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Native American Stereotyping Contributes to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

A detailed understanding of the forested areas, how the landscape moved and shifted, and how cool burn fires (with lower heat intensities than wildfires) would move, was common TEK knowledge. This is wasting time and when time is wasted it threatens our communities as well as verifiable science, both Western and Indigenous.

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FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

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“Some of the earliest memories I have are of protestors standing in the road, blocking semi-trucks hauling nuclear waste.”. — Mikhail Childs, Prairie Island Indian C ommunity member. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has declared the plant to be safe, tribe members remain worried about their proximity to nuclear waste. While the U.S.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3

PA Environment Daily

The application includes seven (7) 633 MWe combined cycle combustion and ten (10) 25 MWe simple cycle aeroderivative natural gas turbines, three (3) 67 MMBtu/hr auxiliary boilers, emergency generators, emergency fire water pump engines, cooling towers and fuel gas heaters. There is a 30 day public comment period from this publication.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Luzerne County [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Hear Update On State Budget, Chesapeake Bay Program March 26 [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

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PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12

PA Environment Daily

Green parking lots can reverse those trends by creating a landscape that not only improves the aesthetics and safety of a site, but also intercepts stormwater runoff and allows infiltration, shades parked cars and paved surfaces, and helps to cool the surrounding environment. Sessions presenters are: Pattie E.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Of Human Services To Extend Federal Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Programs [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1

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Native American Stereotyping Contributes to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

A detailed understanding of the forested areas, how the landscape moved and shifted, and how cool burn fires (with lower heat intensities than wildfires) would move, was common TEK knowledge. This is wasting time and when time is wasted it threatens our communities as well as verifiable science, both Western and Indigenous.