Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2025

Photo by MRC Témiscamingue via Unsplash The case for decarbonization to address climate change is often, understandably, directed toward the fossil fuel industry. This report found that animal agriculture emits approximately 115 megatons of methane per year, equaling the emissions of the entire fossil fuel sector.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing , and these vehicles are important to reduce fossil fuel use and air pollution. Relying on market dynamics alone risks wasted materials, unsafe and unregulated dismantling, and a lack of accountability for proper disposal.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Brampton facility owner recently completed a second Environmental Screening Report to get its proposal to expand annual waste burning capacity nearly four times to 900,000 tonnes per year rubber stamped by Queens Park. Burning this waste releases massive amounts of toxic pollution and carbon emissions it’s a climate disaster.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

To be more specific, the law forbids the California Energy Commission from issuing a permit to any new nuclear fission power plants until theres a way to dispose of toxic and long-lived nuclear waste. Third, safety, security, and waste concerns matter greatly with nuclear power plants, and those must be considered as well.

Nuclear Power

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2025

It is a victory that Imperial Oil will have to face the courts for releasing millions of litres of toxic waste into the environment. trillion litres of waste, covering an area more than 2.6 Andy Kubrin, Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels, kubrin.andy@gmail.com Phillip Meintzer, Alberta Wilderness Association pmeintzer@abwild.ca

Regulations

Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

What do we do with worldwide garment waste? From raw materials — fauna, flora, fungi and fossil fuels — to the agricultural and manufacturing processes behind the making of our textiles, the clothing that we wear is and has been deeply connected to the natural world. But this work needs to continue.

Fossil Fuels

Nature

JUNE 22, 2025

By Rita Aksenfeld Rita Aksenfeld View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Twitter Facebook Email Credit: Medicimage/Science Photo Library A common bacterium can be adapted to convert plastic waste into paracetamol, a study published this week in Nature Chemistry 1 reports. Can science cure its addiction to plastic?

Waste

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.

Waste

Cleannovate

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Plastics generate interest because they are easy to make but very difficult to degrade leading to a plastic solid waste catastrophe. Most plastics are a by-product of petroleum refining, which make their presence a guarantee as long as we use fossil fuels.

Upcycling

Law Columbia

JULY 29, 2025

A small group of States, composed mainly of the world’s dominant fossil fuel producers and consumers, argued that the only applicable international law was the three climate treaties – the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. The participants were divided into two opposing camps. One of the sentences (para.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

While the expansion of wind and solar power is seen as essential to reducing reliance on fossil fuels, large-scale projects have sometimes sparked local opposition due to their environmental impact. Ethanol accounts for over 40% of fuel used in Brazil’s vehicles, making it a key component of the country’s renewable energy strategy.

2025

Law Columbia

JUNE 19, 2025

For an energy-producing company, the causal links between fossil fuel combustion and environmental harm would have been recognizable had the company continuously kept up with scientific and technological advances in the field of fossil-based energy production.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Human-driven sources of methane, including fossil fuels, agriculture, and waste, account for about 60% of emissions. While technologies exist to reduce emissions from fossil fuel sources cheaply and efficiently, agricultural emissions and natural emissions are often diffuse. Methane has contributed 0.5°C

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Yaw announced the introduction of legislation prohibiting the distribution of Act 13 impact fees to any county “that is actively suing over fossil fuel use.” Read more here. Although not yet introduced, Sen. Read more here. 27 Released 1.1 Washington County, Notice Is Re-sent [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Absorbent material and booms were in place along a path of brown staining from the release to help cleanup the waste and preventing it from traveling any further. The mixture traveled down slope from the tank for about 210 feet until it was stopped by a fallen tree from getting into any bodies of water.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

While many tech companies are significant purchasers of renewable energy – Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top five corporate buyers of wind and solar power globally – AI’s surging energy demand is also being used to justify extending the life of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Containers labeled with radioactive waste sat on properties in the township. Over the past 20 years, cancer incidents in students in the Fort Cherry School District living near fracking facilities have made headlines. Residents’ contaminated water and land and their exposure to benzene from shale operations were reported on.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2025

Timoney released last week reveals new evidence that shows that the AER is failing to hold the oil sands industry accountable for its toxic waste. Dr Timoney obtained the regulators internal data on a decade of tailings waste spills and compared it to the AERs public claims, finding numerous and serious discrepancies.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec. 23 Workshop On Holiday Greens Creations - Bring Home The Cheer In Wayne County -- North Branch Land Trust: Dec.

