Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the Middle East, Israel and Jordan have signed an agreement extending their long record of water cooperation. Sixty coal mines in the region suspended operations, even as China suffers from electricity shortfalls and rising energy prices. A number of rivers were considered past the point of revival.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In western Canada, officials and residents are surveying the damage from a regional flood catastrophe. Powerful storms called atmospheric rivers brought nearly a foot of rain to parts of British Columbia, particularly the province’s southern region. This summer, the region crackled with a record heatwave and major fires.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Mastriano To Introduce Bill To Establish A Process To Formally Recognize The Lenape Nation In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Flooding -- PEMA Now Accepting Letters Of Interest For FEMA Flood Mitigation & Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities Grant Programs [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Charity Offers Aid To Flood Victims -- AP: Atlantic Hurricanes (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

The following schools and organizations will receive funding for the 2023-24 school year-- Adelphoi Educational School (Indiana) – startup equipment for new program Allen Middle School (Camp Hill) – field trip support Asbury Woods (Erie) – equipment and field trip support Bear Creek Community Charter School (Bear Creek Township) – startup equipment (..)

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Mexico border could significantly increase water shortages in the region in the coming decades. “As As this region continues to become drier due to climate change, water supplies will be greatly reduced.” – Guy Fipps, a professor of irrigation engineering at Texas A&M University. An aging canal system along the U.S.-Mexico

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 25, 2021

A water crisis in parts of the Middle East has threatened water, food, and energy supplies to 12 million people in Syria and Iraq. Officials in the Indian state of Karnataka propose a project to supply treated water from the Vrishabhavathi river in Bengaluru to water-deprived regions. “We ON THE RADAR.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Announces Over $12 Million In Watershed Restoration, Stormwater Infrastructure Grants Funded In-Part By Mariner East Pipeline Penalties, Federal American Rescue Plan Funding [PaEN] -- WFMZ: Sen. Boscola Announces $475,000 In Lehigh Valley Stormwater Management Grants -- Sen. National- $3.08 National- $3.08

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 17, 2022

They range in scale from distinctly local disputes to longstanding regional and international flashpoints. Droughts in farm regions have put pressure on farmers, whose livelihoods depend on water for their crops. In the last year: Two people in Somalia were killed during a fight between militias over water and grazing access.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

A decades-long drought in one of the warming world’s most arid regions, heightened by what many consider to be governmental mismanagement, has set the stage for a severe, dangerously dry 2021. In the Middle East, 85 percent of water is used for agriculture and irrigation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Updated Background -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Material Leaks Into Tributary Of Marsh Creek State Park At Site Of Mariner East Pipeline Spill In 2020 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Gains New Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells As It Sets Records Capping Old Ones -- Protect PT Hosts Feb.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The Asia Pacific region is expected to lead the charge when it comes to the largest gains in renewable power, with an annual average growth rate of 11.6%. annually until 2025 with the largest growth to come in the Middle East. Asia also dominated the growth in demand.

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Physics World

MARCH 1, 2022

This is a particular issue in hot, arid parts of the world like the Middle East. Many countries in this area, such as Saudi Arabia, are in the middle of a water crisis. There is a lot of water in the air in the region because the Red Sea loses 0.7 As the world warms, water security is becoming a major concern.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

TODAY 1:00: DEP State Water Plan Ohio Regional Water Resource Committee meeting. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Bryon lbyron@pa.gov. 16th Floor Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 22, 2022

Climatologists and relief agencies fear that dry conditions will persist in the region, leaving as many as 20 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia facing extreme hunger. The United Nations’ World Food Program says the region is facing its driest conditions in four decades and is approaching a hunger crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The existing regional partnership will expand to two adjacent watersheds — Little Conestoga in Lancaster County and Spring Creek in Dauphin and Lebanon counties — where partners are in place and interested in collaborating with Penn State to improve water quality. 27 RiverWatch Video Report [Posted: October 27, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 17, 2022

The regions that rely on the river have to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought has been depleting water levels and threatening crops, and the heatwave engulfing the region is set to last for another two weeks. The Yangtze, the longest river in China , has been feeling the impacts of climate change.

