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Gov. Wolf Unveils State Forest Action Plan To Address Next 10 Years Of Strategic Initiatives In PA Forests; Shale Gas Development Promotes Forest Fragmentation

PA Environment Daily

Since the founding of our Commonwealth, 'Penn's Woods,' our forests have been critical natural resources that we must continue to preserve, maintain and grow," said Gov. Of the 18 indicators of forest sustainability, 13 indicators are either in the unsustainable category or on the border between unsustainable and sustainable.

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The case holds that the City’s water allocations to the City’s agricultural lessees were authorized under its existing 2010 leases and thus did not constitute a new project subject to CEQA review before they could be lawfully implemented. In this era of wildfire and drought, there will no doubt be many more. acre feet per acre.

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Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Changes in wetland cover for counties and municipalities are described in the Southern Ontario Wetland Conversion Analysis report (2010). Most components of wetland complexes will not individually meet the criteria to be considered a PSW; Presence of habitat for Species at Risk is no longer part of the criteria for PSW status; and.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

However, others argue that the other topographical features - of low precipitation (1-2” or 2-4cm annually) and high evapotranspiration leave them firmly in the desert category. In 2010, satellite data appeared to suggest a lower temperature than this was recorded but it was never confirmed or backed up by other data (39).

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. A federal judge last year blocked a transmission line proposed to be built straight through whooping crane habitat in Nebraska because transmission lines are the number one cause of mortality among whooping cranes. [27] as a whole. [52]

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. The new final rule removes around 200,000 acres of critical habitat.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. The rule also prohibited federal agencies from protecting areas that could become important habitat for rare species under climate change.

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