PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

Failure To Report Waste Generated Conventional oil and gas drillers were also given 836 notices of violation for failing to submit annual production and waste reports for the last two years-- 134 in 2019 and 702 in 2020. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 15, 2025

Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue January 15, 2025 MILWAUKEE Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and economically valuable, could turn into a costly liability and upend the finances of municipal wastewater utilities across the county.

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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). Recycling Is Not . Waste Reduction.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 14, 2023

Everywhere I’ve lived, I’ve had two options for where to put my trash: a blue bin for things like newspapers, beverage bottles and other recyclables, and a not-blue bin for everything else. But the change has underscored just how much of our waste stream was previously going into landfills.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 3, 2021

That’s why thousands of people have taken Ocean Conservancy’s pledges to reduce waste in their daily lives by skipping the straw and quitting the cutlery. By far the biggest part of the solution must come from industry producing less plastic, companies changing packaging and serving formats and governments improving recycling standards.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 2, 2023

Fortunately, alternatives to single-use plastics exist, and we and other Ocean Conservancy colleagues were lucky to see them first-hand as part of the International Zero Waste Cities Conference held in the Philippines earlier this year.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia last week, the PA Resources Council , PennEnvironment , other partners and local officials issued a call for updates to the Commonwealth's recycling law. Act 101, the landmark recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988 needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Join PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, the Pennsylvania Resources Council and other waste experts for a September 21 webinar on their plan to reduce waste, improve recycling efforts and bring Pennsylvania’s antiquated recycling laws into the 21st Century. percent between 2015 and 2021-- from 14.3 percent-- 8.62

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2024

LLC -- an Ohio-based company-- to plug the Nancy 13 conventional gas well in Deerfield Township, Warren County that was found to be leaking brine and gas since at least December 20, 2018 -- continues. Read prior history here.] On February 8, 2019, a DEP inspection report said Commonwealth Court had issued an order to Tatonka Oil Co.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

For nearly seven years-- since July 18, 2018 when the spills were first discovered-- DEP has been trying to work with Benko to get the multiple spills at the site cleaned up. Violations issued for abandonment and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Benko in Economy Borough, Beaver County.

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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. But we can’t only recycle ourselves out of the problem. Canada and southern Europe.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

DEP’s eFACTS database file for the Mohr A and B well pads includes DEP approvals for “alternative waste management practices” for land application of drilling waste on the Mohr A and B well pad site dated April, May and October 2011 which match the drilling dates of seven out of the eight wells. Read more here. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduced Saran wrap in 1953, helping to herald a long era of throwaway and virtually non-recyclable plastic packaging that continues to this day. ExxonMobil and Dow are #1 and #3 on the latest Plastic Waste Makers Index of the world’s top plastic producers. Imperial Oil alone has abandoned more than 1,500 oil wells in western Canada.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2022

Remember, we're taking water, in many instances, and using it, reusing it, recycling it, on hydrofracture or plugging jobs,” said Stewart. DEP does not require “cradle to grave” documentation to track where waste is being generated to where it is disposed for conventional or unconventional (shale gas) drilling. said Stewart.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 24, 2022

The post Nestlé Has Cut Greenhouse Gases by 4 Million Tons Since 2018. Additionally, it is switching its global fleet of vehicles from those that run on fossil fuels to those that are sustainable. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

LLC to plug the Nancy 13 conventional gas well in Deerfield Township, Warren County that was found to be leaking brine and gas since at least December 20, 2018 -- continues. The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 13, 2021

