PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The legislation would also authorize municipalities to adopt regulations applicable to riparian buffers and would provide additional powers and duties to the Department of Environmental Protection for the enforcement of related regulations, if municipalities do not act. Click Here for a copy of Baldauff’s written testimony.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2024

3] Academy Of Natural Sciences Discussion Of Preserving Seeds As Cultural Heritage -- PA Forestry Association Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. Drawing Up Regulations For Possible Solar Energy Facilities -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Old Lycoming Twp.

Waste

Physics World

MAY 4, 2021

“I’m very concerned about my complicity in developing algorithms that could lead to applications where they’re used against me,” says Nord, who is Black and knows that facial-recognition technology, for example, is biased against him, often misidentifies Black men, and is under-regulated.

Technology

Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 2, 2024

With my colleagues from Living on Earth Through the Academy of Natural Sciences, I found my first co-op with the nationally syndicated public radio show Living on Earth. All the research and innovation in Pakistan functions in silos with minimal effect on policy, politics and regulations.

Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

Mulching helps regulate soil temperatures and can help retain moisture in the soil. If you have a lawn or landscape and you must water it or you need to water a garden, learn the best times to water and find out how much water your plants need. Watering first thing in the morning can prevent too much water from evaporating.

Upcycling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget -- Broadway World: Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Announces New Art Exhibition & Experience Focused On Watershed -- Sen. Supreme Court Decision On NY Gun Law Will Make It Open Season On Local Gun Laws -- Gov.

Natural Gas

Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 31, 2022

Some of that life, the study says, helps regulate Earth’s climate. . Yet its water contains life that helps us breathe, provides food for billions of people, and absorbs heat from the sun which helps regulate our climate,” said Academy President and CEO Scott Cooper. “As Giant Tubeworms and Clams Await.

Ocean

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 7, 2023

It acts as a barrier to the external environment, protecting our tissues, regulating temperature, maintaining water and detecting many important sensations, such as pain. Skin is the largest organ within the human body.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2022

Billion Hole In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Opposed Regs Making Natural Gas Pipelines Safer, Reducing Methane Emissions Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Goes Solar To Produce Clean, Renewable Energy In Fayette County Green Building Alliance Receives Grant From Henry L.

Conservation

Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 2, 2022

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.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2022

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Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

Approve $798,000 Cocalico Creek Restoration Project -- Scranton Times Editorial: Stormwater Management Isn’t Just Pipes -- Stroud Water Research Center, Academy Of Natural Sciences, Shippensburg University: Quantifying The Value Of Forest Protection For Clean Water, Impact Of Remote Working [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6.6

Conservation

A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Lord Lilley told DeSmog that he is a “strong supporter” of the GWPF, but said that it was not a “climate science denier organisation”. “I Britain’s broadcasting regulator urgently needs to start doing its job and stop acting as an enabler for special interests.”

Fossil Fuels

Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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.

Clean Water Act

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 10, 2023

Birds of prey are heavily regulated by laws and treaties around the world so all of our work requires specific permits to collect our samples. Once a bird is trapped, I will use a falconry hood to cover their eyes (which reduces stress) and then collect my samples.

Conservation

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 27, 2023

The ocean’s critical role in regulating the Earth’s climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere helps to slow the impacts of global warming on Earth, but as CO2 dissolves in seawater, it reacts with water to form carbonic acid making the oceans more acidic. Giant clam ( T. She approached Michael E.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On October 16, Saint Vincent College in Westmoreland County announced Dr. Mary Regina Boland, assistant professor of data science in the Herbert W. Bartolotta, Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

. -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 15 Online Discussion - Rethinking Our Connection To Fossil Fuels [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council To Host Free Statewide Recycling Webinar Nov. 15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Webinar Nov. 19 - If One Is Requested [PaEN] -- DEP Sets 2nd Hearings Dec.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

Here are 91 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Gov. 4-5 [PaEN] -- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

10 Hearing, Sept. 8 Business Meeting [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper July 29 RiverWatch Video Report -- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug. 10 Hearing, Sept. 8 Business Meeting [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper July 29 RiverWatch Video Report -- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

2 Floating Classroom Focused On Bat Species, The Threats They Face And Their Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts -- Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Hosts Bug Fest! 27-28 [PaEN] -- Gov.

Conservation

Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After getting nearly wiped out by the end of the 1800s, careful hunting regulation and efforts in the mid-1900s to reintroduce them to rural areas succeeded to the point that they now have spread to suburban and urban green spaces. These wild turkeys are a conservation success story.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

.] -- House Committee Moves First PA Bill Setting New Rail Safety Requirements In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN] -- TribLive: PA House Committee Approves Bill Tightening Railroad Regulations After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment -- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com-Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves First Rail Safety Bill After (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2023

of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN] -- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us [PaEN] -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2023

News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency -- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy -- (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Is your story being told? -- In Memoriam: Louise Dunlap A Leading Force Behind Coal Mine Reclamation, Regulation -- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories! Support Local Journalism!

Conservation

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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