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Emergency? Part 4

Legal Planet

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. animal stomachs, shale gas formations, piles of food waste).

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How Much Rain is L.A. Capturing?

Legal Planet

It can also be difficult to garner public and political support for building big stormwater projects during dry times. During normal rain events, green infrastructure projects such as parks and gardens can help capture and store more water. The value of the catchment system would be included in the value of the home when it is sold.

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A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Union of Concerned Scientists

It’s Danger Season right now for climate impacts around the United States and the world. While we confront extreme heat, wildfires, and intense storms, crucial work to reduce global warming pollution and mitigate the worst effects of climate change continues. Reform utility political contribution and lobbying regulations.

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30 Major Climate Initiatives Under Biden

Legal Planet

In his four years in office, Donald Trump rolled back essentially every existing federal policy to limit climate change. It also ensures that climate change can be considered as a basis for listing. By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. April 4, 2024.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.12.22

PA Environment Daily

Offering Tree Seedlings -- Penn State: Geneticists Close To Grasping How Plant Communities May Adapt To Climate Change -- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020 [PaEN] -- Feb. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available; Feb. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.29.23

PA Environment Daily

DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Note: Three Mile Island decontamination and low-level radioactive waste generation updates.] DEP Says It Was Likely Lake Erie ‘Burping’ From Water Chemistry Changes -- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 30 -- Save The Date!

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.22.23

PA Environment Daily

1-3 In Gettysburg [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change? 9 Audubon Community Nature Center Camp For Ages 4-12 -- Warren Times: Oct. 22 RiverWatch Video Report -- Scranton Times: Multi-Agency Response Center Opens In Lackawanna County To Assist Sept.