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126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted -- American Lung Assn.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Shy’s study provided a shining example of the threat posed by industrial pollution that galvanized public attention in the late 1960s and led to the first Earth Day in April 1970. He listed five examples, from 1982 to 2017, when the agency took up the topic, but each time it refrained from issuing a gas stove regulation.

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

Law Columbia

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. 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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PennFuture Announces Winners Of Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards From Southeast PA

PA Environment Daily

Recently she appeared on Nickelodeon's Earth Day special. -- Woman of the Watershed: Julie Slavet, Philadelphia County - Julie has 40 years of experience in building organizations and serving communities. Prior to PADEP, Collier served 19 years with BCM Environmental Engineers, Inc., In 2014, the U.S.

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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. It is an important short-term issue because socio-environmental conflicts associated with water are going to be increasingly frequent.”.