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We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History

PA Environment Daily

A brief review of Pennsylvanias conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Tom Ridge: Expanding Partnerships To Clean Up The Susquehanna River And The Chesapeake Bay Beyond [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

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Guest Essay: Paying The Price For Natural Gas And A.I. Data Centers

PA Environment Daily

In December 2022, Coterra pleaded no contest to criminal charges filed by the Office of Attorney General and paid a penalty of $444,000 for contaminating 21 water supplies in Dimock in 2002. As Mark Twain said, history never repeats itself, but it rhymes. This conversation about natural gas and A.I. 11 Hearing On A.I.

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Risky Drinking Water Pathogen Has Outsized Effect on Black Americans

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Other studies have shown that Black Americans are more likely to have worse drinking water quality and higher exposure to air pollutants. 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. times higher than the baseline period.

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We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History

PA Environment Daily

A brief review of Pennsylvania’s conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Tom Ridge: Expanding Partnerships To Clean Up The Susquehanna River And The Chesapeake Bay Beyond [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

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

PA Environment Daily

In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union. During her career, she supported students who were frequently affected by asthma, which was worsened by air pollution.

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DEP, DCNR, PennDOT Employees Recognized With Governor’s Award For Excellence For Environmental Projects

PA Environment Daily

educational video and efforts to reduce air pollution. Reducing Air Pollution DEP Air Quality Engineer Vince Pascucci was recognized for his work to fight climate change and protect and improve air quality throughout Pennsylvania. The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov.

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97 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Issued $301,725 In Stipulated Penalties To U.S.