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The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine

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In public meetings hosted by the Georgian Environmental Protection Division (EPD), no resident has voiced support for the mine, Georgia Public Broadcasting reports. Today the waters cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Concerns are growing that the mine would also negatively impact the nearby St.

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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today

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Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. commercial nuclear power industry. Seif , former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and in 1979 administrative assistant to Gov.

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House Passes Bill Requiring Registration Of Cryptocurrency Mining Operations, Impact Study

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Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, requiring registration of cryptocurrency mining operations and an impact study of their operations by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utility Commission. Read more here. Read more here.

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The Stream, November 17, 2021: Meet The Activist Saving a Polluted Chinese Lake

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Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. A study from the S. 369 LAKES . A new study by the U.S.

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Carbon County Residents Urge DEP To Deny Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Request To Burn Tires To Fuel Its Cryptocurrency Mining Operation At The Panther Creek Power Plant

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On December 14, Carbon County residents joined Clean Air Council and PennFuture for a virtual press conference urging the Department of Environmental Protection to reject Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. request to burn tires to fuel its cryptocurrency mining operation at the Panther Creek Power Plant. Read more here.

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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

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By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93.

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DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5

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The Department of Environmental Protection is hosting six regional engagement sessions on Climate Action for Environmental Justice Communities starting April 5 both in-person and virtual meetings.