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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

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In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. The Idaho capital wants to begin recycling wastewater for industrial use and divert a portion of the recycled water to replenish its aquifer.

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What’s Up With Water – November 8, 2021

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They are vital for recycling moisture from land to air and back again. Across the country, these anxieties are gradually translating into political momentum. Recreational fishermen are a demographic that leans politically conservative, and the issue has begun changing minds about climate change.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

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AB 2101 expands carbon sequestration projects to include whole orchard recycling (onsite grinding or chipping of whole trees during orchard removal for use in topsoil). The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law. Download as PDF.

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California Adopts Nation-Leading Legislation to Cut Plastic Pollution

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Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. The law will affect just about every type of plastic packaging you see walking down the supermarket aisle in California, and it’s a major step in the fight to reduce plastic waste, over 90 percent of which does not get, and much of which cannot currently be, recycled.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.21.23

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Scott Perry Told To Hand Over Hundreds Of Texts, Emails In 2020 Election Probe -- Politics PA: Is PA On Pace To Lose Another Congressional Seat In 2030? Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp.,

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Climate Adaptation Moves Toward Center Stage

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The 2021 infrastructure bill, which required bipartisan support in both Houses to pass, contained $47 billion for climate resilience. The Bureau of Reclamation got $250 million for desalinization and a billion for water recycling and reuse. Notably, this funding is coming with bipartisan support. The bill includes $1.5

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.13.23

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. -- November 13 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - November 4 to 10 - Eight More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Venting Gas; Improper Plugging, Failed To Restore Well Pads [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 11 [PaEN] (..)