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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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EPA’s New Audit Program for New Owners of Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

The Energy Law Blog

Under the program, EPA will not impose any civil penalties on new owners of these facilities (which include well sites and associated tanks and vapor control systems) who find, self-disclose, and correct Clean Air Act violations pursuant to an audit program agreement with EPA. 44991 (Aug.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Disapproval of the Texas Flexible Permits Program

The Energy Law Blog

Under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), EPA sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) but states determine the specific control strategies that the individual state will use to achieve NAAQS. In 2008, industry petitioners filed suit to force EPA to perform its nondiscretionary duty to act on the SIP revisions.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008). Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010).

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UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes

Corp Watch

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008). Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010).

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008). Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010).

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.