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56 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

23 Webinar On Gridscale Solar Energy Facilities -- PennDOT Announces $33.8 21; And Above Ground-- Oct. 17 [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Part II - What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? 23 Webinar On Gridscale Solar Energy Facilities -- PennDOT Announces $33.8 21; And Above Ground-- Oct. 21; And Above Ground-- Oct.

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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., PaEN] -- Manada Conservancy Aug. Potter County -- DEP Blog: Do You Know What’s Below?

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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

At nearly $20 billion over five years, it’s the largest investment in conservation on farms since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and it’s focused on helping farmers shift the ways they manage their land in order to better adapt to our new climate reality.

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A Billion Dollar Development Threatens the Niagara Escarpment – One of Ontario’s Natural Wonders

Enviromental Defense

They are intended to be the models for how we can conserve biodiversity. Protect and Conserve a green corridor. That’s why ECA is working closely with other leading environmental and conservation groups to bring awareness to the threats this sensitive Escarpment area is facing. The Niagara Escarpment should be protected.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. After five months of investigation, and in interviews with more than 40 farmers, state regulators, advocates, and scientists in five states and Washington, D.C.,

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The Stream, July 23, 2021: Drought Threatens Rural Farmers In San Joaquin Valley

Circle of Blue

Since 2002, millions of pastoral communities have been forced from their homes to make room for commercial cattle ranches, leaving parts of the region food insecure. As the drought worsens, farmers are forced to pull more and more water from underground aquifers, a resource that is dwindling and becoming more regulated by the state.

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Dr. Marco Hatch: Merging Ocean Science and Community-Driven Environmental Restoration

Washington Nature

© Marco Hatch Marco Hatch, a Samish Indian Nation member, scientist, and board trustee for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington, admires the resilience and cultural significance of clams and other tidal species. Today, he leads a resurgence in clam gardening, a sustenance staple for Samish people.

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