WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The nonprofit Container Recycling Institute, Culver City, California, issued a 12-page report for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in May 2024 entitled "2022 Recovery Rate for Deposit Beverage Containers." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CRI calculates that the overall recovery rate for deposit beverage containers was 49% in the state of Iowa for 2022. We first calculated the percentage of deposit beverage container units landfilled statewide comp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 7 signed by Kathryn C. Macdonald, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act On November 1, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-706) on the Parental Rights over the Education and Care of Their Kids Act (H.R. 736), which aims to require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns or preferred name on any school form or allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. The report  more