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

PA Environment Daily

Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands. in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants. People wonder how we made it through the heat wave of 2006,” said the CEO of California’s grid operator, CAISO, at the time. That was rebuffed. And here we are.” [14]

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

Army: Full environmental review of $9.4B Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. Visit this page on ESA’s website for updates on opportunities from the Federal Register , including upcoming meetings and regulations open for public comment. plastics complex – Associated Press. Federal Register Opportunities.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. 14 to 21, 2022.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

ESA

White House: A prominent critic of the Trump administration’s scientific policies, Gretchen Goldman, has joined Biden White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Goldman’s title is assistant director for environmental science, engineering, policy and justice. NOAA – Science Advisory Board (July 20 & 22).

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