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European Parliament and Council Reach Political Agreement on Right to Repair Directive

Clean Energy Law

The directive aims to reduce waste and bolster the repair sector. Davies , Michael D. Green , and James Bee On 2 February 2024, the European Parliament (Parliament) and European Council (Council) reached a provisional deal on a directive promoting the repair of broken or defective goods, known as the Right to Repair Directive.

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FOOD ‘WASTE’ (AND IT’S HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES) 

Cleannovate

As a person who’s been raised in urban areas, I am always baffled by the amount of food waste we produce. Food waste (and food scraps) are posing a great solid waste problem in many cities and towns. This is a term that has been thrown around by the political class to lure masses into their fold. VALUE ADDITION.

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Webinar: Supply Chain Disruptions and Food Waste

Environmental News Bits

Around the world, supply chains are under stress – from pandemic shutdowns, labor shortages, political crises, and more – which means more food is at risk of going to waste. Mar 22, 2022, noon CDTRegister here.

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Great Power Competition is a Dead End: Dialogue is the Only Path Forward

Union of Concerned Scientists

We hear a lot of encouraging rhetoric from our political leaders about wanting to preserve an existing international order based on the rule of law. If our governments are currently incapable of doing this, then civil society must step into the breach and take on an essential responsibility our political leaders are neglecting.

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Three Things from Oppenheimer that are Happening Again

Union of Concerned Scientists

But for the first time since the Cold War ended, those numbers are starting to rise, and some political forces in the United States are using fears about China to justify a major expansion of the US nuclear arsenal. US defense spending is at a record high, and there is no will in Congress to prevent waste and corruption.

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What’s a Major Question? Opinions differ.

Legal Planet

Issuance of license to private party to operate a temporary, away-from-reactor, storage facility for nuclear waste. The Court described major questions issues as arising in rare, extraordinary cases of immense economic and political significance. (Yes, the same issue that the 9th Circuit decided the other way.) Gason , LLC, 76 F.

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PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County

PA Environment Daily

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013.

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