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Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December

PA Environment Daily

Interested in becoming a Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward ? Extension is holding information sessions for interested volunteers across Pennsylvania starting in December. Do you have a deep love of water, wildlife, and woods? Do you enjoy learning about the environment and being outdoors? Is it important to you that we preserve our waterways and natural areas for future generations?

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Green Hushing versus Confidentiality

Greenbuilding Law

There is a new answer to the philosophical question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound?”. The answer has depended upon your definition of sound. If you define sound as our perceptions of vibrations that travel through air (vibrations from a falling tree), sound does not exist if we do not hear it. But today we are being told to define sound as the airwaves themselves and that whether or not they reach a person’s ear, the sound is being produced.

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Statement on Ontario Gasoline Tax Cut from Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager at Environmental Defence

Enviromental Defense

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – “Governments from around the world are in Egypt at COP27 to work out climate solutions, while the Ontario Government is busy chipping away at one. The extension of this tax cut after gasoline prices have fallen significantly from summer highs shows that this was never about affordability but actually about undermining the effectiveness of the federal

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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-- -- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN] -- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December [PaEN] -- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On D

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

PA Environment Daily

While PA Environment Digest’s priority is to highlight positive examples of environmental and energy leadership, 2022 is an election year which demands accountability to voters. Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Ou

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Observer-Reporter: Ongoing Water Donation Drive Helping Dozens Of Greene County Families Who Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site

PA Environment Daily

On November 12, the Observer-Reporter reported dozens of Greene County households affected by an alleged EQT drilling “frack-out” from an unconventional shale natural gas well are benefiting from a Center for Coalfield Justice water donation drive. [A “frack-out” occurs when fracking fluid is pumped down a shale gas well under pressure to fracture shale rock to promote natural gas flow, but instead finds an abandoned conventional oil and gas well and follows that well up to groundwater aquifers

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.13.22

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? House returns to session November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year] -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 63 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Cen