PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

Click Here for more on the agenda. -- York Conservation District: Announces Winners Of Annual Conservation Awards [PaEN] -- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District Honors Bethel Twp. Click Here to watch online.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 27, 28, 29 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- State Conservation Commission, Dept.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2021 the Arizona Department of Water Resources halted new residential home construction in Pinal County, south of Phoenix, because groundwater pumping exceeded the supply. . Bernalillo County required the developer to install expensive wastewater treatment and recycling infrastructure to reduce water use and waste. Keith Schneider.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

1, 8 Master Watershed Steward Program Webinars -- WeConservePA Accepting Larry Williamson Scholarship Application For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference -- Interns Wanted: Intern With Game Commission In 2023 ! -- PA iMap Invasives Webinar Jan. 21 [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 2 Hearing On A 4.5 2 Hearing On A 4.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2021

16, 17, 18 & 19 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Collective Flights In Late Summer Not Dangerous To Public -- Penn State Researchers: Find Surprising Gaps in Ecological Genetic Data That Holds Back Global Conservation Efforts -- MCall: Cicadas Aren’t Killing Trees In Lehigh Valley -- Aug. GW Of 317.6

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This year’s list includes a diverse array of topics, from concerns over our energy and transportation infrastructure; housing and land conservation; international and local climate change; food security and contamination; and water quality of our world’s oceans. In Maine, it is. But despite producing enough food to support its 1.3

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2021

By Gail McCormick, Penn State News A new luminescent sensor can detect terbium, a valuable rare earth element, from complex environmental samples like acid mine waste. However, there are a variety of chemical, environmental and political challenges to obtaining terbium and other rare earth elements from the environment.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It manufactures plastics, and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). billion complex in St. billion complex in St.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2021

Student -- ScrantonT Editorial: Civilian Conservation Corps Times Comes, Again -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Poll Finds PA Voters Want Tougher Regulation Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastes; Support Community Regulation Of Drilling; Favor Clean Energy Sources [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Constitution -- Spotlight PA: Almost 40 Elementary Schools Closed In Northcentral PA In Past Decade, Here’s Why [Spoiler - Not Enough Students] -- WITF: Berks County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Working in ocean conservation has opened my eyes to the larger “aquascape”, a concept that emphasizes the inextricable connectivity of fresh and marine waters, including the transitional brackish waters that link them. A 2021 report found that Indigenous communities in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen strategy And Roadmap To Build A Clean Energy Future, Accelerate Manufacturing Boom PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- AP: PA House Passes Bill To Require Electronically Filed Campaign Finance Reports -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2021

Helpful Resources: Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: August 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The houses sit on the lowest residential portion of land in Standerton’s Meyerville area, where sewer line blockages and pump station failures have caused waste to back up and overflow, turning the properties into a permanent garbage swamp. Unauthorized, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure” comprised 34.9% It was 36.7%

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

million litres of toxic waste spilled into nearby lands and waters: areas used for hunting and harvesting by Indigenous communities. The refineries make millions of tonnes of polyethylene, a type of plastic that is used to produce wasteful single-use packaging. Leaks and Spills 2022 / 2023 (ongoing) — Kearl Lake, AB 5.3

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Vermont Law

MARCH 30, 2022

He’s since passed, but he worked for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for the State of New York, and his mission was to help inner-city kids and kids of color cultivate a love for the outdoors. In 2021, we added Howard and Shaw University and hosted the conference virtually. That was eye-opening for me.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

Million [Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Included] [PaEN] -- Black Appalachian Coalition , Emerald Cities Collaborative Host May 17 Listening Session On Justice40 & What It Means For Black Communities. 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- The Hill Guest Essay: Clean Energy Can Light A New Path Forward For Former Coal Communities - U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

Treasurer Ball has wasted no time in implementing SB205 to push forward this fossil-funded agenda and has named 11 financial institutions that could be subject to divestment for engaging in so-called “energy boycotts.” I know we can agree that we don’t want political grabs for power to fall on us taxpayers.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

EthicalConsumer calls for boycott of Amazon over company's tax avoidance Ethical Consumer | January 29, 2021 In 2020, Amazon announced that its key UK business paid just £14.46 million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. Italy fines Amazon $1.3

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

EthicalConsumer calls for boycott of Amazon over company's tax avoidance Ethical Consumer | January 29, 2021 In 2020, Amazon announced that its key UK business paid just £14.46 million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. Italy fines Amazon $1.3

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2022

Last year Scottsdale authorities, concerned about the effects of the megadrought and the August 2021 federal Colorado River water shortage declaration, decided to protect the city’s 241,000 residents. Or it will be a weakened civilization that is starting to waste away. . By mid-century it will be a model of desert dwelling resiliency.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 1, 2023

1: Sunak is standing against short-term thinking for political gain. Can we put the long-term interests of our country before the short-term political needs of the moment?” This is perhaps the most offensive of the false statements in Sunak’s speech, because short-term political need is exactly what motivates him here.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. In every other industry, point source permits require polluters to treat their wastes to dramatically reduce contaminants. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

[PaEN] -- Bloomberg: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Area Leak In Cambria County Probed By Federal PHMSA Investigators -- DEP: Schedule For Updating Conventional Oil & Gas Environmental, Waste Regulations Will Be Up To Gov. Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

-- WBTimes Editorial: Flood Management Strategies Need To Evolve, Especially With Impacts Of Climate Change -- AltoonaM Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers Put Their Industry Over Your Health -- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer -- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

East, Gulf Coasts -- The Guardian: ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Shifting Farther Into Eastern U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Click Here to watch online. Click Here for more on the agenda.) 23 Webinar On The Facility's Report Card -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Receives DEP Notice Of Violation For Exceeding Air Emission Limits In Nov.,

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This summit will build on the work of the 2021 tribal nations summit, as well as other on-going work to strengthen nation-to-nation relations. This award honors federally funded researchers whose work may sound silly, odd, obscure, wasteful of taxpayer funding, or serendipitous, but has had a major positive impact on society.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Doug Mastriano’s Roles In Failed Power Grab -- PG Editorial: Both Parties Play The Dirty Gerrymandering Game -- ErieT Guest Essay: PA Has Problems, Election Integrity Isn’t One Of Them -- PA Cap-Star: Your Statewide Voters Guide For The 2021 General Election In PA -- PA Cap-Star: What To Know Before Casting Your Ballot On Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2021

12 Workshop On Adapting Stormwater Management Practices In A Changing Climate [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center: What If We Tried? Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Water Education Summit Sept. Middle District Court Of PA -- WBTimes: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Sound Emergency Sirens Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 26 New Stories - Real Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- PA Environment Digest: Educational Opportunities for Students & Adults [PaEN] -- PA Capitol News: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Walko [Mine Drainage Treatment, Clean Energy, Reforestation] National/International -- WFMZ: PennEast Pipeline Reaches Agreement In NJ, Drops Plans To Seize Land For Pipeline PA Politics -- MCall Guest Essay: How PA Senate Republicans Are Putting Your Personal Information At Risk - Rep.

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