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Tougher Recycling Law to Take Effect July 1 in Vermont
2015-04-27 21:53:00| Waste Age
<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/">Boston Globe</a> Starting July 1, recyclables such as metal, glass, certain plastics, and paper will be banned from Vermont landfills as part of a goal of recycling and composting more solid waste by 2020. read more
Offshore oil drilling faces tougher rules from Washington
2015-04-11 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US is planning to impose a major new regulation on offshore oil and gas drilling to try to prevent the kind of explosions that caused the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing Obama administration officials. The interior department could make the announcement as early as Monday, the paper said. It is timed to coincide with the five-year anniversary of the BP disaster, which killed 11 men and sent millions of barrels of...
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Recycling Becomes a Tougher Sell as Prices Drop
2015-04-07 00:23:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.wsj.com/">The Wall Street Journal</a> In the U.S., many cities and towns pick up detergent bottles, milk jugs and other bits of household plastic and sell them to recyclers who sort, process and resell the scrap. These municipalities typically earned cashas much as $10 a ton in parts of New Jerseyfor selling recyclable materials under contracts that tie the sales price to commodities prices, with a minimum. read more
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Labour Will Push for Tougher Climate Change Targets, Says U.K. Politician
2015-04-06 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With 250 days to go until the end of the Paris climate summit, Flint who was shadow energy secretary in the last parliament has raised concerns that current plans submitted by countries do not go far enough to stop a 2C rise in global temperature. Labour will champion a goal of zero net global emissions in the second half of this century and push for stricter targets in Europe than the current goal of a 40% cut by 2030, she said. Asked what new level she wanted, she said: Because of Ed...
California city hit by gas explosion backs tougher penalty
2015-03-31 21:16:36| Energy - Topix.net
A San Francisco suburb hit by a deadly gas-line blast in 2010 is supporting a proposed tougher penalty for the utility involved. San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane said Tuesday that his city backs a plan to add another $200 million to the penalty proposed for Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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