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WeConservePA Honors Cynthia Carrow With 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Environment Daily

WeConservePA will honor Cynthia Carrow with the 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award at its PA Land Conservation Conference in State College on April 2-5. The 2025 PA Land Conservation Conference will be held April 2-4 in State College. Posted: March 13, 2025] PA Environment Digest Click Here to support their work.

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US brands face rising consumer demand for sustainability, says Mintel report

Environmental News Bits

Mintel’s 2025 Global Beauty and Personal Care Trends report reveals a rising demand among US consumers for beauty brands to lead in sustainability and environmental responsibility, driving companies to adopt innovative practices in sourcing, transparency, and product development. Read the full story at Cosmetics Design.

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Supreme Court Green Lights State Law Claims in Superfund Context

Environment Next

Supreme Court held that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) (i) does not preclude owners of contaminated property from pursuing state law claims for nuisance, trespass and strict liability, but (ii) requires EPA approval of any remedial action conducted on the landowners’ property.

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France is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Greenbuilding Law

Under an updated schedule, the government has mandated that from January 1, 2025, forward, buildings that are rated below F or 420 kWh per m² will no longer be allowed to rent flats. Instead, DPE is an extraction based on factors including a structure’s building materials, orientation, mechanical systems, etc.

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Stay Vigilant: Keeping Companies Accountable under France’s New Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law

Vermont Law

Danone’s 2021 Vigilance Plan comprises of five pages within its 70-page Social, Societal, and Environmental Responsibility policy. This initiative includes: 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025; reduce its use of virgin plastic; and increase the proportion of recycled plastic in its packaging.

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Analysis: BP’s energy U-turn: From ‘Beyond Petroleum’ to fossil fuel expansion

A Greener Life

It would be fair to say that for the last 25 years, BPs vision has been anything but stable: In 2000, BP launched a $200 million rebranding initiative, adopting the slogan ‘Beyond Petroleum’ to signify a commitment to renewable energy and environmental responsibility. Will BP stay the course?

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The Environmental Catastrophe that is PFAS will see Movement in 2023

Greenbuilding Law

We blogged last year about EPA Proposing Designating PFAS as Hazardous under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the “Superfund” law and we expect a final rule in 2023. And back in 2019, Patagonia announced that it would phase out the use of PFAS in all of its products by 2025.

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