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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Pay Raise For PA Governor, Lawmakers, Judges, Cabinet Secretaries -- Republican Herald: Tim Holden Retires As Head Of PA Liquor Control Board -- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.06 Ohio- $3.03

Politics 109
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What Makes the College-Educated More Likely to Vote?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For a healthy democracy made up of educated and active voters, it would help to better understand the connection between educational attainment and political engagement, and ways to overcome this contradiction.

Politics 246
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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. But the good news is that this goal can still be achieved through other legal and political strategies.

Law 130
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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. The waivers in the law reduced farmer costs for managing polluted runoff.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. We know from previous experience that it is likely that such cases will be used uncritically and selectively for political and economic goals.

Sea Level 326
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Where Is The Water Going?

Circle of Blue

From 2002 to 2017, the most recent USDA farm census, the number of farms in Kings County declined 16.6%. And the company maintains positions on just about every ag and water related board and commission in Kings, giving it considerable political heft. . The data show that’s already happening. But the size of farms increased 14.5%

2009 317
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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

Repeated attempts to pass anti-protest legislation in Minnesota during the resistance to Enbridge’s Line 3 failed, but the pipeline was completed in 2021 and 60% of US oil and gas operations are now shielded by these laws. This is nothing new: these companies have been actively blocking climate policy for decades.