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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

A CNN poll in December found that 73 percent of respondents in the United States say the federal government has some level of responsibility to curb climate change. In a Pew poll last summer, two-thirds of respondents said the federal government is not doing enough to protect air and water quality.

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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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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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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.8.22

PA Environment Daily

Trillion Urge Governments Not To Let Worries About Fossil Fuel Supplies Impede Transition To Greener Energy -- Bloomberg: EU Backs Russian Coal Ban In First Punch At Energy Revenue -- AP: Germany Seeks To Boost Renewable Energy, Cut Russian Imports American Rescue Plan Funding -- Gov. What’s Your Community Doing?

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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Here are 88 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2024 Award Recipients

PA Environment Daily

Ibberson Government Award: Wayne Kober Sponsored by: KCI Technologies Wayne, a Dillsburg resident, inspired by the first Earth Day in 1970 and his childhood days at Pymatuning Lake, switched his major to Environmental Resource Management at Penn State McKeesport.

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Policy News: August 29, 2022

ESA

Over the long term, OSTP will continue to coordinate with federal agencies to ensure that government public access policies adapt to new technologies and emerging needs.”. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $500 million for climate and weather research and forecasting.

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