PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Pennsylvania Sea Grant is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Penn State University, and through federal, state, and local funding. For additional details or questions, contact Amber Stilwell, Pennsylvania Sea Grant’s Lake Erie Coastal Outreach Specialist at ars26@psu.edu.

Climate Change

Physics World

JULY 31, 2025

Ever since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that caused the discharge of radionuclides from the power plant into the ocean, operators at the Tokyo Electric Power Company ( TEPCO ) have been implementing measures to reduce groundwater inflow into the damaged reactor buildings.

Ocean

Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2025

It is also necessary to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (a process known as carbon dioxide removal or CDR). Alaska is thought to be an idea place for seaweed CDR projects, in part because local ocean conditions are well suited to growing seaweed, and also because the state has established processes for permitting seaweed farms.

Carbon Dioxide

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Ocean-based CDR strategies, which aim to increase the oceans natural carbon sink capacity, are gaining attention. One such strategy, ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), involves adding alkaline substances to seawater so as to increase its ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and mitigate ocean acidification.

Ocean

Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

government science itself faces an uncertain future. NOAA scientists and affiliated researchers have documented profound change in the frozen north as U.S.

Government

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) receives an annual grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities.

2007

Law Columbia

MARCH 18, 2025

Achieving global climate goals will require rapid and dramatic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, along with the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Scientists have identified a number of land- and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches. ocean waters. judge-made) law.

Carbon Dioxide

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 7, 2025

Thats why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the federal agency best known for collecting … Continue reading Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska even if they dont realize it Theyre also difficult to manage, requiring specialized knowledge and technology.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) receives an annual grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities.

Conservation

Environmental News Bits

MAY 8, 2025

An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a weather weapon controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

One such agency is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides the scientific bedrock of data needed to protect our health, homes, and livelihoods from climate change and other environmental threats. In this post I will focus on Project 2025’s ill-advised designs for NOAA. Drought.gov.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

Conclusion In the face of recent backtracking on climate commitments by governments (e.g. According to the IACtHR, States must expand terrestrial and marine protected areas with a focus on ecosystems particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts (para. Actions that jeopardize the future of life on Earth should be prohibited by law.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Summer Forecast According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the summer of 2025 is forecast to be hotter and wetter than normal, with an above-average Atlantic hurricane season already underway.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

President Trump and unelected individuals designated by him are taking aim at scientists and illegally taking over infrastructure responsible for creating and issuing weather conditions and alertsthe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Climate Change

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Twelve nautical miles from shore to sea are the territorial waters, where full U.S.

Ocean

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Each storm made history in its own right: Beryl was the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, Helene broke rainfall records in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and destroyed tens of mountain communities, and Milton was the second fastest intensifying storm since 1979.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

At this moment, the last thing federal, state and local governments need is to divert precious resources to debunk baseless conspiracy theories and disinformation. FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is the federal government’s primary source of funding for disaster response, recovery and preparedness. What is the Disaster Relief Fund?

Climate Change

Physics World

JUNE 3, 2025

The team, led by atmospheric scientist Ning Zeng of the University of Maryland in the US, found that the wood had only lost 5% of its carbon compared with a freshly cut Eastern red cedar log. When plants decompose or are burnt, they release the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) they had absorbed from the atmosphere. straw) or marine (e.g.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2025

On the ground, firefighters are using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites for wildfire monitoring in real time. Today, those duties are carried out by the National Weather Service (NWS), housed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Department of Commerce.

2010

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 3, 2025

Project 2025, the far-rights playbook for systemically reshaping the federal government, specifically calls out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be dismantled, downsized, and eliminated. How will this affect people in the United States, including those who support efforts to cut government spending?

Ocean

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2025

On February 27, 2025, over 1,000 employees at the National Weather Service (NWS) were illegally fired by the Trump Administration under the premise of making the government more efficient, even though the agency was already severely understaffed. What goes on in the upper atmosphere is reflected by weather conditions at the surface.

Atmosphere

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2025

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in the Trump administrations crosshairs. 2: Protecting endangered species NOAA is the US agency responsible for protecting endangered species found in US oceans (those living on land or rivers are covered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service).

Ocean

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has tracked extreme weather and climate-related disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and floods. In this scenario, insurers deny liability and a fierce debate erupts over who should pay the costs.

Fossil Fuels

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The term “final agency action” comes from the Administrative Procedure Act, the federal law that governs agency procedure, and is defined as an agency action that is “made reviewable by statute” or “for which there is no other adequate remedy” other than in a court of law. 5 U.S.C. § The plaintiff in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2025

These strategies are: Bond financing: the issuing of long-term loans by local and state governments to finance infrastructure assets. Offshore wind infrastructure: Offshore wind turbines and supporting systems that generate electricity through oceanic wind power transmitted to the electrical grid.

Carbon Dioxide

Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As we enter Ocean Conservancy’s 53 rd year, we bring a powerful legacy of success to tough global challenges. We are the best equipped organization to protect and defend our ocean from its greatest threats. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

Ocean

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

The GreenDrill site sat on the frozen edge of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, or NEGIS, a massive, moving tongue of ice that drains 12 to 16 percent of the ice sheet into the ocean. The government’s real mission was to build Arctic capabilities so it could both operate and listen from somewhere much closer to the Soviet Union.

Sea Level

Circle of Blue

JULY 8, 2025

As swarms of salmon migrate north to Oregon along the Klamath River, youth from across the region’s indigenous tribes kayak south through northern California to the Pacific Ocean — a 300-mile celebratory journey that would not have been possible just a year ago. What’s changed? ” Before 2024, experts at the U.S

Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 27, 2025

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual Lake Erie harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecast suggests progress toward a healthier Lake Erie. Our governments have a critical role to play in ensuring any progress is sustained.

2015

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

Chesapeake B-WET is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office, which the administration also would defund. The federal government must invest more in environmental education, not eliminate it.

2014

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 19, 2025

For weeks, President Trump has allowed Elon Musk and the DOGE team to decimate governments ability to serve the public good, firing employees and closing offices that protect consumers , safeguard our health , and even provide basic services. Central to these efforts is attacking federal science and expertise.

Politics

HumanNature

MAY 2, 2025

Here, flooding isnt just a threat, its part of the natural cycle, one that now coexists with increasingly intense hurricane seasons driven by a warming atmosphere and ocean. This is where meaningful action begins, not only from governments but also from communities and private companies.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2025

This year, were bracing for whats expected to be an active season made doubly dangerous by the Trump Administrations cuts to agencies like the National Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)the parent agency of the National Weather Service (NWS) and the NHC.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2025

In this post, I’ll walk through the changing atmospheric mechanism that is producing these more intense floods and droughts, and also talk about something called “hydroclimate whiplash.” You read that right: something in the atmosphere is changing that is leading to both more intense floods and more intense droughts simultaneously.

Atmosphere

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs.

2013

Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2025

Water circulation in the Atlantic Ocean has slowed to its weakest recorded level, and global warming is the likely cause thats according to a new study in the journal Nature. Atmospheric modeling programs have predicted its decline, and now the Atlantics circulation is the lowest in about 1,500 years. The Northern U.S.

2018

Law Columbia

APRIL 30, 2025

We later added anti-science actions by the Biden administration and state and local governments, and the Tracker now serves as a comprehensive record of the increasing number of ways governments are attempting to undermine science. Deleted or revised essential data and critical information from federal websites.

Climate Change