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House Committee Hears Benefits Of Forested Stream Buffers-- Increasing Property Values, Water Quality Improvements, Reduced Impacts From Flooding; Builders, Republican Chair Worried About A ‘Taking’ Of Property

PA Environment Daily

The legislation would also authorize municipalities to adopt regulations applicable to riparian buffers and would provide additional powers and duties to the Department of Environmental Protection for the enforcement of related regulations, if municipalities do not act. Click Here for a copy of Baldauff’s written testimony.

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Protect Our Water

Academy of Natural Sciences

Well water — which comes from the ground — is not regulated, since limits on contaminant levels are only enforced in public systems. Pennsylvania has an estimated one million private wells in use for drinking water. Penn State’s Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory also offers a robust testing service for well-water users.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology.

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