Conservation

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

” But, she adds, the benefits of nurturing a local textile industry are many: more transparent supply chains, support for local economies and regenerative farming practices, less waste, fewer emissions, and a profound sense of community and interconnectedness. Cotton agriculture alone uses 2.1 percent of the world’s arable land.

Upcycling

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Shapiro Provides Update On The Fight To Lower Energy Prices, Calls On General Assembly To Move His Commonsense Lightning Energy Plan [PaEN] -- PA Elected Officials, Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates Demand Electric Grid Operator PJM Act To Hold Down Electricity Costs [PaEN] -- Bloomberg: US DOE Orders 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Power Plant In Delaware (..)

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Concerns about the feasibility of some energy transition targets have intensified, driven in no small part by resistance from fossil fuel industries and growing public scepticism in many regions, where populists have framed ambitious environmental promises as unrealistic or out of touch with voters’ concerns.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JULY 30, 2025

Negotiations have been characterized to date by resistance from fossil fuel-producing countries and the petrochemical industry, but “high ambition” countries, including Canada, are still working to finalize a deal in Geneva.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Of 846 landfill sites, 830 have been closed and are no longer accepting waste; however, many toxins remain and may contribute to New Jerseys high ozone levels. These sites are areas where hazardous waste has been improperly managed and are now eligible for federal clean-up funding.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 72 - 2.5

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

. -- York County - Harley-Davidson: As part of a $89 million grant, Harley-Davidson will be expanding and upgrading their York County facility for more energy-efficient EV motorcycle manufacturing and reducing waste from the painting process. Billion In Farm Products To China In 2023] [Posted: April 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

She co-directs the Gulf Fossil Finance Hub , working to defund fossil fuels and invest in communities. Her efforts have since focused on addressing the fossil fuel industry’s impact on conservation, the environment, and public health. Quinn is also a 2024 Environmental Leadership Initiative Fellow.

2024

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meanwhile, it remains profoundly cheaper to produce electricity from solar than from new fossil fuel sources. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy (..)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

DEP issued multiple violations related to the incident, including contamination of a water supply, discharge of pollutants into waters of the Commonwealth and failure to control the disposal of drilling wastes. DEP requested Consol to respond to the violations by May 9. DEP April 23 inspection report - Part I.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Kate Harper (R), former member of PA House, and former Congressman Conor Lamb (D) are Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

PennEnvironments Zero Waste Advocate Faran Savitz released the following statement in response to the announcement-- IRG abandoning its plan is great news for both the Erie area and for Lake Erie, an iconic body of water consistently plagued by plastic pollution. Neither is burning plastic waste to make steel.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

She equips residents with the tools to feel empowered to fight against the fossil fuel industry. Injection Wells There are the waste drains. We heard a lot about the waste from the site. The industry needs to find a way to dump their waste. Here is a transcript of her remarks-- Presentation Hello, everyone.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

CERCLA dictated requirements for closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites, including providing for the liability of people responsible for the hazardous waste and establishing a fund for cleanup if there was no identifiable responsible party. Navy stemming from a toxic waste and ammunition disposal site.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Nuclear Waste Dump Cleanup June 5 At Public Meeting In Armstrong County -- TribLive: US Army Corps Says Parks Twp. Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 [PaEN] -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep.

Clean Energy

Vermont Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Direct discharge of animal wastes, particularly Concentrated Animal Feeding Lots (CAFOs), lowers water quality and the standard of health within ecosystems. Waste spills from larger CAFOs with poor sanitation are prone to waste spills and can cause public health emergencies, affecting nearby aquatic habitats and species.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2025

And Policy -- WTAE: Work To Identify Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners In Allegheny, Washington Counties Begins This Summer -- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous/Residual Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Aug. Ohio- $3.06

Natural Gas