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Why Hurricane Helene Could Finally Change the Conversation Around Climate Change

Inside Climate News

The massive personal and economic toll of unexpected inland flooding may represent a turning point. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine , an interview by host Steve Curwood with Abrahm Lustgarten, author of “On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America.

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DEP Now Accepting Applications For Food Waste Reduction Grants To Help Fight Hunger

PA Environment Daily

On October 4, Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley joined Joe Arthur, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank , to announce DEP is now accepting Food Recovery Infrastructure Grants to help nonprofit organizations fight hunger by reducing food waste. The deadline for applications is February 28. Grants up to $50,000 are available to non-profit organizations who partner with food retailers/wholesalers to recover safe and wholesome foods and then make that food

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Curbside ‘Composting’ Is Finally Citywide in New York. Or Is It?

Inside Climate News

Much of the food scraps and other organic waste that’s collected will go not to compost piles but to producing “bio-gas” energy for the electric grid, which presents a host of environmental issues. Can the new program turn into a real composting effort? By Jake Bolster When Christine Datz-Romero and her husband started the Lower East Side Ecology Center in 1987, where New Yorkers could drop off paper, metal, glass and plastic for recycling, they beat New York’s mandatory recycling law by two yea

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No Decision Posted Yet From DEP On Whether Flare Gas Chemical Makeup, Volume At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Is Confidential Business Information

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has not yet decided whether to approve an April 12, 2024 request from the Shell Petrochemical Plant to classify the composition and flow rate of gases going to be burned off at flares and the air pollution sources and pollution control equipment operating at the Beaver County facility confidential business information.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling

Scientific American

California’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclable

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 - Five More Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations; Failure To Disclose Fracking Chemicals; Failure To Report Waste Generation & Disposal; Lawnmower Causes Conventional Pipeline Gas Leak

PA Environment Daily

From September 28 to October 4, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 650 inspection entries and posted inspection reports from previous week. So far this year, DEP took these actions as of September 27 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 53 conventional, 5 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 6,175 conventional and 763 unconventional -- Enforcements 2024: 390 conventional and 97 unconventional (orders, agreements) -- Inspections Last Week: 370 conventiona

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.5.24

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] House Voting Schedule -- October 7, 8, 9,

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Introducing the 2024 Snapshot on Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation

Climate Change Blawg

As the fight against climate change intensifies, legal battles around the world are shaping the course of climate action. The latest Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2024 Snapshot, published by the Grantham Research Institute in partnership with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, offers an in-depth analysis of the key trends in this […] The post Introducing the 2024 Snapshot on Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation appeared first on Climate Change Blawg: Climate Chang