PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

In the 2019 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection rolled out a “local and specific” strategy to reduce its pollution burden on the Chesapeake Bay by 2025. Click Here to check out your streams. Click Here for a tutorial on using the viewer.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2022

Wolf includes a significant new bipartisan investment in conservation, outdoor recreation, clean water and preservation. In 2019, my daughter and her husband used the park for their engagement photography, so now the park holds an even more unique place in our hearts. A very nice addition next to the park is the Tyler Arboretum.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Read said those are conservative estimates, but they do not include anticipated federal funding from the recently passed infrastructure bill. percent of disposable income on water and sewer in 2019, up from 10.9 Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On September 20, the departments of Education, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources honored U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools across Pennsylvania in recognition of their environmental sustainability efforts.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s an expert, hours-long guided excursion across Lenawee County during which Taylor explains the cross-cutting complexities, underperforming government programs, ineffective conservation investments, and cascading ecological and health threats from liquid manure that aren’t visible but exist everywhere across her region’s bucolic landscape.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell. In addition, last year more than 17 miles of stream were fully restored, and tens of thousands of trees were planted, many through programs by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . Image Source: Ontario’s wetland conservation strategy (archived). Image courtesy of Conservation Ontario.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

The Tribunal acted both boldly and conservatively by interpreting UNCLOS as an independent source of international legally binding obligations to address climate change and ocean acidification. At the same time, the Tribunal’s interpretation was also conservative in the sense that it was a straightforward reading of the UNCLOS text.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

Lisa Daniels has been named Acting Deputy for Water Programs at the Department of Environmental Protection. She replaces Aneca Atkinson who served in that position since January of 2019. Read more here. Daniels also held the Deputy position in an acting capacity in 2017. Read more here.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. 2019 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, U.S. degrees Celsius.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. During his United Nations (“UN”) Speech, Brazil President Bolsonaro made clear his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development to benefit Brazil and the world. President Bolsonaro at opening of the 74. solemn commitment.”

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

MiningWatch Canada and Environmental Defence Canada, represented by Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA); Nature Canada, represented by West Coast Environmental Law (West Coast); and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) are intervening in the hearings to defend environmental protections in the IAA.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Between March 14, 2019, and April 9, 2021, DEP and the Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington County conservation districts, on DEP’s behalf, conducted at least 67 inspections of the pipeline construction sites to determine compliance by Shell Pipeline Company and Minnesota Limited with permits as well as state laws and regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In contrast, V-SCI is the passion project of an all volunteer group of graduate students, formed in 2019. In this case, V-SCI recognized the communities experiencing environmental injustices or fallout from pipeline construction as the experts regarding their experiences.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In Virginia, state officials and conservation groups are celebrating a milestone in the massive effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Read said those are conservative estimates, but they do not include anticipated federal funding from the recently passed infrastructure bill. Still they are not planning to spend enough.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2022

Projects include agricultural conservation practice implementation, stream restoration, and wetland restoration. Funding for these projects is from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Countywide Action Plan Implementation grant to Lancaster. The deadline for applications is July 22. Click Here for all the details.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced how the state will fully meet its nutrient and sediment pollution reduction goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by 2025. Environmental Protection Agency to lower its nutrient and sediment pollution levels by 2025. million pounds and phosphorus by 0.85

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. The federal Bureau of Reclamation gives Colorado River states a 60-day deadline to develop an emergency plan to conserve water. Plus, Circle of Blue breaks down the top five must-know facts about drought in the American West. Drought in the American West.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is concerned. After the state submitted a plan in 2019 that failed to meet 2025 cleanup goals, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, along with the District of Columbia, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others filed suit against the EPA for failing to press the state to make greater progress.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The conservator forest for Kashmir – the leading administrative official in charge of forest cover – is Mir Naseer, who tells me: “Cedarwood, which is sold at 10,000 Pakistani rupees [USD 33] per cubic foot, is a popular target for smugglers. Timber smuggling is another major cause of deforestation in the region.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less. million deaths globally.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On October 7, the Department of Environmental Protection partnered with local leaders in Luzerne Borough in a litter cleanup on Toby Creek and called on all Pennsylvanians to join in the “ Pick Up Pennsylvania ” statewide fall campaign to clean up streams, rivers, and lakes in their community.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

During this period, registered events can get free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by the Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and the Ocean Conservancy, as supplies last. Read more here ] That litter could potentially end up in our oceans.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

The groups say the court’s decision preserves the integrity of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and sets a precedent that municipalities must protect critical habitat of vulnerable species, or face consequences. As Canada’s largest environmental law charity, Ecojustice operates offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

WDF initiated talks with the State of Pennsylvania earlier this year and has received the full support of the Department of Environmental Protection. Formed in 2019, the Well Done Foundation enables the oil and gas industry to partner with the conservation community to create an alternative pathway to success that benefits all.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The commission managed to keep programs running for a while, but by 2019 it was running out of money for maintenance and staffing. The donation of land and cash to a nonprofit could still be years away, but there have already been discussions with conservancies, land trusts and conservation groups in the area.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

During this period, registered events can get free trash bags and gloves provided by the Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and the Ocean Conservancy, as supplies last. In addition to waterway cleanups, land-based cleanups are also eligible since a significant portion of waterway pollution originates on land.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2022

Total emission reduction estimates for adoption of climate-friendly practices derived by scaling per acre emission reduction estimates from the National Resources Conservation Service COMET Planner by maximum applicable area. Recent research also indicates that EPA’s models are often overly conservative when compared to actual measurements.)

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

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. In 2019, the city of Toledo, Ohio adopted the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, a municipal law that gave the lake rights of its own. The case is pending a decision.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

PA Fights Dirty: Every Litter Bit Matters is Pennsylvania’s new anti-littering campaign, developed as part of the Wolf administration's Litter Action Plan and in response to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s 2019 Pennsylvania Litter Research Study. The study identified approximately 502.5 million pieces of litter on Pennsylvania roadways.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Patrick McDonnell, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, praised wastewater treatment plants and conservation districts for helping to improve tracking and applauded the work of farmers for achieving a “record reduction.” million pounds in 2019 to 13.24 million pounds to 105.99

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

Applications were evaluated for their degree of environmental protection, innovation, partnership, economic impact, consideration of climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice, as well as outcomes achieved. Each of the projects awarded this year will leave a positive lasting legacy for Pennsylvania.”

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

The July 2019 notice asserts that CERCLA confers significant discretion on the agency. Although the statute requires EPA to determine the level of financial responsibility necessary to protect against the level of risk, it imposes no particular methodology for that determination. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With the help of a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Environmental Education grant , the mural teaches residents about the importance of pollinators like honeybees to a healthy environment. These plants were donated by Manada Conservancy and planted by community volunteers. 14 Eastern Regional, Oct.

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