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Climate Action for Earth Day

Legal Planet

There is one single thing you can give up that will help address climate change: voter apathy. Earth Day is a perfect day to register to vote and to make sure people in your life are registered—and fully aware of what’s at stake in Election 2024. Don’t believe what you’ve heard. population at the time.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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DEP Announces Award Of $632,897 In Environmental Education Grants To Support 63 Projects Across The State

PA Environment Daily

Grants were awarded to schools, institutions, conservation districts, and environmental and community organizations. These grants help provide the foundation for environmental education for people of all ages,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell.

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Arielle V. King's Trail Notes

Vermont Law

King's Trail Notes Edited by Kai Hardy, Michelle Amidzich, and Andrea Salazar March 30, 2022 "I really believe that every single person has a role to play in fighting climate change and improving the state of our world." Looking back, I did not think about environmental justice—I didn’t even know that term until college.

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Guest Essay: When People Have To Choose Health Or Jobs, Everyone Loses - The View From Rachel Carson’s Homestead In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

The Democrats speak about the urgency of responding to climate change and tend to emphasize the jobs that could be created in that response. He teaches chemistry and environmental science and is an adjunct professor at Duquesne University. A spring without voices A couple of days later, the Sisters of St.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

140 Billion gallons per day to power plants (plus 60 Billion saline). 32 Billion gallons per day treated at 16,000 sewage treatment plants. For concentration, use the metric system of mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass if you want a job from me in environmental science. Sponsored Content. 1 - Interesting Facts.