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Theres been a lot of talk about nuclear power recently. Plant owners have been making plans to restart their retired nuclear power plants, Google signed the first corporate deal to purchase energy from small modular nuclear reactors, and the US pledged to triple its nuclear generating capacity by 2050. As one energy news outlet put it, 2024 was a breakout year for the US nuclear power sector at least on paper.
A mountain lion attack that killed a young California man last year has reignited a debate over how the big cats should be managed. Some are calling for renewed hunting of the animals, while others are advocating nonlethal methods of instilling a fear of humans in the big cats.
By Kathy Cook, Food & Water Watch Pennsylvania Food and Water Watchs national campaign called Stop Microplastics Now! aims to put microplastics on the federal Food and Drug Administration list of water contaminants that it monitors. Here in Pennsylvania, this campaign is bringing together environmental advocacy organizations and citizens to contact Governor Shapiros office and ask him to join the governors petition to the EPA asking that microplastics be included in the upcoming Sixth Unregu
On December 31, 2024, NYSDEC announced the adoption of final revisions to its freshwater wetlands regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 664. The revised regulations took effect on January 1, 2025. These regulations implement amendments that the New York State Legislature enacted in 2022 to Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL)the States Freshwater Wetlands Act… The post NYSDEC Issues Final Revised Freshwater Wetlands Regulations appeared first on Sive Paget & Riesel PC.
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On January 23, the Department of Health invited first through sixth grade students in Pennsylvania to enter the 2025 Lyme Disease Student Art Contest by creating a short video or poster focusing on the theme: Protect. Check. Remove. Entries are due March 14. Finalists will be notified by mail and will be invited to an award ceremony at the State Capitol in May.
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Pittsburgh-based LandForce will start accepting applications for workforce training crew members on January 27. The deadline to apply is February 27. A Landforce Crew is a team who works closely together to create important, positive change in the parks and green places in Allegheny County. Our crews are fun and productive, and they work hard to complete each project.
On February 27, WeConservePA will host a What Does It Mean To Love A Forest webinar from Noon to 1:30 p.m. with Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author and content creator from Vermont. Tapper will draw from his work as a forester and his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
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Koepge, R., Pander, M., Mordvinkin, A., & Jaeckel, B. (2024). Sustainable Solar Module Through the Substitution of Materials by Renewable Encapsulation, Recycled Backsheet, and LeadFree Interconnection. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, pip.3878. [link] [open access] Abstract Sustainability and resourceefficiency are the major topics for the 21st century.
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