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Waste

"Environmental Groups Face Off With EPA to Control Manure Pollution"

"For the third time in two decades the Environmental Protection Agency appeared in federal Appellate Court this week to defend its admittedly flawed approach to regulating the billions of pounds of manure running off into the nation’s waters from large industrial animal feeding operations."

Source: Circle of Blue, 09/19/2024

Swimming Banned After Medical Waste Washes Ashore In Md., Va. And Del.

"Officials warned people to stay out of the ocean at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia after they said medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore. The source of the waste was under investigation."

Source: AP, 09/17/2024

Reprocessing Colorado Mining Town’s Waste Could Bring Profit, Risk

"Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city’s boom days."

Source: AP, 09/17/2024

"Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule"

"Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades." "While environmentalists say the new rule doesn’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells."

 

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/13/2024

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