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By Todd Reeve, CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and James Schroeder, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Washington EarthDay ignited our collective awareness of challenges facing people and nature, and spurred unparalleled legislative action bringing us cleaner air and water.
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Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over AirPollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? Million To Support 22 Environmental Restoration Projects In Southwestern PA [ Jan.
While attending Albion College in Michigan, he helped organize the first EarthDay in 1970 and appeared on a CBS-TV prime-time special hosted by Walter Cronkite that was called EarthDay: A Question of Survival. CBS reported, and not all its foundries had installed airpollution control equipment.
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The 4 big ones are the 1972 Clean Water Act , the 1970 Clean Air Act , the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act , and 2 hazardous waste laws having the acronyms CERCLA and RCRA, which I will explain later. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges. Each law has thousands of regulations. Clean Water Act.
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Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin -- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin -- Brodhead Watershed Assn.
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Report -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country -- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades -- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8
Senate returns to session April 4, 5, 6 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session April 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Dog Whistle: House Republicans Move Bill Saying DEP Permit Applicants Are Always Right; Ignores Environmental Justice Concerns; Adds More Bureaucracy [PaEN] -- DEP Secretary Highlights Importance (..)
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1 Deadline -- Penn State Extension, PA Sea Grant Host June 7 Webinar On Aquatic Invasive Species [PaEN] -- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Return Of Bog Events; Explore TNC Preserves; Federal Funding Benefits Philly Trees; Much More!
Thank you one and all for your conservation leadership! The diversity, creativity and just the sheer number of projects and programs is truly amazing! This kind of leadership deserves our respect and the support by state lawmakers. Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories! Support Local Journalism!
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Of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Ag Conservation Research Grants; Ag Research Grants [PaEN] -- Agriculture Highlights Stroud Water Research Center Ag Conservation Research [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: State Invests $1.5 Upcoming Events -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp. Upcoming Events -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.
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