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#152 January 2022/All Topics/Shop Local

Philly-area engineer uses old metal parts to create new household items

Photography courtesy of Scott Cunningham. Rashaad Jorden Scott Cunningham was working as a painter’s assistant at a body shop one day when he mentioned he needed a new clock. “And on the suggestion of one of my coworkers, I made one out of a flywheel that was laying in the corner of the shop,” he

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☣ A cloudy pool of water marks the spot where, e ☣ A cloudy pool of water marks the spot where, every minute, about 1,200 gallons of toxic mine drainage, contaminated with sulfuric acid and iron, flows out of the ground in the hills above New Philadelphia, in Schuylkill County. Below lies a flooded mine void, the space where miners extracted tons of anthracite coal from the ground to be shipped to (old) Philadelphia using canals along the Schuylkill River or railroads paralleling its course. ☣ Visit Gridphilly.com to read more in our featured article from Bernard Brown. Pictured: Grid writer Bernard Brown holds sediment that has settled out of mine discharge at the Silver Creek abandoned mine drainage treatment facility. Photo by Bernard Brown. #Sediment #Coal #CoalMining #AnthraciteCoal #Schuykill #SchuykillRiver #Toxic
🌬 The Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Air Management Services, the division responsible for monitoring air quality in the city, is holding a hearing tonight - Wednesday, August 10th at 6pm for public input into proposed revisions to its regulations.  ☣ The regulations, which haven’t been updated since 1981, would expand the list of toxic chemicals monitored from 97 to 217 substances, something the Clean Air Council supports (check out their action alert here). The Clean Air Council is also asking that Air Management Services go further.  🏥 The proposed revisions consider the health effects of toxic chemicals one at a time, but the Clean Air Council’s Russell Zerbo points out that, in the real world, people are exposed to multiple toxic chemicals, and measurement of impact should be done cumulatively rather than separately.  Visit Gridphilly.com for more info and to sign up and register to make your voice heard! @cleanaircouncil @cleanairaction @epagov @phlpublichealth #phillyairquality #airqualityphilly #airqualityregulations #cleanaircouncil #airactivist #airactivism #pollution #airpollution
🌎 Transitioning our economy to one that support 🌎 Transitioning our economy to one that supports well-paying jobs and a healthy planet certainly seems like a concept that most people can get behind. So why has the term “just transition” been so controversial and rejected by many? 🌎 Continue reading our featured piece from Sylvie Gallier Howard on Gridphilly.com now! #Economy #HealthyPlanet #JustTransition #NetZero #environment #environmentalist #Environmentalism #environmetaladvocacy #ENVIRONMENTALJUSTICE
👀 Dear Lois, In a time when women’s bodily au 👀 Dear Lois, In a time when women’s bodily autonomy is under attack, how can men be allies? 👀 "Let’s say that the toothpaste splattered on the bathroom mirror bothers you. Every time you clean the mirror you are reminded that you’re the only person who does this job and it’s frustrating that no one else cares enough to clean it up. The first step toward peace of mind is finding out if you are the person making the mess. Clean the mirror, then brush your teeth and observe. If it’s you, let the resentment go, keep cleaning up after yourself and modify the action." Continue reading a brand new edition of @thevoltaway by @loisvolta in our new issue on Gridphilly.com #VoltaWay #TheVoltaWay #LoisVolta
🌞 A quick glance at today’s headlines reveals 🌞 A quick glance at today’s headlines reveals many issues that stress or divide us: inflation, gas prices, gun violence, climate change, the pandemic and reproductive rights, to name a few. But before you give in to despair, here’s something positive we can rally around: solar power. 🌞 Read all about it in our featured article on Gridphilly.com! @solarstates @posigensolar #solarpower #solar #solarenergy #climatechange #renewableenergy #solarstates #solarphilly #solarpowerphilly #solarphiladelphia
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☝️Pennsylvania is the first major fossil fuel ☝️Pennsylvania is the first major fossil fuel state to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 💚 Pennsylvania’s recent entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) made it the first major fossil fuel-producing state to join, but the move had its share of detractors. After much legal and public debate, the agreement has been put into effect. We've everything you need to know in our featured piece on Gridphilly.com #Greenhousegas #greenhousegasinitiative #RGGI #RehionalGreenhouseGas #RegionalGreenhouseGasInitiative #fossilfuel #fossilfuels
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