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Physics World

APRIL 6, 2022

The Arab Physical Society and this inaugural event will help physics in the region gain international visibility and consolidate links between physicists. Ellis told Physics World that physics in the Middle East has been advancing in recent years. John Ellis, King's College London.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 13, The Derrick reported the Oil Region National Heritage Area will host the second Oil Heritage Energy Security Conference on October 12-13 at the PennWest Clarion Venango Campus in Oil City, Venango County. The theme of the Conference is Back To The Future?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Room 8E-B East Wing. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. Senate next voting day October 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. Click Here to watch live. TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee. TODAY 5:00: Virtual.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 18, 2021

So many wells went dry in 2014 in the town of East Porterville that Tulare County supplied portable public showers. In this blistering year in California drinking water wells are going dry in increasing numbers, rekindling memories of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, when more than 2,600 wells across the state stopped producing water.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

-- Centre County Recycling Coordinator Joanne Shafer To Retire; Longest Serving Recycling Coordinator In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Sheila Shea, Fayette County Recycling Coordinator Recognized With Community Pride Award [PaEN] -- Master Watershed Steward Cindy Rogers Strengthens Partnerships In Indiana County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

PJM Cold Weather Advisory On January 9, the PJM Interconnection issued a Cold Weather Advisory for its Western Region for Jan. 14–17 ahead of forecast frigid temperatures in that region. Temperatures are expected to reach the single digits in PJM’s Western Region, which will drive up the demand for electricity in that area.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

. -- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 1 Zero Waste Event In Allegheny County -- Penn State GIS Day To Celebrate The Power Of Place Nov. 1 Zero Waste Event In Allegheny County -- Penn State GIS Day To Celebrate The Power Of Place Nov. Scott Perry ‘Central To Planning Of Jan.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Now, the geologist Sid Mitra at East Carolina University in the US and colleagues have come up with an explanation of where Sodom was and what happened to the city. They have focused their attention on a Middle Bronze Age city called Tall el-Hammam, which is in the Jordan valley. In 2005 archaeologists discovered a 1.5

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2023

For more than 55 years, the Brandywine Conservancy has been a leader in land conservation throughout our region,” said Stephanie Armpriester, Brandywine’s Director of Conservation & Stewardship. East Bradford Township also acquired additional acreage adjacent to this property to comprise the “Starr Farm Park."

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2023

2 On Benefits Of HVAC Equipment Upgrades, Funding Opportunities [PaEN] -- PennDOT Hosts Nov. 6 -- PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Hosts Online Student Career/Jobs Program Nov.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

According to Reuters, government officials have been threatened and attacked when visiting illegal mining areas in Bolivia’s Amazon region. The Middle East News Agency reports that during a cabinet meeting in May, the prime minister ordered the formation of a government technical committee.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 18, 2021

IEP used data from the United Nations (UN) and other sources in order to predict the countries and regions most at risk. According to Serge Stroobant, IEP Director for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa said the report identified 30 ‘hotspot’ countries home to 1.26 System collapse.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

In the Middle East and North Africa, leaders of Arab countries have taken steps on a controversial dam project in the Nile basin. Al Jazeera reports that the Arab League has called on the UN Security Council to intervene in a long-running regional dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Much of the knowhow concerning consequences of global warming and climate science has evolved within the World Climate Research Programme ( WCRP ), which is undergoing a transition and will emphasise regional climate information for society (so-called “ RiFS ” – one of many unnecessary acronyms). References. Knutti, S.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

What’s Up With Water—November 22, 2021 – This week’s episode covers flooding in western Canada, drought and hunger in the Horn of Africa, water agreements in the Middle East, and drinking water rules in Pennsylvania. Other states across the region are considering similar programs as water scarcity worsens due to drought.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

17 to 23 -- 7 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Defective Casing From 2018; Mariner Pipeline Drilling Mud Breakout; Additional Shell Air Penalties; Water Supply Investigation [PaEN] -- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Manager Of Events/Programs; Regional Trail Care Coordinator Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center Reopens Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the Middle East, water scarcity could cause an international legal confrontation. In northern Kenya, dead cattle bake in the sun, casualties of the region’s unforgiving drought. Across the American West, intense heat and meager precipitation made the region a tinderbox. Transcript. This is Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 6, 2023

Air pollution is dangerous at local and regional levels, while climate was beyond the harmful levels for humans in groups but not quite past the safety guideline for the planet as a system, the study from the Swedish group said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

I was flat on my back on blankets, under the stars in the middle of the night at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. On clear days, the sight of 7,500-foot El Capitan on the left, Bridalveil Falls plunging 600 feet on the right, Half Dome in the middle, and conifer forest below can well up the eyes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2022

The Russian war in Ukraine is an abominable humanitarian catastrophe, and it poses many risks for the region and the wider world. Most of the world’s commodity grains are used in the country or region where they are produced. Only a fraction of what is produced goes on the global market. percent of its wheat imports.

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