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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

Last year the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to restrict large livestock farms to protect the state’s water, a rebuke to a 2011 state law that limited the DNR’s authority to regulate CAFOs. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.

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New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study

PA Environment Daily

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. Click Here for a copy of the Plan.

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Cold War Nuclear Weapons Put St. Louis Community At Risk—in 2023

Union of Concerned Scientists

KV: In 2011, when we started our Facebook group, we were just a bunch of people like anyone else that had reconnected with old classmates and childhood friends on Facebook. CF: How did ‘ just a group of neighborhood kids who reconnected on Facebook in 2011’ get the attention of governing bodies to expand testing and cleanup in the St.

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Call for Nominations: ESA Regional Policy Award

ESA

2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (originally planned for Long Beach, California) Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources, was recognized for his commitment to using science in creating nature-based solutions for building water and climate resilience across California. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building

PA Environment Daily

He was the author and lead advocate for the environmental amendment to the state constitution that declares a right to a clean environment by the people and makes the state government the trustee of the public natural resources. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

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Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open

PA Environment Daily

On September 20, the departments of Education, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources honored U.S. These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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Tribal Energy Sovereignty in California

Legal Planet

It also featured the participation of US EPA Region 9 Administrator Martha Guzman Acevez, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Director Wahleah Johns, and the California Natural Resources Agency’s Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs, Geneva Thompson.