PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Questions should be directed to Michelle Dunn at 1-877-772-3673 Ext. The 2023 Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative will be held until May 31. 113 or send email to: mdunn@keeppabeautiful.org. Keep PA Beautiful helps mobilize over 100,000 volunteers a year to pick up litter, clean up illegal dumping and beautify Pennsylvania.

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Frontiers

MAY 30, 2021

A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers has demonstrated that beer bagasse and rapeseed cake can be used as effective biodisinfestation treatments to reduce populations of soil parasites and increase crop yields.

Waste 130

Waste 130

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Canada makes its case for storing nuclear waste beneath the Great Lakes. The aid package will fund food assistance programs and clean water and sanitation projects across East Africa, and is projected to reach more than one million people. A recent BBC analysis unveils the magnitude of illegal sewage pollution in U. On the Radar.

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2022 Waste Renewable Energy 2017 130

Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 8, 2024

This research was shared by several news outlets, and although finding microplastics in these food items was not much of a surprise to us , plenty of people were shocked by our results and began to ask more questions about microplastic pollution and human health impacts. There was broad support across all U.S.

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Ocean Conservation Climate Change Waste 106

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Given its potency and short life, experts believe that reducing methane emissions is the highest-yield action that governments and businesses can take to curb near-term warming. In combination, these strategies can substantially reduce methane emissions from livestock that produce milk and meat for consumers. Download the report here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

The success of local farms is vital to our region, economy and food supply. This program funds best management practices like cover crops, spring development, waste storage facilities, heavy use areas and more. Questions should be directed to Madeleine Sheinfeld at msheinfeld@accdpa.or g and 412-291-8017.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Judges were excited to see so many thoughtful submissions illustrating positive change towards reducing the amount of trash found in our parks, school grounds and along our roadways. Questions should be directed to Michelle Dunn at 1-877-772-3673 Ext. Two entries were awarded in each grade level.

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2023 Waste Environmental Protection 91

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 11, 2023

In this one, he manages to reduce two scientists—Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist who was also queer, and Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, a botanist—to a floozy and a drunk who are both in love with Oppie, not to mention that they are two of only four women with significant speaking parts.

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Radiation Atmosphere 2024 Waste 236

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Joseph’s farmers count on reasonable stability in weather, soil, labor, costs, and commodity prices to reduce the inherent risks all farmers face. . Oh, and one more essential risk reducer: water. That’s no idle question. And like other growers engaged in American agriculture, St. Walton has five wells.

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JANZEN AG

AUGUST 4, 2020

A recent Forbes article touts that “ Carbon Labels are Finally Coming to the Food and Beverage Industry.” The article cites examples from the UK and US where food packagers are voluntarily adopting and labeling their products with carbon rating. Most food labels today are binary—your product is either certified X (e.g.

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Waste Law Climate Change 86

Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It’s in the laptop I’m using to write this blog, in the clothes I’m wearing as I sit at my desk and in the packaging protecting the food that I’m snacking on in between sentences. All of this raises questions about the many routes of exposure, and how microplastic contamination relates to risk for humans.

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Ocean Conservation Recycling Waste 124

Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 15, 2022

These are the kinds of questions asked by the Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) , a process developed by Dr. Jenna Jambeck and her team at the University of Georgia (UGA)’s Circularity Informatics Lab and which Ocean Conservancy is implementing with partners in cities around the world. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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Waste Ocean Conservation Recycling 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

Multiple fun, interactive, content rich, and action oriented sessions are planned throughout the day.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

More in-depth questions for certifying farms will be added in the near future. Reduce stormwater runoff by-- -- Installing a rain barrel. -- Creating a rain garden or bioswale. Planting native plants in your yard or containers reduces the need for pesticides and watering. Specific criteria and best practices are as follows-- 1.

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Conservation Natural Gas Waste 2023 93

Brag

JULY 13, 2022

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced recently a new program that directs USDA to partner with at least one qualified institution to support the scale-up of sustainable bioproduct manufacturing. EDT) to discuss the program and answer questions.

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Greenhouse 2022 Waste 2023 40

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

The purpose of this post is not to question the relative merit of such a regulatory scheme, especially given that the commercial and residential economic sectors combined are only 13% of total U.S. Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4. Waste management. from Scope 1 sources only?) Air conditioning and refrigeration.

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Greenhouse Fossil Fuels Waste Cooling 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Waste Solar Power 93

PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

Shell formally acknowledged that the company exceeded total emission limitations for air contaminants and agreed to make repairs to reduce future exceedances. As stipulated in the May 2023 agreement, Shell paid another $2,671,004.75 for the plant’s first 15 months of operations. Read more here.

