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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

In 1968 one of the most iconic moments of the modern environmental movement occurred when the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft took the first photograph of the Earth from space. In 1970 the world’s first Earth Day was held in the US, but we had to wait until 1990 before the movement went global. billion tonnes of CO2.

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April 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

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PA Resources Council: 5 Large-Scale Public Events Have Committed To 'Zero Waste' In Pittsburgh Region

PA Environment Daily

This action helped to limit the toxicity from discarded products to Pennsylvania’s land, water and atmosphere, and to further improve the environmental health of our communities. Some of Pittsburgh’s largest and most well-known events this spring, summer and fall will share a common theme: zero waste.

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Coalition of environmental groups calls for a federal ban on thermal coal exports on Earth Day

Enviromental Defense

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People- A coalition of environmental, health, and social justice groups are calling on Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault to ban the export of thermal coal from Canadian ports by 2023 and to release a roadmap of this ban on Earth Day.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the January arguments, he bemoaned an atmosphere where “automatically whatever the agency says, wins.” For all of his private ill will, he created the EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and signed the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act.

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Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

Law Columbia

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. While progress is being made, there is still a lot to do.

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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. Wood and his colleagues hoped they might be able to measure the speed of clouds in Venus’ thick atmosphere.

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