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Are Environmental Win-Wins Achievable?
By: Virginia Riddle Environmental “win-wins”, or objectives that have little negative environmental impact, are becoming more and more difficult to come by. An example of an environmental win-win would be the mass fishing of shrimp while avoiding harming other unneeded sea creatures. These situations are often projected to […]
$245M Allotted to Clean PA Mine Lands
By: Virginia Riddle $725 million has been budgeted for nearly half the country to clean up abandoned mine lands (AML). Pennsylvania is receiving the largest chunk of these funds, at $245 million. These efforts are projected to not only help with America’s pollution issue but are also expected […]
EPA Answers to Lawsuits About Incinerator Pollutants
By: Virginia Riddle Community groups in New Jersey and California are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the overwhelming number of pollutants being emitted from trash incinerators. The suits were filed on January 13 in federal district court in Washington and on December 21 in a Washington […]
Supreme Court Ruling Saves Sea Creatures
By Virginia Riddle Friday, December 3rd, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the request of Maine lobster fishers to lift fishing restrictions that were set in place to protect North Atlantic right whales. Lobstering groups claimed that the restrictions would limit the abilities of over 100 of the state’s […]
First Indigenous Tribal Leader to Receive U.S. State Department Diplomatic Credentials
Photo Credit: National Congress of the American Indians By: Samantha Walker Washington, DC, NOV. 3: Last Wednesday National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Fawn Sharp was announced as a delegate for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, United Kingdom. President Sharp […]
Billionaire Amazon Founder Pledges $2 billion to Environment
By: Virginia Riddle Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s billionaire founder, pledged during a Glasgow climate summit to put $2 billion towards restoring environmental habitats and food systems. On top of this, he plans to have Amazon power its operations with renewable energy by 2025. This pledge is coming right after […]
Longietti: Nearly $3 million awarded to fund electric freight locomotive
Grant to Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad will cut harmful diesel emissions HERMITAGE, Nov. 1 – Grant funding of $2.9 million will allow Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co. to reduce its fleet’s diesel emissions by replacing an aging, diesel-powered locomotive with an electric model, state Rep. Mark Longietti […]
The University of Michigan Searches for Cancer Risks in Environment
By: Virginia Riddle The University of Michigan (U-M) was granted $13 million from the National Cancer Institute to track how exposure to environmental contaminants could lead to cancer. The grant will be put into U-M’s School of Public Health and Rogel Cancer Center, specifically to the program of […]
Consequences of Crypto Currency: Bitcoin, Ethereum, NFTs and More
Image Credit: Finance MonthlyBy Adam Button The recent uproar in cryptocurrency has brought more awareness to the problems that arise from such currencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum. The main problem is the large carbon footprint, that the generation of cryptocurrency creates. What is cryptocurrency? There are six […]
Water Protectors Take a Stand
Image Credit: Democracy NowBy Virginia Riddle Washington, DC Oct. 14: Indigenous water protectors started protests against the continued construction of Line 3 through a sit-in at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. The protests were sparked by the Line 3 pipeline being built through numerous existing Indigenous territories. […]
Black Farmers Confront USDA on Historical Racism
Image Credit: Medill News Service By: Dylan Evans Washington, DC, Sept. 28: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that a commission for farmers of color to address, as they stated, “racial equity issues.” Black farmers have expressed how they have been feeling discriminated by the USDA […]
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Faces Criminal Charges
By: Virginia Riddle Oct 5: Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro reported 46 criminal charges facing the Mariner East 2 pipeline. There were also an additional two charges reported to Shapiro’s office by the Pennsylvania Department of Protection (DEP). The Mariner East 2 is a natural gas pipeline that […]
Environmental Advocate Dies after 39-year Career
Image by The Washington PostVirginia Riddle Republican Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert, age 85, passed away on Monday in New Hartfield, New York. He spent 24 years representing Central New York and fighting for environmental awareness and protection. Former Rep. Boehlert was first elected to the House of Representatives […]
Indigenous Tribes’ Fight to Prevent Environmental Disaster
Image by MN350By: Samantha Walker Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. […]
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