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Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients Of 2024 Student Scholarships

PA Environment Daily

These students were chosen based on a demonstration of exemplary academic achievement and commitment to furthering the conservation of wildlife and natural resources in Pennsylvania. Grace Miller (State College, PA) Grace is expected to graduate from Penn State’s University Park campus in May of 2026 with a B.S.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

AB 2446 requires reductions of average carbon intensity in construction materials for new buildings and also sets comprehensive targets to achieve a net 40% reduction from 2026 building material GHG emission levels by 2035. Two new laws address this issue on different fronts.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. Ocean CDR is a set of strategies to sequester carbon dioxide in ocean waters.

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Geology: Examining the Planet’s Physical Processes

Environmental Science

It created new paradigms and accepted evidence from geography - understanding how ground geology can affect soils, rock layering and profiles of the ocean, and how rock acidity impacts the flora and fauna that inhabit the area. BLS predicts a job growth of 14% between 2016 and 2026. The Subdisciplines of Geology. Mineralogy.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

ESA

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. billion in fiscal year (FY) 2026. The Senate bill authorizes $12 billion in FY 2026. In this issue: Congress.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy. The EU, the U.S. and the U.K.

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