Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

And a site with four such reactors could have four times the annual risk of a single unit, or an even greater risk if an accident at one reactor were to damage the others, as happened during the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

Nuclear Power 364

Nuclear Power Electricity Waste Cooling 364

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Supplement to: THE TOXIC DIVIDE: INTERNATIONAL WASTE DUMPING AND THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY By Christine Paul This blog is a supplement to an original article published by Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 13] Waste management remains problematic even after the laws promulgation.[14] 26 Issue 2. million people.[3]

Waste 40

Waste 2011 2010 Regulations 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

Climate Change 348

Climate Change Ozone Air Pollution Particle Pollution 348

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But nobody was talking about abandoned wells in 2011. And she acknowledges that many thousands of them will not be plugged for generations, if ever. But someone, she insists, needs to speak up about the problem. Yes, I get very frustrated,” she said. And most people know what an abandoned well is now. It’s not just me.

2010 112

2010 Carbon Dioxide 2024 2011 112

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. State regulations are also filled with gaps that allow unsafe practices for radioactive oil and gas waste.

Waste 104

Waste Regulations 2011 Radiation 104

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Food waste refers to material that is safe and suitable for human and animal consumption, yet not consumed. The food waste and loss problems reveal inefficiencies in the food system that have consequential, permanent environmental impacts. This global problem of food waste is related to consumer behaviors (e.g., Spaggiari, M.,

Waste 98

Waste 2012 2019 2020 98

Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This case is about injection wells for industrial and municipal waste, not for oil and gas waste. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. I’m an oil and gas guy. The litigation.

2011 130

2011 2005 2008 2010 130

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

2011 340

2011 2016 Fossil Fuels 2020 340

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

Chevron drilled two shale gas wells on the Latkanich property approximately 500 feet from the familys water supply starting in 2011. EHB Docket 2023043 The appeal was brought by Bryan Latkanich who, with his son, lives in Deemston Borough, Washington County and leased his mineral rights to Chevron who then sold the lease to EQT Chapp, LLC.

Natural Gas 100

Natural Gas 2025 2023 2022 100

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ Background There were six shale gas wells on Mohr A drilled in May, June and July of 2011.

2011 130

2011 2017 Waste Radiation 130

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

Owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Well owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Well completed in 2011. Well owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

2025 70

2025 Natural Gas Waste Electricity 70

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.

Waste 98

Waste Radiation Natural Gas 2016 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A 2011 study in the journal Asthma and Allergy , said the parallel increase of global asthma and carbon dioxide emissions is “remarkable.” The prime ones are erosion and flood control, waste treatment, water purification, recreation, and tourism. That is despite studies tying carbon dioxide to skyrocketing rates of childhood asthma.

Carbon Dioxide 299

Carbon Dioxide Clean Water Act Ocean 2019 299

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Published in the journal Global Environmental Change , this research combined information from 22,508 ICC beach and land cleanups across 116 countries from 2011-2017 with 7,290 PADI AWARE underwater cleanups across 118 countries from 2011-2018. Ocean Conservancy has worked closely with CSIRO scientists Drs. Never miss an update.

Ocean 110

Ocean 2011 Recycling Conservation 110

HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Yet, amid these advancements, we often overlook the simplest and most immediate solution: reducing food waste. Food waste occurs at every stage of the production and supply chain, from agricultural fields to supermarket shelves to consumer households. These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for action to combat food waste.

Waste 98

Waste 2019 2009 2008 98

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Austin, Texas, adopted a new plan this month to renew efforts to help the city achieve its goal of zero waste by 2040. Austin first adopted the goal, which envisions diverting 90% of trash from landfills by 2040, in its comprehensive plan in 2011.

Waste 40

Waste 2011 Government 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2018, the world entered a municipal waste management crisis. recyclable materials, most notably plastic waste and unsorted paper. China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). China’s waste ban has created backlogs worldwide.

Recycling 52

Recycling Waste 2018 Government 52

Environmental News Bits

MAY 30, 2023

There is a lot more food waste than you might think: A 2011 report for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stated that approximately one-third, or around 1.3 billion tonnes, of food production worldwide ends up as waste.

Upcycling 40

Upcycling Waste 2011 40

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The law also set minimal requirements for storing and spreading manure and animal wastes from large livestock and poultry operations. . Those livestock farms, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, spread untreated animal wastes on 1.75 The utility sector is grudgingly closing old leaking waste coal piles.

