Environmental News Bits

APRIL 25, 2025

But just a few kilometres from … Continue reading Waste not, want not: turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth Large-scale pig farming has led to an excess of nitrogen in the soil, a problem shared by many European regions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a major waste permit modification allowing the expansion of the Brunner Island Power Plant Waste Disposal Area 8 Class II Residual Waste Landfill in East Manchester Twp., York County. (

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

The Physicians For Social Responsibility PA will hold a May 8 in-person workshop and webinar on Oil & Gas Industry Waste Worker Safety from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Workers are often on the front lines of hazardous operations, they are not always fully informed about the toxic materials they encounter. It will also be available online.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEPs Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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Inside Climate News

APRIL 10, 2025

report maps a path toward a more sustainable future and challenges society to question basic assumptions and values about the environment, consumption and waste. By Bob Berwyn A team of international researchers published a new U.N.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act response at the Tub Mill Farm and Clearview Farm waste site in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County. (

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Legal Planet

APRIL 9, 2025

Rage at the vandals in power who would discard thisimportant scientific workas wasteful and by contrast, reminded of the first director of Fermilab, who was challenged in Senate testimony to say whether knowledge the new lab pursued would help defend America from its (then mostly external) enemies.

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Earthava

APRIL 11, 2025

The post 10 Simple Swaps for a Zero-Waste Lifestyle appeared first on Earthava. By using eco-friendly alternatives, we […] The post 10 Simple Swaps for a Zero-Waste Lifestyle appeared first on Earthava. We all want to live more sustainably, but it can feel overwhelming. In the United States, people throw away4.4

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Other violations include leaking gas and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Many were leaking gas and failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One hundred personal care brands based in more than 15 countries are partnering in an effort to remove 4127 tons of plastic waste every year. The post Personal Care Brands Partner to Fight Plastic Pollution appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 2, 2025

Catalytic conversion of polymer waste into high-value products for advancing circular economy and eco-sustainability. Jin, Y., & Xiao, H. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 189, 107052.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2025

The Pennsylvania Resources Council is seeking qualified candidates to fill the position of Zero Waste Events Coordinator in Western Pennsylvania. This position requires approximately 70% field work and 30% office work, with typically a Thursday to Monday work week from mid-April through October during the event season.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

They require that most homes large enough for families be built in inefficient low-density types and put on farmland and natural areas where construction resources are wasted on building roads, sewers and other infrastructure from scratch. They also make Canada vulnerable to U.S.

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Yale E360

APRIL 2, 2025

As interest in nuclear power rises, startups are pursuing plans to recycle spent fuel and reuse its untapped energy to power reactors. Advocates tout new recycling methods as a breakthrough, but many experts warn it will extract plutonium that could be used for nuclear weapons. Read more on E360

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

On March 19, the Department of Environmental Protection issued notices of violation to Range Resources Appalachia LLC and LPR Energy, LLC for failing to submit required monthly reports of natural gas production, waste generation and disposal for shale gas wells in 12 counties. The owner has 10 days to respond. Baker Gas Inc.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

To be more specific, the law forbids the California Energy Commission from issuing a permit to any new nuclear fission power plants until theres a way to dispose of toxic and long-lived nuclear waste. Third, safety, security, and waste concerns matter greatly with nuclear power plants, and those must be considered as well.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. In every other industry, point source permits require polluters to treat their wastes to dramatically reduce contaminants. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The complaint is a cri de coeur : clear, outraged, and horrifying in its recounting of the plastic waste problem and its causes. In fact, Mobil patented the co-processing of plastic waste in cokers in 1978. million tonnes of plastic waste escaped into California’s environment. In California, from 1990 to 2022, an astounding 2.7

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Yale E360

JUNE 7, 2022

Long discussed but rarely used, carbon capture and storage projects — which bury waste CO2 underground — are on the rise globally. Some analysts see the technology as a necessary tool in reducing emissions, but others say it simply perpetuates the burning of fossil fuels. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 3, 2023

