Circle of Blue

MAY 8, 2023

As our recent agreement in Lowndes County makes clear, we are committed to using our federal civil rights laws to address environmental injustices that have plagued our most vulnerable communities for generations.” — Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Supreme Court has ruled that Nestlé and Cargill cannot be sued in the U.S. Ingredients,” according to Bloomberg News. Child Slavery Case Against Nestlé Rejected Heidi A.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Here are 74 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.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early TAZ PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:45 Thursday, July 13, 2023 Read more Emily Kietsch Helios terminated an anesthetist without notice because she allegedly went home too early. The Marburger Bund suspects another reason.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company came under repeated scrutiny by Chilean and German trade unions for failing to provide COVID bonuses ; cutting jobs while received government COVID aid ; and not providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Spain: Who rules the privatized Madrid health system?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company came under repeated scrutiny by Chilean and German trade unions for failing to provide COVID bonuses ; cutting jobs while received government COVID aid ; and not providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Spain: Who rules the privatized Madrid health system?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company came under repeated scrutiny by Chilean and German trade unions for failing to provide COVID bonuses ; cutting jobs while received government COVID aid ; and not providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Spain: Who rules the privatized Madrid health system?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company came under repeated scrutiny by Chilean and German trade unions for failing to provide COVID bonuses ; cutting jobs while received government COVID aid ; and not providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Spain: Who rules the privatized Madrid health system?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company came under repeated scrutiny by Chilean and German trade unions for failing to provide COVID bonuses ; cutting jobs while received government COVID aid ; and not providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Spain: Who rules the privatized Madrid health system?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Clean Water Is Up To You - Driveway Car Washing Sends Oil, Gas, Heavy Metals Into Our Rivers & Streams -- WESA: Proposed EPA Rule Would Force Pittsburgh Water Utilities To Prevent Lead Contamination -- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 -- US Army Corps Of Engineers Pittsburgh District To Hold Dec. 12 -- DEP Sets Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2022

House returns to session September 12, 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events MONDAY 1:00: PennDOT, DEP, DCED, State Police, Keep PA Beautiful Kick Off Anti-Litter Campaign. City Island Boat Launch, Harrisburg -- Gov.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 15, 2024

It was long feared that violent video games inspired children to commit violence, but the Supreme Court struck down a California law restricting the sale of violent video games to children. Indeed, Strossen highlights research that shows how we perceive or interpret hateful speech can change our psychological and physiological reactions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Here are 111 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Wolf Urging Pennsylvanians To Submit Their Own Congressional Voting District Mays By Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. No doubt, the fact that gas stoves are hazardous to our health was also news to most Americans. As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ends His Campaign, Endorses Jeff Coleman -- MCall Guest Essay: Why It’s Dangerous For Our Society To Tolerate Intolerance -- PG: Conor Lamb Gets Big Boost In U.S. Wolf Urges U.S. Senate To Pass Voting Rights Act -- TODAY WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: Looking At Fulton County Voting Machine Issues -- Spotlight PA: Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2022

Jeff Coleman Announces Campaign For Lt. Senate Campaign, He’s Not Along In Ultra-Wealthy Republican Field -- ReadingE: 2 Republican Berks County Commissioners Endorse Jeff Bartos For U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Vaccine Mandates Could Make Hospital, Nursing Home Jobs Harder -- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Senate Campaign To Lehigh Valley -- PennLive - John Baer: A Christmas Fantasy: PA Lawmakers Offer Taxpayers Some Gifts -- CourierT: What New Bucks County School Boards Are Facing - Book Bans, School Unmasking -- WHYY: Want A Delaware County Govt. .: DEP To Announce $17.4 DEP To Announce $17.4 Wolf Announces $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA (..)

