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Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition!

PA Environment Daily

On July 31, the National Conservation Foundation announced the Pennsylvania Envirothon Team from Penncrest High School in Delaware County took second place in the International NCF-Envirothon competition in New Brunswick, Canada. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read more here.

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission's New StoryMap Showcases Water Quality Monitoring System

PA Environment Daily

From the StoryMap, you can learn about the Commission’s real-time water quality monitoring efforts since 2003. Many CIM stations are monitoring water quality in areas of the Basin where unconventional natural gas production is underway. You can explore the profiles of more than 75 watersheds in the Susquehanna River Basin.

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Comments Submitted On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Potter County By Save Our Streams PA Show Principals Have Been Involved In Abandoning 8 Previous Injection Wells

PA Environment Daily

"Officers of Roulette Oil & Gas Co, LLC have operated wells in Pennsylvania under the business names of the following 4 companies according to records on file with Department of Environmental Resources (DER), Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Department of State-- 1.

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Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads

PA Environment Daily

The departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation and Natural Resources and Agriculture appear before House and Senate budget committees starting February 28. Wolf’s budget proposal built on these initiatives by proposing a $450 million allocation for similar kinds of investments, although weighted toward farm conservation.

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

In reality, the above facts come from the best-available scientific studies, including those conducted by or accepted by the IPCC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other leading scientific bodies. But too often we are guilty of the same.

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Snopes' Alex Kasprak Makes 17 False And Misleading Claims About Apocalypse Never and Misrepresents the Best-available Science

Environmental Progress

In fact, both Environmental Progress’ web site and the central argument of Apocalypse Never is that energy, environmental, and moral progress are united, e.g., that hydro-electric dams and coal are better than burning wood and dung, that natural gas is better than burning coal, and that nuclear is better than natural gas.

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Climate Feedback Unscientifically Confuses "Disasters" & Weather Events & Endorses Pseudoscientific Claim That We Are in A "Sixth Mass Extinction"

Environmental Progress

Conservation biologists Robert H. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says 6 percent of species are critically endangered, 9 percent are endangered, and 12 percent are vulnerable to becoming endangered. Claims that the extinction rate is accelerating and that “half a million terrestrial species.