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Update the Electricity Grid Without Undermining Environmental Protections

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some members of Congress are mainly interested in speeding up permitting to undermine bedrock environmental protections and boost fossil fuel development, the exact opposite of what we need. Think back to the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, which was forced by law to regulate carbon emissions.

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Cumulative Impacts: Why Environmental Protections Need to Take Them into Account

Union of Concerned Scientists

When I began working as a state government scientist in Minnesota, I was motivated to advance environmental protections that prevent against pollutants from crossing from one environmental medium to another, such as from the air to water. To understand cumulative impacts, we can use the analogy of a doctor’s appointment.

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DEP Releases Final Land Application Of Manure Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Manual

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 27 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the Land Application of Manure Supplement to the Manure Management for Environmental Protection Manual. [

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Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Should it become statute, this bill would give additional regulatory authority to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the state regulatory agency) to limit or deny an environmental permit if the proposal would result in significant additions to the cumulative environmental and public health stressors around the facility.

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EPA And Lincoln University Expand Partnership To Include Department Of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency and Lincoln University announced they re-signed their 2018 Memorandum of Understanding to enhance research, teaching, outreach, career development and stewardship in environmental sciences. The 2023 agreement was expanded to include the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection).

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The Stream, June 14, 2023: Momentum Builds in Manitoba For Environmental Protections

Circle of Blue

Newcrest Cadia Hill Gold Mine : The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority will begin testing water in communities near the Newcrest Cadia Hill gold mine, after “reports of heavy metals being found in people’s bloodstream and drinking water,” the Guardian reports.

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Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs

Scientific American

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy