Law Columbia

APRIL 2, 2024

In a new paper published today, the Sabin Center explores the governance challenges associated with ocean CDR research and (if deemed appropriate) deployment. The ocean is a globally shared resource and, as such, a number of international agreements have been developed to govern ocean-based activities.

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Environmental Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2021

As support grows to reduce waste, the plastic recycling industry is expected to grow at a substantial rate over the next few years. The post Plastic Recycling Market Rapidly Growing Aided by Government and Industry Support appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The federal government must take a more active role in holding oil companies accountable for the safe containment and cleanup of their toxic waste. trillion litres of toxic waste from oil production, covering an area more than two times the size of Vancouver. The tar sands’ tailings “ponds” contain over 1.4

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 19 PA Bulletin has banned the sale of electronic products by Proexpress Distribution, LLC in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 16 PA Bulletin prohibiting the sale of electronic devices by Wiltronic Corp (IVIEW) as a result of violations of the Covered Device Recycling Act-- Pennsylvania’s electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 5, 2022

Department of Agriculture’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP) recently released a funding opportunity announcement for their Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) cooperative agreements. Applications are due by September 1, 2022.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Stalled recycling rates in England could be lifted through a bin tax, giving people a financial incentive to send less waste to landfill and reducing collections of waste, says an expert group appointed by the UK government

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

Again this year, many of Western Pennsylvania’s largest festivals, foot races and fundraisers will share a common theme – waste reduction – as the PA Resources Council aims to reduce event waste through its Zero Waste Program. “In At 28 events last year PRC’s Zero Waste efforts diverted 73,000 pounds of waste.”

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

However, like any energy source, there are unintended consequences like waste that needs to be safely disposed of when solar panels reach their end of life. By 2030, the United States is expected to have as much as one million total tons of solar panel waste. By 2050, the U.S. By 2050, the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Travel times are long, wasted fuel costs are high and everybody agrees that action needs to be taken. The Ontario government has not revealed a cost estimate for building Highway 413, but estimates cited in the media are as high as $10 billion.

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HumanNature

MARCH 8, 2024

Written by Bella Conrad The Colorado State University Zero Waste Team held its first student-led presentation of the year on February 1 to discuss how ranchers and scientists can collaborate to conserve rangelands. Ranchers often distrust the government, too, because government agencies can easily take away their permits.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The facility’s owner, Emerald Energy From Waste, has quietly announced it will more than quadruple its capacity to burn garbage from households and businesses. Instead, Emerald Energy From Waste conducts its own assessment and consultations, submits its documentation, and can assume it has the green-light.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 21 PA Bulletin it has banned the sale of electronic products by Trexonic in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The University of Aberdeen’s School of Engineering has been awarded £220,000 in funding from the UK Government for a project that aims to create a new process to obtain hydrogen from organic waste as part of the energy transition. Read the full story in Circular.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 25, 2023

Kim is announcing six upcoming Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) one-day collection locations for the Fall of 2023. These collection events are co-sponsored by units of local government and provide residents the free opportunity to safely dispose of unused or leftover hazardous products commonly found in homes.

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SPR Law

JULY 24, 2023

Almost five years after publishing the first substantial revisions to its solid waste management regulations, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) published a new set of final revisions to the regulations, which became effective on July 22, 2023.

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Physics World

JULY 5, 2022

Alternating magnetic fields can be used to rapidly convert medical waste, such as plastic syringes, into hydrogen-rich gases and high-quality graphite, scientists in China have found. This catalytic technique is more environmentally friendly and less energy intensive than other waste management strategies, the researchers claim.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold an October 30 public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware), a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). When she announced the legislation in July, Rep. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Visit the Pittsburgh-based Air & Waste Management Association website for more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

Rivers and water bodies across South Africa have become too polluted for use, and the government is doing an increasingly poor job of addressing the situation. The post ‘A Tsunami of Human Waste’: Half of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing, Says Report appeared first on Circle of Blue. Yaffa Fredrick.

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Environmental Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2021

As support grows to reduce waste, the plastic recycling industry is expected to grow at a substantial rate over the next few years. The post Plastic Recycling Market Rapidly Growing Aided by Government and Industry Support appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. This involves assessing both the impact of their activities on the environment and the risks and impact environmental factors may have on their business.

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Nanotech

MAY 23, 2023

government agencies in tackling the challenge of plastic waste in the environment. As reported in our May 10, 2023, blog item , the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is holding two public webinars providing an overview of the key activities of U.S.

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New Scientist

JUNE 9, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a slump in the sale of electronic devices and may give governments breathing room to tackle e-waste recycling, suggest UN researchers. Currently, only 17 per cent of e-waste is properly recycled

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The government is breaking their own rules The government introduced new rules to end fossil fuel subsidies this summer. And that makes sense – subsidizing more oil production is the exact opposite of what governments should be doing to combat climate change. I’m feeling really angry about it. Let me tell you why.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

His blog post also emphasizes the role of governments and consumers in addressing the immense amount of e-waste currently … Continue reading ISB Global highlights potential of e-waste reuse, recycling

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 12, 2022

The government finally posted draft regulations to ban six single-use plastics over the holidays. As written, the regulations wouldn’t rid Canada of the harmful products until sometime in 2024 at the earliest, an absurd timeline that undermines the government’s own promises to reign in plastic pollution. Unfortunately there’s a catch.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

by Tricia Barker, Prairie Research Institute Every year, thousands of people, including many businesses, government agencies, and organizations, benefit from the research and educational activities supported by the Hazardous Waste Research Fund (HWRF) in ways that include public health/safety; awareness of pollution prevention and reduction strategies; (..)

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

Plastic waste and pollution is not someone else’s problem. Unfortunately, the Ontario government has completely lost the plot on pollution. . Ontario’s Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act is designed to shift responsibility for waste management off of municipalities and taxpayers and on to goods producers, retailers, etc.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Interior Department is wasting money and other resources on applications for land that will never be leased for oil and gas drilling, according to a report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Read the full story at The Hill.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2023

On the heels of a busy spring season – which featured seven events that diverted tons of material from landfills – Pennsylvania Resources Council “Green Team” members are ready to lessen waste at numerous large-scale events this summer. Last year, PRC’s Zero Waste efforts diverted 73,000 pounds of waste at 28 events throughout our region.”

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Nanotech

MAY 10, 2023

government agencies in tackling the challenge of plastic waste in the environment. NNI states that the plastic waste issue includes more than just solid waste accumulation. The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) will hold two public webinars providing an overview of the key activities of U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

Successive federal and provincial governments have approved every project in the tar sands for decades without any regard for how it would affect the Indigenous communities downstream. trillion litres of toxic waste, it is impossible to ignore. This is a shameful example of environmental racism in Canada.

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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. The post Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine appeared first on Physics World.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Toxic waste holding ponds now contain 1.36 This is despite numerous assurances from industry, and repeated promises from the government of Alberta, that these ponds full of toxic waste from industry operations will be cleaned up. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE and KEEPERS OF THE WATER. times the size of Vancouver.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Negotiators are convening this week in Nairobi for the latest round of talks aimed at creating a new scientific panel to advise the world’s governments on how to tackle chemical waste.

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