HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Student in the Department of Animal Sciences and CSU AgNext at Colorado State University The role of cattle in climate change has been an important topic for decades, sparking debate among scientists, producers, policymakers, and consumers. Environmental Protection Agency. Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. Visit DEPs Climate Change webpage for more information on these and other Pennsylvania climate initiatives.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Despite the wide range of issues the legislature was contending with, many innovative environmental protection issues advanced, especially those aimed at tackling environmental health challenges in our most disadvantaged communities.

Law

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Families need protection from the petrochemical industry’s harmful air pollution and planned expansion that impacts health, contributes to climate change, and perpetuates environmental injustices." At the end of the press conference, Moms Clean Air Force delivered 5,000+ signed petitions to Gov.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. DEP has identified over 27,000 orphaned and abandoned wells and is prioritizing those posing the highest risks. Read more here.

2024

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This stops legislators from rescinding environmental protections when doing so would damage the environment because it would violate the peoples constitutional rights. This was a major win for the citizens of Hawaii and shows the power that Green Amendments can have in forcing state governments to protect their natural environments.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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. The project is also under scrutiny for its contributions to climate change.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Classified by the Department of Environmental Protection as a high-quality, cold-water stream, the creek is part of the Juniata River Watershed, which provides recreation and clean drinking water to millions of people. Visit the Natural Lands and ClearWater Conservancy websites to learn more about natural resource conservation.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

From waste and erosion to pollution and climate change, the Ohio River is facing serious threats that arent going to just work themselves out and cant be fixed by one person or organization alone, said Congressman Morgan McGarvey. Those rivers come together at The Point in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.]

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We negotiated hard with auto makers, recyclers and others for the bill to include robust reporting requirements, producer responsibly and environmental protections. For two years, we worked on SB 615 with Senator Ben Allen to require all EV batteries to be repurposed or recycled.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

This is the second in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? The first post is here.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

The department will continue to prioritize progressive forest management practices, ensuring that Pennsylvania's forests remain resilient in the face of climate change while supporting the forest products industry. Today, the state's forests continue to be the longest continuously certified and well-managed public forests in the U.S.,

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

On July 15, the Department of Environmental Protection awarded more than $3.47 This program builds on Governor Shapiro's agenda to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow the Commonwealth's economy, protect and create jobs, and address climate change.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundations Events webpage and DCNRs Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNRs website. Resource Links: -- Gov.

Conservation

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that CDR will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to limit global warming to 1.5 Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR.

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

As a water expert with a PhD in hydrology and having worked on water and climate change for over 10 years, there are other concerns I have. If we compare it to residential water use, then 66 billion liters is equivalent to the water use of over half a million people in one year. One is that this is showing a dramatically growing trend.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Annual reporting is a legal requirement under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). About Ecojustice uses the power of the law to defend nature, combat climate change and fight for a healthy environment. The NPRI is Canadas source of information on the largest emitters of pollutants to air, land and water.

Government

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

But climate change is set to further raise temperatures here in the Great Lakes region, as it is around the globe. Environmental Protection Agencys region 5, which covers most of the Great Lakes states. Once the system and pipes are filled, the water will remain in the closed loop system to be reused for cooling.

Cooling

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

Investing in more transportation options is also crucial for the climate. Department of Environmental Protection found that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) was not doing enough to attain the “actual, measurable, and permanent emissions reductions” of the state climate law.

2018

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection is still accepting applications for the Shared Energy Manager Program to help local governments, authorities and school districts reduce energy costs, consider renewable energy alternatives and implement local climate action plans. Click Here for presentation slides.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

Judy Schwank, as well as Jessica Shirley, the acting secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection “Climate change is causing more frequent and severe extreme weather events, putting Pennsylvania communities in harm’s way,” said Senator Judy Schwank.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

JULY 24, 2025

Advocates outline priorities under new ECCC framework for implementing the right OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Following a landmark ruling from the International Court of Justice and changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act , people in Canada have new legal rights to a healthy environment.

Environmental Protection

Enviromental Defense

MAY 27, 2025

This is the time for bold policy that protects human and environmental health from forever chemicals. Canadas new Prime Minister, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Minister of Health need to turn off the tap on PFAS, including quickly eliminating these forever chemicals from consumer products.

2027

Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

According to the Department of Environmental Protection, the city and the surrounding regions are currently in a ‘drought watch.’ Most public parks and private landowners now have fire restrictions in place and some well-known streams and reservoirs are actually shriveling up.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 had some bumps in the road for environmental protection. Attacks on nature, clean energy, and livable communities filled the headlines. But what about for 2025? Can we secure a better future despite the regressive forces out there that want to drag us all down?

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

Awardees were evaluated for their degree of environmental protection, innovation, partnership, economic impact, consideration of climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice, as well as outcomes achieved. WESA and 91.3

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

the Environmental Protection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5 San Francisco City and County v. miles into the Pacific Ocean near Ocean Beach.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI) -- David Hess Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

These innovative energy projects are driving industrial upgrades, restoring degraded landscapes and building climate resilience. They are empowering green development to help integrate environmental protection, economic modernization and social progress.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Many see it as an important tool for combatting climate change. In both cases, storing the carbon dioxide underground isolates it, and thus prevents it contributing to climate change. The post The Evolving Legal Landscape for Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the United States first appeared on Climate Law Blog.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Previously, the Rose-Walters Prize has honored climate advocates including Elizabeth Kolbert, Mark Ruffalo, Bill McKibben and Lisa Jackson and organizations including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2025

73, polluter-pays principle and prevention principle) and prior case law recognizing the risk of irreversibility and severity of climate change ( Norwegian Air Shuttle and E.ON Environmental Protection Agency. Biofor Sverige ). A similar decision was made by the Scottish Court of Sessions in Greenpeace UK and Uplift v.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

MAY 16, 2025

Canadas new Prime Minister, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Minister of Health need to turn off the tap on PFAS, including quickly eliminating these forever chemicals from consumer products.

2027

Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2025

We dont exactly what they say behind closed doors, but its a safebet that cutting climate and environmental regulations and massively expanding fossil fuel production was on the agenda. The fossil fuel industrys wish list would destroy Canadas progress on climate change and put the people and places we love at risk.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change. Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection is in the middle of holding eight hearings on a state plan to implement an EPA federal rule 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc Reducing Emissions Of Methane and Other Pollution from conventional oil and gas and shale gas operations. Read more here.

Air Pollution

Earth 911

AUGUST 7, 2025

In the United States alone, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates recyclers will need to process one million tons of solar panel waste by 2030 and up to 10 million tons by 2050. Photovoltaic panel recycling isn’t just an environmental challenge; it’s a massive economic opportunity. The good news?

Recycling