Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That’s why I like to pause at the end of each year and share some good news from the previous months (see my previous recaps from 2022 , 2021 and 2020 ). Here are seven of our big ocean victories from this year: We drove an ambitious agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This focus on imposing potential consequences on the corporate practices of major oil companies is an important step in our collective reckoning with the fact that these companies have long privatized the profits of their business while socializing the costs.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2023

I certainly didn’t expect to be sharing a photo of myself as an awkward teenager with 3,000 people on the stage at TEDxPortland —but that’s the thing about telling our stories: We have to tap into what’s real. We ate on banana leaves, with our hands, and drank out of reusable metal cups. But be careful what you wish for!

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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. labeling Josh Sosland | Food Business News | September 20, 2019 A federal court in California has ruled Nestle USA Inc. Ingredients,” according to Bloomberg News.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries back 'Make Amazon Pay' campaign Paul Sandle | Reuters | December 3, 2020 More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries have signed a letter to Amazon.com Inc boss Jeff Bezos backing a campaign that claims the tech giant has “dodged and dismissed … debts to workers, societies, and the planet,” organisers said.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries back 'Make Amazon Pay' campaign Paul Sandle | Reuters | December 3, 2020 More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries have signed a letter to Amazon.com Inc boss Jeff Bezos backing a campaign that claims the tech giant has “dodged and dismissed … debts to workers, societies, and the planet,” organisers said.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) and Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, led a Senate-House Climate Caucus news conference celebrating Climate Action Week in Harrisburg. My office is committed to protecting the right to clean air and pure water for all Pennsylvanians. Our future depends on it.”

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

9] The point of the protest was not to destroy a work of fine art—which was protected behind glass—but to spark a conversation about the costs of climate change. 10] Toward the end of Cixin Liu’s expansive trilogy, The Three Body Problem , one question posed by Cixin is, what is the value of art on an uninhabitable planet.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It was a big year for Legal Planet too. Thanks for reading Legal Planet this year. And if this site has informed your understanding of environmental law and climate policy this year, please subscribe and share our email newsletter with friends or colleagues. EPA’s control of toxic chemicals was tested , the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2023

1 -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: Dec. 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. Simpson, Birdwatcher, Collector On Dec. 12 -- DEP Sets Jan.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Verified New Record High Temperature For The Arctic PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- WHYY: PA Republicans Moving New Draft Congressional Voting Districts Map, But It’s Still Mostly A Mystery -- WESA/AP: Commission Members Face Vote On Redrawn Senate, House Voting Districts Thursday -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

Acres In Chester County [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Association News You Can Use May/June : Nov. . -- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

Here are 100 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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Legal Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

So, we’re seeing a lot of news stories assessing the Inflation Reduction Act, which Pres. The policy question that should keep you awake at night is this: What are the fastest ways to bridge the gap and cut through the “non-economic headwinds” that threaten our climate goals? People love anniversaries. Or journalists do anyway.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. Photography Contest Now Open [Chester, Lancaster Counties] Grants -- CFA, Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Here are 105 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! -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

Wolf: New State Authority Ready To Deploy $100 Million In Life-Changing Internet For All Funds Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: May 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2023

Protecting Clean Water Together - Good Weeds + Less Mowing = Happier Gardening -- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Zabel’s Former Campaign Manager Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment; House Republicans Call For Him To Resign -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Democrats Must Call For Rep. Compared To Last Year [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigation Proposed 8.9%

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

A product of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the first farm bills were enacted in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, which ruined farmland across the Great Plains. How is the new farm bill shaping up to address the agriculture sector’s pollution problem?

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

It’s the third chapter in the IPCC’s mammoth sixth assessment report, part of a series of studies that summarize the state of climate science and the planet released roughly every seven years. degrees or try to cool the planet back down through the massive use of CDR. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “ America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet ” -- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. Senate, More -- Politics PA: Republican Campaign Fund Releases New Ad, Allocates $7.2 Million Against Democratic Cong.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 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 TODAY 2:00: DEP To Remind Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Following one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in our history, the people have spoken—or at least the Electoral College has spoken. Try explaining that to your new Peruvian sister-in-law. According to our system, Donald Trump is now poised to serve as the forty-fifth President of the United States.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Far-right policy strategists are laying plans, largely endorsed by the Trump campaign, for getting rid of federal government workers who might otherwise stand in the way of a radical deregulation agenda. It’s called “Schedule F,” and it could be used to strip employment protections from as many as 50,000 federal employees.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2022

Worse, the international trafficking of US-manufactured guns south of our border has had compound effects. As US-made guns go to “some of the most violent criminals on the planet,” the United Nations estimates that nearly 600,000 people have fled Central American nations as a result. Gun research blocked. Needed: powerful gun research.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

The topic of climate change got about 4 minutes of airtime during the first half of the first presidential primary debate held this week by Fox News. The Fox News moderators in their infinite wisdom did not stop and let the candidates answer Diaz’s well-structured prompt. “Bringing our jobs home,” indeed.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing off of Israel's Slaughter in Gaza Jessica Buxbaum | Mint Press News | May 20, 2021 As diplomatic powers and regional players meet behind closed doors for ceasefire talks, Israel continues showering Gaza with missile fire. Department of Labor and Lockheed Martin Corp.’s senator said Thursday.

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