Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Lawmakers have accordingly sought ways to conserve water, particularly in urban areas.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

The well was also venting gas to the atmosphere through a wooden plug in the wellhead that produced a hazard to public health and safety. and found it to be abandoned and not plugged and venting gas to the atmosphere. The inspector also found evidence of the well leaking fluid around the wellhead.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, the Builders Initiative and a diverse set of funders have come together to tackle ALDFG in a holistic way under the NANCI initiative. Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The April 10 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For more than 35 years, Ocean Conservancy® has mobilized millions of volunteers through the International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), removing more than 344 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways around the globe. We need to take action to tackle the recyclability crisis on our shores. © Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2023

DEP inspection report ] On October 19, 2023 , DEP inspected two conventional gas wells-- WT 2850 Lot 9 20 and Lot 9 21-- in Howe Township, Forest County operated by PennHills Resources, LLC and found both to be recently completed and venting to the atmosphere, a “normal” procedure. No violations were issued by DEP.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. DEP recommended the operator use the Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup process because of the unknown amount of wastewater spilled. The company said the reported volume may change when a “more in-depth remediation is conducted when fracking equipment leaves the pad.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Award Winners The 2021 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence were awarded to: Statewide -- Game Commission for Wildlife on Wifi (WoW) : The commission launched this online conservation learning program in April 2020, shortly after COVID-19 orders went into effect. million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 28, 2020

So yes, we need to reset our relationship with nature, and this goes far beyond saying for example, that we will buy fewer clothes or recycle our soda cans, etc, but calls for us to take a critical look at regulatory frameworks, our behaviors as individuals and as a society, and how our business models influence our consumption patterns.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

For example, bacteria & fungi play particularly important roles in recycling dead plant tissue into the basic nutrients (e.g., They are the processes that allow our food to grow, clean the air we breathe, and attempt to keep atmospheric temperatures in check. Global hotspots for soil nature conservation. Guerra, C.

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Washington Nature

MAY 6, 2024

Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC): New Paradigm for Highly Resilient and Eco-Friendly Oyster Farming · What: Testing the use of recycled carbon fiber cables made from wind-turbine and aerospace industry scrap to create a sustainable and economically viable farming material. · © Molly Bogeberg/TNC

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As human activities continue to spew heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, temperatures rise and cause the air to become “thirstier.” To take advantage of the services that ecosystems provide we must conserve and restore forests, wetlands, soils, floodplains, and coastal ecosystems, as well as create green spaces in urban areas.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 3, 2022

Ghost gear (also called ALDFG or abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear) is the most harmful form of marine debris, and at Ocean Conservancy, we are tackling the issue from all angles, from prevention to removal projects. The post Setting Sail to Collect Ghost Gear in Maine appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. There is demand for programs that attract young and tech-savvy locals into the waste sector, as well as demand for new technology that can support the recycling and trash collection. Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Enter Your Email.loading.

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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. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. There is a common perception that even recycled waste ends up in landfills, discouraging separation.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

House Bill 991 responds modifying the definition of “forest mitigation banking” to be the intentional restoration, creation, or qualified conservation of forests undertaken expressly for the purpose of providing credits for afforestation or reforestation requirements with enhanced environmental benefits from future activities.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

By Jodi Sulpizio, Master Watershed Steward, York County Plastic pollution is a significant issue that needs everyone's attention and has particularly garnered the attention of conservation organizations in York and Lancaster Counties. Statistics are staggering! Americans use 2.5 Click Here to sign up for your own copy-- bottom of page.)

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere—the equivalent of 300 coal-fired power plants—and these facilities are sited in predominantly low-income communities and communities of color. Direct the EPA to not include harmful chemical recycling technologies in the national recycling strategy.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It’s been more than two years since Ocean Conservancy’s Florida Conservation Program launched Shores Forward , our flagship initiative to create positive change for our ocean across Florida. © Ocean Conservancy. Our goal is for Florida to become the model for innovative and effective marine conservation.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The listing empowers the Ministers responsible to make regulations to prevent or control plastic pollution at every stage of the substance’s life cycle, from research and development to manufacturing, use, storage, transportation and final disposal or recycling.

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Onya

JULY 19, 2017

To say plastic pollution is a widespread problem is not doing it justice: Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled with 12% of all plastic waste having been incinerated. By purchasing recycled plastic products you are helping to close the loop of the circular economy. Recycled Ocean Plastic Eyewear.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It could be atmospheric, sulfur injections and that kind of stuff. Ensuring minimal over consumption of resources, using water recycling techniques and feeding that into hydro and aquaponics agriculture, reducing the supply chain, building 3D printed homes. To decarbonize industries. Potentially all of it is necessary.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- New University Of Chicago Medical Study Connects Natural Gas (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Other violations included venting natural gas to the atmosphere and failure to submit required production and waste generation and well integrity reports. in Pine Township, Allegheny County and found the well was venting natural gas to the atmosphere through multiple holes in the casing.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

The package includes $83 million for a recycled water pipeline and $150 million over three years to conserve water in Lake Mead. The agreement, funded by Inflation Reduction Act money, calls for up to 125,000 acre-feet of conserved water each year. News Briefs Air Pollution Proposal The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s why waste storage tanks have to be vented and why many have tank lids that are open all the time to let the fumes vent to the atmosphere. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Read more here. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

Brian Langloss, a senior field representative for the conservation nonprofit Oceana. The legislature is weighing a bill that would require plastic manufacturers to halve their single-use packaging within 10 years, and force plastic producers to pay the cost of disposal and recycling.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 4 Workshop Series On Becoming A PA Certified Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Ambassador Starting April 19 [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

House holds Regular Session Feb. 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- House Budget Hearing Schedule -- March 7 Governor’s Budget Address Senate returns to voting session Feb. House holds Regular Session Feb.

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