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DEP Testimony Provides Overview Of Budget Request, Progress On Permitting, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure Investments, PFAS, Watershed Cleanup, Climate, Clean Energy Initiatives

PA Environment Daily

DEP safeguards Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment, which affirms Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and preservation of natural resources. million to expand the scope of the Energy Programs Office (EPO) and authorize 20 additional positions with a focus on planning and implementation.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.13.24

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. About New ‘Commonsense’ Energy Policy FRIDAY Noon: Virtual. About New ‘Commonsense’ Energy Policy FRIDAY Noon: Virtual. Shapiro To Make Major Announcement Wed., Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Agriculture Budget Testimony: Budget Proposal Supports Agriculture Economy; Land & Water Stewardship; Organic Farming; Helps Deal With Threats To Food System

PA Environment Daily

Land & Water Stewardship This budget proposal builds on our strengths and identifies new opportunities for growth and development through investments in stewardship of land and water resources, economic development, workforce, and the food system. Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget request. million acres.

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House Committee Hears Benefits Of Forested Stream Buffers-- Increasing Property Values, Water Quality Improvements, Reduced Impacts From Flooding; Builders, Republican Chair Worried About A ‘Taking’ Of Property

PA Environment Daily

On October 2, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 1275 that would authorize municipalities, and if they fail to act, DEP to protect riparian stream buffers. They're now FEMA properties because we are downstream from where the water accumulates. House Bill 1275 , sponsored by Rep.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

Now, I come from an evangelical conservative faith perspective. On July 21, the Environmental Health Project and HealthFirstPA held an educational webinar entitled-- Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It. Mitchell C. Introduction Rev. Mitchell C.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.