Below the Horizon
Elsie Isn’t Going to Market Yet – Growing America
There is no word yet on delaying any payments to dairy farms that supply Borden, however, there is sure to be worry among them after these filings. A home for your milk is a dairy farmer’s biggest concern. Without a secure one it is extremely difficult to make any decisions. This news is just one more blow to struggling to dairy farmers that cannot seem to gain any ground.
House plans to take up sweeping new PFAS bill with waste implications | Waste Dive
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to take up a bill (H.R. 535) this week that would nationally regulate at least some per- and polyfluoruoalkyl substances (PFAS).
Among other significant components, the PFAS Action Act of 2019 would require the U.S. EPA to establish destruction and disposal guidance for a range of materials, including landfill leachate, biosolids, and "solid, liquid, or gas waste streams" from facilities that manufacture or use PFAS. It is likely the bill — which is set for a committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon — will see markups reducing impacts to chemical companies.
The GOP-controlled Senate has also shown no interest in taking up the legislation. But disclosures show the waste industry's largest companies are lobbying on PFAS and trade groups have signaled the issue will be an important one in 2020. While some waste companies have been wary of PFAS legislation, others are open to the potential upside. Bill Fahey, a senior vice president with Veolia North America, told Waste Dive in a statement that regulations could create "an interesting and challenging opportunity in the hazardous waste space."
Under The Egg
On a cold winter's day, with the sun angle only around 25 degrees above the horizon, the Egg casts a pretty good shadow, along with the shadows of all the buildings downtown.
Friday January 13, 2017 — The Egg Performing Arts Center
Definition of METHINKS
In case your wondering, "methinks" is not bad grammar, it's actually in the dictionary.