PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Will has worked professionally in the natural resources field for over 30 years. His experience spans everything from enforcement to land acquisition to developing wildlife management, natural resource protection, and access to the public for thousands of acres of State Game Lands. He has a B.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

On August 16, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District released a study linking contamination in Pittsburgh’s urban soils to historical air pollution emissions and atmospheric inversions. Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN] [Posted: August 16, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Funding is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Penn State University, and matching funds from participating investigator institutions. Posted: December 9, 2022] PA Environment Digest Sean Rafferty, Research Director for Pennsylvania Sea Grant. Click Here to register.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 18, 2023

In conducting fish sampling across the estuary for a collaborative research and monitoring effort in the spring of 2022, it became clear there was a precipitous drop off in the number of juvenile Chinook salmon compared to previous years. “We One of the few Chinook salmon counted at Port Susan Bay in the Spring of 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Harrisburg area teachers and students will engage in hands-on learning around local environmental issues and solutions, and the unique nature of their communities thanks to a grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2022

Extension natural resources, energy and sustainability professionals from around the country will converge on Penn State's University Park campus May 15-18 for the joint 2022 National Extension Energy Summit and National Sustainability Summit.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“The Lake Erie Coastal Zone is an extraordinary environmental, economic, and community resource that is under growing pressure from threats such as development, pollution, and, increasingly, climate change," said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. For more information, visit DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

"Officers of Roulette Oil & Gas Co, LLC have operated wells in Pennsylvania under the business names of the following 4 companies according to records on file with Department of Environmental Resources (DER), Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Department of State-- 1.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

The annual event brought together individuals, businesses, and organizations from across the state, including Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Hung, a junior at Susquehanna Township High School, is a founding member of the Hiking and Environment Club, established in Spring 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

When Ted Flint passed away in 2016, his wife Debby began to explore options to preserve the unique site and its natural resources. Natural Lands has preserved more than 125,000 acres, including 42 nature preserves and one public garden totaling more than 23,000 acres. Posted: August 15, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

The primary driver of climate change is the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, where they form a blanket that traps the heat from the sun and raising temperatures. New Homeowner Resources Pike County is rich in natural resources and environmental beauty. Click Here for new homeowner resources.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. Conventional Well Venting Gas On November 15, 2023 , DEP did a followup inspection of the Kennedy 4 conventional gas well operated by Diversified Prod LLC in Georges Township, Fayette County and found it was still venting natural gas to the atmosphere.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Daniel C. When the history of the global shift toward a clean energy economy and a sustainable future gets written decades from now, it may well be that the COP26 Climate Change Conference will be seen as a watershed moment.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

By Hannah Richter, Circle of Blue – August 22, 2022. For farmers whose land is no longer productive, government programs known as conservation or wetland easements encourage the transition from cropland into marsh, explained Mike Dryden, a restoration specialist with The Nature Conservancy. Photo © Dr. Matthew Ricker / NCSU.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 . Climate models predict with near unanimity that more atmospheric warming will increase annual rainfall in Michigan and Ohio: a trend that is already making algae blooms worse. Keith Schneider 2022-09-15 07:33:41 2022-09-15 13:11:46 In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cattle grazing a warm season cover crop on Vilicus Farms (Photo Credit: Vilicus Farms) On August 16, 2022 when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, it solidified an historic investment in addressing the climate crisis and reflected key priorities lifted up by the farmers and communities that NSAC’s members serve.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

After additional rounds of feedback from the Task Force and the public, some actions may be added, deleted, or revised prior to the release of the draft Climate Action Plan later this year and the Final Report in February 2022. The Draft Portfolio contains 29 strategies, with various amounts of specific actions to carry out each strategy.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Droughts are a particular challenge, as in Kansas where there were droughts in 56 of 156 months from 2010 to 2022. Extreme events in the Northwest will include storms resulting from atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean. Days with heavy precipitation have become more frequent, and tropical storms present rising challenges.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Summary This report, which examines Fiscal Year 2022 enrollment in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), is a follow-up to IATP’s Payments for Pollution report. Irrigation-related practices remained some of the more popular and costly uses of EQIP dollars in 2022.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. NDAA: The full Senate voted to pass the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

By Zoe Read, WHYY, with Jon Hurdle of NJ Spotlight contributing This article first appeared on WHYY.org September 9, 2022 -- The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday approved a three-year permit extension for a controversial project to build New Jersey’s first terminal for exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) along the Delaware River.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Senate Bill 716 / House Bill 391 prohibit, with very limited exception, a person from knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing to be released, a balloon into the atmosphere or organizing or participating in a “mass balloon release,” as defined. The General Assembly will reconvene on January 12, 2022. Enforcement.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

NewsClips: -- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: State Judge Halts PA Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Rule -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania’s RGGI Climate Rule Paused Until Trial This Fall [Posted: July 8, 2022] PA Environment Digest throughout the Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Currently, only the federal Environmental Protection Agency claims authority for CCS, a process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere emitted from sources, like coal-fired power plants and other industrial sites, for reuse or storage underground. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide underground.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 18, 2022

She set the gold standard for our state, our country and our ocean by leading the effort to fight for robust funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). billion in NOAA funding during the madness of the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations process. © Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro/ Twitter. billion for NOAA.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

That is why we are grateful for the Committee’s hearing on the benefits of cutting methane pollution, including sealing methane leaks that waste our nation’s precious natural resources at a time when families cannot afford any wasted drop. Impacts On Unborn As pro-life evangelicals, we have a special concern for the unborn.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. It also represents wise stewardship of our precious natural resources and good fiscal management.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

“We will tirelessly pursue justice for the people living in and near East Palestine, who like all Americans deserve clean air, clean water, and a safe community for their children.” — Todd Kim, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s why waste storage tanks have to be vented and why many have tank lids that are open all the time to let the fumes vent to the atmosphere. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Read more here.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This was the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event in-person since 2019 and the first GSPA Hill visits since Congress passed the Chips and Science Act with bipartisan support in fall 2022.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 10, 2021

After President Biden signs the final bill into law, federal agencies should receive money for local distribution through competitive grant programs in early 2022. “ Our lands and waters are part of America’s infrastructure. Advocates and legislative leaders expect final passage this autumn. Infrastructure statement from our newsroom.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The request includes $231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above FY 2023 levels. National Nature Assessment (NNA). 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

September 15, 2022 . A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. In the last decade, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue. Third of a six-part series. ADRIAN, Mich. –

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 11, 2022, the Biden Administration’s climate change agenda sustained a major blow as Judge James D. Nevertheless, on February 19, 2022, the Biden administration filed a notice of appeal and a motion to stay the preliminary injunction order.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

The debate over benefits and drawbacks won’t end soon, especially as a new state bill aims to lift a moratorium on additional leases in forests managed by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Read more here ] Nevertheless, the growing demand for Pennsylvania’s natural gas is expected to continue.

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