Enviromental Defense

MARCH 13, 2025

While the Ontario government has unleashed housing sprawl on agricultural lands, including trying to undermine the Greenbelt – it has slammed the door shut on ground-mounted solar in all agricultural lands including Ontarios marginal farmland. Proposing a ban on Chinese components from all future energy purchases in Ontario.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

The California Natural Resources Agencys Fourth Climate Assessment estimates that California will face at least $113 billion in annual climate change costs by 2050. Assemblymember Dawn Addis commented on AB 1243: The Central Coast has faced the devastating impacts of climate change, from floods and wildfires to coastal erosion.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The first paper in our Monograph series focuses on aspects of Project 2025 is: “Project 2025 Envisions Eliminating Civil Service Protections for Thousands of Highly Experienced and Knowledgeable Career Civil Servants,” available here.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

There’s no logical connection between a belief in authoritarian government, upholding traditional hierarchies, and views about protecting the environment or the reality of climate change. The combination of authoritarianism, extreme conservative ideology, and anti-environmentalism is common globally, not just in U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The danger of stereotyping resides when someone in a position of power, such as a government agent, business person, consultant, academic researcher, or nonprofit administrator, expects a Native person not skilled in environmental areas to offer information.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Five of the top six risks over the next decade fit that category: failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to a warming climate; extreme weather; biodiversity and ecosystem collapse; and, in general terms, “natural resource crises.” The World Economic Forum has company in this regard.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

The more important this dynamic is and it has definitely been present in a range of natural resource management conflicts in the US over the years the more that NEPA serves as an additional veto point on government agency action. NEPA in this way serves as an (imperfect) veto point.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 23, 2021

Reversing a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a 6-3 Supreme Court majority ruled that the challenged regulation triggers a per se , compensable government “taking” of private property under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. regulation from numerous other government programs. Constitution.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

org In a letter sent earlier today, twelve major climate and labour organizations called on Prime Minister Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Wilkinson, and all parties’ House Leaders to expedite the passage of Bill C-50, the Sustainable Jobs Act, following months of delays.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Learn more and get involved at: [link] The post Comment: NSAC Responds to Government Funding Deal appeared first on National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2024

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Sixteen environmental groups sent an open letter to Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, calling for the continuation of the very successful Greener Homes Grant Program.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

Following is a reaction from Tom Rutigliano , senior advocate with the Sustainable FERC Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council -- “The bill is suddenly due for an overreliance on fossil fuels and inadequate planning for a more affordable, diverse power grid in PJM. The total capacity bill for the region will increase from $2.4

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In their remarks before dinner, these government leaders reflected on the critical collaboration and planning that went into achieving the acquisition and designation of Miller Mountain and Vosburg Neck, and they also related how valued and important these public lands have already become for the local community.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s time for another round-up summarizing lobbying by Canada’s oil and gas industry of the federal government. The oil and gas industry’s lobbyists met with federal government officials a minimum of 94 times in December. ENGOs are granted far less access to key government decision-makers. What were they lobbying for?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2025

On January 22, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources opened the latest round of Community Conservation Partnerships Program funding for communities across Pennsylvania to fund parks, recreation, land conservation and riparian buffer projects. The deadline to apply is April 2.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

A more thorough history would include the settling and colonization of California by the Spanish (1500s) and Mexican (early 1800s) governments, but for brevity, I focus here on the intentional and duplicitous actions of the California state government (established in 1850) and its co-conspirator: the United States federal government.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“Much of the Commonwealth is at a high risk for fire danger as a result of dry conditions, and it is critical that Pennsylvanians use extreme caution when handling fire or avoid any burning as these conditions persist,” Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation. “The law is clear and has been since 1991. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

While the USDA REE vision mentions natural resources once, I can assure you that there is no mention of the environment or climate, or equity in farming and nutrition. New paradigm? And it’s about time.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Majority Chair of the House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7647 or sending email to: gvitali@pahouse.net. Joining The Meeting The meeting will be held in Room 60 East Wing starting at 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

CHP grants are made possible with financial assistance from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through a Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant administered by the Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, and through funding from the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2023

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the last natural resources cases on its docket this Term: Arizona v. Remarkably, however, and despite the fact that the federal government negotiated two important 19th century treaties with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. Navajo Nation Reservation (credit: KNAU) Today the U.S. Navajo Nation.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The second letter , submitted on behalf of Clinic client Natural Resources Defense Council, provided suggestions related to phasing out oil and gas production on the County’s portion of the Inglewood Oil Field. and other local governments throughout California will soon follow the County’s lead. STAND-L.A., Download as PDF.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To the contrary, LADWP has a sorry, 120-year history of treating the rural people and natural resources of the Eastern Sierra as a population to be exploited and an ecosystem to ravage. But it’s not.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Farmers are delaying planting decisions and owed tens of thousands of dollars in contract payments for infrastructure the federal government agreed to support months ago. This serves no one it creates uncertainty, wastes money, and destroys trust in the federal government, said Mike Lavender, NSAC Policy Director.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The coalition members include Canada Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. In addition to their lobby meetings as members of Pathways Alliance, the companies that make up the coalition also lobby individually and had 22 meetings with the government in July.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2024

The report finds that oil and gas companies and industry associations try to influence the government through persistent lobbying. In 2023, they had at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government, which is the equivalent of meeting nearly five times per workday.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2023, they had at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government. Some of the key takeaways from the report include: Fossil fuel companies and their main industry associations had at least 1,255 meetings with the federal government in 2023. That means Big Oil lobbied Parliament nearly five times per working day.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor. House Floor.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The federal government is a critical partner on Chesapeake Bay restoration, providing science, accountability, and technical and financial resources. But it is important to remember that our work is so much bigger than the federal government. They are vital to the cleanup efforts success. We are built for these moments.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

This project exemplifies our dedication to both growth and community impact," said Steve Hershey, VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs for TECfusions. "By This project not only repurposes existing infrastructure and leverages local natural resources but also positions Westmoreland County as a hub for the digital economy."

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There were many dedicated folks from government agencies and private citizens that moved the effort forward as funding became available. . -- The Schuylkill River Acts and Impacts Youth Expedition. The effort to clean up acid mine drainage in the Anthracite Region came into focus in the mid-1990’s.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Most of this money must be used to help households, businesses, and governments pay for part of the cost of new passenger ZEVs (such as electric cars, vans, and pick-up trucks). The rest of the money would be available for other programs. UCS is not alone in supporting Proposition 30.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I remember when we first launched you on twitter at @FedLobBot , so that you could take publicly-available information out of the federal lobby registry, a complicated government website , and make it more accessible for everyone. We’re celebrating this milestone birthday by creating a new webpage just for you, Lobby Bot.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

Josh Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania is deploying two crews of highly trained wildland firefighters, coordinated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to California to help combat the devastating wildfires near Los Angeles. Learn more by visiting DCNRs Wildfire webpage.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since then, it has been tweeting out a constant stream of announcements about which oil & gas companies and associations have been lobbying which Canadian government politicians and ministries. Fossil fuel lobbyists met with government officials a minimum of 102 times in September: over four times per working day.

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