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2023 Conservation 2028 Electricity 99

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2022

The GIANT Company’s Reduced Emissions Program , developed in partnership with GreenPrint , help support local environmental improvement projects at the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education in York and the Centre County Recycling Center for Earth Day. Backyard composting is a waste reduction technique to reduce waste going for disposal.

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Recycling Earth Day Waste Carbon Emissions 52

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. Nestlé reduced the sugar in its Milo chocolate powder drink.

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Deforestation 2016 2019 2018 52

Onya

JANUARY 30, 2021

Reasons Why Chickens Reduce Your Carbon Footprint. Is it more important to reduce emissions or physical waste? All of these questions are hard to answer, and a lot of time, money, and research has gone into trying to answer them. Table Of Contents. The Rise of Backyard Chickens. Just How Sustainable Are Backyard Chickens?

Recycling 52

Recycling Waste Climate Change Electricity 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2024

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2024 Conservation Renewable Energy 2023 70

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2023

Canada continues to focus on reducing domestic burning of fossil fuels, rather than phasing out their production. The federal government has refused to engage on the question of specific/ targeted social protection for those workers and communities affected by the transition in its Sustainable Jobs plan. degree temperature limit.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change Government 93

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. We know that reducing single-use plastics cannot be up to the individual alone. Unlike other waste, plastic will never truly break down.

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Biodegradable Recycling Waste 2018 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

With the pandemic’s onset in early spring, many non-gardeners turned to flowerpots, raised beds and backyard patches, both due to worries about food shortages and for something to do. Are you hoping to grow flowers, food or both? Ask yourself the following questions. Think about your gardening goals. Start a compost pile.

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Upcycling Waste Cooling Natural Resources 98

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Food distribution was not helped by simmering local conflicts that obstructed aid work and global grain markets that were disrupted by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Conflicts Upend Water and Food Systems. Another failure of seasonal rains in the Horn of Africa pushed Somalia to the brink of famine. Climate Change Brings Water Extremes.

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2022 Climate Change Government Law 299

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We emerged with a broad consensus to oppose raising reference prices and to curb wasteful spending in the federal crop insurance program. This begs a question: Why is there bipartisan consensus to subsidize multi-millionaire farmers while the vast majority of farms are left without any protection at all and most Americans struggle?

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Conservation 2023 2022 2020 95

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This year’s list includes a diverse array of topics, from concerns over our energy and transportation infrastructure; housing and land conservation; international and local climate change; food security and contamination; and water quality of our world’s oceans. But despite producing enough food to support its 1.3 In Maine, it is.

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2024 Ocean Conservation Paris Agreement 40

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

As Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State states, this represents “a tsunami of human waste inundating our rivers and dams, without respite, for more than a decade.”. Yet the Black River remains a source of food and income for some Capetonians. Contender status.

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Waste Ocean 2013 2020 336

Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

It is increasingly obvious that stability and security, justice and peace, food and shelter—basic necessities and human rights— are not a given. Climate change is a problem which has a known solution: We must dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare now for intense climate impacts. Never miss an update. In the U.S.,

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Ocean Fossil Fuels Climate Change Conservation 66

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Good samaritan food laws across the country provide liability protection for those who donate food. In 2010, the United States wasted an estimated 133 billion pounds of post-harvest food. Of that, 43 billion pounds of waste occurred in the retail sector and 90 billion pounds occurred at the consumer level.

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Waste Law 2010 2015 40

Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 15, 2022

They can hunt rodents and other small mammals (which we often see as pests), but they can also consume food waste by scavenging scrapes from trash or yards where folks feed their pets outdoors. DW : The primary food source for foxes is small mammals, rodents, field mice and the like; foxes most certainly reduce rodent population sizes.

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Environmental Science Waste 98

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Without an effective way to recover these tiny particles, they make their way into every aspect or lives, from the food and beverages we consume to rain and the air we breath. Microplastics in our oceans fatally affects marine life, other wildlife and enters the food chain, threatening human health. 113 or mdunn@keeppabeautiful.org.

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2021 Ocean Waste Environmental Protection 52

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. Shapiro, Lt. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?

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Natural Gas 2023 Renewable Energy Waste 74

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2022

This is a continuation of our work throughout the state to reduce the amount of cigarette and tobacco litter. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has a partnership with Terracylce to expand the program to include recycling and composting of the cigarette butt waste. Questions should be directed to Michelle Dunn at 1-877-772-3673 Ext.

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2002 Recycling 2010 Waste 59

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thank you for your leadership! -- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues? 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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Conservation Recycling 2023 Renewable Energy 103