New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs
Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and killing crabs and fish.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 08/09/2008
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"Pipelines: Feds Warn Of Unsafe Construction On Atlantic Coast Project"
"Federal regulators have found unsafe construction practices at work sites on the Atlantic Coast pipeline, spelling more trouble for a project that's already facing setbacks in court."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/16/2019
"'Coal Is Over': The Miners Rooting For The Green New Deal"
"Appalachia’s main industry is dying and some workers are looking to a new economic promise after Trump’s proves empty".
Source: Guardian, 08/15/2019
"Utility To Close Its Last Pa. Coal Plant 2 Years Early"
"The last coal-fired unit at a major power plant run by FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. in Pennsylvania will close its doors this November, retiring 19 months ahead of schedule, the utility announced Friday."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/13/2019
"Neutralization Of Hydrofluoric Acid To Begin At Philly Refinery"
"Workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia began neutralizing tens of thousands of barrels of a highly toxic chemical this week. The refinery is shutting down after an explosion and fire destroyed part of the plant. The company has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy."
Source: WESA, 08/09/2019
"Court Revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Fish And Wildlife Permit"
"A federal court has overturned a permit needed for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to continue its path across West Virginia and Virginia, where some say construction would impact endangered species."
Source: Bay Journal, 08/08/2019
For ‘Wonky’ Pollution Story, Making the Complex Clear
The latest Inside Story column takes a look at how one reporter turned a series of complex policy stories on renewable energy and pollution into an accessible, localized narrative — and in the process won a Society of Environmental Journalists’ explanatory reporting award. A Q&A about the project with Baltimore Sun’s Scott Dance.
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Climate To Spark Blue Crab Baby Boom. Then Predators Will Eat Them.
"A study promised a rare positive development from global warming for Maryland’s favorite crustacean. But the bad news wasn’t far behind."
Source: Washington Post, 08/02/2019
Court Strikes Down Fish & Wildlife Permit For Atlantic Coast Pipeline
"Dominion Energy’s hopes for resuming construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have run into a new obstacle erected by a federal appeals court panel in Richmond that threw out a federal permit on Friday because it failed to adequately protect endangered or threatened species in the path of the 605-mile project."
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 07/29/2019
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