Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Two major wildfires threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 2000 and 2011. The biggest fear was that fires would reach radioactive waste stored in above-ground holding areas that could have presented a contamination risk to the surrounding region. Are there risks to national security?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

And a site with four such reactors could have four times the annual risk of a single unit, or an even greater risk if an accident at one reactor were to damage the others, as happened during the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ Background There were six shale gas wells on Mohr A drilled in May, June and July of 2011.

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This case is about injection wells for industrial and municipal waste, not for oil and gas waste. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. I’m an oil and gas guy. The litigation.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Yet, amid these advancements, we often overlook the simplest and most immediate solution: reducing food waste. Food waste occurs at every stage of the production and supply chain, from agricultural fields to supermarket shelves to consumer households. These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for action to combat food waste.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2018, the world entered a municipal waste management crisis. recyclable materials, most notably plastic waste and unsorted paper. China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). China’s waste ban has created backlogs worldwide.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

On the flipside, the hauling and waste fees for demolition are the bulk of the cost of a demo job versus a deconstruction. 2020) As inhabitants of this earth, humans have been generating waste in all forms since early times. Integrated Waste Management: Volume I. 2020) (Su et al., Bertino et al., BoD – Books on Demand.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With advances in computing power over the last few decades, computer simulation of chemical compounds has emerged as a viable alternative to physical experimentation – this has resulted in large scale elimination of chemical waste and huge time savings [2]. 2011): 1239-1249. Hughes, James P., “Principles of early drug discovery.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Forbidden in 2011 from easy disposal of wastes into waterways, and with few other convenient disposal choices, all eyes turned to dirt roads. We discovered there has been so much wastewater dumping in our township the DEP referred to Farmington Township as a "Waste Facility," That was shocking. “As

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Published in the journal Global Environmental Change , this research combined information from 22,508 ICC beach and land cleanups across 116 countries from 2011-2017 with 7,290 PADI AWARE underwater cleanups across 118 countries from 2011-2018. Ocean Conservancy has worked closely with CSIRO scientists Drs. Never miss an update.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Saving energy, reducing waste, and saving money are all interconnected, and these schools are setting the example for others to follow.” “These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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Washington Nature

MAY 6, 2024

To further support recovery of the Triangle Cove ecosystem (post- Spartina eradication) and to meet objectives of the 2011 WA State Shellfish Initiative, this project aims restore native Olympia oysters and increase shellfish harvest opportunities for Tribal members. ·

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the country switched off most of its nuclear generators following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Risako Narikiyo, a member of Koike’s regional party Tomin First no Kai said on the assembly floor: “In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we face an energy crisis with a prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, there is no time to waste.”

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Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. Other measures in the bill limit industrial discharges of PFAS and restrict incineration of PFAS waste. On July 21, 2021, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

Lee Bill To Improve Data On Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Locations, Plugging Technology -- DEP Launches Pilot Program In 10 Counties To Speed Up Processing Chapter 102 Erosion & Sedimentation Permits Starting May 1 [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Pilot Seeks To Quicken Pace Of Stormwater Discharge Permit Process -- Pennsylvania (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

In 2011 I invited Reagan-era economist Art Laffer to speak to a hall filled exclusively with New Hampshire Republicans, both leaders and rank and file conservatives. Contrary to what some may think, engaging candidates is not a waste of time.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. “We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2023

"Initial findings from the joint inquiry into the storm, presented by staff at FERC's June 15 monthly open meeting, echo those from inquiries into the root causes of deadly Texas blackouts in February 2021 and similar but less severe cold weather events in 2011, 2014 and 2018." "The

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

The digital atlas shows the location of 592 unconventional wells and proposed locations, compressor stations, water impoundments, surface water withdrawal sites, waste sites and the locations of violations. The remaining 173 (27 percent) violations were for various other shortcomings—most issued for improper handling of waste materials.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2011, the Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 21, 2023

The IPCC is urging everyone to implement on a massive scale all the solutions we already have in every single sector of our economies and societies : electricity, food and agriculture, land use, buildings, transport and mobility as well as waste. C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020 this is not any more the case.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Changes In Fertilizer Law; Wildflower Seed Mixes; Creating A Stumpery -- Inquirer: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Is A PA Tourist Attraction; But You Can Spend The Night At His Lynn Hall In McKean County Public Participation -- DEP: New Location For (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Actions Since 2011 The order describes the steps taken since 2011 to inspect and evaluate 43 shale gas wells within the Dimock/Carter Road Area and identify the issues that lead to widespread contamination of local water supplies. Only the horizontal portion of the well may traverse under the Area to produce the natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste. On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Over Last Year [PaEN] [Posted: December 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Million Plan To Clean Up American Biodiesel Site Gutted In 2011 Fire -- Register Now! 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill [PaEN] -- Erie Times: DEP Launching Taxpayer-Funded $1.3 PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

The inspection also found a 100 barrel production wastewater tank on site and the operator failed to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports. Seresun 1 well and found it to be abandoned. These are continuing violations from when DEP first issued them on December 11, 2017. & Joseph E.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Thus, it is crucial to understand how placing the environment alongside notions of security shapes the way environmental issues are understood and also governed by whom and for whom. Photo Credit: John Englart, Flickr References: Barnett, J., Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Political Geography 26 (6): 639–655 Browning, C.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

. -- Senate Environmental Committee Unanimously Reports Nomination Of Cindy Adams Dunn As DCNR Secretary To Full Senate With Favorable Recommendation -- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA -- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In (..)

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

08-0497, 2011 WL 836827 (Tex. 11, 2011), the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the Austin Court of Appeal’s finding that the Railroad Commission (the “Commission”) has to consider broad public safety concerns in the permitting of proposed oil and gas waste injection wells. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future and Clean Water , No.

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Law of the Lands

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include leaf and yard waste, fruit and vegetable peels, food processing waste, pulp and paper biosolids, and sewage biosolids. The last example, sewage containing human waste, is controversial. Ontario began to regulate land application and storage of NASMs under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 beginning in 2011.

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