Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2022

Climate change, invasive species, harmful chemicals, coastal wetland degradation, extensive loss of forest cover in the Lake Erie watershed… The list of key issues threatening the lake goes on and on. Be sure to tag us and use #WeAreLakeErie on August 31st to join in the virtual wave of support for this precious lake. Check it out!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

When I think about summer, I think of the carefree days I spent playing kickball, kick-the-can, and tag with the kids in my neighborhood. When hot temperatures combine with high humidity, our bodies are not able to stay cool and it can lead to symptoms that are relatively mild but can quickly escalate to a life-threatening scenario.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Saltwater intrusion threatens coastal agriculture on the Delmarva Peninsula and in the Carolinas. What I’m trying to do now is just get more rice fields inland, because it’s always threatening. The price tag? $13 Lighter green areas are fallow/abandoned sections of the fields with salt concentrations too high to plant.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency, which earlier threatened to scuttle the plan, signed off in July on the “phased approach” to address the problem created as the dam lost its capacity to trap sediment and nutrients flowing downstream. But the price tag was more than $53 million a year, and there was no money. Still, the U.S.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

From Green to Grey In Costa Rica, illegal traffickers and curious onlookers have threatened the leatherback turtles back to the brink of extinction. the Supreme Court rejected land leasing rights for a restaurant in a reserved forest, emphasizing environmental priority over tourist convenience. Looking Beneath the Green-Coated Surface a.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Again, the number and kinds of violations companies are tagged for with NOVs gives you a better understanding of why DEP inspections and adequate enforcement staff are so critical. You can also look up the compliance record of any conventional oil and gas or unconventional shale gas company at DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

LLC responded to a notice of violation for abandoning a well without plugging it known as the Mongera 2 conventional well in Venango Township, Crawford County with a photo saying they posted a well ownership tag on the well. No other action was taken on the well abandonment NOV that was issued on June 5, 2023 by DEP. Read more here.

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Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Their definition of pollution comes from the European Union: "unwanted, often dangerous, material that is introduced into the Earth’s environment as the result of human activity, that threatens human health, and that harms ecosystems.". The headlines whet my appetite for more of the numbers and the report delivers. I hope many others do too.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

But zoonotic illnesses are not the only warning sign that the degradation of nature is threatening health, peace and prosperity. Climate change, pollution and biodiversity carry price tags that are heftier and longer lasting. These are all smart investments. But if we make the right investments, we don’t just avoid future damage.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Common Angelshark (Squatina squatina). USFWS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for the Diamond Y Invertebrates.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Of the 53 species of freshwater mussels that remain in Pennsylvania, eleven are listed as Threatened or Endangered. The public can assist with the project by participating in a mussel tagging event during one of the environmental education days to be held at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania's Lock Haven campus.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service where she contributes to data management and field surveys for the threatened Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Tucson, Arizona. As a result of this internship, Grace secured her current position within the U.S. Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Plastics are harmful pollutants that burden our economy and threaten the health of our environment including our wildlife, rivers, lakes and oceans. Plastic pollution – and efforts to clean it up – comes with a high price tag. The plastic we throw away represents about $8 billion in lost revenue every year.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

Does extreme weather threaten the hazardous waste sites that border Lake Michigan? State Republicans initially opposed the measure, citing the multi-million dollar price tag for wastewater treatment and the paper mill industry. Crews work to contain a significant spill in the Flint River — Bridge Michigan. Michigan Radio.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Michigan Municipal League has estimated there are as many as 500,000 lead lines in Michigan, with a price tag as high as $2.5 But climate change threatens water quality, availability, and aging water infrastructure by exposing existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones. billion to replace them all.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

The numbers of each of the six salmon species native to the Columbia basin have dropped to a fraction of what they once were, and 13 distinct populations are now considered threatened or endangered. Tagged fish can be detected by special technology, often at dams, and tag data can provide a window into fish migration and survival.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

9] Not only are these leaks spewing methane, benzene, other VOC’s, and toxins that threaten our children’s right to an abundant life, methane is greenhouse gas 86 times more potent than CO2 in the first twenty years – making fugitive and leaking methane as an imperative for any hope in keeping temperature below 1.5o by 2050 or sooner.

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Acoel

JUNE 10, 2021

They were hoping to catch a rare longfin mako shark, put a satellite tag on it, and then monitor its movements and behavior. After 10 hours of rough seas, a large adult longfin took the bait and nearly capsized the boat—in the end, they wrestled the shark onto the boat just long enough to tag it and let it go. They got lucky.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The initial estimate of the Sentinel program’s price tag was $95.3 Because of great variability in wind directions, the entire population of the contiguous US and the most populated areas of Canada, as well as the northern states of Mexico, would be at risk of lethal fallout—more than 300 million people in total.”

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Physics World

JULY 12, 2022

But international co-operation in particle physics is now threatened by Russia’s savage invasion of Ukraine, which has seriously disrupted the existing post-Cold-War world order. All of these developments culminated in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson, the capstone of the Standard Model of particle physics.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . NOAA NMFS – Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Proposed Issuance of Permit. The companion Senate reconciliation bill is stalled. 6, 2021.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill but have expressed concerns about the total price tag. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. USFWS – Reclassifying Smooth Coneflower as Threatened With Section 4(d) Rule.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Does Reg Review threaten Public Access? . The Republicans Trying to Fight Climate Denial in Their Own Party. 2017.08.17. Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society pull fundraisers from Mar-a-Lago. 2017.08.17. 2017.08.18. Maps Explain the 27 National Monuments Under Review by Trump. 2017.08.18. 2017.08.18. Mon, 09/11/2017 - 09:20.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill, but they have expressed concerns about the total price tag. USFWS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) will vote for the bill.

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