Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. On November 2, voters will be asked whether to amend the state’s foundational document by inserting language to protect individual rights to unimpaired ecosystems. Senate race.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 25, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has worked on Capitol Hill as a pesticide policy expert and a keen student of all things political. This week, I sat down with Jim Aidala, Senior Government Affairs Consultant at B&C and its consulting affiliate, The Acta Group.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

were down slightly in 2022, but thousands of industrial facilities with substantial emissions remain, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently released Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data. By Phil McKenna Emissions from the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the U.S.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

There are certainly a lot of people across the political spectrum who feel that way. Capitalism is blamed for environmental destruction by many of the more radical segments of the Left. State-owned enterprises in places like the old Soviet Union and in China have terrible environmental records. In the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for Driving PA Forward Onroad Rebate Funding to replace diesel trucks, school buses and transit buses. The deadline for applications is February 2.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 6, 2024

President Biden’s climate ambitions are colliding with political and legal realities, forcing his administration to recalibrate two of its main tools to cut the emissions that are heating the planet. Read the full story in the New York Times.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

That was his way as a political leader: working tirelessly and proactively to make connections and fight to ensure everyone had the right to a safe and healthy environment. Passing the EJ for All Act would mark a major step forward in alleviating a legacy of environmental harm and systemic racism.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. HotSpots H2O: In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled Famine – Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Host a webinar series to STEM the Vote In order to bring scientific research and data into discussions on political concerns we organized a STEM the Vote series of webinars focused on the top voter concerns of the 2020 election. The topics included public health, climate change, gun control, education, food security, and immigration.

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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.

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Eco Justice

APRIL 27, 2021

Political parties need to make Bill C-28 a priority After years of campaigning by committed activists, environmental groups and health advocates, the federal government tabled the Strengthening Environmental Protection for.

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

By Jake Bolster The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week approved a permit for a toxic fracking wastewater disposal well named Sedat 4A, a highly controversial project in Plum Borough, Pennsylvania, rejecting residents’ concerns that leaks from the well could migrate and pollute other wells and groundwater.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2021

A proposal to extend the road 94 miles through this Andes-Amazon “transition zone,” to reach the Peruvian border, is gaining political momentum. . They say it will bring development but, as always, it will be development for half a dozen people,” Miguel Scarcello, the head of environmental group SOS Amazônia, told the Guardian.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection announced it will start accepting applications for Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants starting June 30. formal notice ) Two deadlines for applications were set-- August 25 and December 15.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics has made an unusual change that will make the regulation of PFAS chemicals even harder , potentially letting thousands of these dangerous “forever chemicals” escape EPA regulation, thereby endangering the health of millions of people.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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Environment, Law, and History

APRIL 29, 2022

The recently published open-access book, Greening Europe: Environmental Protection in the Long Twentieth Century – A Handbook , edited by Anna-Katharina Wöbse and Patrick Kupper (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021), has a number of law-related chapters. Effects of acid rain, woods, Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. State Spending.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 30, 2022

EPA , the Supreme Court limited the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce greenhouse gases by setting emission guidelines for existing power plants, characterizing the energy generation shifting strategy proposed in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) as an overreach of the agency’s power. . _ (2022).

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

In California, sampling carried out in June by the Environmental Protection Department of the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians revealed algal toxins in Clear Lake that were higher than state advisory levels. 4) Drought Is Political. A relatively recent development is the political muscle of the region’s Indian tribes.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection will start accepting applications for Coastal Zone Grants on August 29. Proposals must support the mission of the Department's Coastal Resources Management Program to protect and enhance coastal resources in this Commonwealth. The deadline for applications is October 17.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service, training community involvement specialists at the Environmental Protection Agency in best practices for participatory planning, and serving as a researcher and planner for the International Joint Commission for Great Lakes Management’s Social, Political and Economics technical advisory group.

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

By Phil McKenna The Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations at the COP28 global climate summit in Dubai on Saturday that will reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by nearly 80 percent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In order to enforce those standards, the state must be granted a waiver by the Environmental Protection Agency, something which Congress makes very clear should be given under virtually all conditions. UCS member, Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection will be accepting applications for Clean Diesel Grants under the Driving PA Forward Program until January 7, 2022. formal notice ) The Department is seeking applications for projects that will replace or retrofit diesel-powered highway and nonroad fleet vehicles, engines and equipment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Despite the obvious dangers of fossil fuel production and the multi-decade climate disinformation campaigns fossil fuel producers have perpetrated, the industry still holds political sway. Domestically, the plan hinges on a newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

Environmental impact assessments are supposed to ensure that only projects which keep our communities safe and healthy get approved. Instead, the broken process led to controversy and political gridlock – and a loss of public trust in Canada’s environmental laws and the decisions being made.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection is accepting grant applications for DC Fast Charging and Hydrogen Fueling vehicle supply equipment projects under the Driving PA Forward initiative through January 31.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

“Julia brings considerable non-profit management skills to the Pennsylvania Executive Director position, along with a proven track record of amplifying and leveraging the work of team members to succeed,” said Alison Prost, CBF’s Vice President of Environmental Protection and Restoration.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Environment Members -- Katie Blume , Political & Legislative Director, Conservation Voters of PA. -- Romulo Diaz , Ret. Seif, Former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 3 -- Ezra P. Roth, Ph.D. Posted: December 2, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Wagner College, where he was a consensus football all-American and served as captain of the 1987 National Championship football team. Both are widely supported on both sides of the political aisle and have served the Commonwealth with integrity and innovative ideas.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for two Driving PA Forward funding programs-- the Truck and Bus Fleet Grants and Onroad Rebates to reduce diesel emissions. Truck & Bus Fleet Grants DEP is now accepting applications for Driving PA Forward Truck and Bus Fleet Grants to reduce diesel emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News Penn State's Earth And Environmental Systems Institute will hold another in its series of EarthTalk webinars September 26 on a Snapshot of Pennsylvania’s Solar Sector — and Programs and Policies to Grow It starting at 4:00 p.m.

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more stringent methane regulations for the oil and gas industry that would dramatically curb emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. By Phil McKenna The U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is currently updating multiple pollution standards for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants. Industry powers with financial and political clout aren’t willing to give up their profits for a cleaner and healthier planet despite having known for decades the harm that fossil fuels inflict.

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