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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For Stream Restoration Disaster Assistance In 15 PA Counties

PA Environment Daily

On November 1, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Denise Coleman announced that Pennsylvania is currently taking applications for natural disaster recovery efforts in Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Chester, Huntingdon. Posted: November 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Environmental and health groups call out big polluters for lobbying the Senate to weaken and delay environmental protection bill

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today, the Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources ( ENEV ) Committee completes its review of Bill S-5, a long-awaited government bill to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

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States May Be Warming to Green Amendments

Legal Planet

Those states where legislators are backing new constitutional environmental protections this session include California, New Jersey, Washington, New Mexico, Vermont, Hawai‘i, West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa, and Texas. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.”

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Long-awaited environmental protection bill one step closer to becoming law

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Earlier today, long-awaited legislation to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) , cleared its first major hurdle in the Senate. But the requirements in the bill for implementing this right still need to be strengthened.

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Gov. Shapiro Announces Commitment To Get 50% Of Electricity For State Government From Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

PA PULSE began under the Wolf Administration and was spearheaded by the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council – co-chaired by the Secretaries of the Departments of General Services, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources.

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EPA Opens Regional $1.5 Million Grant Competition For Pollution Source Reduction Projects

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency invites eligible applicants in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. These grants will emphasize projects that support environmental justice and prevention of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Strengthen and pass long-awaited bill to modernize Canada’s environmental protection act, groups urge Senate committee

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Environmental and health groups are urging senators to strengthen Bill S-5 in order to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) without delay. What citizens don’t understand is why we have all these problems.