PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2024

TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 254 (Merski-D-Erie) leasing certain areas of Lake Erie for wind energy development ( sponsor summary ); House Bill 597 (Kim-D-Dauphin) authorizing a county recycling and waste management fee ( sponsor summary ); House Bill 1166 (Steele-D-Allegheny) prohibit (..)

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Circle of Blue

MAY 18, 2022

Cities like San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque have implemented adaptation strategies such as low-flow plumbing fixtures and water recycling to manage water use and save residents from future supply cuts. In Context: Desalination Has a Waste Problem. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers. On the Radar.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield) [ Already Started With Federal Grants ] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA State Geologists Are Building Digital Map Of Deep Layers For Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Mystery Plumes From US Steel’s Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Prompts GASP To Demand Answers, Accountability -- Scranton Times: (..)

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2023

This outsourcing of environmental harm is true of plastic waste and ‘recycling’ dumped in developed countries. It’s true of electronic waste and discarded clothing. We just don’t know anything about our possessions and what it cost to produce them. There is no accountability, and “this ignorance is extremely lucrative.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

of Agriculture Unveils 2024 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Residents Urged To Check Homes For Radon In January -- January 6 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Executive Board: Reorganization Of Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Billion Cost Of Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Barb Jarmoska, Keep It Wild PA [ Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Can Cost PA Taxpayers $1.8 1, 8 Master Watershed Steward Program Webinars -- EPA To Host Feb.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy. The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2023

Justice Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Yaw: SB 465 Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program A Win-Win For PA’s Farmers And Local Water Quality [If passed and funded] -- ReadingE: Blue Marsh Lake Algae Blooms Unlikely To Be Sole Cause Of Philadelphia-Area Water Complaints -- Register Today For Aug. 23 - Learn About How To Protect Your Land With A Conservation Easement Webinar.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

2 Virtual Community Meeting For Zelienople Residents On Health Risks Of Ethylene Oxide [PaEN] -- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Commission Report Explores Producer Responsibility Laws To Reduce Plastics Waste, Promote Recycling [The Commission Is Chaired By PA Sen. 21 [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia last week, the PA Resources Council , PennEnvironment , other partners and local officials issued a call for updates to the Commonwealth's recycling law. Act 101, the landmark recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988 needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus has put a constellation of researchers – virologists, immunologists and epidemiologists chief among them – in the hot seat as political leaders and public health experts seek answers to questions about how transmissible it is and whether it erodes pre-existing immunity.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Industrial pipe discharging liquid waste. Ontario creating a system that is vulnerable to the perception of favoritism, where a donor or some other politically well connected person can arrange a closed door meeting and secure approval to do almost anything before Ontarians even get a look-in. HAZARDOUS SPILLS.

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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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Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2030 Renewable Energy 98

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AB 2101 expands carbon sequestration projects to include whole orchard recycling (onsite grinding or chipping of whole trees during orchard removal for use in topsoil). Climate Change Mitigation. The Governor also signed a package of heat bills to address the deadly extreme heat that has been plaguing the state.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2021

16, 17, 18 & 19 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Collective Flights In Late Summer Not Dangerous To Public -- Penn State Researchers: Find Surprising Gaps in Ecological Genetic Data That Holds Back Global Conservation Efforts -- MCall: Cicadas Aren’t Killing Trees In Lehigh Valley -- Aug. GW Of 317.6

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

Stormwater after being treated is safer, and as such becomes a “recycled water” supply. It can also be difficult to garner public and political support for building big stormwater projects during dry times. Rainwater refers only to the rain that can be captured in a storage tank prior to any contact with the ground.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - MTL 4H Well Pad: DEP received Notice of Intent to remediate soil contaminated with drilling wastewater at the site in Wyalusing Twp., The following DEP notices were published in the January 21 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Bradford County. (

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 16, 2017

presently hostile political administration. Across the Atlantic, Sweden is leading the way in transforming household waste into sources of energy. of its power comes from waste-to-energy (WTE) programs. Sweden recycles almost 99 percent of household waste in one way or another, with only. great success. 12 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2023

DEP issued a number of notices of violation for the discharges and improper waste handling at the site and requested the operator to submit a written report by August 25, 2023 of how they will bring the site into compliance, including cleaning the site up to Act 2 Land Recycling Program standards. Potter County To Sept.

