PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEPs Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act response at the Tub Mill Farm and Clearview Farm waste site in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County. (
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Events scheduled from March 1 through May 31 receive free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Department of Environmental Protection and PennDOT, as supplies last. Events must be registered to receive free cleanup supplies.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
When EVs do retire, it is critical that we can keep hazardous waste out of landfills and communities while limiting the amount of critical minerals (lithium, cobalt, nickel, etc.) We negotiated hard with auto makers, recyclers and others for the bill to include robust reporting requirements, producer responsibly and environmental protections.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 7, 2025
The size of the toxic ash pile at the Scrubgrass cryptomining facility had turned waste coal into an even riskier form of pollution, said Patrick McDonnell, President and CEO of PennFuture. uses waste coal to fuel its operations, which results in large quantities of coal ash.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 14, 2023
On top of cost, there are a number of obstacles to the plan: “It would flood the northern Gulf of California with waste brine, threatening one of Mexico’s most productive fisheries,” while carving a “freeway-sized corridor through a U.S. national monument and UNESCO site, established to protect a fragile desert ecosystem.”
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2024
On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. Read more here. Visit DEP’s Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program webpage for more information. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!
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