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Memphis Facility Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Gas to Close

Union of Concerned Scientists

Breathing EtO over a long period of time can increase people’s risk of developing certain types of cancer, especially white blood cell cancers and breast cancer. This April, EPA proposed updated regulations—nearly a decade overdue—for EtO emissions from commercial sterilization facilities.

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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

Gray: As I stated previously, offset credits represent an important type of financing tool – if you can demonstrate you have achieved emissions reductions against what would have otherwise happened, there is a market to reward you for that action. So continuous improvements can certainly be made.

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

Anyone can file this type of lawsuit challenging both public and private parties if there is a clear obligation or duty in a law or administrative act. The ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ’ follows a fast-tracked procedure and has priority over most other types of action. 29 Subsections 3 and 4).

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21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence

PA Environment Daily

. -- Commonwealth Charter Academy for the AgWorks Decoupled Aquaponics System: Between June and August 2022, the AgWorks team, including student interns and volunteers worked on updating the systems by decoupling the plant beds from the fish tanks. Decoupling offers two significant advantages.

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State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’

PA Environment Daily

All of this stuff is out there, and one would expect multiple types of cancers, and that is exactly what occurred in Canonsburg. The numbers are very small, but it looks like you looked at four types of cancer. The first thing I have to say is I'm having a really hard time believing that you are going to put this out in social media.

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

Circle of Blue

But, in the long term, he believes herders should be encouraged toward “some more sophisticated type of livestock rearing.”. Anne Ihugba, NIRSAL’s head of communications, could not give any updates on the project, saying it predates her appointment. No formal updates on it are publicly available. Photo by Murtala Abdullahi.

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Hurricane Florence: Deja Vu All Over Again

Smith Enviorment

Release of contaminants from landfills and dumps (legal and illegal) inundated by floodwaters; spills from above-ground and underground petroleum storage tanks; and releases from other types of chemical storage facilities. Updated information on swine waste lagoons (as of noon on September 22, 2018): Animal Operations – Swine Lagoons.

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