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Natural Gas Atmosphere 2023 Fossil Fuels 93

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Maine passed a constitutional amendment in 2021, called the “Right to Food” amendment, to address the high amount of food insecurity and users of state and federal food assistance programs that are vulnerable to political shifts, funding, and increasing disruptions to food systems caused by climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

DEP issued notices of violations for abandonment, failure to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports and for other violations. Violations related to well abandonment and failure to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports remain in place. [ LLC found multiple spill areas.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 10, 2016

Another major German eco-label is Der Grüne Punkt, which stands “for a sustainable economy, one that keeps recyclables in closed circuits” with “the aim. to avoid wasting raw materials, and to minimize the impact on the climate and the natural environment.” One of its hallmarks is the closed-cycle economy through the dual-system.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The objects of young Chinese people’s reproductive climate concerns can be put into three main categories: degradation of future living environments; threat to physical and mental health; and indirect social, political and economic consequences. There are more built environments than natural ones.”

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Climate Change Sustainable Development Government Politics 52

Vermont Law

JULY 28, 2014

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Additionally, the lack of waste management prevented the proper disposal of medical waste such as blood and bandages.

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Eco Coach

DECEMBER 17, 2019

How much of the rest of the time are you spending chatting about the latest politics, Instagram pic, or random news item? While it’s definitely important to take a break between periods of focused work, studies show that most people spend only about four of their eight hours workday actually working.

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Cooling Recycling Politics Waste 52

Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The authors call out political actors, international development and health organizations for ignoring pollution in their agendas. We must move away from the "resource-intensive, and inherently wasteful, linear take-make-use-dispose economic paradigm." It's a mouthful but sums it up well.)

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own. Often, measures will include a ban on government contracts.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Will Install Warning Signs Around Wastewater Outfall Of MAX Environmental Technologies Yukon Facility In Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Western PA Schedule Of Household Chemical, Hard-To-Recycle, Electronics Waste Collection Events [PaEN] -- Calling All Volunteers!

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Basically, I go back to my freshman year geopolitics class from college and the professor who really got us thinking about political geography, but the layers of geography. Political geography of borders and so on, in a complex interplay. Then there’s politics, civil wars, conflicts and so forth. This is great.”

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 20, 2023

– communities Reducing plastic waste WHO: The Yours to Protect movement is a coalition of environmental and community groups fighting for better environmental policies in the province of Ontario. WHAT: “Yours to Protect Weekend” Days of Action, featuring more than 40 events from Grand Bend in the west to Ottawa in the east.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

Other States/National/International -- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US -- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Gov.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Politics Waste 102

Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

By way of example, offsets through Maryland based organics recycling facilities including food waste based compost would allow Maryland businesses to do more to reduce their GHG and provide for flexibility in meeting the State’s requirements while allowing for ease in auditing. but also results in more than 14% of total U.S.

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Onya

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Zero Waste Lunchtimes. But the process and the relationship it brings about with food and its sources will lay a foundation for deeper consideration on the politics and ethics of food. Zero Waste Lunchtimes. The recycling bin is a great place to turn for craft inspiration. Table of Contents: Family Cooking. Eco Crafts.

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Recycling Waste Politics Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2021

Student -- ScrantonT Editorial: Civilian Conservation Corps Times Comes, Again -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Poll Finds PA Voters Want Tougher Regulation Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastes; Support Community Regulation Of Drilling; Favor Clean Energy Sources [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We read about the distorting effect such wealth has on local politics, and the ongoing tensions that have made the entire region closed to citizens, journalists and public scrutiny alike. Processing ore takes enormous quantities of water, including for leaching soluble minerals from the rock, or to transport ores or wastes by pipeline.

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