Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 Source: LBNL 2022. Source: LBNL 2022. Source: LBNL 2022. Source: LBNL 2022. PV modules keep getting more efficient. One finding is that the efficiency of PV modules keep climbing. Median values for modules in residential systems rose from 13.6

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – February 24, 2022. The CDC study compared Legionnaires’ cases in the last two decades to a baseline period from 1992 to 2002, after which case counts began to rise. Rooftop cooling towers play a major role in fostering and spreading Legionella bacteria. Photo by Vincenzo Di Giorgi on Unsplash.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

on March 3, 2022. The Plan update, required every five years by Act 220 of 2002, serves as a policy and guidance document providing information, objectives, priorities and recommendations to be considered in a broad range of state, local and private water resource decisions. Posted: February 25, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Related Article: -- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue [Posted: June 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 19, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. In 2002, CBD and others petitioned the Service to list the DSL due to alleged threats to the species’ habitat caused by oil and gas production. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2022

The State Board of Education published notice in the July 16 PA Bulletin of final regulations setting education standards for Science, Environment, Ecology, Agriculture, Technology and Engineering Grades K-12 ( PA Bulletin, page 3946 - Preamble, page 3970 - Standards ) This is the first update of these standards since 2002 and they were based on several (..)

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

TOP SKILLS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Getting in trouble with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Enbridge was fined $250,000 in 2022 for failing to meet meter reading standards and inaccurately charging consumers. Despite the OEB review and penalty, complaints to the OEB related to meter reading have more than doubled: from 42 in 2021, to 87 in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

In July 2002, in the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, miners accidentally breached the wall of an adjacent abandoned, flooded mine. In 2022, there were about 6 million uses of the atlas. Quecreek Mine Rescue The incident that spurred the creation of the Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas took place 11 years beforehand.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2022

On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. The 20th Anniversary of the Quecreek Mine Rescue is being celebrated this weekend at the Somerset County Mine Rescue Site organized by the Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Expiration is the new normal It’s a wide-ranging and contentious package for a divided Congress to negotiate—so much so that every food and farm bill since 2002 has missed its deadline. But the bigger picture is that publicly funded ag research has declined by a third since 2002 and is woefully insufficient to meet the needs of the future.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Baseline Funding for Farm Bill Programs ($ billions; FY 2022-2031). Source: Congressional Research Service, Preparing for the Next Farm Bill (2022). For example, from 1995 to 2022 corn and soy, used largely for animal feed (and biofuels) received over 56% of all crop insurance premium subsidies.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Since 2002, ACCD and the ACALPB have preserved over 4,000 acres, ensuring that communities will have access to locally produced vegetables, crops and meats for generations to come. Posted: April 14, 2022] PA Environment Digest This 105-acre easement is the 40th farm protected in Allegheny County.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Related Article: -- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue [Posted: June 20, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In the original nuclear phase out law of 2002 the Government allocated these residual electricity volumes to each nuclear power plant in Germany so that the total output of the respective plant corresponds to an average 32 year lifetime. This, according to the judges, is `unacceptable´ to Vattenfall.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), we started referring to the period between June and October in the Northern hemisphere as “Danger Season” in 2022. But summer 2023 was when the climate crisis got real for a lot of people. The old adage about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is apt here.

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HumanNature

APRIL 14, 2022

Guest Post by Leena Vilonen , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. A scientific study measured the severity of drought across the western US from 2000 to 2022 and found that in 2021 almost 80% of the western part of the US experienced exceptional or extreme drought (Williams et al. Nature Climate Change 2002.

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Real Climate

MAY 21, 2023

The two big warming events in the earlier part of the record are the impacts of the El Chichon and Mt Pinatubo eruptions (and you’ll note quite a wide spread in magnitude of the latter event) and if you squint, you can see the solar cycle (maxima around 1981, 1991, 2002, 2014).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Related Articles: -- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN] -- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN] [Posted: October 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2022

On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Related Article: -- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue [Posted: July 16, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data. The headline of her July 5, 2022, press release , “AG Fitch Continues to Fight Biden’s Radical Environmental Agenda,” pretty much sums up her attitude. The main beneficiary of Paxton’s efforts? The oil and gas industry, of course.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Guest Post by Julia Branstrator , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Terms such as “ doomscrolling ” (Hernández, 2022) became commonplace in conversations sharing about the day. 680; Massumi, 2002; Ngai, 2007). University of Oulu, November 7 th , 2022. Doomscrolling” Illustration by Madeline McMahon.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 5, 2022

