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Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal DEP Permits For CNX Slickville Natural Gas, Shale Gas Wastewater Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

On November 4, Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced they have appealed two permits for the Slickville Pipeline Project issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Environmental Hearing Board. mile route. The project is also under scrutiny for its contributions to climate change.

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Good & Bad Environmental News From the U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Planet

Supreme Court issued important orders in two closely-related environmental lawsuits previously decided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, agreeing to decide whether fossil fuel manufacturers have legal standing to challenge an EPA decision under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA is good news indeed.

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Opinion: The global response to Trump and Musk cannot be anti-EV rhetoric

A Greener Life

Additionally, his staffers have gained access to the Treasury Department, and they have set their sights on the Departments of Defence, Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others. Many of these cutbacks will have profound implications for tackling the climate crisis, which the Trump Administration has wholly ignored.

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The Human Right to a Stable Climate

Union of Concerned Scientists

Scientists have unequivocally confirmed that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, are driving unprecedented changes to the Earth’s climate, raising fundamental questions about our responsibility to safeguard the environment for future generations.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new standard for federal protection divorced from the science of how wetlands support larger streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean. In others , water flows into underground aquifers.

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Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change

Global Green

The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. Taking a national average of 25.1

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PG Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Alone - But The World Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Without Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to provide the Legislature and governor every three years a report on current and projected climate change impacts, and a plan of actions to reduce carbon emissions. Related Articles - Climate: -- Gov.