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Nature

Article   Google Scholar   EU Regulation 2023/1115 on Deforestation-free Products (EU, 2023); eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1115. Deforestation displaced: trade in forest-risk commodities and the prospects for a global forest transition. link] (2019). legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1115. Persson, M.,

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 24 Webinar - Science Meets Community Engagement: The Delaware River Watershed Initiative

PA Environment Daily

Roland Wall , leader of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Science’s work on the DRWI and one of the original planners of the project, will outline how the DRWI has progressed and grown. In the past 24 years, Wall has worked in a variety of positions for the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Fast Facts About Plastics Pollution

Academy of Natural Sciences

Today the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and its partners, the Philadelphia Water Department and BOMA Philadelphia, announced the Plastic-free Philly initiative to encourage people to stop buying single-use plastic water bottles and instead drink tap water and use reusable plastic water bottles.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

Citywide policies and regulations for sustainable development — especially development in the floodplain — and flood mitigation solutions will require coordination with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, License and Inspections, the Department of Public Property, the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department and more.

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For the Oranges of Sargodha District: Pakistan, Podcasts and Environmental Policy Work with Living on Earth

Academy of Natural Sciences

During my time at Drexel, however, I have received amazing support from the faculty to identify environmental policy and international agreements as my raison d’être. Currently, I am a double major in global studies and environmental studies with a French minor.

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Protect Our Water

Academy of Natural Sciences

These systems have federal, state and supplier regulations to ensure it remains safe and clean. 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.

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What Has the Clean Water Act Done for You?

Academy of Natural Sciences

Scientists at the Academy joined forces with communities near and far, as well as many other environmental organizations and governmental agencies to help develop and advocate for the Clean Water Act — a revolutionary federal movement to protect our waters, its wildlife and the people who live all along them from life-threatening pollution.