Environmental News Bits

JULY 15, 2022

This figure was higher than products using recycled plastic in packaging (59%) and those carrying carbon-emissions claims (47%). Nearly … Continue reading Upcycled food launches leap as concerns around waste grow: report.

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Environmental Leader

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The asphalt industry recently came up with a plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 with four goals to accomplish that effort. The post Asphalt Industry Outlines Plans to Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 18, 2022

Midwestern grocery retailer Meijer plans to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2025 by growing its established energy efficiency programs. The post By Building on Fleet and Refrigeration Efficiency Programs, Meijer Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions by Half by 2025 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 2, 2021

The carbon-capture experts and the high-end yoga pants purveyor have developed a waste-gas-based polyester with the same appearance, properties and functionality of virgin polyester — a lower-carbon potential game-changer for the apparel industry. Read the full story at Sustainable Brands. Read more →

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. It also produces no concentrated brine as waste, cutting its potential environmental impact. However, current desalination systems can be expensive and energy hungry, producing significant carbon emissions.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 12, 2022

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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste. On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Be sure to skip the tinsel and fake garlands, which are made of non-recyclable materials, and focus on obtaining reusable or decomposable decorations that will become part of your holiday traditions. Meats make up a big proportion of our carbon emissions, between preparing, shipping and storing. In the U.S.,

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Environmental Leader

APRIL 15, 2022

By using green steel, improving battery technology and implementing renewable energy and more recycled materials, Mercedes-Benz plans to significantly reduce the carbon emissions of its vehicles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

to integrate food and farm policy in a way that addresses climate change and helps farmers reduce their carbon emissions. Agriculture needs to be a part of the climate solution, given that it is responsible for about 11 percent of heat-trapping carbon emissions in the United States.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 18, 2022

Bud Light Next has measured and offset last year’s carbon emissions to become Climate Neutral Certified and offers reduction plans for future emissions. The post Bud Light Next Offsets Emissions, Implements Reduction Plans appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2022

The GIANT Company’s Reduced Emissions Program , developed in partnership with GreenPrint , help support local environmental improvement projects at the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education in York and the Centre County Recycling Center for Earth Day. Volunteers ended the day by taking a tour of the recycling and refuse facility.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

In June, the Committee was scheduled to consider House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D-Delaware) that would have required hydrogen producing companies to sequester a larger portion of carbon emissions to receive a state tax credit under state Act 108, but the Committee passed over the bill. Read more here.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 20, 2023

If businesses want to protect their bottom line, it is therefore vital that they gain strong visibility over their suppliers’ emissions, which make up around two-thirds of an average company’s carbon emissions.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

11, 2023, the City Planning Commission approved amendments to the New York City Zoning Resolution, called “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality,” proposed by Mayor Adams’ administration to advance the city’s climate goals, including an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Despite being used infrequently, these plants are inefficient and highly polluting, and contribute to US carbon emissions. Can they be reused or recycled at the end of their life? Where do their raw materials come from, and how can we ensure their valuable contents are recovered rather than wasted? Click to learn more!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products [PaEN] -- House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Bill Banning Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater, Prohibiting Its Use As Coproduct Under Residual Waste Regulations [PaEN] -- House Hearing: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The agreement will help Sheetz avoid nearly 78,000 metric tons of carbon emissions associated with its energy use annually, the equivalent of taking nearly 17,000 cars off the road, according to U.S. Each REC represents the positive environmental attributes of one megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity generated by a renewable power plant.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The report highlights efforts to make our communities healthier; the improvement of park lands and waterways; the management, diversion and reduction of waste; responsible water and energy use; and the encouragement of sustainable development. tons of food waste -- Recycled 86.6 tons of food waste -- Recycled 86.6

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Environmental Leader

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Public energy efficiency projects in Arkansas have cut a significant amount of carbon emissions and saved millions in energy costs since 2010. Here’s how. The post Arkansas Public Energy Efficiency Projects Save $229 Million Since 2010 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Industrial pipe discharging liquid waste. Here are the highlights from the Ontario Auditor General’s Environmental Reports – which can also be called the Ontario government’s lowlights. That’s especially true when it is potential impacts on endangered species that could determine the fate of multi-billion dollar highway contracts.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Reduce’ is the most important part of the mantra ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ – especially for plastics, which pollute at every part of their lifecycle. Options include reducing food waste, looking for sustainably produced ingredients, and eating less meat and more plant based foods – you could even try growing some vegetables yourself!

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

Albert Shoemaker Lecture In Mineral Engineering April 29 On Mining Safety & Health Research For A Rapidly Changing Industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste. The industry makes highly misleading claims that certain SMRs will reduce the intractable problem of long-lived radioactive waste management by generating less waste, or even by “recycling” their own wastes or those generated by other reactors.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. As we shall see, this is already currently happening, it is the moral thing to do, the best economic choice, and the fastest and easiest way to halve our emissions. A moral imperative.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

Crossing the Energy Divide is another gem that lays out three main goals; m assive reduction of greenhouse emissions at negative or very low net cost ; e nergy independence without drilling for oil off the California or Florida coasts; and g reatly improved energy security. .

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Much of the cradle-to-grave carbon intensity data that governments depend on to guide in photovoltaic arrays are instead based on modeling assumptions that are likely to have grossly under-estimated — if not made-up — solar’s carbon emissions because they cannot get insights from Chinese manufacturers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. By contrast, the land-use impacts of wind and solar projects tend to be short-term and reversible.

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Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

However, one of its most pressing current challenges is reducing the carbon emissions from transportation, a sector that is one of the highest contributors to greenhouse gases. Green technologies are eco-friendly inventions that’ concerned with energy efficiency, recycling, renewable resources , and more.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment.

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Frontiers

JUNE 29, 2023

With regionally sourced ingredients and all-around support from daily deliveries to recycling, FELFEL places sustainability at the core of what it does. During the event, participants were quizzed on their understanding of the carbon emissions associated with various food products.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

California Area School District California Area School District (CASD) coordinates activities within the district and with local partners that reduce environmental impact, energy use, and food waste; conserve water; introduce sustainable transportation; and increase recycling. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As the polls show, a majority of Canadians know there is no time to waste. Establishing a cap on carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector that ensures no expansions to the sector, and aligns with a plan to wind down production of oil and gas over the next two decades. Our communities can’t afford any more delays.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

Through this sustained global effort, the firm will build on previous environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and operate in a more sustainable fashion. Reed Smith is initially committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 20% by 2024.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. British Columbia was a welcome exception due to initiatives like the province’s clean car standards , plastic waste policies and climate plan. . Read more about the bans here.

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Brag

JANUARY 21, 2022

million in funding for R&D projects to advance next generation plastic technologies to reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics. ” According to DOE’s EERE, less than ten percent of plastics are recycled currently. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M.

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