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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. The Department also has a dedicated team working on reducing PWD’s carbon emissions and making the utility more energy efficient to mitigate climate change.

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May 2 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Billion Hole In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Opposed Regs Making Natural Gas Pipelines Safer, Reducing Methane Emissions Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Goes Solar To Produce Clean, Renewable Energy In Fayette County Green Building Alliance Receives Grant From Henry L.

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60 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Approve $798,000 Cocalico Creek Restoration Project -- Scranton Times Editorial: Stormwater Management Isn’t Just Pipes -- Stroud Water Research Center, Academy Of Natural Sciences, Shippensburg University: Quantifying The Value Of Forest Protection For Clean Water, Impact Of Remote Working [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6.6

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105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Of Conservation Districts 2021 Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Student Poster Contest Announced [PaEN] -- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: ‘Hands-On In Nature’: Millersville U.,

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

The agenda notes DOE is preparing a major rulemaking to reduce the use of fossil fuels in federal buildings — an implementation of a 2007 law. Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology. Greg Abbott signed into law – The Texas Tribune.

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