Environmental protection

Whitecap Resources pleads guilty to charge laid by the AER

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

CALGARY, AB, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitecap Resources Inc., has pled guilty in provincial court to a charge laid against it by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) on June 15, 2023.

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  • CALGARY, AB, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitecap Resources Inc., has pled guilty in provincial court to a charge laid against it by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) on June 15, 2023.
  • The charge is related to a release of hydrogen sulphide ("H2S") from a gas well operated by Whitecap located near Didsbury, Alberta on June 20, 2021, contrary to section 109(2) of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.
  • Visit the AER Compliance Dashboard to see the Agreed Statement of Facts .
  • The AER will publish one or more requests for proposals using established Government of Alberta practices and oversee the creative sentencing project on behalf of the Alberta Court of Justice.

Gap Year Program Tailored to Students with Learning Differences Expands to Dominican Republic

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Friday, March 8, 2024

This initiative aims to immerse students in the complex tapestry of community and cultural justice matters within the country.

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  • This initiative aims to immerse students in the complex tapestry of community and cultural justice matters within the country.
  • Ingenuity Year's programming supports students aged 17-21 with diagnosed and undiagnosed learning differences.
  • Ingenuity Year: Community and Cultural Advocacy is a ten-week program set to kick off in Spring 2025.
  • In addition to the program in the Dominican Republic, Ingenuity Year offers gap programs in Maine and North Carolina.

Hull's Environmental Services, Inc. Welcomes Jamie Arleo as New Environmental, Health and Safety Director

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hull's Environmental Services, Inc. (Hull's) is proud to announce the appointment of Jamie Arleo as the newest member of our team, serving as Environmental, Health and Safety Director.

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  • PANAMA CITY, Fla., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hull's Environmental Services, Inc. (Hull's) is proud to announce the appointment of Jamie Arleo as the newest member of our team, serving as Environmental, Health and Safety Director.
  • With over 25 years of experience in environmental management and emergency response, Jamie brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to the organization.
  • In his previous role at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Jamie distinguished himself as a highly skilled emergency responder, managing the busiest response district in the state with exceptional proficiency.
  • These are the exact qualities we were looking for in our new Environmental, Health and Safety Director."

DuPont Membranes for Lithium-Brine Purification Named 2024 Edison Awards™ Finalist

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced that FilmTec™ LiNE-XD nanofiltration membrane elements, the company's first offering dedicated to lithium brine purification, was named a finalist in the 2024 Edison Awards™ in the Resource Recovery & Environmental Conservation category.

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  • WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced that FilmTec™ LiNE-XD nanofiltration membrane elements, the company's first offering dedicated to lithium brine purification, was named a finalist in the 2024 Edison Awards™ in the Resource Recovery & Environmental Conservation category.
  • Lithium brine purification is critical to producing batteries needed for electrification to help combat climate change.
  • The Edison Awards™ is an annual competition honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design, and innovation.
  • The gold, silver and bronze winners will be announced at the 2024 Edison Awards Gala in Fort Myers, Florida, on April 18, 2024.

Comstock Metals Receives Solar Panel Processing Permit

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” or the “Company”) announced today that Comstock Metals Corporation (“Comstock Metals”) has received conditional approval from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Sustainable Materials Management (NDEP-BSMM) for the processing of waste solar panels and photovoltaics in its new materials recovery facility located in Silver Springs, NV.

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  • VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” or the “Company”) announced today that Comstock Metals Corporation (“Comstock Metals”) has received conditional approval from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Sustainable Materials Management (NDEP-BSMM) for the processing of waste solar panels and photovoltaics in its new materials recovery facility located in Silver Springs, NV.
  • Comstock Metals has also begun accepting receipt of materials for processing and is securing supplier commitments on an ongoing basis.
  • “We appreciate BSMM’s efforts in issuing our final permit and enabling the first Nevada-based, zero-landfill, end-of-life solar panel solution serving this broad region,” said Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, President of Comstock Metals Corporation.
  • Comstock Metals is the leading zero-landfill, end-of-life solution for solar panels.”

Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

But puffin populations are in decline, largely due to their struggle to catch enough of these shiny fish: sandeels.

