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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. /DEP

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In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate

PA Environment Daily

While attending Albion College in Michigan, he helped organize the first Earth Day in 1970 and appeared on a CBS-TV prime-time special hosted by Walter Cronkite that was called Earth Day: A Question of Survival. CBS reported, and not all its foundries had installed air pollution control equipment.

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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

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PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Jobs and Environmental Regulation

Legal Planet

As illustrated by Trump’s comment, “job-killing regulations” has been a long-time meme among conservatives. In terms of the overall economy, the idea that environmental regulation destroys jobs seems to be a myth. Look at it this way: In 1970, when the Clean Air Act was passed, the unemployment rate was twice what it is today.

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126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Of Education Honors Green Ribbon Schools, Including PA Schools In Butler County, Reading, Philadelphia [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Rowan Elementary School Designated As Green Ribbon School -- Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcons See First Egg Hatches Of The Season; Connection To Rachel Carson [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Peregrine Falcon (..)

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Ag Conservation Research Grants; Ag Research Grants [PaEN] -- Agriculture Highlights Stroud Water Research Center Ag Conservation Research [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: State Invests $1.5 Upcoming Events -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp. Upcoming Events -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.

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Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands

PA Environment Daily

Both say the money has led to benefits for the public and conservation. The debate over benefits and drawbacks won’t end soon, especially as a new state bill aims to lift a moratorium on additional leases in forests managed by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The leases have earned the state $1.3