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California’s Push to Close the EV Battery Loop

Union of Concerned Scientists

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing , and these vehicles are important to reduce fossil fuel use and air pollution. When an EV retires, the battery can be recycled and the materials recovered to make new batteries. Outlines reporting requirements that will increase transparency around recycling and mineral recovery.

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. Affected residents have been living on hauled water.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15

PA Environment Daily

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- EQT Corporation - Kentor Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater (aluminum, barium, boron chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc) to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Center Twp.,

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What the Auto Industry Isn’t Telling You About California’s Clean Vehicle Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Californias Advanced Clean Car II (ACCII) regulations are set to go into effect starting with model year 2026 vehicles. Now 55 years later, the same type of arguments are being recycled to attack Californias ACCII standards. The truth is that standards can be met, and with fewer sales than the opponents of ACCII claim.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 7, 21, Sept. 7, 21, Sept.

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111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

.] -- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit -- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - Im Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, Same Owner

PA Environment Daily

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.