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It is almost time for some Pennsylvania students to get out of the classroom and into a canoe. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Pennsylvania Rivers and Streams Environmental Education Program is for students in grades 4-12. It takes place in the spring and fall. ...
North Dakota voters are divided on climate change matters, according to new polling data. To get more community buy-in for climate solutions, a University of North Dakota professor says, local leaders can fine-tune their messaging. In the North Dakota News Cooperative survey, 43% of eligible voters in the state believe climate change "threatens their future way of life." And there are wide gaps along political lines, with 87% of Democrats and only 26% of Republicans expressing concern. ...
Arizona leaders are encouraged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new soot standards they said will protect people from dangerous and deadly particle pollution. Sandy Bahr, director of the Grand Canyon chapter of the Sierra Club, said the revised standards will help reduce harmful pollution and improve air quality by lowering the standard for fine particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller in diameter, known as PM 2.5, from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to nine micrograms per cubic meter. ...
The results of the 14th annual Conservation in the West Poll were released last week, and they again showed deep, bipartisan support for a number of pro-conservation policies, as well as concern about a range of serious environmental issues. This year, there was a separate presentation on findings among Latino respondents, which showed they are often among the most concerned about those issues, and supportive of efforts to address them.
Voters from Arizona and across the West say a public official's position on conservation will be an important factor when deciding who to support in the upcoming election. Colorado College's most recent Conservation in the West Poll shows 81% of voters in the Grand Canyon State support 30x30 conservation goals, which would translate to protecting 30% of lands and oceans by 2030. Lori Weigel, a pollster with New Bridge Strategy, said while last year Arizona voters expressed concern over the Colorado River, this year's poll didn't include specific questions about the vital waterway. ...