When data types like electricity, water, waste, gas, supplier data, performance KPIs, and more exist in many siloed systems, the question is: Where do you even start? The post How Organizations Can Prepare Their ESG Data for Sustainability Reporting appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 24, 2023

By 2040, the EPA aims to completely eradicate the discharge of plastic and other waste from land-based sources into the environment. The post EPA Unveils Draft National Strategy to Combat Plastic Pollution. But, is it Feasible? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

More than two-thirds of our diesel comes from renewable, non-petroleum resources, and many California refineries are shifting from refining fossil fuels to refining waste oils and other renewable feedstocks. Over its short lifetime, the program has already transformed many segments of the fuels market.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This is wasting time and when time is wasted it threatens our communities as well as verifiable science, both Western and Indigenous. Painting the issue of climate change, or any other issue for that matter, as solved by Indigenous science is like calling John Wayne movies accurate.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2025

Learn more about dangers of waste incineration So back to the trade war. This is damaging to the environment and disproportionately harmful to people including Indigenous, low-income and racialized communities living near extraction, production and waste facilities. The story of plastic in Canada is a sad example.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

The House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee is scheduled to meet March 18 to consider six pieces of legislation-- -- Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits: House Bill 43 (Conklin-D-Centre) require publication of newspaper notice of oil and gas well permits; -- Invertebrate Biodiversity: House Bill 441 (Pielli-D-Chester) amends the (..)

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Cleannovate

MARCH 4, 2025

When we think of circular agro-processing, we imagine producing value-added products from agricultural produce devoid of waste. And there’s something magical about converting waste into value… It generates new incomes and creates new possibilities. And to this end, the coconut is exceptional.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Schuylkill Keep It Pretty is supported by the Schuylkill County Commissioners and is in partnership with the Schuylkill Office of Solid Waste & Recycling. Schuylkill Keep It Pretty is dedicated to cleaning up litter and educating communities on litter prevention, solid waste management, recycling and waste reduction.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

However, for our ocean and the planet, the real fright comes from plastic waste. Plastic candy wrappers, plastic decorations and other plastic waste have serious impacts on our ocean and marine life. Consider composting organic waste, like pumpkins or left over party snacks, and recycling other materials. Love ocean content?

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Earthava

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Plastic waste contributes to climate change by releasing greenhouse gases during its production, degradation, and incineration. The post Plastic Pollution and Climate Change: Understanding Their Interconnected Impact on Our Planet appeared first on Earthava.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste. The industry makes highly misleading claims that certain SMRs will reduce the intractable problem of long-lived radioactive waste management by generating less waste, or even by “recycling” their own wastes or those generated by other reactors.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

The size of the toxic ash pile at the Scrubgrass cryptomining facility had turned waste coal into an even riskier form of pollution, said Patrick McDonnell, President and CEO of PennFuture. uses waste coal to fuel its operations, which results in large quantities of coal ash.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Grocers like to say that plastic food packaging is environmentally friendly and prevents food waste. Nearly half of all food in Canada is wasted and one of the causes are high-volume “bulk” products offered in plastic packaging. But the truth is MUCH more complicated.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This webinar showcases Benton Foundry’s green initiatives that have significantly reduced energy consumption and waste.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hill a waste of time? to mostly complete, money that would have gone wasted. And yet, an economic analysis after the case found that, even considering all that wasted money, the economic benefits of the dam were so insignificant that not completing the dam would have been the better economic option.

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Earthava

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Living with fewer possessions not only curbs waste but also promotes a more sustainable lifestyle. Owning less reduces consumption, leading to a lower environmental impact. This approach encourages mindful decisions about what we own, pushing people to get only what they need and truly value.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2025

Background information: York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. Premier Ford is giving Ontarians the false impression that we must choose between the economy and the environmentbut in reality, Ontarios economy, health and sovereignty is directly linked to a thriving, healthy environment. in Dresden, Ont.

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