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Environmental groups enter legal fight over regulation of plastics pollution

Enviromental Defense

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ECOJUSTICE, OCEANA CANADA. Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion. Despite overwhelming evidence of the environmental risks posed by plastics, the industry has aggressively lobbied against any restrictions. We’re headed to court to uphold this decision.

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania Environmental Council President Davitt Woodwell To Retire [PaEN] -- Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Steve Sorenson Takes Home PA Outdoor Writers Assn.

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What’s in Store for 2024? Here Are Our 10 Environmental Predictions for the New Year

Enviromental Defense

In 2023, we are pleased to report that environmental progress in Canada outran the efforts to slow it down. At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. Learn more and take action at stopthe413.ca.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.8.23

PA Environment Daily

Billion Budget Keeps PA Spending Relatively Flat, Preserves Some Pandemic Benefits -- AP: Shapiro’s 1st PA Budget Stresses Schools, Reserves -- The Center Square: Price Tag For Shapiro’s $44.4 Click Here to watch live. Click Here to read more on agenda.) THURSDAY 9:15: Agenda Posted. Mastriano Considering Run For U.S.

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The Stream, October 26, 2021: Oil and Gas Developers in California Have Been Contaminating Groundwater With Little Oversight, Study Finds

Circle of Blue

Recent research reveals California’s failure to regulate groundwater contamination from the oil and gas industry. Urban planning experts in the Indian city of Bengaluru are calling on officials to overhaul the city’s stormwater drainage system. A water bottling plant in West Michigan announces plan to decrease water withdraws. ON THE RADAR.

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Dr. Marco Hatch: Merging Ocean Science and Community-Driven Environmental Restoration

Washington Nature

Coastal Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest have built clam gardens for thousands of years, helping them adapt and thrive during environmental uncertainty. Some days are spent tagging and tracking clam development, others gathering water samples at low tide to test for biotoxins. Words hold value.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

She’s put that expertise to use as one of the active members of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan, an all-volunteer activist group that has gained national attention for its work to monitor pollutants in streams close to CAFOs, the large concentrated animal feeding operations in Lenawee. . Henning is a farmer, too.

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