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District Court Dismisses Suit Seeking TSCA Section 6 Rule Prohibiting Production of PFOA during Fluorination of Plastic Containers

Nanotech

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking a rule under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit the production of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) during Inhance Technologies, LLCs (Inhance) fluorination process. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) v. 2024-2194).

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Easy Ways Oil and Gas Companies Can Reduce Pollution

Enviromental Defense

We already have the technology and the resources needed to reduce oil and gas pollution. We’ve heard endless excuses, but the truth is that the technology needed to comply with these emissions reductions exists today. Absolutely not! This isn’t a secret, but oil and gas companies won’t tell you that.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award

PA Environment Daily

The awards involved innovations in communications and public involvement, restoring brownfield industrial sites, using the Internet and information technology in unique ways, and watershed and water resource protection.

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Colpoys Bay is under threat by a proposed land-based fish farm

Enviromental Defense

The company claims to have the technology to ‘scrub’ the water of 98 per cent of contaminants before returning the water to Colpoys Bay. This industry does not have a good track record in terms of their environmental responsibility and their ability to adequately control the contaminants that would be added to the bay.

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CEH and PEER File Suit Seeking TSCA Section 6 Rule Prohibiting Production of PFOA During Fluorination of Plastic Containers

Nanotech

On July 25, 2024, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S.

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Should We Use the Ocean to Capture Carbon?

Ocean Conservancy

Last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recognized the urgency of the need for policy and research guidance and announced a Fast-Track Action Committee tasked with evaluating the merits of and concerns about different types of marine CO 2 removal and developing relevant guidelines for research.

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Permitting CO2 Pipelines: Overcoming State and Federal Barriers to CO2 Pipeline Networks

Law Columbia

In response to this challenge, public and private sector actors around the world are researching and deploying a variety of technologies designed to remove greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere.