PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Physicians for Social Responsibility PA , the League of Women Voters of PA , and the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at Duquesne University invite you to register for the 2025 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference: New Directions to be held February 27 in Pittsburgh and online.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Delaware Rivers designation as Pennsylvanias 2025 River of the Year underscores the power of partnerships in conserving and celebrating this incredible waterway," said Mark Zakutansky of the Appalachian Mountain Club and Chair of the Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee. "As

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Registration is now open for the 2025 Pick Up Pennsylvania ! Posted: February 25, 2025] PA Environment Digest Pennsylvanias largest community improvement program! Events can include litter cleanups, illegal dump cleanups, community greening and beautification, special collections and anti-litter education events. Volunteer Awards!

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A Greener Life

JUNE 5, 2025

Theme for 2025 This year’s theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, aims to spotlight the damage caused by plastics and promote alternatives. It is now celebrated in more than 150 countries and involves governments, schools , companies and individuals. The goal is to raise awareness about urgent environmental issues and inspire global action.

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Scientific American

MAY 20, 2025

Several devastating tornado outbreaks have cut swaths of destruction across the U.S. What’s driving these damaging storms?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

Related Article: -- Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Accepting Nominations For Students In Grades K to 6 [PaEN] [Posted: January 7, 2025] PA Environment Digest Click Here to support their work.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education will host Naturepalooza 2025 on April 26 to help celebrate Earth Day in Philadelphia. Posted: April 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest The Center offers a wildlife rehabilitation clinic, an environmental art program, volunteer opportunities, and educational programs for all ages.

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Real Climate

MAY 31, 2025

As Simpson et al (2025) noted, there are increasing numbers of climate quality diagnostics that have long enough time series and emerging signals of change, such that there are an increasing number of tests for the model trends. 877-887, 2025. Or not ;-). Pendergrass, J.A. Screen, R.C.J. Woollings, R. Blackport, J.M. Kang, and S.

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Real Climate

MARCH 20, 2025

Other new studies At few other articles on this topic have also appeared recently: Allen and Merchant (2025) give a “new interpretation of the drivers of Earth’s energy budget changes and their links to ocean warming” Terhaar et al. 044002, 2025. Foster, "Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly", 2025.

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Nature

JUNE 3, 2025

Nature, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09047-2 Increased atmospheric evaporative demand in recent years has increased drought severity by an average of 40% globally across both dry and wet regions, and the trend is likely to continue under future warming scenarios.

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ESA

APRIL 15, 2025

Contributed by ESA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Chair Lea Johnson On April 5, nearly 300 ecologistsfaculty, students, and practitionersgathered at Longwood Gardens for what were told may have been the largest meeting of ESAs Mid-Atlantic Chapter in its decades-long history.

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Nature

JUNE 3, 2025

Nature, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01665-0 Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, climate stability and ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

Azari was sentenced to over six years in prison for his part in the conspiracy but was released from prison on January 3, 2025, after serving only a portion of his sentence. According to the US governments sentencing memo, clients of Azaris firm paid him approximately $4.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2025

Driving the most efficient EVs (such as the 2025 Lucid Air) means less climate-changing pollution than any gasoline car, no matter where in the US you recharge. And of course, a more efficient EV will also cost less to recharge. Upstream emissions factors now use the GREET2024 database from Argonne National Laboratory.

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Nature

JUNE 4, 2025

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01774-w As heads of Pacific island nations, we urge governments worldwide to avoid irreversible environmental damage to the region as well as the needless economic and geopolitical risks.

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Real Climate

MARCH 18, 2025

45-65, 2025. In Mozambique I helped organise a CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) workshop in Maputo where we worked on capacity building based on an open source tool for empirical-statistical downscaling. This tool is useful for studying consequences of climate change and providing valuable information for climate adaptation (Benestad et al.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced 19 projects completed by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state are being recognized with the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Posted: June 10, 2025] PA Environment Digest Click Here for the DEP announcement.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

The bill would enact a Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 which would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program. These hearings are expected to take place in late March or April 2025. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) would be the agency tasked with overseeing this effort.

