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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reaffirms and Extends Landmark 2017 Public Trust Decision

Acoel

Article I, Section 27 provides: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Personal reflections as an LGBTQ+ student on campus

Environmental News Bits

My friend Nathan Alexander, who is a doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote this essay for the Voices of ACES blog in recognition of Pride month. Here’s an excerpt: I came to the University of Illinois in January 2017 as a Ph.D.

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New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study

PA Environment Daily

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians.

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A Walk in the Cle Elum Ridge Forest with Washington State Legislators

Washington Nature

The Jolly Mountain Fire in 2017 was a wake-up call for the communities of Cle Elum and Roslyn, emphasizing the need for a new path forward. Under TNC’s active management, the forest we visited is now in a much healthier place than before the 2017 wildfire. It was a full-circle moment to be able to thank Rep.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). State Air Resources Board , No. June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017).

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Release: NSAC Publishes Unsustainable: State of the Farm Safety Net 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The report finds that more than $142 billion was distributed through farm safety net programs from 2017-2022: $46 billion to crop insurance premium subsidies, $29 billion to commodity programs, and $67 billion to ad-hoc disaster assistance.

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Release: 2022 Census of Agriculture Underscores Need for Policy Shift

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Today farms are larger and fewer in number than in 2017. While the total number of farms with more than $1 million in sales grew by an astounding 36 percent since 2017, the number of all remaining farms decreased by nearly 9 percent during that time.

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