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Guest Essay: When People Have To Choose Health Or Jobs, Everyone Loses - The View From Rachel Carson’s Homestead In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

But few people think that it might be possible to craft an entirely new story about this part of the country, a story that doesn’t revolve around fossil fuels. During the construction, which began in 2017, parking lots for the struggling Beaver Valley Mall have filled with buses for workers and cars with out of state license plates.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Martin Produces Whale Of A Guitar For Earth Day As Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition -- Post-Gazette: Earth Day Celebrations Kick Off With Events Across Western PA - Planet vs. Plastics Theme -- Erie Times: Report: Great Lakes Beaches, Including Presque Isle, Suffering From Plastic Pollution -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Fresh, April 4, 2023: Canadian Government Pledges Increased Funding for Great Lakes

Circle of Blue

Between 2017 and 2022, Canada spent just $33 million US dollars on Great Lakes cleanup efforts, compared to U.S. The legislation prioritizes environmental conservation, countering the state’s fossil fuel boom. annual spending of between $300 million and $400 million. That discrepancy prompted the U.S.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Envirothon Team Partners With Izaak Walton League To Plant Trees For Earth Day; Wins Greene County Envirothon -- Honesdale H.S. Team Wins Pike/Wayne County Envirothon, Represents Wayne County; Wallenpaupack H.S.