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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

I’m deeply committed to socioenvironmental justice and agricultural sustainability, and I want to help people who need it the most. So of course the American Lung Association ’s yearly report, State of the Air (SOTA), published every year since 2000, is of professional and personal interest. This is more than just my job.

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How Proposition 4 Would Prepare California for Climate Change’s Dangers

Union of Concerned Scientists

In today’s climate crisis, California is facing unprecedented challenges that affect our infrastructure, natural resources, and communities, especially those already suffering from inequality and underinvestment. Reducing the incidence of severe wildfires would indirectly benefit people in the Central Valley by improving air quality.

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CBF Blog: What Is Regenerative Agriculture, And Why Is It Re-Emerging Now?

PA Environment Daily

By Sudan Smith, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Communications Intern Humans have been practicing agriculture for more than 10,000 years. Many of the farming practices used in varying forms of agriculture have had a significant impact on the sustainability of food systems, food security, animal wellbeing, environmental health, and human health.

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Moving beyond climate ‘silver bullets’ in agriculture

HumanNature

My love for food and agriculture is undoubtedly a result of my upbringing on a small ranch in northern California. I participated in both 4-H and the Future Farmers of America (FFA), which I credit with developing my drive, passion, and interest as a scientist in the food and agriculture sector. Credit: S.C. McClelland.

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October 21 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Of Agriculture Invests Over $6.7

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The Latest Chapter in Los Angeles’ Century-Long Water War With the Eastern Sierra’s People & Environment

Legal Planet

Credit: Inyo-Mono County Agriculture Commissioner. To the contrary, LADWP has a sorry, 120-year history of treating the rural people and natural resources of the Eastern Sierra as a population to be exploited and an ecosystem to ravage. There LADWP goes again. But it’s not.

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April 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.