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Earth911 Podcast: Christy Briggs Scores a Sustainability Touchdown at Seattle’s Lumen Field

Earth 911

Since it started measuring waste diversion from landfills in 2006, when it recycled only 4.6%. The post Earth911 Podcast: Christy Briggs Scores a Sustainability Touchdown at Seattle’s Lumen Field appeared first on Earth911.

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The Stream, February 9, 2022: Texas’ Wastewater Problem

Circle of Blue

Permian Basin oil and gas developments are among the state’s biggest industrial consumers of fresh water, and largest disposers of waste water. Without waste pickup and recycling programs, garbage and plastic in the community typically ends up being incinerated or dropped off at a dump. The annual $1.89 YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 8 Webinar On Renewable Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

Speakers will be Steven Schmitz, Managing Partner at Green Rock Energy Partners , which owns South Hills Landfill, and Tom Spears, Capitol Area Gas Operations Manager for WM, formerly Waste Management, which owns a number of landfills with renewable natural gas energy projects in the state.

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Second District Affirms Judgment Upholding Water Code CEQA Exemption, Rejects Plaintiff’s Attempt To Extend CEQA Review And Findings Requirements To Regional Water Board’s Approval Of Waste Discharge Permits

CEQA Developments

The RWQCB had relied on Water Code section 13389 for determining its issuance of the waste discharge permits was exempt from CEQA, but petitioner argued the exemption applies only to that portion of CEQA addressing environmental impact reports (chapter 3), and not the portion addressing the underlying policy of CEQA (chapter 1).

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Struggle To Plug Tatonka Oil Co. LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well

PA Environment Daily

Tatonka Oil was also issued notices of violation in March 2020 and again in December 2022 for failing to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports for multiple wells. No production and waste generation report was submitted to DEP since 2006 and no well integrity report had ever been submitted to DEP.

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20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest

Circle of Blue

Bernalillo County required the developer to install expensive wastewater treatment and recycling infrastructure to reduce water use and waste. In 2006, the Arizona Department of Water Resources issued two certificates for 4,228 acre-feet of water – 1.35 billion gallons of water a year to serve its 90,000 residents.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. The process introduces salts into the waste stream, which are detrimental for downstream waters. He was 19 when he died. So does fossil fuel combustion.

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