Archive: Climate Justice
As mornings begin to get colder and the leaves are starting to change, we all know what is on its way, the infamous long and dreary southwestern Pennsylvania winter. I think that our tough winters make us appreciate the sunshine. There’s nothing like the feeling I get on a sunny day in March when I […]
CCJ staff members Heaven and Veronica, along with members Will Behm, Rick Heinze, Dwayne Thomas, and George Barnhart, attended a state-wide “Climate Equity Table” meeting in Harrisburg on August 20th. The meeting was attended by members and staff of various organizations working across the state on a range of issues from criminal justice to immigrant […]
The Heinze family Thank you to Rick Heinze, a CCJ board member and supporter, for this contribution to our What’s on your mind? blog series! It’s a little frustrating that my retirement activities aren’t what I dreamed they would be. In my dreams, I was going to visit exotic places, improve my birding skills, learn […]
It seems as if the current administration has found its replacement for the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan in the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Before I get into the details of how this plan may affect the country, here’s a little background: The goal of this action was to provide “…strong but achievable standards for […]
This contribution to our What’s on your mind? blog was written by our Outreach Coordinator Lisa DePaoli, who has studied humans and ecology for quite a long time and earned her Ph.D. in ecological anthropology: Furthermore, certain people are disproportionately affected by climate change, including low-income and minority populations and other vulnerable people who are […]