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United Strengthens Sustainability Commitment Through Collaboration With More Than a Dozen New Community Organizations Published 2 hours ago United works with more environmental, nonprofit partners than any other major U.S. airline CHICAGO, May 13, 2021 /CSRwire/ – United announced today that it has teamed up with more than a dozen new environmental, nonprofit partners to advance sustainability efforts across the airline’s hub cities as well as Hawaii, complementing the airline’s commitment to become 100% green and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 100% by 2050. Among the 16 new partn...

RMI* Environmental Innovators – Organizations that foster research, development and programming focused on reducing carbon in the atmosphere and promoting renewable energy. Elemental Excelerator (San Francisco and Honolulu)* − LA Cleantech Incubator (Los Angeles) Prime Coalition (Boston)* Rutgers University (Newark)* Environmental Justice and Equity – Organizations that fight to ensure a more equitable future for our communities’ most vulnerable members. Air Alliance Houston (Houston)* − The Alliance Center (Denver)* − Delta Institute (Chicago)* Groundwork Elizabeth (Newark)* − ...

More Than $640,000 Awarded to County Environmental Projects  More than $640,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 15 environmental projects in Montgomery County, officials announced Sunday. “Great start to #EarthWeek!” County Executive Marc Elrich wrote on Twitter. “These awards provide funds directly to Montgomery County organizations and communities for projects that will help clean our air and water,” County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Director Adam Ortiz said in a release. The projects are part of the county’s Watershed Restoration and Outreach Grant Program...

Credit: (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) File photo: A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas A historic decision to ban fracking for natural gas in the Delaware River Basin is raising new questions about plans for a South Jersey dock where fracked gas would be exported in liquid form. On Feb. 25, Gov. Phil Murphy and the governors of Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware voted at the Delaware River Basin Commission to formally block the controversial process of harvesting natural gas, on the grounds that it would endanger water supplies for some 15 million people in the basin. Murphy’s vote on that b...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear PennEast pipeline eminent domain case By A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY) This article originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an eminent domain case pitting the state of New Jersey against the PennEast pipeline company. The 116-mile line would ship Marcellus Shale gas from Northeast Pennsylvania across the Delaware River to New Jersey, to provide what the company says is much needed, affordable natural gas to residents. But New Jersey wants to block the project...