By Victoria Namkung, The Guardian — July 5, 2022. Abandonment levels for winter wheat in the US – primarily in Texas and Oklahoma – are the highest since 2002. Sriracha fans are a passionate bunch. In the Great Plains, where most of the US’s wheat is harvested, drought depressed the winter crop.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

By Natasha Blakely , Great Lakes Now – May 3, 2022. By 2002, Flint was $30 million in debt and the state of Michigan stepped in with an emergency financial manager. . The city has a September 2022 deadline to finish identifying and replacing its remaining lead service lines. million deficit by 2012.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection will host an eighth round of public meetings of Regional Water Resources to help get input into the 2022 State Water Plan Update. Read more here.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Guest Post by Mary Witlacil , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Accessed Online, October 24, 2022: [link] [2] Oliver Milman, “Extinction Rebellion protesters pour fake blood over New York’s capitalist bull,” The Guardian , October 7, 2019. 2 (2022). [8] October 14, 2022. August 9, 2021.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

Highlights include: A tiny startup firm, “Make Sunsets,” launched a couple of weather balloons with a few grams of SO 2 in late 2022 from a private property in Baja California, Mexico. The current spike of news coverage spans a wide range from the serious to the silly.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

Seif , Former Secretary of DEP [PaEN] -- Feature - What We Owe To Pennsylvania’s Rachel Carson [PaEN] -- Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures [PaEN] -- PA Conservation Heritage/WITF Documentary On Rachel Carson [PaEN] -- Game Commission, DEP, DCNR Held Live Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcon Banding Event (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

2022 Hotspot Research This new study analyzed the location of the "hotspots" of contamination from oil and gas operations identified in a 2022 study by Dr. Shaheen and others in terms of population, geology, industrial activities and groundwater chemistry and looked at a continuing exposure analysis. Red is bad.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And in Pennsylvania, a 2022 study, this is now separate from the 2023 study showing the link of lymphoma, a 2022 study found that children living within 1.2 Well, from 2002 to 2008, the rate of hospitalizations for these various illnesses linked to air pollution were the same between Pennsylvania and New York.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 23, 2022

South Dakota, with permits from the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service (NPS), conducted a fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore from 1998-2009, only skipping the celebration in 2002 due to wildfire. Already, Governor Noem has renewed her request for a 2022 fireworks. capricious.

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Vermont Law

MAY 17, 2023

3, 2022), [link] THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT, LOVE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE? 22, 2022) [link] NAT'L PARK SERV., 3 (2002) [link] Id. FOOD SOVEREIGNTY ALL., link] (last visited Mar. LA VIA CAMPESINA, PEASANT RIGHTS AND FOOD PRODUCTION 6 (Oct. THANK INDIGENOUS PEOPLES , (Sept. 27, 2023); J. Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? ,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Cigarette Litter Prevention Program , created by Keep America Beautiful in 2002, is the nation's largest program aimed at eliminating cigarette butt and cigar tip litter. The 2022 Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative will be held through November 30. Posted: August 11, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m. -- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct. 19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m. -- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2021

An extension educator since 2002, Jackson teaches programs on forest management to private forest landowners, industry foresters, youth and natural resource professionals. “It places me with some pretty distinct company, other field foresters that I respect and have tried to emulate.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

above normal) occurred in east Antarctica in March 2022, caused by an atmospheric river of warmth stemming from Australia and penetrating across the southern ocean and through the polar vortex (a permanent stratospheric cyclonic flow of air) that normally prevents such movement. The world’s largest ever heatwave (38.5C

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More than 60 national and regional disarmament organizations, including Back from the Brink, Global Zero, Physicians for Social Responsibility and RootsAction, issued a statement in January 2022 calling for scrapping land-based ICBMs altogether. Indeed, according to the Air Force itself, there is no reason to replace the Minuteman ICBMs.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2022

In June, Down Slightly From May Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: July 23, 2022] PA Environment Digest Of Labor & Industry: PA Unemployment 4.5%

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