Sat.Aug 31, 2024

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New Grant Will Further Research to Identify and Generate Biomass in California’s North San Joaquin Valley

Inside Climate News

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s BioCircular Valley project will help the region rely less on open agricultural waste-burning practices. By Ruchi Shahagadkar The Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future, a collaboration between Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Schmidt Sciences, has awarded funding grants to five projects focusing on developing solutions to advance circular bio-economies with biomass feedstocks across the country.

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SCOTUS to Resolve Scope of Agency NEPA Environmental Analysis

MGKF Law

This entry was authored by MGKF Summer Associate Ryan Raynor Next term, the United States Supreme Court will decide the extent to which federal agencies must consider environmental impacts beyond their control in performing environmental reviews. On June 24, 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition and the Uinta Basin Railway, LLC to determine whether the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) requires a federal agency conducting an

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.31.24

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] Senate Fall Voting Schedule -- September

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 24 to 30 - Water Pipeline Blowout; 9-Year-Old Hits Conventional Gas Well; 5 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

From August 24 to 30, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 728 inspection entries, and caught up with posting inspection reports from previous weeks. So far this year, DEP took these actions as of August 23 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 85 conventional,10 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 5,675 conventional and 695 unconventional -- Enforcements 2024: 341 conventional and 88 unconventional -- Inspections Last Week: 321 conventional and 359 unconv

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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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Appalachian Regional Commission Selects Job Training, Revitalization Groups For Communities Impacted By Coal, Power Plant Closures; Underserved, Marginalized Communities; 5 In PA Serving Coal, Oil & Gas Counties

PA Environment Daily

On August 29, the Appalachian Regional Commission announced the 30 community foundations , serving communities in 10 Appalachian states, selected to participate in READY Community Foundations. One of four tailored tracks under ARC’s capacity-building initiative, READY Appalachia , READY Community Foundations provides no-cost training and funding access to help Appalachia’s local philanthropic organizations improve their programming, operations, fundraising and financial impact.