Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Key ideas discussed at the meeting included increasing connectivity between protected areas, the need for anticipatory legal and regulatory planning for biodiversity conservation, and reinstituting and protecting Indigenous land and wildlife management practices. s Cloud Peak Wilderness would all experience connectivity failures.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

The Natural Areas Association will host a two-part webinar series April 22 and May 7 on Embracing The Power Of Nature For Watershed Recovery at Noon both days. This approach is not only steeped in Indigenous Knowledge, but it's also more practical, better for nature, and more cost-effective than some modern engineering approaches.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 23, 2023

The Sustainable Development Strategy reflects the company’s responsibility for responsible mining practices. A series of ongoing and future initiatives with specific goals, key performance indicators, and targets will focus on five initial priority areas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But its ongoing practices tell a very different story. Together with Scientists for Global Responsibility, we’ve launched a petition demanding that Elsevier and its parent company, RELX, detail their plans to align their business practices with their public commitments to address climate change. Who or what is Elsevier?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

The criteria established in this technical guidance document are required to be followed by all operations applying manure or agricultural process wastewater, farms that pasture animals and farms managing an Animal Concentration Area (ACA) unless the operators obtain a permit or approval from the Department to implement alternative practices.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

BMP Success Stories Across the Pennsylvania landscape, the implementation of agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) provides a critical opportunity for fostering environmental stewardship and supporting Pennsylvanian agriculture. Have a story to share? Approximately 2,400 feet of stream was improved.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Aerial view of the Yolo Bypass and the Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area along Interstate 80. The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is a massive restored wetland habitat. The wetland contributes to flood control in the area, while coexisting with agricultural practices and providing a space for nature exploration, hunting and educational programs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

Still, the Tulare Lake, dry since the early 1900s, reached a surface area as large as Lake Tahoe.) California needs to repurpose a significant surface of cropland , since we don’t have enough water to sustain our current practices. This responsibility justifies agriculture use of 80% of the water used in California.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

This has proved very difficult to do in practice. As another example, when determining the risk posed by a substance, EPA relies on studies by epidemiologists, and some of those studies use race as a factor in modeling health impacts in different areas. Are these practices likely to remain legal?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

The event is also known as, "The Wild Ones Western Pennsylvania Area Symposium." This year's event promises to be a captivating journey into the world of sustainable practices, with a focus on native plants and their crucial role in ecological harmony. From 5:00 to 830 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative has awarded Willistown Conservation Trust and Natural Lands a $25,000 grant to promote grassland conservation in the greater Doe Run area of Chester County. One of the most vital land management practices is delaying mowing during the breeding period.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Tree Shelter Maintenance Newly planted trees in buffer areas may need some assistance after rough weather events. There are many challenges that can arise when managing a pond; this webinar will discuss five steps you can take as an earthen pond owner to help manage and minimize these challenges. Click Here learn more.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Planning activities will initiate, develop, or support the efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools, members of tribal communities, and other stakeholders in areas where access to fresh foods are limited or unavailable. Click Here for all the details.

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The Applied Ecologist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This data may be used to offer practical, actionable recommendations for decision-makers. Animal movement and conflict risk Species’ ranges are shifting – and accurately predicting the way species disperse in novel areas can greatly enhance conservation efforts.

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Conservation 102

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 8, 2023

California’s current agricultural practices aren’t sustainable. Certain practices, such as pesticide and fertilizer overuse , have harmful health consequences to local communities. They are also much less polluting than fossil-fueled energy resources and some agricultural practices, which can improve local air and water conditions.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Wells Environmental Law Clinic and the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability have released a new report, Concentrated Overburden , that explores the connection between California’s history of racialized land use practices and environmental injustice throughout the state.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This course will encourage you to reflect deeply on your practice to focus on how you plan and teach, not just the content you teach. Universal Design for Learning is a framework to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and challenging for all, rather than making modifications for individual students’ needs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Before European colonization, genocide, and the forced removal of Indigenous communities from their land, fires ignited by Indigenous people and those ignited by lightning regularly burned in these regions, creating a mosaic of forested areas, bare ground, woodlands, and grasslands across the landscape.

