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

PA Environment Daily

Throughout the week-long competition, students demonstrated their knowledge on soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry and wildlife management through written tests and interactive stations featuring New Brunswick’s natural resources. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Petition In Court To Order Commonwealth To Return $1.3 Billion In Revenue From State Forest Drilling Unconstitutionally Transferred From Oil & Gas Lease Fund

PA Environment Daily

billion in state forest drilling revenue to DCNR’s Oil and Gas Lease Fund in compliance with a PA Supreme Court decision on July 21. On August 2, the PA Environmental Defense Foundation filed a petition in Commonwealth Court asking for the return of $1.3 Read more here. The PA Supreme Court said in its July decision, “.we

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Frack is Whack: Why Hydraulic Fracturing is Bad for People and the Planet

Vermont Law

Over the past 20 years, hydraulic fracturing has become the most popular method of extracting natural gas and. While fracking has benefits such as increasing the availability of oil and natural gas which in turn leads to a decrease in energy. This year, environmental effects from fracking have been felt in Texas.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Cline Family Partners With DCNR To Formally Designate Windinoll Wild Plant Sanctuary In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

On June 1, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced the formal designation of a new Wild Plant Sanctuary in Allegheny County. The Windinoll Wild Plant Sanctuary , characterized by rich wooded slopes and stream floodplain, becomes the 18th tract to be accepted into the DCNR Wild Plant Sanctuary Program.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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