GCA National Affairs and Legislation May 2015

The Garden Club of America
National Affairs and legislation Committee
May 2015
The Changing Face of US Energy

 

By Barbara Geltosky, Vice Chairman Energy Sources
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When I first started writing about Energy as a Zone Rep, under Derry MacBride and Claire Caudill, fracking was just coming to the fore, no one had heard about the Keystone Pipeline, power plants ran primarily on coal, ...

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EPA and the Proposed Methane Rules by Barbara Geltosky

The Garden Club of America
National Affairs and Legislation Committee
Barbara Geltosky, Vice Chairman Energy Sources
February 2015

committees_barbara_geltoskyThe EPA was created in 1970 in a bi- partisan move to address growing public concern for the deteriorating conditions of water, air and land. In response to public concern, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969, which some called ...

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The Gardeners Stay After School

 Conservation Education Outreach by Barbara Geltosky

In May, 5 members of The Gardeners, with the help of community volunteers, met at St Augustine Church in Norristown to make terrariums with a group of second through fourth grade girls in an after-school program.  According to their website, The St. Augustine Academy for youth is an after-school enrichment program for Norristown girls in Grades 1 – 4.  The Monday and Wednesday program runs from 3:30 to 5:45 following the school calendar.  The St. ...

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“The Gardeners Go To NAL”

Every year several members of the Gardeners trek to Washington DC right before the Flower Show to attend the National Affairs and Legislation Conference. This year Deedee Heyward and Barbara Geltosky took the most sustainable train to Washington for an action packed four days along with sixteen other members of Zone V. The meeting starts with a field trip- this time it was the outdoor rooms of the Roosevelt memorial and the striking design of the Martin Luther King ...

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Protecting Our Parks from Fracking

The Garden Club of America
National Affairs and Legislation Committee
Barbara Geltosky, Vice Chairman Energy Sources
November 2013

Hydraulic fracturing, which is removal of natural gas and oil from shale deposits deep below the earth’s surface, has had the unfortunate result of turning some of the focus away from renewables to prolong the fossil fuel era in the United States. This fall, the US pushed ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s top producer of natural gas. (Guardian Oct ...

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Wells and Mines to Wheels – Transporting Our Fossil Fuels

The Garden Club of America
National Affairs and Legislation Committee
Barbara Geltosky, Vice Chairman Energy Sources
October 2013

Wells and Mines to Wheels – Transporting Our Fossil Fuels

Although we are all aware of the hazards of oil pipelines, such as the rupture in Yellowstone that spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into the Montana River, alternative means of transport can be equally dangerous. Trains are frequently used as a method to move fuels such as coal and crude oil to ports. As ...

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Energy Policy for the Second Term

The Garden Club of America
National Affairs and Legislation Committee
Barbara Geltosky, Vice Chairman Energy Sources
February 2013
Energy Policy for the Second Term

President Obama begins his second term facing a number of challenges as he refines and shapes the energy policy of this new administration. On January 21st 2013, in his second inaugural address, the president used words many of us were waiting to hear. “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to ...

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