Enviromental Defense

APRIL 18, 2023

Too many groceries are packed in throwaway plastic and all the retailers we looked at were guilty.” The plastic pollution crisis has never been more obvious and urgent but despite this, no government or grocery chain has announced plans to address the plastic packaging identified in our report.” Read the full report here.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

Despite this, pursuit of this environmentally and socially disruptive project continues, squandering taxpayer money and government resources. Stop the wasteful environmental assessment, deny the licensing and transform these lands into conservation areas for all Ontarians to enjoy.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2021

On December 16, DEP’s Solid Waste Advisory and Recycling Fund Advisory Committees are scheduled to meet and on the agenda are presentations by DEP on its recommendations for changing the law to make Act 101 Recycling Programs more effective and fixing the very broken Electronics Waste Recycling Program.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2022

RBI’s announcement follows a multi-year campaign led by environmental health advocates to phase out PFAS from retail food packaging since the 2020 investigation that found indications of PFAS in Burger King’s Whopper packaging, among other products. . “We But there’s no time to waste in phasing out PFAS.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on October 18 to take a deeper dive into Pennsylvania’s Municipal Recycling Program and talk about better ways to manage electronics waste. She reported the overall amount of waste generated in Pennsylvania has increased 8.3 Municipal waste generated in Pennsylvania has increased 10.1

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Persistent dry conditions are driving up the cost of water and prompting more resistance from government and citizens to new development. Groundwater use will total about 400 million to 500 million gallons annually, and local governments and citizen groups have objected. . billion gallons of water a year to serve its 90,000 residents.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 23, 2023

Simply named ‘Close the Shop Door’ the campaign is asking that the UK government introduce legislation that insists on shop front doors being kept shut to avoid wasting millions of £ worth of energy and causing unnecessary CO2 emissions. The campaign group believes the only way to end this wasteful practice is through legislation.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2022

However, stations often sit on corner lots at major intersections, making them prime retail spots. Those sites may be governed by state and federal hazardous waste laws. Redeveloping gas stations for other uses may cause another problem, however.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2022

With a series of live announcements held across the country, the federal government finally released the final regulations to ban six single-use plastics – straws, stir sticks, check out bags, cutlery, some takeout containers, and six pack rings. . The government estimates that the bans will mean 1.3 Big news this week!

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

As governments enact mandatory greenhouse gas emission laws and as businesses voluntarily make “net zero” pledges, we are increasingly working with organizations, first to understand and calculate their GHG emissions, then to implement strategies for efficacious yet frictionless reductions. Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

GGGI membership includes representatives from academia, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector dedicated to combat this most harmful form of marine debris. Developing infrastructure necessary to collect and properly dispose of waste gear. © Uganda Junior Rangers.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The awardees represent a wide variety of organizations, including small- and medium-sized businesses, women-owned companies, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, and trade associations. Many of these businesses are owned and operated by immigrant entrepreneurs.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Single-use plastic refers to plastic materials such as take out containers, straws, bottles and packaging that are meant to be used once and then become waste or litter. Unlike other waste, plastic will never truly break down. These microscopic fragments of plastics have been found globally in our food systems and even our own bodies.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

When a municipality earns certification, we know it demonstrates excellence in good governance,” said Neil Weaver, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh. Certified sustainable municipalities are home to more than 3.4

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the Government of Canada announced that draft regulations prohibiting certain single-use plastics have been published for public comment. It is the Government’s intention to finalize these Regulations and bring the ban into force as quickly as possible and as early as late 2022 after reviewing and considering comments received.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 28, 2016

Food waste is a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. By encouraging food donation and streamlining food-recovery policies the federal government can build a national framework to combat the massive accumulation of food waste and begin to change people’s food-waste habits. By Bonnie Smith.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

York County -- York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority , for Resource Recovery Center improvements and a new ash processing and recycling facility: The ash facility uses new technology to separate metals, aggregates, and sand from combustion ash, reducing ash that must be managed in a landfill by 60–80 percent.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Accordingly, it retained key elements of the state-wide drought emergency, including the ban on wasteful water uses, existing groundwater directives, emergency measures for drought-stricken watersheds like the Klamath and Colorado Rivers, and a state of emergency across all 58 counties to facilitate ongoing drought response and recovery.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 2, 2023

Fortunately, alternatives to single-use plastics exist, and we and other Ocean Conservancy colleagues were lucky to see them first-hand as part of the International Zero Waste Cities Conference held in the Philippines earlier this year. In fact, plastic beverage bottles smaller than a liter cannot be sold on the island.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 9, 2023

Waste-free options will end up being cheaper in the long run – in both financial and environmental terms. We’re counting on these profitable grocery chains, who control 80 per cent of retail grocery sales, to figure this out without gouging Canadians in the process.” The reality is that we can and should have both.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. On average, m onitoring the lake for toxins costs Western Lake Erie treatment plants about $21 million per year. Mitigating those blooms costs another $21 million.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Senate Bill 349 makes changes to the statute governing the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund to conform State law to federal law. Solid Waste Management and Recycling. House Bill 2 l makes overarching changes to the governance and administration of the Maryland Environmental Service (MES). Maryland Environmental Service.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

The following year, the 2021 Marshall Fire in Boulder County laid waste to more than 1,000 residential structures[3]. Stand-Replacing Fires: The Bigger Challenge This question takes us beyond the aisles of lumber retail stores like Home Depot to a complex global issue deeply intertwined with the health of our planet’s forests.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company also owns one of the world’s largest clusters of ‘cloud’ computer networks (Amazon Web Services) that millions of individuals, businesses and government agencies use to host their data, including the Central Intelligence Agency. USA: Google And Amazon Workers Protest Their Companies’ $1.2

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Amazon Fined in France for Illegally Spying on Workers Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:59 Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Read more Julia Conley The retail giant was also ordered to pay more than $30 million last year after allegedly surveilling customers with its tech products.

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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 replacing them, you can virtually eliminate your single use plastic waste in that area. Zero Waste Shopping Gear. Reusable Bread Bag.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 25 - Blue Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas - What You Need To Know.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Although the proliferation of waste plastic is nothing new, the report was alarming because the researchers specifically targeted 50 streams that the state Department of Environmental Protection had categorized as the cleanest and best-maintained waterways across the state. The Legislature has approved about $1.7

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

Million DOE Contract To Target Upcycling Plastic Waste -- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Webinar: Feb. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

Retail Electricity Prices Rose At Fastest Rate Since 2008, Driven By Natural Gas And Energy Commodities [Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots] -- NPR: U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

Contrary to what some may think, engaging candidates is not a waste of time. Candidates are stumping loudly in Iowa, one of only four states that turned down $3 million from the federal government to help the state create a climate action plan, a daffy decision according to this opinion in the Iowa Gazette.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. The comment period on the nail care products containing toluene proposal closed on November 18, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

It’s a long term goal, but the transition is already happening as a result of market-driven changes and changes in investment strategies by private industry and governments. It’s not going to be easy. And Their Politicians] -- ScrantonT Editorial: Lackawanna Transit Should Prepare For Electric Buses -- U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

billion authorization of funds to establish a deployment program under the Department of Commerce (DOC) in partnership with state, tribal and territory governments. Eligible applicants include (1) states; (2) city planning organizations; (3) local governments; (4) public transportation authorities; (5) Indian tribes; and (6) US territories.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2022

Noon. -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Pennsylvania Images Invited To Compete In CBF's Photo Contest [PaEN] -- Reuters: Company Uses Pennsylvania Coal Waste To Power Bitcoin Mining -- Republican Sen. Forest Service Forest To Faucets 2.0 What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov.

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