Environmental News Bits

MAY 25, 2022

McDonald’s is testing a new type of clear drinking cup that’s a move away from fossil fuel petrochemical sources to a circular economy model. The cups will comprise an equivalent of 50% post-consumer recycle (PCR) content and 50% biopolymer resins.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 1, 2022

Items made from recycled plastics are hot commodities right now. Companies are rushing to make everything from sneakers to computer mouses to car parts out of recycled and “ocean-bound” plastics, and demand for recycled plastics has never been higher. are incinerated and used (just like fossil fuels) to generate energy.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 13, 2022

Fossil fuel stakeholders continue to tout carbon capture and sequestration as an effective strategy for picking up the pace of global decarbonization, but they have yet to prove their case. Read the full story at Triple Pundit.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Right now, UCS is working towards a fast and fair fossil fuel phase out. In California, we are helping to develop a Transportation Fuels Transition Plan that will create a road map. In California, we are helping to develop a Transportation Fuels Transition Plan that will create a road map.

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Inside Climate News

APRIL 12, 2023

By James Bruggers The dense black smoke from a fire at a plastics recycler in Richmond, Indiana, that began Tuesday afternoon and continued burning on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 nearby residents, was dramatic, but far from an isolated incident in the world of facilities that store or recycle vast quantities of plastic waste.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers what to expect at COP27, new research on the link between water and the fossil fuel industry in Texas, and an update on Jackson, Mississippi’s failing water system. Transcript.

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Brag

JANUARY 25, 2023

Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on January 23, 2023, that researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examined the benefits and trade-offs of current and emerging technologies for recycling certain types of plastics to determine the optimal options.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.

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Brag

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Government Accountability Office (GAO) posted a WatchBlog item entitled “ Can Chemical Recycling Reduce Plastic Pollution? The item looks at GAO’s September 2021 Science & Tech Spotlight: Advanced Plastic Recycling. ” on October 5, 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

The key word here is “ intensity :” Fossil fuel companies often focus on emissions intensity, meaning emissions per barrel of oil, rather than absolute emissions, which is a set number measured in metric tons. That means Exxon still plans to spend the vast majority of its funds on fossil fuel exploration and production.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Drawing on research by the Union of Concerned Scientists and others, the commission report found that fossil fuel companies fully understood their products’ impact on climate as early as 1965, when their own scientists discovered them. The industry’s actions, the CHR report said, were driven “not by ignorance, but greed.”

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

Most household appliances, like furnaces and water heaters, are powered by fossil fuels and emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) —toxic and highly reactive gases that endanger human health and the environment. The brief outlines the harmful effects of fossil fuel appliances on human health, air quality, and climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

However, unlike burning petroleum, where once petroleum is burned the resource is depleted, batteries can be recycled at high recovery rates when EVs are retired and used to make new batteries, reducing the need for newly- mined materials over time. Batteries for EVs require more minerals than gasoline cars. Wind turbine: 2.75

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

House Committee Meets On Recycling Fee, Farm Solar The House Local Government Committee is scheduled to hold a voting meeting on House Bill 223 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) increasing the recycling fee on municipal waste disposed in the state to $5/ton from $2/ton ( sponsor summary ).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

“The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub is a vehicle for environmental racism, threatening Black communities already overburdened by air and water pollution with even more harmful fossil fuel and carbon capture infrastructure," said Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Appalachian Coalition. "In

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 25, 2024

link] [open access] Abstract Solar panels are an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels; however, their useful life is limited to approximately 25 years, after which they become … Continue reading Delamination Techniques of Waste Solar Panels: A Review

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

And several automakers have announced they will no longer make fossil fueled vehicles sometime between 2025 and 2040. Are these new policies, technologies, and street designs finally bringing about the demise of fossil-fueled cars and the rise of a new low-carbon sustainable urbanism?

