Circle of Blue

JUNE 9, 2021

With their wet meadows, flowers and gently winding trails, the parks absorb rainwater from frequent storms, reduce water treatment costs and alleviate the basement backups of water and sewage that once plagued Detroit. Water is at once Michigan’s greatest environmental asset and its most obvious, persistent climate hazard.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A report from UN officials called for water equity between Palestine and Israel. The extremes are getting way more extreme.” – Dennis Stachewicz, the City Planning Director in Marquette, Michigan. in no small part because of its enviable water resources. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

Here are 92 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Of Environmental Professionals: Jan. Shapiro: PA Receives Over $44.4

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

6 to 13 In Harrisburg: ‘Connecting Our Communities’ -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Groups Gain Nearly $65,000 For Clean Water Projects -- Potter Leader-Enterprise: PA Wilds Master Watershed Steward - Several Programs Available For Greener Spaces -- PA Lake Management Society, Wilkes College Host Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

By Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State News A novel study by a Penn State-led research team suggests that “manureshed” management in the Susquehanna River basin could make a big difference in the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. million tons.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. Much of my own research is related to water management on farms in a changing climate.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 21, 2021

Chicago has among the highest levels of lead in drinking water nationwide. Department of Water Management staffers lift two tables out of the trunk of a minivan on the 3100 block of Ridgeway Ave. The city is offering to replace toxic lead water pipes leading to their homes — at no cost to the residents.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This article was produced by SJV Water, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ). The project was made possible by a grant from the Water Foundation with additional support from INN. This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. The drinking water supply was contaminated, the neighbor said.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

billion plastics recycling plant proposed for Pennsylvania an innovative way to re-use plastics and keep them out of landfills, incinerators and waterways? But not everyone sees it that way. Water withdrawn from the river would be treated and likely returned with better quality. The answer depends on who you ask.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2023

As a former state ocean policy manager, Michele represented the State of Washington on the Pacific Fishery Management Council for 15 years before starting her own consultancy. She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection introduced several new concepts for discussion, including providing well plugging financial assurance through a “life insurance policy” for wells and establishing a certified well inspector program modeled on the certified storage tank inspector program it already operates. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The result: a new report, Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition , showing that there are viable, cost-effective ways for the United States to meet its emissions reduction targets. EN: UCS’s analysis looks at various ways the United States could meet its climate targets. Their report, however, comes with a warning.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

Million To Pennsylvania For Water Infrastructure Upgrades Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Pennsylvania For Water Infrastructure Upgrades Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law DEP Awards $1.5 PA Wilds Accepting Applications From Individuals For The Remote Lifestyle Experience Program Dept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2022

The nation witnessed the tragedy through news coverage and social media, and many donated money and provided immediate aid. “As Evidence is accumulating that climate change contributes to conditions that provide more power to storms capable of producing tornadoes. As a people we will never be able to forget. Crisis on top of a crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 11, 2023

In this one, he manages to reduce two scientists—Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist who was also queer, and Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, a botanist—to a floozy and a drunk who are both in love with Oppie, not to mention that they are two of only four women with significant speaking parts. It’s a pity they can’t be combined.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation [PaEN] -- Solar United Neighbors Helping Lancaster Residents Harvest Sunshine With New Solar Co-Op [PaEN] --Pottstown Mercury: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center Adds Largest Rooftop Solar Energy Array At Convention Venue -- Republican Herald: Butler Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

24 Celebration Upcoming Events -- Pitt Water Collaboratory, Women For A Healthy Environment Report On Allegheny County Drinking Water Systems Found Need For Improvement In One Or More Metrics; Aug. 8-10 -- The Nature Conservancy-PA: PA Nature News - 240 Acres Protected; Mushroom Foraging Event Aug. 9; Blooming At The Bog; More!

