skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

SD public defense duties shift from counties to state; SCOTUS appears skeptical of restricting government communications with social media companies; Trump lawyers say he can't make bond; new scholarships aim to connect class of 2024 to high-demand jobs.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

The SCOTUS weighs government influence on social media, and who groups like the NRA can do business with. Biden signs an executive order to advance women's health research and the White House tells Israel it's responsible for the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Midwest regenerative farmers are rethinking chicken production, Medicare Advantage is squeezing the finances of rural hospitals and California's extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it's time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains.

EPA in PA for Hearings on Clean Power Plan

play audio
Play

Monday, July 28, 2014   

PITTSBURGH - Hearings in Pittsburgh are coming up Thursday and Friday about the Environmental Protection Agency's "Clean Power Plan," aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent from their 2005 levels.

Dr. Alan Peterson, emeritus director of community and environmental medicine at Lancaster General Health, cited a clear need to take a more aggressive approach to curb carbon pollution, which is a major contributor to climate change.

"Climate change is real and it's caused mainly by humans," he said. "Climate change is bad for each and every one of us. We need to start taking action now to protect the health, especially of our most vulnerable members, such as infants, seniors, those with chronic diseases."

Carol Browner, former EPA administrator, said the goal of the hearings is to engage with citizens, companies and political leaders to find out what the best ways are to reduce carbon pollution and its related hazards.

"What are the tools we can use? Energy efficiency, renewables, clean energy - and so, the good news is that EPA wants to hear from people about how best to go ahead and actually do the work of reducing dangerous pollution," Browner said.

To be effective, Peterson said, curbing carbon pollution and climate change has to be done on multiple levels - from personal choices to changes in corporate culture.

"We need to decrease the carbon footprint that we have ourselves," he said. "So, we need to try to promote renewable solar and wind - not only to create jobs, but to protect our air, water and climate. "

Peterson said data shows that from 1970 to 2012 in Pennsylvania, temperatures increased by almost one degree per decade. He said that kind of temperature rise can cause a variety of problems, from increased health concerns to drops in agricultural production.

In addition to Pittsburgh, the EPA is holding hearings in Atlanta, Denver and Washington, D-C.

The EPA hearing schedule and the Clean Power Plan proposal are online.


get more stories like this via email

more stories
Corporate partners sign contracts to offer a graduate assistantship and pay the students. In turn, MSU pays the graduate assistant's tuition, fees and salary, so the assistantship is directly tied to the academic experience. (pressmaster/Adobe Stock)

play sound

By Victoria Lim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for Missouri News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Col…


Social Issues

play sound

A new report brands Connecticut's tax system as "regressive" for low- to middle-income residents and uses a report from the state to make its point…

Environment

play sound

Backers of a new federal rule said it will increase fairness for livestock and poultry producers, in North Carolina and across the country. The U.S…


A study by the advocacy group Inseparable showed one in five adults said at any given time, they consider their mental health to be either 'fair' or 'poor.' (Adobe Stock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

Mental health care advocates are encouraging federal agencies to adopt a proposed update to regulations which would expand access to psychological car…

Social Issues

play sound

With hotter summers bringing hotter working conditions, the Maryland Department of Labor is implementing a heat stress standard to protect workers …

Social Issues

play sound

By Jimmy Cloutier for OpenSecrets.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the OpenSecrets-Public News Service Collaboratio…

Environment

play sound

Recreational fishermen in New England say commercial trawlers are threatening the survival of smaller businesses relying on a healthy stock of Atlanti…

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021