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Congress approves FY2022 spending package that supports conservation

Washington Nature

The Nature Conservancy engages deeply on advocacy for federal conservation funding, and we’re pleased to see the solid investments for conservation, climate resilience, and clean energy included in this bill. Land to be protected with Land and Water Conservation Fund. Last week Congress approved a $1.5 Photo © TNC.

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DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste

PA Environment Daily

On January 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has authorized an Air Quality Plan Approval to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. Click Here for more.

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PA Resources Council, Western PA Audubon Host Electronic Waste Recycling Event June 19 Serving Armstrong & Butler Counties

PA Environment Daily

The PA Resources Council and the Audubon Society of Western PA will hold an electronics waste recycling event on June 19 from 9:00 a.m. PRC’s June 19 e-waste collection is presented by Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Colcom Foundation, Pennsylvania American Water, LANXESS, 100.1

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DEP Declares Drought Watch for 36 Counties, Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation; First Since 2020

PA Environment Daily

On August 31, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties. Click Here for a map of drought declarations that’s updated daily. Avoid watering on windy and hot days.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. In 2021, USDA spending on conservation reached 29 of Lenawee County’s 1,300 farms. Conservation practices have potential tradeoffs,” Osmond said. “We Much of the spending is directed at BMPs or “best management practices.”

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Keep PA Beautiful: Over 60,000 Volunteers Participated In Spring Pick Up PA Cleanup Program

PA Environment Daily

million pounds of trash and planted 102,155 trees from March through May of 2021. “We Free bags and gloves are provided by the Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and the Ocean Conservancy, as supplies last. Events must be registered to receive the free supplies.

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It’s Not All CEQA’s Fault

Legal Planet

I first wrote a version of this post way back in July 2021, when Ezra Klein dropped a couple of lines knocking the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into one of the op-eds The New York Times loves to perennially run about how California is actually the worst (I’m sorry it can’t be 80 degrees in March everywhere, guys).