Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 28, 2023

These legacies govern the ability of vulnerable communities to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the past, present, and … Continue reading Dismantling climate coloniality and working towards climate justice: Three considerations for climate change education

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. These breathing problems made it difficult for children to access their education fully.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: How Anglers Are Responding Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. The issue has begun changing minds about climate change among recreational fishermen, a demographic that leans politically conservative.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

The reason for this long drought has a lot to do with changes in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change, but it also has to do with human decisions that have led to the overexploitation of water resources of our rivers, lakes, and groundwater and a lack of sufficient policies to protect these resources.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 3, 2024

Although there are many efforts underway to reduce emissions as much as possible to slow climate change, due to the excess emissions we’ve already produced, we will continue to experience the impacts of our changing climate. 5th National Climate Assessment, Chapter 31: Adaptation U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The global climate crisis requires immediate action, and we can start here at home in our Commonwealth, where we produce more than one percent of global greenhouse gases annually. Climate change is a global issue, but Pennsylvanians know that the local impacts are increasingly severe. Peduto was selected for the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

On May 22, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $980,256 in Environmental Education Grants to 56 projects that will promote environmental education and stewardship across Pennsylvania. Visit DEP’s Environmental Education Grants webpage for more information on this program. NewsClip: -- Rep.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 22, 2021

Putting Green, a climate change-themed 18-hole mini golf course located in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York and overseen by Two Trees Management, will open this summer. The goal of the initiative is to spark conversations with players of all ages on the importance of taking action against climate. Read more ».

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

The Outside for 5 campaign was first developed in 2022 in response to the pandemic-related decline in youth mental health and the associated impact on classroom educators who have faced increased levels of burnout. We want kids to get outside and experience the benefits of nature’s classroom.” Click Here to become a member.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

In part one of this series we introduced you to the huge role that the Canadian financial sector plays in exacerbating the climate crisis. Climate change could have some very significant negative impacts on the Canadian economy, and therefore your money. In this blog, we’ll discuss how climate change poses a risk to finance.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Climate change literacy is essential to help Africans understand and effectively respond to climate change and adapt to its catastrophic effects. This is according to Dr Nicholas Simpson, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI).…

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 22, 2024

aimed at making the whole church campus– church, education wing, and rectory– powered 110% by clean, renewable energy by 2030. I jumped in to pledge—and I pledged more than I could afford and more … Continue reading How a small church in a Vermont town addresses climate change

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- PA Assn. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California are actively incorporating climate change into curriculums, other states including Texas, Virginia and Florida have resisted, said Glenn Branch, the deputy director of the National Center for Science Education.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Pennsylvania GreenGov Council recently launched the PA Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Network to promote climate problem solving and human-centered solutions for Pennsylvania. An initial listing of some Network Climate Best Practices is now available from a variety of state agencies.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2024

Monroe County [PaEN] -- DEP Accepting Comments On Intent To Deny Stormwater Permit For Commercial Development In Benner Twp., Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018 [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Shale Gas Violations Run Rampant In Pennsylvania, $2.2

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

One day, she asked a young girl what she knew about climate change. The child’s caretaker jumped in to say, “Oh no — we don’t talk about climate change.”. How can we talk about climate change in an accessible way for children? Climate change is something that’s scary for parents and scary for me as well.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection will start accepting applications for 2024 Environmental Education Grants August 1. For more information on the program, visit DEP’s Environmental Education Grants webpage. The deadline for applications is November 15. The deadline for applications is November 15.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MAY 19, 2022

Given that global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to continue to rise as the world’s population and per-capita income grows faster than the decarbonization of the world economy (declining GHG emissions per dollar of GNP), the climate change challenge will grow more severe over time. spikes during summer months.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2024

Grants -- MCall: Allentown To Award ‘Mirogrants’ To Youth-Led Projects Addressing Climate Change Help Wanted -- DCNR To Hold Onsite Hiring Event April 11 At Penn Nursery-Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Center In Centre County -- PUC Commissioner Kathryn L. Million Penalty For Equitrans -- WJAC: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Company $1.1

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2024

Of course, these adjectives have also been used to describe many other recent judgments delivered on the topic of climate change. Still, there is something in this advisory opinion that—although not changing the world— could be impactful. However, these treaties seem to have had little bearing on ITLOS’ interpretation of UNCLOS.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History “Tell me what gives you hope?” Her endorsement of global forest restoration to mitigate the effects of climate change is clear, and some of her research has identified biochemical connections between forests and the sea.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

On February 19, Penn State Extension will host a webinar on Climate Change Projections for PA and Conservation Practices to Help Farmers Cope from Noon to 1:00 p.m. You don’t need to be a scientist to recognize how Pennsylvania’s climate has gradually changed over the past several decades.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Women and girls in low-income countries are likely to bear the burden of climate catastrophes like floods and droughts. Climate change is decreasing fish populations at one of Nova Scotia’s biggest fish hatcheries. Women and Girls Will Disproportionately Feel the Impact of Climate Change.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for 2024 Environmental Education Grants. Funding priority will be given to environmental education projects that engage people living, working and/or attending school within Environmental Justice (EJ) areas in topics related to Climate Change and/or Water.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 29, 2022

A new tool can tell you how big an impact climate change had on the temperature in those cities on any given day, plus postcards from the apocalypse, multilingual storm warnings and a plastics curriculum for school kids. By Katelyn Weisbrod Was the temperature in your city on a given day influenced by climate change?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: An Artist Who Grew Up On The Streets Of Philadelphia Returns With An ‘Optimistic’ Climate Exhibit -- Natural Areas Association: Feb. Martin Grow As A Company Public Participation -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2022

Read the full letter in Nature Climate Change. A one-year field experiment conducted in 2010 with the TV station WLTX (Columbia, South Carolina) tested the premise that weathercasters are well positioned to educate audiences about the local relevance of global climate change.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Inspired by the book All We Can Save , a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance , we asked 15 local women who are thinking about and working on climate change to respond to the question: “If we are at a crossroads of peril and promise, where do you see possibility alive and growing?”

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 9, 2022

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – The Ontario government solicited expert testimony from a known climate change denier to defend its poor record on climate action, in a court challenge brought from seven Ontario youth.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in funding for locally-focused environmental education grants is now available under the 2023 Environmental Education (EE) Local Grant Program. Click Here for specific Region 3 Environmental Education Grant information. Click Here for specific Region 3 Environmental Education Grant information.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Inspired by the book All We Can Save , a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance , we asked 15 local women who are thinking about and working on climate change to respond to the question: “If we are at a crossroads of peril and promise, where do you see possibility alive and growing?”.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. The project draws on Watson’s research in climate change “adaptation, annotation, and mitigation.” The threat of climate change impacts us all, even those who don’t study its consequences.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection will begin accepting applications for the next round of Environmental Education Grants August 1. formal notice ) Two types of awards, mini grants and general grants, will be offered for projects addressing the 2023 Program priorities of water, climate change and environmental justice.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The center’s environmental research and policy priorities include climate change law and policy; water allocation in the American West; property rights; environmental governance questions; renewable energy; and green technology. Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (UNC). Georgetown Climate Center.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Penn State Extension will host a March 22 webinar on Forest Management and Climate Change - A Women's Perspective from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Women, as the primary owners or co-owners of forest land, have the potential to contribute to climate change solutions through forest management.

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