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Erie Times: International Recycling Group Cancels Plans For Plastics Recycling Plant In Erie Citing President's Tariffs, Pause In US DOE Funding Commitment

PA Environment Daily

On April 3, the Erie Times reported the International Recycling Group, Inc. has canceled plans for a $300 million chemical plastics recycling plant in Erie citing the President's tariffs and funding commitments issued by the US Department of Energy that failed to come through. Neither is burning plastic waste to make steel.

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Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta, Rep. Williams Honor Shakira Davis Of Coatesville, Chester County With Community Pride Award

PA Environment Daily

In addition, thirty volunteers continued the cleanup efforts, collecting 168 bags of litter, abandoned electronic devices and appliances, and over 300 political signs, which were recycled through an initiative started by Keep Chester County Beautiful , an affiliate of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

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EPA Sued Over Unregulated Water Pollution

Environment + Energy Leader

The lawsuit alleges that the EPA has violated the Clean Water Act by failing to set limits on the amount of pollution that these industries can discharge into waterways. The post EPA Sued Over Unregulated Water Pollution appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Zero Trash: Using the Clean Water Act to Control Marine Debris in California

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Los Angeles is a leader in using the federal Clean Water Act tool of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) to mitigate a major contributing source of marine trash: urban stormwater. Inevitably, municipal solid waste collection fails to capure all trash. Wind blows waste out of landfills. Clean Water Act. ,

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Federal Water Tap, May 31: EPA Proposes Protection for Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay

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The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. Water Reuse Working Group. government water policy. The Rundown.

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing

PA Environment Daily

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.] Read more here.

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Environmental Quality Board Meets July 11 To Consider Changes To Water Quality Standards; DEP Reports Law Limiting Its Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding May Be Unconstitutional

PA Environment Daily

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards. This proposed rulemaking updates a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act. Click Here for a summary of the rulemaking. Geological Survey and the U.S.

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