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  • But puffin populations are in decline, largely due to their struggle to catch enough of these shiny fish: sandeels.
  • Sandeels have been industrially fished on an industrial scale since the 1950s, not for human consumption but to make fishmeal.
  • This fishing ban is a start but, with the added pressures of climate change, more is needed to save Britain’s seabirds.

The significance of sandeels

  • Sandeels are also a favourite food for seabirds such as surface-feeding gulls and terns, and deep-diving auk species including puffins, razorbills and guillemots.
  • As well as falling foul of marine predators, sandeels are caught by humans, largely to be used as feed for farmed fish, such as salmon, or livestock.
  • But the UK government has not allowed British vessels to fish for sandeels since 2021.
  • Relationships between the closure of sandeel area 4 and the breeding success of other sandeel-reliant seabirds around northern England and Scotland have not been obvious.
  • This is potentially due to differences in foraging ranges and diving abilities between different seabirds.

Climate drivers

  • Although fisheries could exacerbate declines in some seabird species, changing environmental conditions have larger impacts.
  • This change might have detrimental knock-on effects on the seabirds that feed sandeels to their chicks during their summer breeding seasons.
  • Climate change, which has already given rise to a warmer North Sea, is a main driver of sandeel declines.
  • Many of these declines have been linked to the influence of climate change on the availability of their prey.


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Climate Change to Bring Invasive Weeds to mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. States

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Friday, February 9, 2024

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan. That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team.

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  • A Weed Science Society of America research summary identifies most likely high-impact, range-shifting Invasive plants coming to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S.
  • Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan.
  • That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team
    WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan.
  • That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team.

The New York Academy of Medicine Launches Initiative to Build Health Systems Resilience

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

New York, NY, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), an innovator in public health for more than 176 years, launches its first initiative in a multiyear plan to help build more resilient health systems in the era of climate change.

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  • New York, NY, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), an innovator in public health for more than 176 years, launches its first initiative in a multiyear plan to help build more resilient health systems in the era of climate change.
  • NYAM’s Designing Health Systems Resilience program will begin to establish a community of practice among health executives, public health officials, payers, and policy-makers as a first step toward building a “Roadmap to Resilience,” providing recommendations for programming and partnerships to support healthcare and public health system resilience across New York.
  • Designing Health Systems Resilience is made possible by the generosity of our sponsors, including the Commonwealth Fund, Mount Sinai Health System, Netflix, and Northwell Health, and our media partner City & State New York.
  • Future phases of NYAM’s work with public health and health systems will explore support of resilience strategies and assessment for impact, sustainability, and potential for broader replication.

Bay Community Bancorp Earns $1.31 Million in Fourth Quarter 2023 and a Record $8.23 Million for the Year; Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.05 Per Share

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Monday, February 5, 2024

For the year 2023, net income increased 2.1% to a record $8.23 million, compared to $8.06 million in 2022.

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  • For the year 2023, net income increased 2.1% to a record $8.23 million, compared to $8.06 million in 2022.
  • This marks the twelfth consecutive cash dividend payment since the Company initiated quarterly cash dividends on April 30, 2021.
  • Pre-tax, pre-provision, pre-CDFI grant income was $1.59 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $3.39 million in the year ago quarter, and $1.99 million in the third quarter of 2023.
  • Noninterest expense was $6.84 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $5.48 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, and $6.46 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Purchase College Professor Awarded Major Grant by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Purchase College, SUNY, is pleased to announce that Dr. Allyson Jackson, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, has been awarded a major grant in the amount of $99,480 by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation to support invasive species prevention.

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  • Dr. Allyson Jackson, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Purchase College, has been awarded a major grant in the amount of $99,480 by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation to support invasive species prevention.
  • PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Purchase College, SUNY, is pleased to announce that Dr. Allyson Jackson, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, has been awarded a major grant in the amount of $99,480 by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation to support invasive species prevention.
  • The Purchase College grant is one 43 projects awarded a total of $3 million to reduce the negative impacts of invasive species on New York State's natural resources, economy, and communities.
  • Dr. Ryan Taylor, Chair of the Environmental Studies department, said, "The entire Environmental Studies department is eager to start implementing this restoration project.