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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93. It was from one of the passengers writing to a loved one for the last time.

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100K Louisianans Were Left Without Power. Without Transmission Planning, It’ll Keep Happening. 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Currently, individuals can seek out energy efficiency upgrades–whether by replacing appliances or making improvements to buildings that prevent energy waste–but there is no statewide program to ensure everyone is getting the benefits they are entitled to as ratepayers.

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

Edwards was also a key player in the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster of 2014 , where Imperial Metals, of which he is a controlling shareholder, experienced a catastrophic breach to one of its tailings ponds that released billions of liters of toxic waste into nearby waterways. The province and taxpayers of B.C.

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German Renewable Energy Act (EEG Novelle 2021) - Considerable Changes Proposed

Energy and Climate Law

Enacted in 2001, it survived several amendments and revisions, changing from a feed-in tariff regime to a, specific German, feed-in premium modell. Wind Farm Waste – Emerging Issues with Decommissioning and Waste Regulation in the EU, Denmark and the United Kingdom. F. , & Nieuwenhout, C. OGEL , 2018 (2).)

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Is York Region about to Hit the Accelerator on Car-Dependent Sprawl?

Enviromental Defense

Bowing to months of behind-the-scenes manipulation by politically-connected landowners and their allies at Queen’s Park, York Region Council is set to vote September 16th on a plan that would commit it for the next 30 years to the paving of countryside at more than double the rate it has since 2001. .

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award

PA Environment Daily

He also helped guide the successful rescue of nine miners trapped in the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania in 2002 and the environmental response to the crash of Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Karl Mason Award Karl Mason served as Pennsylvania’s first State Environmental Administrator from 1952 to 1966.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.3.23

PA Environment Daily

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.