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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

Instead, environmentalists were mainly concerned about the ozone layer, nuclear meltdown and chemical industrial pollution, the erosion of biodiversity and population explosion. In 1970 the world’s first Earth Day was held in the US, but we had to wait until 1990 before the movement went global.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Delaware River Sojourn June 14-20 - Celebrating 30 Years Of Paddling The Delaware -- PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 7; Business Meeting June 11 [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

I named the Priority Pollutants a moment ago, which are 129 chemicals of interest under the Clean Water Act, RCRA, one of two federal laws governing hazardous wastes has several hundred “Appendix IX” groundwater monitoring compounds. Sometimes these subgroups are further differentiated by their analytical method or governing regulation.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.22.22

PA Environment Daily

Million To Help Cover Home Energy Costs -- WHYY: Philly Area Finally Off The ‘Worst 25’ List For Ozone Pollution, But Still Gets Failing Grade -- DCED Announces Grant To Fund Industrial Site Reuse Environmental Assessment In Clarion County -- MCall: Emmaus Sues Makers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Over Groundwater Contamination -- Insurance Dept.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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100 Days of Fear & Loathing in Climate World

Legal Planet

has created myriad issues for environmental journalists, including the silencing of sources people inside and outside of government who typically help the flow of trustworthy information reach audiences. When the federal government retreats, cities, counties and states pick up the slack. Same thing, different words.