Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This graph depicts actual growth in solar installations since 2014 and projections for further growth in the next five years. (GW Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Those factors combine to make large solar a very attractive prospect, one that potentially offers the lowest costs for customers. Here’s How.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2

2010

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The PA Recycling Markets Center , in collaboration with Penn State Harrisburg and the Department of Environmental Protection, will host the in-person and virtual 2021 Research Showcase on October 7-8 at the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg in Middletown, Dauphin County.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Join PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, the Pennsylvania Resources Council and other waste experts for a September 21 webinar on their plan to reduce waste, improve recycling efforts and bring Pennsylvania’s antiquated recycling laws into the 21st Century. percent-- from 2.99 million tons in 2015 to 3.22 million tons to 23.6

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)

Radiation

Physics World

JANUARY 5, 2022

Since 2014 it has been collaborating with the CERN particle-physics laboratory near Geneva to co-develop a custom line of piezoelectric actuators. “As While many speakers pushed for an “enhanced and shared understanding” between big science and industry, others noted that significant progress is already being made.

Technology

Acoel

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

take-back, recycling and final disposal.”. carpet recycling). This summer, states showed an increased interest in EPR legislation with laws passed in Maine ( LD1541 – An Act to Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money) and Oregon ( SB582 – the Recycling Modernization Act).

Law

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)

2012

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2024

Elevated conductivity levels were found in fluids outside of secondary containment in a truck off-loading area where an unknown quantity of fluid was spilled, the owner is pursuing an Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup. Read more here.

2024

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. There is a common perception that even recycled waste ends up in landfills, discouraging separation. of the District of Panama’s waste is improperly disposed.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community sent a letter to DEP on March 21, 2014 requesting that once they receive Shell’s application it should be posted on DEP’s website so that the community has ample time for review. BCMAC will also ask that a public hearing be held to allow sufficient time for public comment.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

DEP has said well permit fees have not generated the revenue needed to support the Oil and Gas Program for at least the last 9 years-- since 2014. PA Bulletin, page 1903 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. Read more here. Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page 1892 ) -- Sunoco Inc.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly 12 million Pennsylvanians are actively recycling, however, the amount of material recycled peaked in 2014 at just over 9.19 million tons were recycled, which is roughly the same amount that was recycled in 2004-- 5.14 Generally, less paper and metal is being reported recycled from the municipal waste stream.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Over five years, 2014 through 2018, the Department of Transportation spent over $65 million removing litter from within highway rights-of-way. While littering and illegal dumping are often discussed as social or environmental problems, rarely do we think about their economic impact.

Recycling

Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Launched in 2014 by then Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a rallying platform for nations, companies and civil society to come together and jointly commit to actions that can help improve and conserve the health of our ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

2018) determined that between 2008 and 2014, spreading OGPW on roads in Pennsylvania released 4-times more radium than centralized treatment facilities and potentially 200-times more than accidental spill events.” For example, Tasker et al. Read more here. Read more here.

Waste

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

1) held the San Diego County Board of Supervisors committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion in granting project opponents’ appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision upholding County’s use of the CEQA Guidelines section 15183 exemption for a construction debris and inert materials recycling facility project. Hilltop Group, Inc.,

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, “spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events,” according to Dr. Read more here.

Waste

Vermont Law

AUGUST 10, 2016

Another major German eco-label is Der Grüne Punkt, which stands “for a sustainable economy, one that keeps recyclables in closed circuits” with “the aim. From 1990 to 2014, the contribution towards climate protection made by recycling paper, cardboard and cartons was upsized by a factor of 7.5,

Recycling

Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

In 2014, they calculated the carbon intensity of PV energy as if the panels were made in Europe, with low-carbon energy,” Mariutti told Environmental Progress, referring to data compilers. It wasn’t until 2016, long after much PV production had already moved east, that the transition appeared on data collectors’ radars.

Electricity

Physics World

MAY 11, 2022

It was decommissioned in 1999 as it had become outdated, but rather than being simply discarded, it was recycled. BESSY I was a synchrotron built in 1981 in Berlin, Germany, that could produce 200–800 MeV electrons within its 60 m circumference ring.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, “spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events,” according to Dr. Read more here. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In 2014, UPMC joined the Green Building Alliance 2030 challenge and has reduced its carbon footprint by over 10% in the Pittsburgh area, despite significant growth. The creation of these new roles is the latest step UPMC has taken to directly address climate change and its threats to human health.

2030

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

Simultaneous with this permitting action, the Wolf administration is working with the General Assembly to propose an amendment to the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act to require the agreement of host municipalities prior to the approval of future major waste facility expansions.

Law

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Of relevance here are two of the deficiencies identified by the County: One, that the origin of the waste was not identified by the applicant, as required by Department regulation, and two, that an alternative location analysis was not performed by the applicant, as required by the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

She is a supporter of River friendly garden concepts, and implemented an addition to stream waste reduction by having weekly garden and yard waste collections as part of a recycling program to limit the amount of trash being incinerated or landfilled. In 2014, the U.S.

Conservation

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

In 2014, the USDA received a budget of $157.5 Ideally, an agroecological system will recycle its outputs (excess nutrients, materials, etc.) Others, such as the Conservation Stewardship Program, do offer farmers compensation in exchange for implementing ecological management systems. However, funding for these programs is limited.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

MARCH 9, 2015

To begin with, plastic manufacturing companies have little incentive to switch from oil-based polymers to more sustainable, biodegradable options, or to use recycled material. Unfortunately, there are very few large-scale projects able to tackle the magnitude of our plastic predicament.

Ocean

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Those trends, in turn, also are prompting innovations in community design and installation of expensive infrastructure to use less fresh water and recycle more wastewater. Similar concerns are buffeting Santolina, a 13,700-acre planned development proposed in 2014 by Western Albuquerque Land Holdings.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

The last update was in 2014. There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014. Background On Oil & Gas Program Funding The latest unconventional well permit fee increase became effective on August 1, 2020 and was already out of date when it was adopted. Read more here.]

2022

Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2022

But in 2014, as the megadrought was exerting its unmistakable influence on water supplies, the Arizona Department of Water Resources prepared “Arizona’s Next Century,” a well-regarded “strategic vision” for future water supply. . The response by state leaders to the 2014 study has been methodical but by no means urgent.

2022

HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

For example, bacteria & fungi play particularly important roles in recycling dead plant tissue into the basic nutrients (e.g., Each of these groups interact with each other and their environment to drive processes that are crucial to sustaining life on Earth. nitrogen) that are required for living plants to grow. Nature 610 : 693–698.

2023

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2024

On March 21, 2014 , DEP inspected the Duff 1 conventional well operated by RJ Schreiner, Sr. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 81 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. The company was cited with violations for the spill.

2024

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

2015

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

2015

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.

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