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Harvesting Climate Benefits from the 2024 Farm Bill

Acoel

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Peter Lehner The Farm Bill is the most significant environmental law Congress will address this year. Congress passed the last Farm Bill in 2018 and Congressional leaders aim for a new Farm Bill by mid-2024. The predominant modern government support is the federal crop insurance program. 

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Allegheny County Conservation District: 5th Generation Morning Glory Farm Gets Permanent Agricultural Land Protection

PA Environment Daily

Since 2002, ACCD and ACALPB have collectively preserved 4,223 acres of farmland in the county. ACCD is proud to partner with state and local government to guarantee a future food supply, safeguard green spaces and biodiversity, and support the farmers who feed our communities,” said Heather Manzo, ACCD Executive Director.

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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

This spring, Environmental Defence Canada submitted a motion to Enbridge shareholders for their 2024 Annual General Meeting on May 8th. The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. Can you help us fight back against the climate villains? billion in profits for 2023.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He retired in January 2024. Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Nelson has been supportive of municipal efforts to transition local government facilities to 100% clean and renewable energy.

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In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney

PA Environment Daily

On March 1, 2024, Joanne Denworth, 85, died of Alzheimer's disease. Denworth is co-author and editor of Guiding Growth (1993), a growth management handbook for municipalities; and she is the primary author of Planning Beyond Boundaries (2002), a manual on multi-municipal planning and implementation. In 2003, she was appointed by Gov.

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How the Netherlands is forging ahead in quantum technologies

Physics World

I graduated from the Technical University of Delft’s Policy Analysis and Systems Engineering department in 1999 and after a two-year stint at KPN Research as a consultant, I joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs as an adviser in 2002. Quantum Delta NL recently received € 615m from the Dutch government. How will that be spent?

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Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa. man $2.25B after jury finds weed killer caused cancer

Corp Watch

Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Food You’re Eating by Jeffrey M. Government (via USA SPENDING). Government (via SAM). June 2007). Smith (Yes!