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Chesapeake Bay Program Reports Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016

PA Environment Daily

The Forest Buffers Outcome included in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement has a target of restoring 900 miles of forest buffers each year across the entire watershed. However, since 2019, the number of forest buffer miles restored has increased each year, with 457 miles restored in 2022 and 640.5

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Rising Seas: Challenges and Solutions for Coastal Communities

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58, 2014. [2] 213–232, 2019. [4] 4] IPCC, “Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. 28, 2019. [8] Hinkel et al. , “Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 2014. [10] September, pp. 5] K.

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Camera traps find endangered dryas monkeys

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Using non-invasive research and no-flash camera traps from 2014 to 2019, scientists have confirmed the occurrence of the dryas monkey at… Read more → The Endangered dryas monkey is one of Africa’s most mysterious primates. They are difficult to find because they live in dense vegetation in secondary forest thickets.

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An abnormally dry subject: drought

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a high increase of dry periods without rain otherwise known as drought across the entire country (IPCC 2014). Last modified 12 Dec 2019. Climate change 2014.

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What’s Up With Water – January 10, 2023

Circle of Blue

Between 2019 and 2021, groundwater depletion was five times higher than average over the previous 60 years. They passed a bill in 2014 that requires groundwater basins to be sustainably managed. In wet years, irrigation water comes from rivers. In dry years, though, farmers pump water from underground. However, it is not a quick fix.

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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 from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. The Local | December 14, 2014 Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. Campaigning against oil exploration near the Canary islands.

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