PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

On July 28, seeking to further harness the capacity for strategic land protection to counter climate change and its impacts, the Open Space Institute announced a major new effort of its Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund to conserve key forested areas in western and central Pennsylvania.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2022

For example, the Draft Scoping Plan describes the growing threat that severe wildfire poses in California and notes that of the 20 largest wildfires ever recorded in California, nine of them occurred in 2020 and 2021. Indeed, 2020 was the worst recorded wildfire season in California, burning more than 4.3 F by 2050 and 5.6°F–8.8°F

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Carbon offsets are project investments that help to reduce or avoid carbon emissions, or that are able to capture and store carbon that has already been emitted; each offset represents 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide or its equivalent. This purchase was made by Regen Network Development, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

On August 20, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $1 million in 2021 Small Business Advantage Grant funding is available to small businesses and farmers who want to improve their operations through energy efficiency, pollution prevention, and natural resource protection. 7 [Posted: August 20, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Brag

APRIL 24, 2023

.” According to GAO, scientists are currently exploring the use of synthetic biology to address environmental challenges by engineering organisms to use carbon dioxide, produce biofuels for vehicles, and transform methane into biodegradable plastics. Opportunities include: Widely adaptable.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2021

20 Webinar: Conserve Energy & Reduce Costs With Duquesne Light Company's Business Solutions Rebate Program. Posted: December 5, 2021] PA Environment Digest . -- Citizen Science: Join Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count Dec. 14 to Jan. 5 [PaEN] -- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center, Partners Host Dec. 15 -- PennTAP Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Learn about these and other current and projected climate change impacts at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

Carbon capture and release: a license to pollute . Oil and gas companies like to paint a future where we can still have oil and gas production, but where power plants and oil refineries can capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks and bury them deep in the ground. Hydrogen: Natural Gas Industry’s Hail Mary Pass.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On October 1, 2021, the U.S. Objective 7.2, “Promote Pollution Prevention,” is intended to encourage the adoption of pollution prevention and other stewardship practices that conserve natural resources, mitigate climate change, and promote environmental sustainability. Comments are due November 12, 2021.

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Brag

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On October 1, 2021, the U.S. Objective 7.2, “Promote Pollution Prevention,” is intended to encourage the adoption of pollution prevention and other stewardship practices that conserve natural resources, mitigate climate change, and promote environmental sustainability. Comments are due November 12, 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

In other words, the water conservation efforts made by farmers have been used (especially by large corporations) as a justification to be more unsustainable with California’s water use. million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Their wells failed again in 2021. The good news is we know the problem.

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Acoel

MARCH 10, 2022

4th 198 (2021), the Sixth Circuit reviewed a municipal tree ordinance that prohibited tree removal without a permit and required mitigation in the form of planting new trees or paying fines. For tree ordinances, government can point to the obvious and measureable benefits of trees in carbon dioxide exchange. Development v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2022

Wolf Now Has To Decide To Hold Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable, Or Create A $5.1

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Federal Register opportunities. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2021

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The ocean has buffered our planet from the impacts of climate change, absorbing much of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted and a substantial amount of the heat from our warming atmosphere. 3] IPCC, 2021: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

WeConservePA 2021 Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 19-21 Dept. Of Township Supervisors Accepting Stormwater Conference Presentation Proposals; Early Bird Registration Available Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: A Snapshot Of Rural Drinking Water June 30 PEMA/Insurance Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Completed in December 2021, the county installed a 2.5-acre The Township was awarded the grant in May of 2021 and performed water sampling over the summer months. The last parcel of this property was put under conservation easement in March, 2022.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Other successes include better soil health management practices as a result of federal spending and restoration of native perennial cover as in programs like the Audubon Great Plains Conservation Forage Program. Severe heat stress has reduced production of crops like Arizona upland cotton.The 2021 drought is estimated to have had $1.28

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It is a highly professional and analytically competent organization, rather conservative, and quite sympathetic to the perspectives and business needs of the energy sector, including fossil-fuel producers. That’s the end of THIS YEAR! Given this shocking message, the responses were mostly predictable, but with a few interesting wrinkles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For those owning forested lands, they have difficulty accessing cost-share programs from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which results in these folks not having the money to implement conservation practices that would help them generate more money from the sale of their timber when it is harvested.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

On hunting grounds, those same trees improve water quality by reducing polluted runoff, sequestering carbon dioxide, and providing food and habitat for wildlife. Garber enrolled 20 acres in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), including nine of those acres in a streamside buffer that protects Little Chiques Creek.

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HumanNature

MARCH 30, 2021

Guest Post By Shelby McClelland , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Improved soil management practices more broadly referred to as ‘ natural climate solutions ’ can help drawdown carbon out of the atmosphere and reduce agricultural emissions of N 2 O and CH 4. Greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks in agriculture.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 21, 2022

The webinar covered the background of the case as well as the 2021 decision which was now reversed. 2021 Federal Court Decision . In May 2021, the Court dismissed the application for an injunction. The Full Federal Court heard the appeal in October 2021. The case was filed in October 2021 and is still pending.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2021

These companion bills would allow the General Assembly to effortlessly block any measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There are also harmful bills in the legislature that would hamper our state’s move toward a clean energy economy, including SB119 and HB637. You can read our reasons for opposing this l egislation here.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. January 22, 2023.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. For better or worse, this is the nature of ocean conservation work—sometimes we hit roadblocks, but it’s a reminder of why this work is so critically important.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Because methane has 28 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and a shorter atmospheric life of only 12 years, immediate action to reduce methane emissions —including from agriculture—is critical to slow our warming climate, especially in light of expanding global populations and food demand. 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Studies show it may be possible through the adoption of improved farming practices which take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it in the soil. After several cover crop cycles and nearly two decades of conservation tillage, Barry is reaping the soil health benefits. The importance of Soil Organic Carbon.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

A land conservancy and a township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula purchased four miles of riparian habitat for the purpose of land, water, and biodiversity conservation. In 2021, residents went on hunger strikes while successfully stopping a large metal scrapper facility from being moved to the area from the city’s north side.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Worldwide, nature’s power to breathe, filter and store carbon dioxide can provide more than 1/3 of emissions reductions needed to meet the Paris Agreement target, according to a pioneering study by The Nature Conservancy and partners. Trees capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) through the process of photosynthesis.

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Acoel

AUGUST 2, 2022

Waterlogged conditions enable peatlands to trap enormous amounts of organic matter underwater in a low-oxygen environment, inhibiting the breakdown and release of carbon dioxide. Non-governmental organizations such as The Nature Conservancy are also working to conserve and restore peatland.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 28, 2021. Advocates, on the other hand, say the transmission line is a vital springboard to a low-carbon future. They claim annual reductions of 3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to 700,000 vehicles. million to aid fish movement by replacing road culverts.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. Gevo asserts its “farm-to-flight” project will release 80 percent less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than ethanol produced by a conventional plant.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Of Human Services To Extend Federal Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Programs [PaEN] -- WHYY: LIHEAPalooza Teaches Philadelphians How To Lower Utility Bills Friday -- Sustainable Community Network Of SW PA Webinar March 24 - Policy Connection - Environmental Justice.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Of Justice Indicts Erie Coke (Coal) And Corporate Officer For Violating Federal Clean Air Act Over 4 Years [PaEN] -- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal), Ex-Plant Chief Indicted On Charges Of Violating Federal Clean Air Act -- Pittsburgh's Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Read more here.]

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