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What’s Up With Water — March 1, 2022

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It was filed by the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union and the Green League, who object to a 30-year groundwater pumping permit given by state regulators. The lawsuit claims that the state government did not adequately address climate change when approving a water use permit for the 5-billion Euro factory.

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DCNR Announces $11.8 Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17

PA Environment Daily

On January 12, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced an investment of $11.8 million for streamside forest buffers, converting lawns to meadows and trees, and planting trees in urban communities to help improve water quality and to make the Commonwealth more resilient to climate change.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Inquirer: These Philly High School Kids Are Trying To Clean The Schuylkill River - With Mussels -- Western PA Conservancy Hosts April 18 Webinar On Helping Elk Creek Thrive In Erie County [PaEN] -- PA Society For Ornithology Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 9-19, Sign Up Now!

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Frontiers Forum Live 2023: Accelerating and mobilizing open science for global challenges

Frontiers

The program highlighted the accelerator effect of open science, making it clear that science has solutions to the climate crisis and other critical challenges – but must be openly available to researchers and innovators across the globe for these solutions to be implemented in time to avert disaster.

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Guest Essay: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources =would like to congratulate the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for coordinating the partnership and the more than 200 groups and individuals who have worked so hard to reach this milestone. On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the partnership will plant its five-millionth tree. Read more here.]

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City trees bring joy and other benefits

Washington Nature

Behind the beauty of trees are hardworking natural solutions to climate change – important for the health of our environment and people. As we continue our work, trees continue their work of capturing carbon, treating stormwater, cleaning our air, and providing shade when needed.

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California’s Thirsty Future: The Role of Vapor Pressure Deficit in Our Changing Climate and Drought

Union of Concerned Scientists

California is no stranger to the impacts of climate change. From droughts to wildfires to rising sea levels and torrential rains, the state has felt the effects of a changing climate in a variety of ways. Vapor pressure deficit is a measure of how dry or humid the air is. What is vapor pressure deficit?