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Cle Elum Ridge in the Central Cascades serves as a “living laboratory” to explore cutting-edge forest health practices such as selective tree thinning, tree mastication, and prescribed fires. Sami Schinnell, Cooperative Fire Director, compares areas that have recently been thinned with prescribed fire.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The goal is to highlight areas where corporate advocacy and procurement practices can have the most impact in promoting a sustainable EV industry. While the report’s primary focus is on U.S. companies operating electric vehicle fleets, the information and recommendations can also benefit other companies involved in the EV supply chain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 25, 2024

It is critically important to ensure investments are made in those areas to ensure everyone has the opportunity to go electric, and focusing investments in this way enhances the efficiency of investments by investing where need is greatest. So urbanicity is the key criteria guiding who can claim the credit.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2024

Specifically, cities can help coordinate stakeholders, streamline permitting processes, and elevate innovative charging models that orient electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure toward equity-centered practices.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The UAST was developed as a practical guidance for urban areas, in recognition of their importance in the European economy. The aim of the Urban Adaptation Support Tool (UAST) is to assist cities, towns and other local authorities in developing, implementing and monitoring climate change adaptation plans.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

Explicitly banning the practice of gas industry waste road spreading on the conventional side, will provide regulatory certainty and can prevent the ongoing abuse of the co-product program. “If None of these self-determinations [by the industry], when inspected by the DEP, satisfied the requirements of the program. Read more here.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The 2023 Chambers USA Guide recognized the Energy & Natural Resources Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list. GT’s Energy Practice ranked in six related areas along with ten individual attorneys in regions for New York, Massachusetts, Florida, and California.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

The Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council and the PA Grazing Lands Coalition will host a Rotational Grazing Pasture Walk on July 18 at the Harvest Home Farms in Bangor, Northampton County from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Posted: June 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Washington Nature

APRIL 3, 2024

In areas where both climate-adaptive practices of thinning and prescribed burning had previously been done, most of the Ponderosas survived the wildfire. Efforts to thin and burn prior to the wildfire made fire-fighting efforts more successful and safer to implement. Credit: John Marshall

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Chambers USA 2023 Guide recognized the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list of the top 32 environment practices in the country. Greenberg Traurig elevated its Environmental Practice national ranking by one band. Barsh Florida Environment Christopher L.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. Lee Siler nonetheless advocates for high-quality conservation practices and employs them on his farm.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) or identified by a local government for flood mitigation are eligible for the program. -- Greenways, Trails And Recreation Program : Projects which involve development, rehabilitation and improvements to public parks, recreation areas, greenways, trails and river conservation.

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Washington Nature

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From the Columbia Gorge to the northeast corner of Washington, prescribed fire training exchanges (TREX) were taking place to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and hands-on experience with prescribed fire as a practice for land management and community resilience. © Kara Karboski. Why do we need prescribed fire?

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 19, 2021

The 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America recognized 146 Arnold & Porter attorneys in more than 50 practice areas. Best Lawyers is a peer-reviewed survey in which attorneys cast votes on the legal capabilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. David Marsh—Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 9, 2022

A proposal to make better use of fallen leaves and dead trees in urban areas in the US could cut carbon emissions, though it may not be practical

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 30, 2022

by David Drake, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bret Shaw, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Mary Magnuson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Coyotes have become practically ubiquitous across the lower 48 United States, and they’re increasingly turning up in cities. The draws are abundant food and green space in urban areas.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

"The goal of the Clean Water Procurement Program is to incentivize best management practices to reduce nutrients flowing into the Chesapeake Bay using a 'pay for performance' financing strategy," said PennVEST Executive Director, Robert Boos. received a maximum contract award of $185,338.35 for the purchase of up to 930.32

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

It has resulted in a significant amount of voluntary conservation practices applied on the Commonwealth’s landscapes. NRCS looks forward to continuing its work in areas like technical training, quality assurance, and financial assistance program delivery.” ACAP marks a new era in state-level conservation funding.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Growing Greener Grants The Department has identified multiple priority areas for this grant solicitation. The Department is particularly interested in design and construction projects that implement effective Best Management Practices (BMP) that reduce or eliminate pollutant loadings and lead to local water quality improvements.

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