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Stop the Burn, Save Lives: The case for a community-led zero waste model in Baltimore

Union of Concerned Scientists

A study by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 2017 found air quality in the region was ranked moderate or worse one of every three days, […]. The Baltimore region ranks among the worst in the U.S. for air pollution.

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Missouri Community and Its Children Grappling With Conflicting Nuclear Waste Exposure Reports

Union of Concerned Scientists

Specifically, USACE has been in the Coldwater Creek region for the last 20 years attempting to remediate radioactive waste associated with the creek (which does not include Jana Elementary). The radioactive waste was released decades ago. In a 2017 Nation Public Radio report , Ms. Louis area.

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DEP Bans Sale Of Impecca Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEPs Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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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

On September 29, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas operations in Pennsylvania sent 138,336 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to the Waste Control Specialists low-level radioactive waste facility in Texas for disposal. Click Here for DEP table on TENORM waste. Read more here.

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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

PA Environment Daily

There were 2 violations in 2017; -- Howard Drilling : There was 1 violation in 2015; These companies also reported road spreading their oil and gas well wastewater. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well. Read more here.] Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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Best Buy Excels at Carbon and Waste Reductions

Environmental Leader

Best Buy set out in 2017 to reduce its carbon emissions in its operations by 60% by 2030 — from a 2009 baseline. The post Best Buy Excels at Carbon and Waste Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. It has met that goal. Now it is upping the ante.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. In every other industry, point source permits require polluters to treat their wastes to dramatically reduce contaminants. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.