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Keep PA Beautiful Announces Recipients Of 2023 Volunteer And Community Partners Awards

PA Environment Daily

In April, she hosted her own Earth Day cleanup, Frederick and her group of volunteers fervently collected over 300 bags of trash and almost 30 tires! Annually, she conducts group cleanups to celebrate Earth Day, National Cleanup Day, and even her Birthday and Mother’s Day!

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April 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

In 2017, four rivers sought and in some instances won legal rights: the Whanganui River in New Zealand, the Rio Altrato in Colombia, and the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in India. The latest case in Pakistan was decided a few days ago, on April 15. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. State of Colorado.

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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

The charges related to mechanical raking with heavy equipment and bulldozing to level the sand and dunes, performed by the Town at Sauble Beach – a popular tourist destination – in April and August of 2017. Piping plovers are listed as endangered under the ESA.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination. Meanwhile Boric pledged during his campaign to adhere to the agreement and send it to Congress for ratification ahead of this year’s Earth Day, on 22 April.

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USDA Awards Funding For 55 PA Farm, Small Business Clean Energy Projects

PA Environment Daily

As we celebrate Earth Day this year, we are excited to partner with hundreds more family farms and small businesses to address the impacts of climate change, grow the economy and keep rural communities throughout the country strong and resilient.”

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Use Your Profit to Clean Up Your Mess by the Shell Accountability Coalition (2007) Shell Petroleum Development Company, the State and Underdevelopment of Nigeria's Niger Delta: A Study in Environmental Degradation (2005) Shell's nightmare: MY EPIC FEUD WITH THE UNSCRUPULOUS OIL GIANT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL by John Donovan (2016) Sir Henri Deterding and (..)