Clean Water Act 361

Clean Water Act 2017 2010 Conservation 361

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

Waste 76

Waste Regulations 2020 2010 76

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Photo: Wall Street Journal story from 2011 stray gas contamination of a water supply in Bradford County from shale gas drilling.) Questions should be directed to Todd Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov or (717) 783-6395. Visit DEPs Office of Oil and Gas Management webpage to learn more about this program.

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas 2023 2025 Law 92

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Forbidden in 2011 from easy disposal of wastes into waterways, and with few other convenient disposal choices, all eyes turned to dirt roads. We discovered there has been so much wastewater dumping in our township the DEP referred to Farmington Township as a "Waste Facility," That was shocking. “As

Fossil Fuels 117

Fossil Fuels Waste 2017 2011 117

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Saving energy, reducing waste, and saving money are all interconnected, and these schools are setting the example for others to follow.” “These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

Natural Resources 94

Natural Resources 2019 2011 2020 94

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

Radiation 104

Radiation Waste 2019 2012 104

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Wells drilled in 2011. Failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Owner failed to submit production, waste general and well integrity reports. Read more here. Three generators used to power cryptocurrency mining operations have been removed as well as production equipment. Drilled in 1800.

2025 102

2025 Natural Gas 2023 2024 102

HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With advances in computing power over the last few decades, computer simulation of chemical compounds has emerged as a viable alternative to physical experimentation – this has resulted in large scale elimination of chemical waste and huge time savings [2]. 2011): 1239-1249. Hughes, James P., “Principles of early drug discovery.”

Biofuels 105

Biofuels 2023 2011 Waste 105

Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. “We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

2022 130

2022 Rainforest Climate Change Government 130

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

2012 108

2012 2019 2011 2014 108

The Energy Law

APRIL 27, 2011

08-0497, 2011 WL 836827 (Tex. 11, 2011), the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the Austin Court of Appeal’s finding that the Railroad Commission (the “Commission”) has to consider broad public safety concerns in the permitting of proposed oil and gas waste injection wells. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future and Clean Water , No.

Waste 40

Waste 2011 Regulations Law 40

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

2024 97

2024 2011 Greenhouse Waste 97

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Actions Since 2011 The order describes the steps taken since 2011 to inspect and evaluate 43 shale gas wells within the Dimock/Carter Road Area and identify the issues that lead to widespread contamination of local water supplies. Only the horizontal portion of the well may traverse under the Area to produce the natural gas.

2027 98

2027 2011 Natural Gas Environmental Protection 98

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Million Plan To Clean Up American Biodiesel Site Gutted In 2011 Fire -- Register Now! 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill [PaEN] -- Erie Times: DEP Launching Taxpayer-Funded $1.3 PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct.

Natural Gas 104

Natural Gas 2011 Renewable Energy Politics 104

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

Lee Bill To Improve Data On Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Locations, Plugging Technology -- DEP Launches Pilot Program In 10 Counties To Speed Up Processing Chapter 102 Erosion & Sedimentation Permits Starting May 1 [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Pilot Seeks To Quicken Pace Of Stormwater Discharge Permit Process -- Pennsylvania (..)

Natural Gas 107

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2011 Technology 107

Washington Nature

MAY 6, 2024

To further support recovery of the Triangle Cove ecosystem (post- Spartina eradication) and to meet objectives of the 2011 WA State Shellfish Initiative, this project aims restore native Olympia oysters and increase shellfish harvest opportunities for Tribal members. ·

Ocean 98

Ocean Recycling 2011 Technology 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2023

"Initial findings from the joint inquiry into the storm, presented by staff at FERC's June 15 monthly open meeting, echo those from inquiries into the root causes of deadly Texas blackouts in February 2021 and similar but less severe cold weather events in 2011, 2014 and 2018." "The

Natural Gas 71

Natural Gas 2011 Electricity 2014 71

Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. Other measures in the bill limit industrial discharges of PFAS and restrict incineration of PFAS waste. On July 21, 2021, the U.S.

Clean Air Act 52

Clean Air Act Regulations Clean Water Act 2011 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

The inspection also found a 100 barrel production wastewater tank on site and the operator failed to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports. Seresun 1 well and found it to be abandoned. These are continuing violations from when DEP first issued them on December 11, 2017. & Joseph E.

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas 2023 2011 Regulations 94