Energy & Environment
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Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania
Some faculty’s environmental science research on hold, while others find work around, in face of COVID-19
The National Science Foundation postponed most work on AntarcticaBy Anne Danahy -
NOAA
NOAA predicts up to 25 named storms in the Atlantic hurricane season
The latest estimates call for nearly twice the normal number of named storms this year.
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How do we predict flooding, and what can we do about it?
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Kimberly Paynter
How Tropical Storm Isaias is connected to climate change
A new field of climate science known as attribution science examines how a warming atmosphere plays a part in individual weather events.
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Rachel McDevitt
Pa. produces a lot of greenhouse gases, but its Republican-led legislature isn’t acting on climate change — even as scientists say the clock is ticking
Political observers point to a few reasons why Pennsylvania doesn’t act more aggressively: Climate change often takes a backseat to other pressing issues, the discussion remains deeply partisan, and the fossil fuel industry holds a lot of influence in the natural gas-rich state.
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Coronavirus led to less traffic, which has been good for the air but a mixed bag for PennDot
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‘Buffer Your Stream’ program asks Pa. landowners to plant trees, boost water quality
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Randall Chase
Rising seas puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk, study says
The report by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware could be flooded during severe weather events.
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Big-money investors gear up for a trillion-dollar bet on farm land
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Tim Lambert
Green stimulus proposal calls for departure from legislative business as usual
The PennFuture report calls for supporting Pennsylvania’s nature-based tourism, agriculture and renewable energy sectors while creating a modern-day Civilian Conservation Corps to help ease unemployment. But some of its proposals have already been snubbed by the Republican-led legislature.
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Reid R. Frazier
DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane
The public comment period, which closed Monday, included a group of 50 institutional investors with $4 trillion in assets who issued a statement in support of the rule.
By Jon Hurdle
