Environmental Protection

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced the start of fall gun hunting seasons. Starting October 2, the turkey gun hunting season begins and continues through October 30 and the…

A New Zealand offshore mining company has lost its Supreme Court bid to overturn a ruling preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of ferrous sand off the coast of South Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand. Zealand.Thursday's…

BEIJING - (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - On September 28, 2021, SEE (Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology) co-organized and participated in the CBD COP15 NGO Parallel Forum in Kunming, as one of the eight parallel forums of the 15th…

The preliminary environmental impact assessment report of the Lithium Prospecting and Exploration Program identified "some risks" in the eight potential zones in the north and center of the country, but still recognized…

Nearly one in three Americans has experienced a climate disaster in the past summer. One of the first signs of a downturn, at least for me, is what's called Climate Week, which took place last week on the sidelines of the United Nations…

HARRISBURG (AP) - A Pennsylvania state Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program designed to help…

The Arizona State Democratic Party overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Saturday that criticizes the senator. Kyrsten SinemaKyrsten Sinema Budget deadlock marks critical turning point in Biden's presidency Democrats urge Biden to go all…

Driscoll takes on Mhariel Powers in the general election.Member of the Saint Petersburg City Council Gina Driscoll published the first announcement of his re-election campaign on Monday. The 30-second spot is shown on television and…

CITY OF PLUS-HEAD - The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment on…

Do young German voters have the opportunity to lobby politically for their own interests? While I would like to answer this question with "yes", the honest answer, unfortunately, is "no". In Germany, older voters decide the country's…

The incinerator has been in Chester since 1992 and residents have criticized its presence since its inception. In addition to the DEP clearance process, opponents see an opportunity to reduce pollution at the plant by…

To concentrate Water and waste collection - September 21 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cancels its guidance document: "Applying the Supreme Court's Maui County v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Decision in the…

Thousands of acres of Atlantic white cedar - once an integral part of the early Jersey Shore settlers - have been decimated by climate change, storm surges and sea level rise, but a new state initiative aims to rebuild these coastal…

A longtime EPA expert adviser on aviation issues and a vocal critic of the Trump administration is The choice of President Biden to head the agency's scientific office. Chris Frey, whose pending appointment as EPA Deputy Administrator…

PHOTO SUBMITTEDAn aerial view of the Covanta factory in Chester. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection held a virtual hearing on Wednesday in which members of the public urged the agency not to renew the Title V operating…

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, DC, United States, May 10, 2021. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly / File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Reuters) - US President Joe Biden's…

Six of the seven projects are in the newly designated Florida Wildlife Corridor (Tallahassee / September 21, 2021-NSF) - Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet have approved seven Florida Forever conservation land…

As temperatures continue to rise due to greenhouse gas emissions, a new US Environmental Protection Agency report by career scientists shares grim news: Expect more death.The number of deaths found in the EPA's analysis correlates with the…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) - New Mexico is now the nation's second-largest oil-producing state, and environmental officials say more needs to be done to curb pollution from the industry. They are proposing another set of rules as part of…

WASHINGTON - As long as people lived in the parched western landscape of Texas, they worried about when the rain would come.Today, water, a scarce resource sought after by farmers, oil drillers and city planners in the western half of…

New York needs more federal funds to tackle the pesky mosquitoes that can carry West Nile virus, US Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday. Schumer (DN.Y.) said…

In August 2015, Steve Benally walked out of his Halchita, Utah, Navajo Nation home and heard a warning: do not use the water. The Gold King mine near Silverton, Colorado, had dumped toxic sewage into the Animas River watershed. The big…

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Residents near a small neighborhood park in New Jersey woke up earlier this month to the roar of heavy machinery: A grassy field they had been begging authorities to fix for years was finally in the process of getting a…

New Jersey has been a leader in solving the most important environmental issues of the day. Decades ago, for example, four years before the enactment of CERCLA, the state's Spill Compensation and Control Act prohibited the illegal…

Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Sea lamprey attached to a lake trout. These parasites attach themselves to fish and suck the blood of fish. Only one in seven fish can survive a sea lamprey attack. The…

As fires raged in Jerusalem in July and August this year, it was an event all too familiar to locals, but one that became increasingly exacerbated. The smell of smoke lingering longer in the city and dark clouds invading the…

"It's been a long time coming" by Trish Rudder About 50 people attended the North Berkeley Rail Trail (NBRT) celebration on Friday, September 10 to applaud the trailhead remediation - the cleanup of the contaminated patch of land north of…

Herschel vineyard and Jeff Littlejohn have teamed up again, this time creating the go-to lobbying team for companies looking to navigate Florida's complex regulatory environment. Vinyard and Littlejohn train the Florida government business…

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People who say they have been waiting hours for a gasoline truck to show up are seen at a gas station in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on August 31, 2021. REUTERS / Leah MillisNEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4…

New York, September 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Reportlinker.com announces the publication of the report "Forecast of the Middle East and Africa Environmental Consulting Services Market to 2028 - Impact and Analysis of COVID-19 - by…

STATEN ISLAND, NY - City and state agencies have agreed to come to the table to work on a solution to the extreme flooding that is occurring on a service road along the Staten Island Expressway in Meiers Cornersf.Sheraden Avenue, one block…

IARN - When the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Regan, attended his confirmation hearings before the United States Senate, he was asked directly if he had intends to bring back the…

BRIDGEPORT - After more than two decades, the city is moving forward with improvements to the intersection of Seaview and Boston avenues and Bond Street that were originally connected to a proposed office park at the neighboring Remington…

