"Canoeing in a Superfund Site"
"Paddling in the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, has inspired one recovering lawyer to write poetry about toxic sludge, floating condoms, and gentrification."
Source: New Yorker, 03/29/2024
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"New Zealand's Maori King Calls For Whales To Be Given Personhood"
"The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as people in a bid to protect the hallowed yet vulnerable species."
Source: AFP, 03/29/2024"Interior Cracks Down On Methane Releases From Federal Drilling"
"The Interior Department moved Wednesday to slash methane pollution from drilling on public lands, a key peg in President Joe Biden’s reform agenda for the federal oil program. The Bureau of Land Management’s rule will make oil companies pay royalties on “wasted” natural gas. That is the methane that operators either vent into the air or burn off rather than capture in a pipeline and sell."
Source: E&E News, 03/28/2024"MTA Gives Final Approval For Congestion Pricing In NYC"
"The MTA board on Wednesday gave its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street."
Source: Gothamist, 03/28/2024Puerto Rico Declares A Public Health Emergency As Dengue Cases Surge
"Puerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year."
Source: NPR, 03/28/2024"Millions Go Hungry As A Billion Meals Binned Every Day, Says UN Report"
"More than a billion meals are thrown away every day, in poor countries as well as rich ones, despite more than 730 million people living in hunger around the world."
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024"Water Companies In England Face Outrage Over Record Sewage Discharges"
"Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year in a 105% increase on the previous 12 months."
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes
"Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people".
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024"Spending Package Would Extend Nuclear Insurance Backstop"
"The fiscal 2024 spending package released Thursday proposes to prolong and expand a critical lifeline for the domestic nuclear energy industry."
Source: E&E News, 03/28/2024"A Great Lakes Pipeline Tangles Politics in Two Battleground States"
"Line 5 crosses tribal lands, runs beneath the water and needs major upgrades. Opponents fear spills. Supporters envision jobs. Everyone sees a fight."
Source: NYTimes, 03/28/2024DOE Will Lend $1.5B To Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant, A US First
"The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday."
Source: AP, 03/28/2024Feds Propose Killing 500,000 'Invasive' Owls To Save Calif. Native Owls
"A group of 75 animal rights organizations, including several in California, signed a joint letter sent to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Monday urging her to nix a proposal by the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife to shoot nearly half a million “invasive” owls over the next 30 years."
Source: SFGate, 03/28/2024Paused Ohio "Chemical Recycling" Plant Puts Spotlight On Appalachia
"On a bright, cold day in February, Akim Lattermore stood in front of her house gesturing toward the site of a proposed facility that would convert old tires, electronic waste and plastic into fuel."
Source: EHN, 03/27/2024"Supreme Court Refuses Antiquities Act Fight"
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of cases that could have diminished the president’s power to establish new national monuments — but critics of that authority say there are still multiple avenues to rein in the White House’s ability to conserve public lands."
Source: E&E News, 03/27/2024"NOAA Gets Dire Warning About Solar Geoengineering"
"The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather."
Source: E&E News, 03/27/2024
