Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth.

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Earth Day 2024 Renewable Energy Air Pollution 244

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

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Conservation Earth Day Natural Gas Climate Change 95

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Issues $307,800 Stipulated Penalty Against U.S.

Conservation 93

Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Air Pollution 93

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 277

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Leib, Pittsburgh -- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists, Advocates Urge Shapiro To Stay The Course On RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan -- Scranton Times Editorial: Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan Serves Economy, Environment [RGGI] -- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Get $1.5

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Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day 104

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

Report -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country -- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades -- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8

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Earth Day Natural Gas Air Pollution Climate Change 60

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City -- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101 -- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6

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Natural Gas Recycling Fossil Fuels Earth Day 81

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide.

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2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 356

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Report Harrisburg Area’s Air Quality Is Among Worst On East Coast -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg, Lancaster Get F Grades For Air Pollution In American Lung Assn. Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted -- American Lung Assn. Report -- TribLive: American Lung Assn.

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Conservation Earth Day Fossil Fuels 2024 97

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

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Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 63

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Muth, Environmental Advocates Join Author Justin Nobel At Capitol To Discuss Oil/Gas Industry Hazardous Waste -- Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Host May 4 Book Signing In Washington County With Justin Nobel, Author of Petroleum 238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: On Demand: Brown Bag Briefing By Justin Nobel On (..)

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Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 99