Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2022

With no electricity available, and firewood a scarce commodity, she adds a spoon of bleach to every 20-liter bucket of water. Having spent much of his adult life working in the coal mines in Welkom, pensioner Hendrik Tlaudi says he now suffers from a bad back and must take medication on a daily basis. Photos by Steve Kretzmann.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2021

Herrin To Discuss Rebuilding PA’s Energy Infrastructure, Helping Communities Transition To Clean Energy In July 28 Webinar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Launches Master Watershed Steward Program In Adams And Franklin Counties [PaEN] -- Register Now For 2021 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Virtual Conference Oct.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

The company reported ethane and other gases began to leak at about 7:20 a.m. Is this what we should expect from the natural gas industrial infrastructure in Washington County and Pennsylvania? Is this “just the way it is” when you have this industry in your backyard? Here’s what happened on December 25, 26 and 27, 2022 in Washington County.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A stream of raw sewage flows from a leak just outside the Standerton wastewater treatment works perimeter fence, directly into the Vaal River visible in the background. South Africa’s wastewater crisis is making life unbearable for its residents. The sewage extends about 1,000 square meters into the open field beyond his house.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Awards. These individuals, businesses, events and places from across the region will be honored in a virtual celebration this fall. The awards are typically distributed during the PA Wilds Center’s Annual Dinner.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. During the 90 day General Assembly session, 47 senators and 141 delegates considered 2,347 bills and passed 817. Only 42 bills of those passed involve environmental matters. The Governor has until the 30th day after presentment to sign or veto bills.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 8, 2023

In context: Giant Catch in the Mekong Reveals Mysteries of Biodiversity Hot Spot — Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor Recent WaterNews from Circle of Blue Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay — A growing array of contaminants threaten Michigan’s rivers, lakes and drinking water systems, and many of them are still unregulated.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

20, 2021) ( [link] ). ]]. Addressing the daily ups and downs that those demands invite may take more than a once-a-year resolution. Addressing the daily ups and downs that those demands invite may take more than a once-a-year resolution. 4, 2021) ( [link] ). ]]. In the legal profession, good intentions on Jan.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

On July 30, Gov. Wolf in a formal statement published in the July 30 PA Bulletin and comes in the wake of the Governor allowing House Bill 2644 to become law without his signature. Read more here. Read more here. The evaluation was outlined by Gov. Read more here.] “The Read more here. The real picture is not pretty or idyllic.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

Here are 64 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: $22.5

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

million acres of farmland and directs it into streams and rivers that terminate in the Great Lakes. Fifth of a six-part series. Read the first story here. LANSING, Mich. – To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

20 -- Jewish Earth Alliance, Beth Am Israel Hosting Jan. 5 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Annual Game Commission Seedlings Sale Officially Underway -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Features Groundwater Recharge Study; Octoraro StoryMap; Stream Salinization Study; Tioga River Stewards Honored; More ! 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2022

House returns to session September 12, 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events MONDAY 1:00: PennDOT, DEP, DCED, State Police, Keep PA Beautiful Kick Off Anti-Litter Campaign. City Island Boat Launch, Harrisburg -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2022

Here are 50 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2022

Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Thank you for your leadership! -- Water Resources Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2021

Local Restoration Funding Cut A provision in the FY 2021-22 budget-related Fiscal Code bill again cuts funding to support community-based environmental restoration projects from the Environmental Stewardship Fund by $20 million. Here’s the collection from the past week. Read more here. Read DEP Advisory.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 6:00: In-Person, Virtual.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

September 15, 2022 . Third of a six-part series. Read the first story here. ADRIAN, Mich. – Tom Van Wagner has a vision for what’s possible in Lenawee County for choking off phosphorus discharges from farm fields. A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Here are 92 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Received $6.19

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

Here are 91 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Gov. 4-5 [PaEN] -- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2023

On May 23, Democrats on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to report out House Bill 962 (Vitali-D-Delaware) to restore DEP’s authority to review conventional oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts to help prevent the routine abandonment of 561 conventional oil and gas wells a year.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The PA Environment Digest included 4,258 new stories in 2023 about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! Shapiro, Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

House returns to session September 12, 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events MONDAY 1:00: PennDOT, DEP, DCED, State Police, Keep PA Beautiful Kick Off Anti-Litter Campaign. Are You Telling Your Story?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2022

Click Here for Facebook live stream. -- Pennsylvania's Penncrest High School Team Places 10th In International Envirothon Competition! Are You Telling Your Story? Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch it online. Read more here on the agenda. Room G-50 Irvis Building.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

The information you need to follow legislation in the House and Senate- starting with articles and NewsClips from last week-- Environment & Energy NewsClips-- May 16 Primary Election -- AP: Democrats Keep PA House Majority, Positioning Part To Prevent Limits On Abortion Rights -- AP: Democrat McCaffery, Republic Carluccio Win Primaries For PA Supreme (..)

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test when they sided with the EPA in a 2021 ruling in this case. In this issue: Supreme Court Hears Sackett v. EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. Executive Branch.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2022

Chester County Government Services Center, West Chester. Westmoreland County -- Dept. Acres In Chester County [PaEN] -- Join the PA Parks & Forests Foundation And #GetMovingPA! Acres In Chester County [PaEN] -- Join the PA Parks & Forests Foundation And #GetMovingPA!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

Million Pounds Of Electronics Waste Over 20 Years Of Hard-To-Recycle Collections [PaEN] -- Warren Times: ‘Hooligans’ Help In Hemlock Road Cleanup -- Dept. Million In Dept. Million In Dept. Of Energy Grants To Improve Nuclear Energy, Help Solve Climate Challenges -- Dept.

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