Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Nature Conservancy in Washington will be a part of that bustle and working to keep people and nature at the forefront of policy and budget decision-making. To this end, we’re working in partnership to support new policy approaches and funding that will move us closer to the clean and resilient energy future we must have.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On September 9, the Sand County Foundation announced the three finalists for the Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award. Their conservation efforts have improved a waterway into becoming a highly productive trout stream. Farmers consider our natural resources as vital partners in producing quality food, fiber, and fuel.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2021

Join us for a lunchtime discussion with a panel including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and farmers who have successfully integrated solar on their operations. Share your ideas for the alternative energy landscape you would like to see in the region.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — With Canada’s 2021 federal election just five weeks away, a coalition of 34 Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling on everyone in Canada to vote on September 20 — and when they do, vote for a green and just recovery from COVID-19.

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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. It’s projected that by the middle decades of this century, we'll be another 5.9°

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Washington Nature

APRIL 26, 2021

We’re celebrating major wins for climate, environmental justice, wildfire resilience and natural resources as an extraordinary legislative session ends. Thank You Your support powers The Nature Conservancy in our partnerships working as a voice for nature in Washington, DC, in Olympia and on the ground across our state.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2021

10 - How Federal Clean Energy Policies May Expand PA’s Solar Future. 5 [PaEN] -- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center, Partners Host Dec. 20 Webinar: Conserve Energy & Reduce Costs With Duquesne Light Company's Business Solutions Rebate Program. Posted: December 5, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Washington Nature

MARCH 11, 2022

Joe Nguyen’s bill, SB 5722 , will require performance standards for energy systems in existing buildings and decarbonization of building heating and cooling loads. Sharon Shewmake recognized the importance of kelp and eelgrass and successfully passed SB 5722, which will focus Washington to conserve and restore kelp and eelgrass marine areas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2022

3, Business Meeting March 17 DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program DEP Invests Over $2.7 24 Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 24 Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Lancaster Cemetery Community Tree Planting & Clean Up Set For Nov. Lancaster Cemetery Community Tree Planting & Clean Up Set For Nov. Of Agriculture Preserves 1,999 Acres Of Farmland On 21 Farms In 13 Counties DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Hosts Oct. 26 Plants Rule! 7-8, Webinars Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

By Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Efforts to slow or stop global warming involve many strategies working together. One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Tom Wolf released the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council 2021 Annual Report , marking further progress in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s work to promote sustainability and environmentally-friendly policies. Commonwealth agencies and commissions under the governor’s jurisdiction reduced energy usage by 3.2 On April 15, Gov.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Ken Gray. The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Though with the boom and bust nature of coal mining—where a significant drop in demand or political shifts towards clean energy can eliminate a mine’s buyers—hundreds of coal mines would close across the Pennsylvania and in Cambria County, stripping entire towns of their main livelihood. October Is Buffer Month!

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2022

Bentley Nature Preserve In Chester County [PaEN] -- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Advocates Cancellation Of Tracy Ridge Burn Project To Protect Bat [PaEN] -- Fast Company: Should We Protect Nature For Its Own Sake? 17 In Chester County [PaEN] -- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Along Kiski And Allegheny Rivers To Receive $3.5

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. billion is appropriated under Section 50121 of the IRA.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2022

By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council In November 2021 Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. trillion package includes funding for a range of energy, transportation, water quality, climate resiliency, conservation, and legacy pollution cleanup projects.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2022

Portions of the proposed reclaimed areas will be repurposed as two public parking areas to enhance visitor access to multi-purpose recreational trails used for public hunting within the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (PA-DCNR) Moshannon State Forest. The primary project partner is the PA-DCNR.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

Million In 37 Clean Energy Projects In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends PA $5.2 Million For Solar, Energy Efficiency Projects -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Receives $2.1 In 2021 Without Permits, Stormwater Runoff Controls, Did Not Comply With March 2022 Order -- PennVEST Invests $194.3

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2022

Billion - The Value Of Clean Water In Just 3 Watersheds Of The Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape - By Marla Meyer Papernick, PA Environmental Council [PaEN] -- Huntingdon Daily News: Eagle Scout Teams Up To Plant Trees At Camp Anderson -- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. This plan is projected to save Pennsylvania ratepayers and Pennsylvania households more than $252 million dollars in the first five years alone, lower utility bills, and create a more reliable energy industry, create more jobs, and a cleaner air – that is a win in my book.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2022

1 PA Conservation Districts Assn. 1 PA Conservation Districts Assn. Keep PA Beautiful's Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative; In 2021 60,505 Volunteers Cleaned Up 2.2 Keep PA Beautiful's Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative; In 2021 60,505 Volunteers Cleaned Up 2.2

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Myers Family Farm In Centre County Receives 2023 PA Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] -- PA Dept. 13 -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Day Camp Jan. 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. The November 22 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

House To Take Up Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability EQB Adopts Part I Of Reg. PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2021

Million Intergenerational Playground Opens In Philadelphia -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Back To Nature Celebration Sept. Million Intergenerational Playground Opens In Philadelphia -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Back To Nature Celebration Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Yaw (R-Lycoming) -- Response: PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Divert LNG To Europe; Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0;

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN] -- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN] -- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN] -- Water Resources Assn.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos. The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. 20, 2021), No. 20-1045 (D.C. 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Myers Family Farm In Centre County Receives 2023 PA Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] -- PA Dept. Million Grant For Zero Emission Trucks -- WESA: Casey- Federal Funding To Grant PA Schools Clean Energy Buses -- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive $47.3 Received $6.19 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 20 [PaEN] -- Heinz Endowments Awards Nearly $11.1

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation and Natural Resources and Agriculture appear before House and Senate budget committees starting February 28. In 2021, DEP inspectors found 4,386 violations of state regulations, four times what they found at unconventional wells. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

And resources to plug these wells, or even find them, had been scant – prior to the IIJA passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in 2021. For context, DEP spent $37 million plugging approximately 3,000 wells from 1989 through 2021. Too often, these wells pollute groundwater and leak methane into the air.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. FEATURED CASE. 20-1530 (U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“As Attorney General Shapiro expressed today and as is reflected in these charges and potential penalties, we need better laws, increased oversight, and more resources to protect those rights and to protect our communities, families, and natural resources.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire September 20 PA Environment Digest 29 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Senate/House Return Sept. Million Ahead Of 2019 DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. The September 20 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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