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Reconnecting with the Radical Roots of Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

Happy Earth Day! I was only four years old when the first Earth Day took place. Some companies have co-opted the day to sell more “environmentally friendly” products , or worse, to provide polluters with an opportunity to greenwash their miserable track records. Earth Day didn’t come out of nowhere.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

By Lee Kump Dean Of Penn State College Of Earth & Mineral Sciences -- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. Imagine A Clean Energy Future 5th to 12th Grade Student Competition Submissions Due Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. -- Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.6.23

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro’s Proposed Budget Supports Pennsylvania’s Environment -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Lawmaker Says DEP Bullies Hazardous Dam Owners; Acting Secretary Hopes To Change Culture At DEP -- PennLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy Makes Economic And Environmental Sense For Pennsylvania - By Greg Alvarez, Energy Innovation -- Courier Times Guest Essay: (..)

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors [PaEN] -- Think Outside Presents Oct. 22-23 -- Penn State Oct.

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USDA Awards Funding For 55 PA Farm, Small Business Clean Energy Projects

PA Environment Daily

Department of Agriculture is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels and create jobs and new market opportunities for U.S. On April 23, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.

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April 11 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

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68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1