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April 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept.

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Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023

PA Environment Daily

New partnership manager Joe Hallinan is confident that reaching the 10-million tree goal by 2025 is achievable. Earth Day and Arbor Day observances in April are also prime times for tree plantings throughout the Commonwealth.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

The complaint seeks to order the president, Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, the Ministry of Finance, and regional governments to develop action plans to reduce net deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon to zero by 2025. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash.

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DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land

PA Environment Daily

DEP and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation are members of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership , an organization with the goal of planting 10 million trees in Pennsylvania by the end of 2025. I can’t think of a better tribute to the heroes and families of Flight 93 than what has developed at this memorial.”

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NASA probe captures optical images of Venus’ surface

Physics World

Because Venus takes 243 Earth days to complete a single rotation, weather conditions on its nightside are markedly different from those on the side receiving sunlight. The WISPR team also recorded a luminous halo of oxygen surrounding the planet, which members describe as “somewhat analogous to auroral emissions observed at Earth”.

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Earth Day 2024: The Climate Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act Are Worth Celebrating

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

It was enacted on the first Earth Day in 1970 and ratified by Pennsylvania's voters by a 4-1 margin a year later on May 18, 1971. "I Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. I feel good about my legislative experience," Kury says.