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54th Earth Day: A Wake Up Call to the Planet on the Important Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Addressing the Earth’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges

Acoel

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Amy Edwards As we celebrate the 54 th anniversary of Earth Day, it is hard to imagine where we will be 54 years from now. Will we have made the necessary changes to reduce the adverse impacts from climate change? Will we have restored biological diversity? And what about PFAS?

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2021 Legislative session media highlights

Washington Nature

Washington State Wire Op-ed, April 21 — Pass the Climate Commitment Act on Earth Day By Denis Hayes, national coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970; emeritus chair of earthday.org. How will it work? | Ultimately it passed with House provisions included.

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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossil fuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. In 2021 the world emitted 36.4

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.17.23

PA Environment Daily

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S.

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

Law Columbia

How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? Climate litigation using the rights of nature. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. A few case studies offer some insight. What are the “Rights of Nature”?

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.23.22

PA Environment Daily

Wolf, First Lady Recognize PA’s Environmental Investments During Earth Day Celebration -- Gov. From DEP -- Gov.

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DCNR Highlights Benefits Of Trees In Communities; TreeVitalize, TreePennsylvania, Keystone Tree Fund Can Help

PA Environment Daily

In 2021, DCNR added its first TreeVitalize Tree Equity Specialist to apply the principles of equity and environmental justice in urban and community forestry work across the Commonwealth. “The Bare-Root Tree Program grants also will be available this fall. 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17105.