McKibben and his 350.org group. But the fossil-free campaign has attracted some prominent participants lately.
"In September, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the $860 million philanthropy built on John D. Rockefeller’s petroleum fortune, said it would join the divestment movement. It aligned with nearly 200 institutions, a number that has nearly doubled since the beginning of 2014, according to GoFossilFree.org, a divestment campaign.
"All told, groups managing an estimated $50 billion have joined the movement, and nearly $3 billion has been sold or pledged to be sold from individual portfolios. While that’s small change in the multitrillion-dollar world of institutional investing, the movement continues to grow.
“Fossil-free is the new apartheid,” says Thomas Nowak, a certified financial planner with Quantum Financial Planning who is based in Grayslake, Ill., and specializes in green investing. “This movement has legs. A large number of my clients are asking for fossil-free portfolios.”
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Divestment: A small but growing problem for fossil-fuel Read More »
“Gov. Chris Christie’s nominees to the Pinelands Commission are in limbo after taking a hard line of questioning Thursday regarding a controversial pipeline proposal for the region.”
The two men have been nominated by the Christie administration to replace Pinelands commissioners Robert Jackson and D’Arcy Rohan Green, both of whom voted against the pipeline proposal, which would allow South Jersey Gas to build a 22-mile natural gas pipeline through the region. It was rejected 7-7 with one abstention earlier this year, but could come up for a vote again.
Environmental advocates have accused Christie, who supports the pipeline, of attempting to pack the commission with allies who would give it the green light. Neither candidate would say for sure how they’d vote on the issue under repeated questioning.
“To give an opinion on a hypothetical situation would be wrong,” Roohr told the committee, adding that he was not familiar with the particulars of the pipeline controversy, including the accusations that Christie’s office was seeking to replace its opponents on the commission.
“Are there newspapers in your area?” state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) asked Roohr, alluding to the high-profile debate that has played out in the press over the proposal.
Roohr, a Burlington County farmer whose property sits at the edge of the Pinelands, said if appointed, he would thoroughly research the topic and reach a decision “made on facts.”
NJ Senate panel holds off vote on Gov.’s Pinelands pair Read More »
It was the second massive fine in two years for Range which entered into a $4.15 million agreement with the PADEP in September, 2014. That fine was described by DEP as "the
largest against an oil and gas operator in the state’s shale drilling era."Range Resources hit with second big fine by PA's DEP Read More »
Christie says RGGI serves little purpose other than to force an additional tax on New Jersey utilities and their customers. Democratic lawmakers, like McKeon and Sweeney, disagree, claiming RGGI has been helpful in reducing greenhouse gases and generating funds for green energy and other projects in participating states.
Energy, environment bills in committee today in Trenton Read More »
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| Wistar’s Maureen Murphy and Penn’s Donna George are working with GlaxoSmithKline on an experimental cancer treatment. |
How many times have stories like the one to follow raised our hopes
only later to let them down. Let’s hope this time might be different.
The headline in yesterday’s Philadelphia Business Journal reads:
GSK, Penn, Wistar say they’ve found cancer’s ‘Achilles heel’
In the story, PBJ Senior Reporter John George writes:
Is this cancer-cure research discovery the real deal? Read More »