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shell Accountability Campaign Town Hall Meeting On Shell Petrochemical Plant And Emergency Response Plans. THURSDAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Goggleworks, 201 Washington Street, Reading. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click Here to register and for more information. reception, 6:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Senator -- PennLive: Dr. Oz Primes Audience For Culture War At Campaign Stop In Carlisle -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Policymakers Look To Provide Relief At The Gasoline Pump -- MCall: What Cong.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Senate Campaign Getting Super PAC Boost -- TribLive: Fetterman Noncommittal On Western PA Democratic Candidate Event -- PennLive: Here’s A Roadmap To The Major Pieces Of Wolf’s 2022 Budget Plan -- Gov. Pam Snyder (D) Not Running For Reelection -- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Jake Corman Runs For Governor, Democratic AG Josh Shapiro Rejoices -- PA Cap-Star Editorial Cartoon: A Dozen Republican Candidate For Governor And Counting -- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Courts Need More Diversity, Not Dark Money -- ScrantonT: The Story Of Luzerne County’s Frank Scavo And His Day Amid The Chaos Of The Assault On The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

Andrew Lewis Will Not Seek Reelection [Famous for hiding his COVID infection] -- ScrantonT: Republican Rep. 2 Subvariant -- TribLive: Allegheny County To Rely More On Wastewater Surveillance To Calculate Spread Of COVID -- Inquirer: PA’s Sudden Move To Recall Marijuana Vapes Raises Questions Like Were These Products Harmful All Along?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2022

DEP, Other Agencies To Encourage Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves From Ticks. Corman, Candidate For Governor, Talks Oil & Gas During Warren County Campaign Stops - “I believe the energy economy is the way… to rebuild our population.” TODAY 11:00 a.m.: Million Fine Against U.S. McGinn -- Warren Times: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

21-23 -- MCall: Lehigh Valley College Students Leave Piles Of Stuff Behind At End Of School Year; Schools Making Sure It Doesn’t Go To Waste -- Inquirer Guest Essay: 4 Tips For Improving Recycling In Pennsylvania - PA Resources Council, PennEnvironment -- Fast Company: Should We Protect Nature For Its Own Sake? For Its Economic Value?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Street Says Senate Congressional Redistricting Map Draft Is Fair, Protects Minority Voters; Democrats Say He Sold Out -- Inquirer: Democrats Are Suddenly Fighting Each Other Over PA Redistricting -- ABC27: ‘Show Me The Maps!’ 2020 Election Results] -- AP: Big Republican Donor In PA Supreme Court Race Eyeing Candidates For Governor -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Smith, Environmental Consultant -- Daily Review: Sen. Wolf With A Decision -- PA Capital-Star: As Session Nears End, PA Counties Urge Legislature To Act On Mental Health Funding -- TribLive: Westmoreland Communities Place Their Bets On Windfall From Casino Revenue -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Senate Run, We Want Him Home In New Jersey - Bill Pascrell, Jr. -- AP: Third-Party Candidates File To Run For PA Governor, U.S. Senate Primary -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Dr. Oz Needs To Stop His PA U.S. Senate -- The Economist Podcast: What Wins U.S. Smucker’s Lawsuit Challenging Fines Imposed By U.S.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 11, 2022

The nation’s high court issues an emergency order that revives, at least temporarily, a ruling that constrains the ability of states and tribes to protect waterways from pollution. Environmental Protection Agency — with much of the bump going to water programs. News Briefs. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Wolf Says ‘Negotiating A New Congressional Voting Districts Map Is Not His Role -- PA Cap-Star: National Democrats File New Lawsuit Asking State Courts To Draw PA Congressional Voting Districts Map -- Inquirer Guest Essay: Republican Redistricting Maps Disenfranchise Voters Of Color - By Eric Holder, Fmr U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of 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.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Click Here for other wintery cold news -- South Mountain Partnership: Sign On To Letter Asking Counties To Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Local Conservation, Recreation And Place-Based Revitalization [PaEN] -- Dept. Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Shapiro, Legislature Wrapping Up Remarkably Unproductive Year; What Happened? -- Spotlight PA: We Tracked Shapiro’s 11 Biggest Campaign Promises Thru His First Year, See How He Did -- KDKA: Shapiro Calls His First Year A Success Despite Some Disappointments -- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro -- Erie Times: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2022

19 Virtual Building Climate Resilience In Our Own Communities Program [PaEN] -- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District Leading Project To Protect Cacoosing Creek -- Schuylkill Action Network - Jan. Davis Launches Campaign For Lt. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting.

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