Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2025

What’s worse, the majority of waste in Ontario is generated at businesses and institutions—and 98 per cent of those are held to no standards for waste reduction, sorting, recycling, or composting. A 2021 industry report suggested that Ontario landfills only have enough capacity to keep taking the province’s waste until about 2037.

Waste

Vermont Law

MAY 7, 2025

The misleading environmental marketing (greenwashing) claim focuses on Exxons involvement in promoting forms of recycling as a viable solution to the plastic waste crisis, while knowing that recycling would never work at scale. Key to the Exxon case is section 260.12, which focuses on recyclable claims.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2025

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and ISTC have announced the completion of a new report,Illinois Materials Management and Recycling Opportunities.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

In 2021, a Google data centres was responsible for almost 30 per cent of The Dalles, Oregon’s water consumption. The materials in AI hardware include heavy metals, forever chemicals (PFAS), and various plastics – many of which cannot be safely recovered with current recycling technologies. Microsoft similarly withdrew 12.9

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 7, 2025

aluminum used beverage cans (UBCs) are one of the most valuable types of consumer recyclables and have high potential for direct recyclability with limited losses. However, the national UBC recycling rate (as calculated by CRI) was just 37.2% In the U.S.,

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

Original violation for abandonment December 7, 2021. 2021 violations continued. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 274 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups, as of December 28. 4,200 gallon wastewater tank on site. Read more here.

2024

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 26 PA Bulletin announcing an August 28 public meeting/hearing on the Waste Permit Modification submitted for the Environmental & Recycling Services, Inc. acre Phase IV Expansion in accordance with the permit renewal that was issued on October 13, 2021.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Now 55 years later, the same type of arguments are being recycled to attack Californias ACCII standards. Note: table excludes 4 model year 2021 Honda Clarity PHEVs that were registered in 2022. The truth is that standards can be met, and with fewer sales than the opponents of ACCII claim.

2026

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The original violation for abandonment was issued on June 9, 2021 and continued on September 26, 2024 with no action taken to address the violations. The original violation for abandonment was issued on June 9, 2021 and continued on September 26, 2024 with no action taken to address the violation. Response requested by December 26.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

The program was recommended in the Commonwealths Litter Action Plan announced by the Governors Office in November 2021 and is funded by the Department of Transportation. Their commitment to this groundbreaking program will leave a lasting impact, empowering students and strengthening communities across Pennsylvania.

2026

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Kober [PaEN] -- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Update: Industrial Shale Gas Development In Tioga State Forest Prioritizes Industry Profit Over Constitutional Mandate To Preserve, Protect State Forest Land s [PaEN] -- EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

He began volunteering at the townships recycling day and also volunteers for our Annual Hard-to-Recycle event. Dave is a faithful, dependable volunteer and rarely misses a recycling day. They have participated in both hard-to-recycle collection events and roadside cleanups. tons of household recyclables, 16.67

2024

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. High School As Renovation Work Continues -- DEP Sets Aug. 6 DCNR C2P2 Grants Workshop; Dickson City Turns Car Storage Into River Access; PennDOT Funding Available; PRPS Speaker Proposals -- DCNR Begins Accepting ATV/Snowmobile Project Grant Applications Aug.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

Original violation issued June 9, 2021. Original violation June 9, 2021. Southwestern Energy is using the Act 2 Land Recycling Program to document the cleanup of the release and submitted a Final Report on November 6, 2024. Response requested by January 28. DEP inspection report. Response requested by January 28. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Hegarty-A 1H - Original violation June 26, 2023 , inactive well status expired April 22, 2021 DEP 9/4/24 inspection report -- Covington Twp.: Gerhart (CK-19) 1H - Original violation May 23, 2023 , Inactive well status expired March 27, 2021 DEP 9/2/24 inspection report -- Gulich Twp. The wells include-- -- Beccaria Twp.:

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

For well #3- a violation was continued from April 19, 2021 for failing to submit a well integrity report. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 41 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Original violations issued November 18, 2021.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

17 Webinar On Glass For A Sustainable Future PA Resources Council Spearheading Effort To Establish Permanent Recycling Center In Allegheny County; Asking Public To Sign Support Letter Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Thru January 31 PA Dept. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

The owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports since 2021. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 79 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Original violation for abandonment issued March 8, 2017.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

As an outgrowth of that process, ECO acquired the property at 341-343 Butler Street in 2021 and began planning the future facility. At that time, Etna was engaged in a catalytic community planning process known as the Etna EcoDistrict , where neighbors came together to envision a more vibrant and sustainable future for the borough.

2004

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Inactive status expired July 1, 2021. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 29 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Inactive status expired November 7, 2020. Drilled in 2009 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Lycoming County, Campbell Twp.:

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Original violation issued April 19, 2021. The owner failed to comply with an August 31, 2021 consent order and agreement to plug this well. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 59 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

Original violation issued April 19, 2021. Original violation for abandonment issued October 6, 2020 and failure to report on October 25, 2021. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 58 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 20 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Original violations issued October 7, 2021 and September 19, 2022. Violations issued. Request to respond by March 7. DEP inspection report. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2025

Well had no production since 2021. Referred for Act 2 Land Recycling cleanup. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 65 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. This is the only conventional well Benko owns under this name. FM Sloan Inc.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2025

The owner failed to comply with an August 31, 2021 consent order and agreement to plug this well. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 74 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. It is classified as abandoned. Well was drilled in 2011.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

An estimated 47 gallons of glycol was involved, but DEP referred the pad owner to the Act 2 Land Recycling Program for cleanup procedures and standards. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 37 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2025

Original violation for abandonment April 12, 2021 [ DEP inspection report ] -- Williams Well 6HS: Abandoned, not plugged, failed to submit well integrity report. Original violation for abandonment April 12, 2021. [ Humberston Unit 1H - Drilled in 2011. [ Drilled in 2012. [ Drilled in 2012. Violations were issued. DEP inspection report.

2012

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Read more here ] -- 274 New Brownfield Sites In 2024: In 2024, DEP received or acted on 274 Act 2 Land Recycling Program notices and reports covering the cleanup of contamination at primarily shale gas facilities, meaning this industry is creating new brownfields wherever it works. 27 Released 1.1

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

The well never produced gas and its inactive status expired on April 26, 2021. LPR Energy LLC - Violations: Abandoned Shale Gas Well (17 Months) May 28, 2025 compliance evaluation of PMG Baird 1H shale gas well in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County found the owner failed to comply with an August 31, 2021 order to plug this well.

2025

Enviromental Defense

JULY 23, 2025

This is influenced by a combination of factors, including a slowdown in global steel production growth, increased recycling of scrap steel, and the potential for alternative steelmaking technologies, such as electric arc furnaces (EAF) powered by renewable energy.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Caprio Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Apolacon Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 23 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 830 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy Inc. PA Bulletin, page 7624 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 254 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Westmoreland County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget [PaEN] -- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts Dec. 4 In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

The owner has failed to comply with an August 31, 2021 consent order and agreement to plug the well before the end of 2024. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 115 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Woodring; Woodward Inc.].

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

Luckily, lithium-ion battery recycling research and development has been going on for years and there is an existing and growing repurposing and recycling system in North America for these components. Current lithium-ion battery collection, repurposing, and recycling network in North America. Slattery et al.

Recycling

Physics World

JUNE 17, 2025

In the special case where one star in the pair is a neutron star, the envelope-ejection scenario should, in theory, produce a helium star that has been “stripped” of much of its material and a “recycled” millisecond pulsar – that is, a rapidly spinning neutron star that flashes radio pulses hundreds of times per second.

Cooling