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PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 19

PA Environment Daily

Join PA Sea Grant and the Department of Environmental Protection for the upcoming Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum webinar on Groundwater and Climate Change on November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Interested in understanding how climate change affects our groundwater and what it means for the environment and economy?

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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

Circle of Blue

Environmental Protection Agency is leading a coalition to develop a satellite-based program to detect toxin-producing algae in lakes. Instruments installed on the International Space Station are refining weather forecasts by measuring water vapor in the atmosphere and water held in clouds.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. China’s emissions are about 30%) and that CO 2 , the most important greenhouse gas, accumulates in the atmosphere, the defendant’s emissions are not determinative. In the US, for instance, Massachusetts v.

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ESA at COP 27: Desert Storms in the Arabian Peninsula

ESA

Samara is an atmospheric scientist and a full professor at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the co-chair of the UAE Climate Ministry Research Group. Environmental Protection Agency and her doctoral work at the University at Buffalo. She is a US citizen who did a post-doc at the U.S.

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The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Environment, Law, and History

To answer this question, Sabol Spezio analyzes how the oil spill influenced the CWA and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Her argument is broken into three sections.

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NASA team provides free satellite public health data to researchers and communities

Science Blogs

The NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team , or HAQAST, is collaborating with health departments, county and state agencies, and university researchers to get the word out about its satellite data. Her interests are environmental health, health communication, and science journalism. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Emission : Any pollutant discharged into the atmosphere that will contribute to overall chemical change as it will not be broken down or otherwise removed. Sponsored Content.