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 7, 2021

Blooms that have a severity of greater than 5 are more likely to impact drinking water sources. is cause for serious concern and can make treating drinking water become more expensive! These animals are producing millions of tons of manure each year. And even a moderate bloom of 4.5 An algae bloom along the Lake Erie shoreline.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Market Moving To Renewables + Storage In Big Way The new electric generation project in the PJM Interconnection queue to be connected to the grid shows the market is moving in a big way to renewables + storage. Pennsylvania now only uses about 25% of the gas produced here and the remainder is used out-of-state and exported.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog. A year later, he sued the EPA again for proposing new rules to reduce methane leaks downstream from oil and gas production sites.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Use It Here - First’ Philadelphia C-PACE Hits $100 Million In Clean Energy Financing With New $30 Million Freezpak Facility Project DEP Awards $12.2 Million In Grants To Support 34 County Clean Water Action Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Schuylkill County Floodplain Restoration Project Wins National Recognition Appalachian Voices: U.S.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Forest scientists press counties to keep managed fire policy. Scientists write in a letter to the National Association of Counties that fire remains a critical forest management tool. Waters (University of California, Los Angeles), Nicholas Wright-Osment (University of Alabama), and Sophie Zhu (University of California, Davis).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

So the solution set is a combination of bonding, which we've been talking about, idle [inactive] well management, well transfer considerations, and state orphan well funds,” said Peltz. Idle [Inactive] Well Fees “Idle, or non-producing wells, are required to be plugged in Pennsylvania after one year without production.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

In this issue: ESA Water Cooler Chat: COP 26 Debrief. Joe Manchin (D-WV) signals willingness to support climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. ESA Water Cooler Chat: COP 26 Debrief. More News: Climate scientists grapple with wildfire disaster in their backyard – Axios. Scientific Community. Executive Branch.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On December 1, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, said he has ordered a “top to bottom review” of how DEP regulates underground natural gas storage areas as a result of the leak of 1 billion cubic feet of gas from the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Cambria County November 6 to 20.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

trillion budget resolution, paving the way for infrastructure bill. New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. trillion budget resolution, paving the way for House committees to write legislative text for an infrastructure bill. In this issue: Congress. House passes $3.5 16, 2021 ).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Unplugged or improperly plugged wells can cause a myriad of problems, including gas migration into occupied structures, water supply impacts, surface water impacts, hazardous air pollutant emissions, methane emissions, and soil and groundwater contamination.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 27, 2017

If energy efficiency has made it to the mainstream years ago, Greenbiz reported last year that some large companies are just getting more serious on conserving water, an increasingly critical commodity. Water is an important part of supply chain management as it is part of every business operation.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

2 Webinar [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Water Authority: Drinking Water Lead Levels Well Under EPA Action Level, Lowest Level In Decades -- WTAE: Pittsburgh Water Authority Reports Lowest Lead Levels In Drinking Water In Decades -- Warren Times: 15th Allegheny River Cleanup To Be Held Sept. Now Think What You Just Inhaled.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

273 ) which phases out large-mesh drift gillnets used in commercial fishing in the federal waters off the coast of California. More News: Dems seek ‘historic’ changes to U.S. flood program – E&E News. More News: Forest supervisor scales back Swan Valley logging project – Missoula Current. Hawaii Wildlife Fund.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

House Releases New Reconciliation Bill Text, Includes Funding for Climate Science. The House Rules Committee released the text for the Build Back Better Act. Two New NSF BIO Directorate Broadening Participation Programs. The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

The bottomline from the study itself-- “The ineffectiveness and potential pollution of wastewater spreading make the practice an unsuitable alternative for dust suppression on Pennsylvania roads, the team reported to the DEP’s Office of Oil and Gas Management. mg/L Mn and the EPA and DEP Secondary Drinking Water Standard is 0.05

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

But others say that clearings for drilling rigs, wastewater holding tanks and hundreds of miles of new access roads and pipelines have fragmented the forests, harmed wildlife and altered the wild character of beloved forests. All but three are still producing gas. Meanwhile, about half of the existing leases haven’t become active yet.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

On September 10, 2018, the brand new Energy Transfer Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County exploded sounding like a meteor or airplane hit the ground. Dozens of private water supplies serving homes in the area were discovered to be contaminated. Read more here. Although the DEP fined Energy Transfer $30.6 Read more here. Read more here.

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Frontiers

JUNE 12, 2023

Author: Thimedi Hetti The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water is about aiming to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. It is important that people better understand that our very existence is not possible without the ocean.”

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. News Coverage of the West Virginia v EPA Decision: US Supreme Court hobbles the EPA’s authority over climate emissions – Nature. Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change – The New York Times. EPA Supreme Court Case. NSF receives $9.63

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