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Narda Camacho was known for her reforestation and waste management efforts, and for advocating for the passage of he Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Air Act

Landfill failed to prevent odor

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Keystone Sanitary Landfill (KSL) in Lackawanna County for failing to control odors at its facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop, this comes after the DEP confirmed landfill gas odors numerous times in the past […]

TRADE and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual urged companies engaged in sustainability and green energy to invest and expand in the Philippines in a bid to address the worsening global climate crisis.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday a civil penalty in connection to the June 2 implosion of two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale. According to the DEP, Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, Controlled Demolition Inc. and Grant Mackay Co. violated the state’s Solid Waste Management

The companies responsible for demolishing two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale Borough violated a state act and will pay a civil penalty of $39,100, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Thursday.

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver will need to make changes and report progress to the public after being fined $62,475 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for breaking state rules. The DEP fined the landfill for violating the state Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law. Violations

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has collected $62,475 from Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, LLC to address violations of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law.

PITTSBURGH – A Williamsport-based specialty chemical firm is looking to dismiss litigation from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, which is looking to recoup more than $2 million in costs, from a remediation and removal process it undertook and completed to remove hazardous substances from a Rochester warehouse property.