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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Germany has dragged its feet on EVs because of its powerful car industry. How much did ending nuclear power impede German climate progress? Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable.

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The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine

Circle of Blue

In 2017, the 12-year-old was walking home when he slipped into a deep pit abandoned by Metallicon S.A Today the waters cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The post The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017

PA Environment Daily

From 2017 to 2022, shale gas operators sent a total of 911,006 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal. That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) sent in 2021. Read more here.

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Statement on the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan

Enviromental Defense

Numerous studies have shown that Ontario can meet its growing electricity demand with wind and solar, which can easily be combined with storage technologies to deliver power when needed. There really is no reason to build new gas plants or nuclear power projects when we have cleaner, cheaper, and safer alternatives.

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October 16 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

2 In-Person Presentation On A Path Forward - Local Climate Action In Hershey PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: October 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging

PA Environment Daily

DEP issued notices of violation and gave the operator until November 12, 2023 to submit a written report on how they will bring the well back into compliance. [ The October 6, 2023 DEP inspection report said-- “there was no evidence observed indicating that the release was not properly remediated.” and found they were both abandoned.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14

PA Environment Daily

Storage Tank Containment Permeability Variance: DEP issued a variance to replace one issued on August 19, 2023 related to excluding 13 aboveground storage tanks from certain emergency containment structure permeability requirements for the facility located in Bradford, McKean County. ( Fayette County. ( Bradford County. ( Allegheny County. (