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Nature

JUNE 10, 2025

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01769-7 Building scientific capacity in the global south is key to solving today’s most pressing planetary challenges.

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Nature

JUNE 3, 2025

Nature, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09023-w Using a global database of the radiocarbon content of rivers combining new and published measurements, isotopic mass balance suggests that about 60% of river CO2 emissions are derived from millennial or older carbon sources.

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Yale E360

MARCH 24, 2025

Now labeled by Project 2025 as part of the climate alarm industry and facing DOGE-driven cuts, the future of this valuable public asset is in jeopardy. For more than 50 years, NOAA has pioneered climate research and been instrumental in advancing modern weather forecasting. Read more on E360

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 20, 2025

And UCS estimates that without $10 billion in 2025 to get back to normal, it could get worsethe country stands to risk up to 20% of its transit service. By our estimates, the country will need to fill a gap of over $10 billion in 2025 to be able to get back to 2019 service levels, whether that comes from federal, state, or local sources.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

UCS is urging the United States and other rich countries, together with additional contributors in a position to provide funding, to commit to a collective goal of $1 trillion annually starting in 2025. Numerous scientific reports (see below) show that nations are falling far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

million metric tons of newly mined lithium from 2025 to 2050. Implementing strategies that result in better EV efficiency, right-sized range, and reduced VMT will result in savings of 1.5 This estimate includes lithium demand for passenger vehicles and transit and assumes all sales are electrified by 2035. Dunn et al.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

Response requested by January 14, 2025. Response requested by January 30, 2025. Response requested by January 30, 2025. Response requested by January 2, 2025. Response requested by January 13, 2025. Response requested by January 15, 2025. Original violations issued September 26, 2024. Violations continued.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

2025 is also a pivotal year for CEJA implementation in Illinois. Enacting as many of these policies as possible by early 2025 is important so that the agencies can include the anticipated effects in conducting the 2025 resource adequacy study discussed previously.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 11, the Public Utility Commission released the 2025 Summer Readiness Overviews submitted by the Commonwealth’s major electric distribution companies and the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, LLC.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

planned capacity additions in 2025, with the bulk of these new plants planned for states without a current clean energy standard (the proposed Wisconsin plants wont show up in the EIA data unless they are approved by the state).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. Other Extension Articles -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award -- Get Your Passport To PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Ag Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Diversified has a total of 13 violations for abandoning and not plugging 13 shale gas wells in 2025. This week DEP issued 9 violations for shale gas well abandonment bringing the total issued in 2025 to 31. Read more here. Read more here. Violations were issued for abandonment and failure to comply with the order. Violations continued.

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Nature

JUNE 10, 2025

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09090-z An approach that combines single-nucleus RNA sequencing and multiplexed perturbation identifies genes that enable the biosynthesis of direct precursors of the anti-cancer drug Taxol, whose current production involves a laborious extraction process from yew trees.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

The 2025 Monroe County program is forming right now (Pike and Carbon County residents also welcome). The deadline to apply is soon: Friday, January 24, 2025. An additional 10 hours of continuing education with Penn State Extension is also part of the overall program.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

PennTAP and DEP will begin accepting RISE PA grant applications during the first quarter of 2025. For more information, visit PennTAPs RISE PA webpage. Click Here to contact PennTAP to learn more. Visit DEPs RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program webpage for more information.

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Nature

JUNE 3, 2025

Nature, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01739-z Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.

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Nature

JUNE 8, 2025

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01750-4 Hundreds of policies across the country have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2025

The federal government has long known that due to rapidly growing electric vehicle sales, funding for the iZEV program was going to run out early in 2025. There was an opportunity in Finance Minister Chrystia Freelands recent Fall Economic Statement to include stopgap funding to top up the program and prevent this from occurring.

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Nature

JUNE 5, 2025

Nature, Published online: 06 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01792-8 Pioneering organization aims to boost collaboration, track climate effects and improve disaster relief.

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