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The Next Food and Farm Bill Can Make Agriculture More Resilient—With the Help of the ARA

Union of Concerned Scientists

We should have had one almost two years ago, after all: The last bill was passed in 2018, expired in 2023 , and has been extended twice, with the most recent extension scheduled to end in September. It was introduced on April 22 (Earth Day!) by Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM).

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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

They made it through Earth Day one of two insufferable seasons of cliche, inane PR pitches clogging their inboxes. I usually feel meh about Earth Day because a hyperfocus on a single day feels superficial and performative. But this Earth Day hit different. The 2-week UN Climate Conference each fall.)

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Lancaster Gets Early Earth Day Gift: 100 Trees Planted At Dar Corporation Property

PA Environment Daily

Lancaster received an early Earth Day gift of 100 new trees during the weekend. CBF launched the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership in 2018 with a goal of planting 10 million trees for Pennsylvania to help meet the state’s Clean Water Blueprint. Dr. Zeshan Ismat of Lancaster City, and Dart Corporation employees.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.30.23

PA Environment Daily

Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Air Pollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? -- NextPittsburgh: DEP Awards $3.7

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

Law Columbia

In 2018, a group of young plaintiffs filed a special constitutional claim called tutela alleging that their fundamental rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, and water were threatened by climate change and the government’s failure to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. Colombia : Future Generations v.

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Join the PA Parks & Forests Foundation And #GetMovingPA! Share Your Experiences On Social Media

PA Environment Daily

Grab your camera, phone, or video camera and celebrate this year’s special outdoor occasions including Earth Day, Rothrock Week, I Love My State Parks Week, State Parks and Forests Week, National Trails Day, and Healthy Lands Week by capturing these events with video. With 121 state parks, 2.2

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Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023

PA Environment Daily

Since it launched 2018, the partnership, coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has grown to nearly 300 partners. Earth Day and Arbor Day observances in April are also prime times for tree plantings throughout the Commonwealth.