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Joint Public Hearing: To examine legislative solutions to increase the effectiveness of the Bottle Bill
Joint – Senate Standing Committee on Environmental ConservationChair: Senator Pete Harckhamand Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental ConservationChair: Assembly Member Deborah J. GlickPublic Hearing: Bottle BillPlace: Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New YorkTime: 11:00 A.M.Contact: Sylvie Sherlach (518) 455-2340; Matthew Hansen (518) 455-4363Media Contact: Tom Staudter (518) 455-1650; Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888ORAL TESTIMONY…
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Christie True – Executive Constantine’s longest-serving department director – retiring after 39 years of service at Department of Natural Resources and Parks
True’s leadership team led the implementation of Executive Constantine’s Clean Water Healthy Habitat initiative to better align investments and actions to produce better results faster for people, salmon, and orcas. Recent examples include major capital projects that simultaneously reduced flood risks and restored salmon habitat along the Cedar River, the Green River, and the Lower Duwamish.…
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Court Orders and Threats of Fines Fail to Curb Rogue Long Island Mine
What does it take to shut down a mine? Court decisions, a restraining order, legal violation notices, and a stop work order apparently aren’t enough. Sand Land, a sand mine in the Hamptons, has faced each of these this year — and ignored them all. The latest notice came earlier this month, when the Department…
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Strategic sustainability practices in intercropping-based family farming systems: study on rural communities of Iran
Abstract This paper reports a realistic analysis of a region using Grounded Theory (GT) to provide a sustainable model for family farming systems based on the intercropping system in rural communities of Iran. Furthermore, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) was applied to assign weights to the criteria and sub-criteria of intercropping and monocropping systems.…
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Prince William to travel to Singapore for Earthshot Prize announcement on climate projects
Prince William will travel to Singapore next month to name the winners of his Earthshot Prize, a global competition to find solutions to the challenges of climate change ByDANICA KIRKA Associated Press October 23, 2023, 7:07 PM FILE – Britain’s Prince William visits Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s largest climate tech hub, in London, Oct. 5, 2023.…
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FWP opens draft wolf management plan for public comment
The draft 2023 Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan and its accompanying draft environmental impact statement reflects new science and changes in wolf populations and management since the state released its previous plan in 2003. Its release launches a 60-day public comment window that ends on Dec. 19. .apg-support-local-wrapper { border-radius: 5px; background-color: #E6E6E6; padding:…
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Rockline Achieves Major Conservation Milestone in Arkansas
Wisconsin-based Rockline Industries, one of the world’s leading producers of coffee filters and consumer wet wipes, recently revealed that it has reached a major conservation milestone by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of its plants in Booneville and Springdale by 36%. This reduction was the result of a comprehensive sustainability strategy that included participation in…
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Bat Week Kicks Off—State DEC Encourages New Yorkers to Help Protect Bats
NYSDEC Provided Photos/Canva UTICA, N.Y. — Although they can be perceived as scary little creatures, there is a week dedicated to raising awareness of the critical role of bats in the environment. Oct. 24 through Oct. 31 is Bat Week. A bat’s main ecosystem service is insect pest control. Some bats, depending on their diets,…
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Wet weather bolsters a record year for water conservation by California and its neighbors
A wet year and major conservation efforts are paying off in the short term for the Colorado River, with California, Arizona and Nevada on track to conserve a record 1 million acre-feet of water or more by the end of 2023, officials announced last week. That is an enormous amount of water: about 325 billion…
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Roche’s sediment research receives U.S. Department of Energy funding
From one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the contiguous U.S. to the largest tributary of the Columbia River, Idaho’s rivers are not only breathtaking natural wonders, but also critical components of the state’s environment, economy and recreational opportunities. Agriculture, tourism and commerce all rely on Idaho’s diverse range of rivers, but what happens when…