Inside Climate News

JANUARY 7, 2024

As secretary of environmental protection, Hess flipped the switch on Pennsylvania’s first commercial wind farm and helped avert a catastrophe at Quecreek mine. Now, his blog is essential reading for lawmakers, executives and activists on either side of the state’s fracking divide. By Jake Bolster In July 2002, 18 miners working at the Quecreek mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, entered a chamber 240 feet below ground and accidentally broke through the wall of an abandoned, flooded mine, unle

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Cool Green Science

JANUARY 7, 2024

Fishing piers remain ignored by the outdoor media and mainstream fishing culture. The post 50 Fish, 50 States: Pier Review appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- In Memoriam: Jim Brett - Conservation Educator, Naturalist, Recognized For His Local And Global Leadership [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News - Jake Bolster: Longtime PA Environmental Official Turned Blogger, Reflects On His Career And The Rise Of Fracking -- Reading Eagle: Schuylkill County 13-Year-Old Teen Snags Rare Piebald Deer Nicknamed ‘The Ghost’ As Her First

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Scientific American

JANUARY 7, 2024

One afternoon in May 2020, Jerry Tang, a Ph.D.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 7, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen At the back of a record breaking temperatures in 2023, the now iconic climate stripes created by Prof Ed Hawkins from the University of Reading, will need a new colour added to accurately represent the warming that has occured, the scientist have said. The stripes show the change in average annual global temperatures since 1850, with red indicating hotter years and blue cooler ones against the average of the period 1971-2000.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 7, 2024

On January 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit delivered a death blow to the City of Berkeley, California law attempting to ban natural gas, which the Court had last year found was preempted by federal law, with the action last week denying a petition to rehear the case. While the procedural complexities of this case are more than a little daunting, and instead of reading the more than 60 page amended opinion, nearly everything important can be gleaned from the first paragra

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people." - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Governor’s Budget Address: February 6 Hou

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- Top Stories Of 2023 -- City & State PA: Our Picks For Stories Of The Year -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Treasurer Touts Cost-Cutting, Return Of Military Medals -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: In 2024, Shapiro Faces Calls For Billions For Schools, A Presidential Election And Wary Lawmakers -- Politics PA: Shapiro Talks Property Tax Rebates, Divided Legislature, Ex-President And The Eagles -- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signed

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