Introduced Saran wrap in 1953, helping to herald a long era of throwaway and virtually non-recyclable plastic packaging that continues to this day. ExxonMobil and Dow are #1 and #2 on the Plastic Waste Makers Index of the world’s top plastic producers. Imperial Oil. Majority owner is U.S.-based NOVA Chemicals.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Creating New Brownfields Spills, leaks and discharges from unconventional shale gas drilling sites make up nearly 55 percent of the pending cleanups-- 272 sites-- under the Land Recycling Program in DEP’s regional offices in the Southwest, Northwest, Northcentral and Northeast Regions as of last August. Read more here. Ridgebury Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on waste to fuels. Drake Well Museum & Park, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, Venango County , 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. September 18-- Agenda Posted. Room 8E-A East Wing. Click Here to watch live.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Briefing On Road Dumping Oil and gas wastewater is a waste generated from the time a conventional oil and gas well is drilled through its entire life. The only way to stop this waste from being produced is to plug the well. So far, 84 townships have this designation in DEP’s waste disposal database. There’s a list.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. million tonnes emitted for South Korea’s Pyeongchang Games in 2018. Cooling ice rinks. ” The Games take place in 25 venues, 13 of which are newly built.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

29 Webinar On Green Infrastructure And Salty Stormwater DEP Accepting Applications For 2023 Reimbursement For Waste Host Municipality Inspectors Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP County Recycling Coordinator Grants PA Resources Council: Resolve To Waste Less In 2024, PRC Has Lots Of Tools To Help Still Time To Enter!

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Environmental Leader

JULY 29, 2021

Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) identified seven transformations needed to take place to put society and the worldwide economy on a more sustainable path aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To support the transformations, WBA has developed, or will be developing, a series of benchmarks. Read more ».

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

2018) determined that between 2008 and 2014, spreading OGPW on roads in Pennsylvania released 4-times more radium than centralized treatment facilities and potentially 200-times more than accidental spill events.” Operators reported road dumping a total of 3,259,405 gallons of their wastewater from 2018 through 2021. Read more here.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By Global Green | March 26, 2018. Non-profit, Global Green announced March 23 it will select two Southern California cities as partners to participate in a new food waste recycling program, using an Eco-Ambassador resident outreach model. Global Green to expand biogas program to 2 California cities.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony -- Karen Feridun , Better Path Coalition, who has done important research into waste reporting and related issues on conventional road dumping. It’s Waste First, let’s be clear-- we are talking about a waste. The only way to stop this waste from being produced is to plug the well. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

Justin Mackey, the lead investigator on the project, said “The drilling boom in Appalachia created large volumes of produced water that is considered a waste. This is a waste stream, and we're looking at a beneficial use of that waste." There are lithium mining operations in the U.S., but Mackey said. This is different.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 29, 2021

Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) identified seven transformations needed to take place to put society and the worldwide economy on a more sustainable path aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To support the transformations, WBA has developed, or will be developing, a series of benchmarks. Read more ».

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Sustainable Development 2018 Renewable Energy Recycling 98

Environmental Leader

JULY 27, 2021

With its Mission:Zero environmental program launched in 2018, Audi aims to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations worldwide by 2025. Audi’s Neckarsulm site, one of the company’s largest production sites for over 100 years, exemplifies some of the key Mission:Zero initiatives underway. The program has four main action areas and.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

18 Webinar On Unlocking The Power Of Hydrogen [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project Executive Director Alison Steele Selected For Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab Climate Change And Adaptation Initiative -- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 20 [PaEN] -- EPCAMR: PA Solar On Mined Lands Statewide Summit July 19 In State College [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Large (..)

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2018 Clean Energy Conservation Fossil Fuels 79

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

Drill sites need water, chemicals, heavy diesel-powered equipment to drill the wells, compressor engines, storage tanks and waste pits. Since solid and liquid wastes are disposed of on-site and the wells they drill keep generating wastewater long after the rig is gone, each drill site effectively becomes a waste dump.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

New Laws The plan’s recommendations for the General Assembly feature several proposed changes to existing laws and three new proposed laws-- -- Require universal access to convenient and affordable trash disposal and recycling. Pennsylvania is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets House Environmental Committee Holds May 22 Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs & Climate Change PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

The guidance was incorporated into the Program's Technical Guidance Manual. -- Draft Closure Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems. PA Bulletin, page 417 ] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin of changes to the list of companies certified to perform radon-related activities. [

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By 4 Manufacturers Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Proposes Waste Charge On Methane Leaking From Large Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- Jewish Earth Alliance, Beth Am Israel Hosting Jan. PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan. 23 -- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Wasting Your Backyard Waste? Received $6.19

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