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For decades industry has claimed that curbing pollution costs too much, but the reality has proven otherwise. Here we go again, this time on power plant carbon emissions

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2024

Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Announces Mimi Joy Cooper As Recycling Coordinator CleanWater Conservancy: Volunteers Needed For 28th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 20 In Centre County Allegheny County Conservation District Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening PA Resources Council Launches New What's Up Watershed?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We’re already seeing evidence of the job creation potential of EV investments with billions of dollars in announcements related to EV manufacturing, battery production, and battery recycling investment. And in other sectors, like those in the petroleum and fossil fuel industry, the number of jobs will decline.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With our green lifestyle choices, “we are scraping together mere pennies reducing reusing and recycling (for example), while oil companies burn hundred dollar bills.”. What matter most is ending fossil fuels , and breaking the power of the corporations that keep us addicted to them. Sometimes this leads to a contradiction.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On top of that, real trees can be recycled or composted in most communities. Artificial trees on the other hand, create more carbon pollution because of the energy needed to produce and transport them, and are often made of plastic (fossil fuels).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- T&T Compression, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 2576 ) 2024 Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 118 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. . Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

This would include using materials more efficiently, reusing and recycling products and minimising waste. The report makes clear that we urgently need the political will to leave fossil fuels in the ground, advance renewable energy and invest in nature-based carbon dioxide removal through forest and ecosystem protection.”.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County -- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN] -- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities -- Registration (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries can also be used to assist with peak electricity demand; currently instead of batteries, fossil fuel-powered “peaker plants” are often used to supply energy during high-demand periods. Can they be reused or recycled at the end of their life? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling. Click to learn more!

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Residents Concerned About Proposed Solar Energy Facility -- LehighValleyNews: With $4.6 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Most plastics are made of fossil fuels, and their production releases large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Plastics now provide a growing investment opportunity for the faltering fossil fuel industry as demand for fossil fuels declines and demand for renewable energy grows.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

He has spent his career championing environmental issues like clean air and water, advocating for a transition away from fossil fuels, and promoting clean energy solutions such as energy efficiency, wind, solar and geothermal. Being an environmental activist in a fossil fuel state is not for the faint of heart.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

. -- Bedford Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Development is Making Pennsylvanians Sick, Lawmakers Must Act -- WTAE: Records Show Dozens Of Abandoned Natural Gas Wells In Plum Boro, Allegheny County -- Post-Gazette: Top Work Places Survey In Pittsburgh Has EQT Natural Gas Drilling In First Place [Check their DEP environmental compliance record here ] (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

30 Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. Billion In Grants To Strengthen Power Grid Against Extreme Weather, To Deliver Cheaper, Cleaner, Reliable Energy, PA Included Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

15 CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit Features Practical Pathways For Businesses To Decarbonize PA Resources Council To Host Free Statewide Recycling Webinar Nov. 15 CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit Features Practical Pathways For Businesses To Decarbonize PA Resources Council To Host Free Statewide Recycling Webinar Nov.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Biological recycling, or biorecycling, is an emerging technology that uses microbes, such as bacteria or fungi, to break down plastic into its basic components for reuse. Biorecycling of plastics could help promote a circular economy by turning waste into more useful products while reducing dependence on fossil fuels for new plastics.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. In signing these bills, the Governor touted the state as the most aggressive actor on climate in the nation. Clean Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

DEP reports spills and releases from the oil and gas industry have created over 575 brownfield sites being cleaned up under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program , as of September 12, 2023. First, the conventional oil and gas industry very rarely uses the Act 2 Land Recycling Program and its cleanup standards to deal with spills and releases.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

A catalytic converter is a component part of the exhaust system of a fossil fuel motor vehicle that catalyzes, or accelerates the break down of vehicle emissions making them less harmful. may be the largest importer and largest recycler of rare earth metals. Hence a crime of opportunity. It is not pandemic related.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Buckeye Partners, LP - Bear Creek Pipeline Release: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with gasoline from a pipeline gravitometer for a facility located in Bear Creek Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Luzerne County. ( Washington County. (

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