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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

In 2017 he shared his yacht with the interim leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose, for her vacation around the Caribbean. Will you join the call? That night, his comrades at oil, gas and pipeline companies helped raise more than $1 million dollars for a pro-fossil fuel politician.

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The Drying Planet

Circle of Blue

Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. But the act doesn’t take full effect until 2040, which has allowed many groundwater districts to continue to draw heavily from aquifers even as they complete their plans to conserve those resources. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica.

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PA Envirothon: Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Competes In NCF International Envirothon In Calgary, Alberta Thru July 26

PA Environment Daily

Envirothon History The first-ever Envirothon competition was created in Pennsylvania in 1979 by the Fulton, Luzerne and Schuylkill conservation districts and by 1984 the program expanded to a statewide competition and then nationally and internationally.

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PA’s Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Takes 7th Place In International NCF-Envirothon In Canada!

PA Environment Daily

Envirothon History The first-ever Envirothon competition was created in Pennsylvania in 1979 by the Fulton, Luzerne and Schuylkill conservation districts and by 1984 the program expanded to a statewide competition and then nationally and internationally.

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PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events

PA Environment Daily

At PRC we work hard every day to prevent waste and conserve the environment,” said PRC Deputy Director Sarah Alessio Shea. “We We are proud of our hard-to-recycle program, which for two decades has offered opportunities to responsibly dispose of materials not accepted curbside.

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PA Resources Council Launches 2025 Household Chemical Collection Campaign April 12 In Butler County

PA Environment Daily

Since launching household chemical collection events in 2003, PRC and its many partners have facilitated the safe management of 6.5 million pounds of household chemicals collected at more than 100 events.

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Doug Burgum Explains It All For You

Legal Planet

It has a deep pedigree in the Conservative Movement: Josh Marshall penned a now-famous piece entitled The Post-Modern President in 2003. This is a Regime, and a political party, that simply declares inconvenient facts not to be true. But one might also interpret this as the most cynical of political gestures.