Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Where I see promise is in a return to what those before us already knew. Shmita means “release” in Hebrew and is an ancient Jewish practice of letting the land lay fallow every seventh year. But beyond the panic, we have found community in our concern for the environment and our futures which fuels our positivity for a better world.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 2, 2022

water systems are aging. In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink. It means that vulnerable systems are even more at risk in a changing climate. Since the report’s publication, though, Michigan appears to be positioning itself on the cusp of renewal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

Availability has also increased , with many auto dealers offering a wide range of new and more affordable electric passenger car and pick-up truck models. This is all good news, but while urban areas have witnessed a growing adoption of EVs, adoption in rural areas is still lagging.

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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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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Part II of this Advisory provides a brief overview of existing law and the WeWork decision. It first describes the attorney-client privilege under Delaware law and certain exceptions to the general rule that disclosure of otherwise privileged information to a third party waives that privilege. It then considers certain limitations on the analysis.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 20, 2014

While some argue that the report goes too far in describing the potential doom and gloom of climate change, others counter that the report does not go far enough. Upon release, climate change reappeared in the news. Regardless, it can serve as a useful tool for climate change policy negotiations. _. Kristin Campbell.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Most of my time is spent thinking about water resources and land use from a hydrologic perspective, but you will find that this article is only tangentially related to my normal area of focus. In many regions of the world, urban and rural communities are in competition for water resources. buy-and-dry) will drive the remainder 2.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

What Climatology Is. Klima means “zone” or “area” and “logia” means “study”. This means that climatology is the “study of zones” although in reality it is much more complicated than that. What Climatology Is Not. Meteorology is what the weather is doing now whereas climatology is what you expect to see (1).

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

s lands, waters and wildlife and the specific benefits that they provide. What forms of engagement should the U.S. What kinds of questions about the future should the NNA aim to answer? What types of future scenarios would best support the recommended uses (e.g. Applications are due Jan. 1, 2023, 12PM EDT. Led by the U.S.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What is Parasitology? One of the biggest threats to human health today in the developed and the developing world are parasites. Parasitical relationships differ from other areas of ecology in that they not only depend on another species to survive but in the process of doing so, they cause harm to the host. They can be plant or animal.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s hard to keep up with the deluge of climate news around COP28. Despite new pledges, climate action remains hugely insufficient and grossly unfair. These include the collapse of major ice sheets and widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs. So, what sort of urgent action does this mean?

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Onya

JULY 19, 2017

Centres for Disease Control, nearly 93 percent of people tested positive for BPA (a potentially harmful chemical present in plastic products). They also let water and air through, so you can wash your fruits and veggies within the bags when you get home. Think the problem is too big for you to make an impact? Think again.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 28-29 In State College -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Josh Shapiro, who campaigned on stronger health protections for Pennsylvanians, given their constitutional guarantees to clean air and pure water, announced on November 2, 2023 , a collaboration with CNX Resources, a shale gas extraction company based in Canonsburg, PA.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2022

The 2019 version spurred suits from other states and environmental groups, contending that Pennsylvania’s failure to curb water-fouling nutrients would keep the region from reaching its 2025 Bay cleanup goals. The budget also steers additional federal money to a variety of other programs that can help with water quality issues.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb. Yaw Says Energy Infrastructure Permits Should Be Automatically Approved If Agencies Don’t Review Them In Time -- Williamsport Sun: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Rate Increase -- PJM Launches New Public Tool To Allow Developers To Assess Potential Impacts Of New Electric Generation On The Grid -- TribLive: Underground Coal Mine Worker Injured In Mining Accident -- WESA: Pittsburgh Advocates: EPA’s Proposed PM2.5/Soot 19 - Implementing An Energy Management System With DOE’s 50001 Ready Program.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 15, 2024

This is an important distinction, it means that atrocities like genocide would not even occur were it for not hate speech. Words are not intrinsically dangerous and there are many variables regarding what constitutes a harmful message, including the reaction of the reader or listener, body language, tone of voice, and perceived intent.

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Ohio Environmental Law

APRIL 23, 2020

Supreme Court issued a major ruling interpreting the breadth and scope of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The central issue was whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by a non-point source (in this case groundwater).

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. States Texas State Board of Education issues guidance encouraging schools to emphasize the “positive” aspects of climate change in textbooks.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

He also made comments opposed to the final regulations reducing carbon pollution from power plants and legislation that would impose fees on the use of water by power plants. “While the PA Department of Environmental Protection has, on its face, a Permit Decision Guarantee policy, in reality the policy is not adhered to. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On September 8, 2021, a federal district court in New Jersey granted the City of Hoboken’s motion to remand to state court its climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies. On September 9, the court granted the defendants’ request for a temporary stay of execution of the remand order.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

What I didn’t know is that my health was still at risk—from indoor pollution. No doubt, the fact that gas stoves are hazardous to our health was also news to most Americans. What accounts for that? During my first decade in Washington, D.C., my windows were caked with soot from the diesel buses that ran up and down my street.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

On July 21, the Environmental Health Project and HealthFirstPA held an educational webinar entitled-- Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It. What Went Wrong? Here are the opening remarks of the four presenters who took part-- -- Rev. Introduction Rev.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

But directors must of course look beyond the current turmoil and ensure the company is well positioned to survive and thrive in the coming months and years. And we continue to struggle with fundamental racial, gender and economic equality and inclusion, as well as the path to a sustainable future. Know Your COVID Scorecard.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The American farmer is a world leader in innovation, productivity, and environmental protection Urbanization, industrialization, and energy consumption have been overwhelmingly positive for human beings as a whole. Farmers mapped soils and used new equipment to apply chemicals at precise and variable rates specific to different soils.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 27 5:00 p.m. 28 9:00 a.m. will disable some DEP database functions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2022

Billion In Cleanup Liability In Position For Final Vote [PaEN] -- At The Request Of The Natural Gas Industry, House, Senate Give Final Approval To Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Clean, Cheaper Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN] -- TODAY: WITF Smart Talk Noon & 8:00 p.m.:

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2022

Of Human Services: Drinking Water, Wastewater Assistance Program Begins Accepting Applications Jan. Senate Candidate Dr. Val Arkoosh Tests Positive For COVID -- WHYY: 1 Year, 6 Arrests Later, Bucks County Still Debating Its Part In Assault On U.S. Is Your Story Being Told? House returns to session Jan. Austin Davis To Be His Lt.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. NSF announces new division director for the Division of Environmental Biology. More News: What is a wetland?

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. s climate science panel said in a major new report on Monday. “We This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Executive Branch.

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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 26, 2022

DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN] -- Senate Republicans File To Intervene To Oppose The DEP Lawsuit To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN] [To help with today’s energy prices? Is Your Story Being Told? House Floor.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On the House side of things, E&E News reported that at a hearing about the bill, some GOP representatives “argued the rule from EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers was akin to actions taken under Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin.” Congress set the stage when it passed the Clean Water Act 50 years ago. That’s why the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2022

Spend Its Sewer System Sale Funds? -- American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For Water And The Environment Grants [PaEN] -- DEP Hosts June 28 Virtual Informational Meeting On SMT East Noncoal Surface Mine In Westmoreland County -- Four Revolutionary War Era Cannons Unearthed At Thomas P. Prices had hit $9.60

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

DOE Readout On Meeting With Domestic Oil Refiners -- Reuters: U.S. ] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship -- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Billion, $6.24 Billion Above Estimates; FY 2022-23 Revenue $42.32 Billion, $6.24

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