PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 11, 2024

Farmers from across the country discussed firsthand how the IRA has provided much-needed, long-sought federal funding to bolster farmer-led conservation efforts. Conservation can bolster bottom-lines and support farm productivity while protecting and enhancing natural resources.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Liquid manure doesn’t run off of Greg Strayer’s Cumberland County beef farm and threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a new 185,000-gallon storage area made possible with cost-share funds through Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). The conservation district received a total of $3.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 7, 2024

Since the IRA was signed into law on August 16, 2022, the farmer-driven demand – in red states and blue states alike – for these resources has far outpaced availability. The Continued Popularity of USDA’s Working Lands Conservation Programs and Their Climate-Smart Practices First things first.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 15, 2024

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Responds to House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Summary Washington, DC, May 15, 2024 – On Friday, May 10, the House Agriculture Committee released the most detailed summary of its farm bill draft to date, ahead of the anticipated May 23 markup.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-A East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Proposals are due by April 3, 2024. Including funds made available through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NFWF estimates awarding $25-30 million in grants through the program in 2024, contingent on the availability of funding. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

The Symposium will be preceded by an optional day-long field trip highlighting springs, caves and other groundwater resources in the Cumberland Valley on May 22. Groundwater professionals, natural resource managers, educators, and anyone interested in the management and protection of water resources are invited to attend.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

She also shared current conservation events going on in Pennsylvania and how TU can be effective in the coming years through advocacy. Meanwhile, Luke Bobnar of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Phil Thomas from Trout Unlimited, and Troy Stimaker from the PA DCNR Bureau of Foresty led a workshop titled Puttin’ Trees in the Crick?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Including funds made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NFWF estimates awarding $25-30 million in grants through the INSR program in 2024, contingent on the availability of funding. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and U.S. Forest Service. Click Here to register.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Energy Law Blog has previously identified various legal uncertainties regarding direct lithium extraction from brine. We are now seeing the Louisiana legislature address some of these uncertainties head on with Senate Bill 285, which was filed on March 1, 2024 by Louisiana senator Stewart Cathey, Jr.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

11-13 In State College [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlights Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Women And Their Woods Educational Retreat Sept. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Posted: June 16, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds. FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat. Donations to the R.

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Acoel

APRIL 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Jeff Porter DOJ and EPA have submitted their brief arguing that the Supreme Court should leave alone a split Ninth Circuit decision upholding a NPDES permit condition prohibiting the permittees, the City and County of San Francisco, from “causing or contributing” to any violation of “applicable water quality standards”.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation. The idea is that a volumetric rate based on marginal costs may be more economically efficient, but could create a price signal too weak to incentivize conservation, another important goal.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Shapiro’s FY 2024-25 budget request-- Thank you, Chairman Harris, Chairman Grove, and members of the House Appropriation Committee, for inviting us here today. Thank you for the opportunity to present Governor Shapiro’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 budget for DEP.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department. Litigation may ensue, particularly if the same set of circumstances are present again in 2024.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The Governor articulated in the legislation, “that Hawaii’s natural environment faces significant pressure from climate change and the heavy use it receives from persons traveling to enjoy the State’s natural resources. million tourists last year, so maybe $68 Million (. tourists share hotel rooms) is a start.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“Out of that is what actually spawned our pilot program with the county conservation districts that we believe if implemented correctly, will cut 73 days off of a permit timeline that currently takes 176 days. That's required by law. It cuts it down to 103 days.” That is accounted for within the 103 days that she just mentioned.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2024

Many of us remember watching “Schoolhouse Rock” as a kid and learning how a bill becomes law. Congress recently wrapped up funding parts of the government for fiscal year 2024 (FY24). Once the conference committee finishes its work, the final bill is sent to the president to be signed into law. which began in October 2023.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. Savvy players in the environmental industrial complex and associated industries will find business opportunities to lead and profit in environmental matters, including opportunities advantaged by these newly enacted laws.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Shapiro To Make Major Announcement Wed., March 13 At 10:15 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

Brett, 84, of Kempton, Berks County, who died on Friday, December 29, 2023, had a natural resource conservation career that spanned over 48 years in Pennsylvania and on a global scale. Proceeds from these trips, along with donations from generous benefactors, go to a special Jim Brett Global Conservation Education Fund.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 27 to Feb. 27 to Feb. 27 to Feb. 27 to Feb.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 11, 2024

The high-level summary released today by the Senate Agriculture Committee Minority offers curated details suggesting significant similarities to the House’s Farm, Food, and National Security Act – a bill which should not, and has no viable path to, become law. To date, the full legislative text has not been released in the Senate.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Natural Resources Defense Council , another environmental case that announced constitutionally-based principles of judicial deference to federal regulators’ interpretation of ambiguous congressional statutes. Which brings us to a quick review of applicable regulatory takings law. Constitution.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (“EPCA”), are specifically tasked with administering two broad rebate programs for which individuals and building owners are eligible. All amounts are to be made available within 180 days and remain available until September 30, 2024. State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs : a $1.5

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

The guidelines for how to consider environmental justice under the NEPA process are to be updated by October 2024 under Executive Order 14096 , and the updated guidance will include analyzing cumulative impacts. As the above demonstrates, environmental justice is still very much an evolving area of law in Louisiana.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Conservation and Climate The benefits of on-farm conservation programs are widespread.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo credit: Mike Stoll On Friday, March 8 – more than 162 days into the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – Congress finally approved a final FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 (CAA, P.L.118-42) The CAA similarly underfunds the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

Improving Electric Grid Reliability; Agrivoltaics; Online Energy Education Opportunities -- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: Pennsylvania Takes A Crack At Making Virtual Power Plants A Reality -- PA Energy Development Authority Launches $1.8 Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept.

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