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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.4.24

PA Environment Daily

Sayre High School Students Together at Cobbs Creek To Learn Environmental Science, Engineering In Philadelphia -- Erie Times: Venango Twp. 17 Hearing On Orchard BJK Company Warehouse Chapter 105 Permit In Monroe County -- Penn Today: New Program Brings Penn And William L.

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Vice Chair Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Asks DEP To Report On University Of Pittsburgh Study That Found At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Production Waste Sent To Landfills Was Unaccounted For In One Year

PA Environment Daily

Researchers, using DEP data, found an average 30 percent discrepancy between the waste numbers reported by the oil and gas industry and the waste received by landfills. The study noted landfills must test leachate for radioactive radium and other markers of oil and gas waste, but wastewater plants don’t.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.1.23

PA Environment Daily

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- House Committee OKs Increase In Per Ton Recycling Fee To Support Local Recycling Programs, Waste Disposal Planning [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: Is Hyperlocal Recycling The Future?

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National Energy Technology Lab, University Of Pittsburgh Studies Say Oil & Gas Wastewater Can Be Major Source Of Lithium For Rechargeable Battery Production

PA Environment Daily

Justin Mackey, the lead investigator on the project, said “The drilling boom in Appalachia created large volumes of produced water that is considered a waste. advisor Daniel Bain, associate professor of geology and environmental sciences at the University of Pittsburgh's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

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Our toilets can yield excellent alternatives for widespread polluting fertilizers

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Why not recycle our own body waste too as fertilizer, provided there is no risk that harmful microbes or traces from pharmaceuticals end up in the consumed crops? To tackle the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and pollution, humanity will need to move to a circular economy, where all resources are recycled.

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Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling

PA Environment Daily

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News Fracking for natural gas in parts of Pennsylvania with a legacy of energy extraction may increase the risk of groundwater contamination, according to a team led by Penn State scientists. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?