So our state's DEP - that is, the Department of Environmental Protection - confirmed that Central Maine Power, in fact, had clear cut a scar almost twice the size of they didn't claim it. In CMP's fury to tear apart the forest of western…

Photo / Steven Rubin for Public Herald Susie Beiersdorfer stands next to the Duck Creek Energy well platform in Tod Homestead Cemetery in Youngstown. She is an…

SALEM - An environmental group is suing Oregon and the federal government for failing to develop plans to…

Miami-Dade County, in partnership with Florida Power and Light Company (FPL), Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Group, will be docked in PortMiami by fall 2023, according to a press release. Cruise Terminal F, currently…

ALLIANCE - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss the city's plan to build a new sewer pipeline. The information session will take place on August 17 at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Court of Alliance. A…

The first human case of West Nile virus infection in Los Angeles County for the year has been reported, health officials said on Tuesday. The patient, who has only been described as a South Bay resident, was hospitalized with…

Corn is harvested from Kenison Farms in Levan, Utah on October 5, 2013. REUTERS / Jim UrquhartWASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Reuters) - A trade group representing some of America's largest bakery companies urges the Biden administration to reduce its…

Download PDF The American Water Works Association ("AWWA") sent a letter on July 19 to the Chairman and Senior Member of the Rules Committee of the United States House of Representatives, asking him to support an amendment ("Amendment…

Blackspace Oklahoma is a local nonprofit organization that provides support and education to the African American community. Through a partnership with Oklahoma City Public Schools, the group targeted Douglass High School and Martin Luther…

Over seven years ago, the water crisis in Flint began when state officials changed Flint's water source to save money, without worrying about people's health. These same officials also failed to properly treat the city's water, leading to…

Juan Flores is a longtime resident of Galena Park, an eastern suburb of Houston, who "smelled all kinds of chemicals" in the air of nearby industrial facilities. “I'm probably going to get cancer as I get older just…

When the cane fields burn and the skies darken over the Everglades, mothers bring the children back inside. It should tell you everything you need to know. As sugar farmers burn acre after acre to facilitate each harvest, month after…

A satellite view of a former landfill in South Hero where authorities found high levels of PFAS. The chemicals were detected in monitoring wells placed around the perimeter of the site. Illustration of VTDigger; Google Earth / US…

A Michigan congresswoman said a federal bill requiring drinking water limits for the family of chemicals known as PFAS, which had been found in high national limits in parts of the counties of Bucks, and Montgomery, could move forward…

Report that PFAS chemicals were used in hydraulic fracturing operations in New Mexico "highlights how important it is for regulators to know what's in industrial wastewater," Maddy said Hayden, spokesperson for the New Mexico Department…

The town of Chautauqua has filed its own complaint against fire-fighting foam companies that allegedly contaminated the water of residents of the village of Mayville. In early…

The Baker administration supports efforts to have the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designate the Lower Neponset River as a Superfund site for environmental cleaning. This is the latest work in years between the EPA, the…

News photo by Julie Riddle Waste tires partially fill a truck at the Alpena resource recovery facility in June.ALPENA - Michigan has a scrap tire problem, but Alpena could help solve the problem.By mid-2023, Alpena could rid the state of…

CONNECTICUT - Storm damage and full parking lots resulted in the closure of several state parks to new visitors on Saturday by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.These parks, with the times at which closures were…

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is asking people to be on the lookout for sick songbirds in the area after reports of the problems from other parts of the country. DEEP recommends…

July 8, 2021 Green teams at the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies step up response to face accelerating global crises Posted in: Home page News, Research, Science and Technology…

A recently published review of leading scientific literature suggests that ethanol-based fuels widely available at gas stations like E10, E15 or E85 result in less toxic vehicle emissions and pose a lower risk to human health.…

President BidenJoe BidenBiden emphasizes unity in his July 4 remarks: "America is coming together" Governor of Oregon: Heat wave toll is "absolutely unacceptable" Army braces for change radical in the reform of justice MORERestoring…

You're in your favorite seafood restaurant, enjoying flounder puff or salted scallops, sipping crisp Sauvignon Blanc, and commenting on the mouthwatering freshness of the fish to your table partner. Have you ever wondered how it…

Advocates say that because Oil Creek flows into Codorus Creek and then into the Susquehanna River, pollution threatens the area's many recreational uses, including kayaking, fishing and bird watching. Environmental…

Senior Director Wild and Scenic Rivers and Public Lands Policy As our collective understanding of the value of…

A new Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Podcast invites the listener to join a 10,000 kilometer journey through East Antarctica on Australia's “most ambitious inspection tour ever”.In early 2020, a…

TRENTON, Mich. (AP) - Two 120-foot-tall towers have been demolished at a former steel plant below Detroit.The structures were overturned on Tuesday at the former McLouth steel plant site in Trenton, according to MSC Land which acquired…

Throughout New Jersey, lead service lines were underground, carrying potable water from main lines to homes.These are the same types of pipelines that were at the heart of the lead crisis in Newark, as well as the problems in Trenton and…

MILTON - A project along a 2,050-foot stretch of Limestone Run just…

The nonprofit Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the towns of Barnstable and Mashpee for failing to protect coastal waters from pollution.…

Recently, a Star-Ledger article reported that the Federal Emergency Management Agency notified Asbury Park officials on March 1 of the plans - subsequently approved by the city's planning council this month - for a private beach…

The green peacock is so rare in China that wild sightings of the birds, with their golden-green plumage…

BARNSTABLE - In a lawsuit filed last week, the Conservation Law Foundation got right to the heart of Cape Cod's sewage problem: septic tanks.About 80% of Cape Cod properties rely on septic systems, which are licensed under Title 5…

Law360 (June 18, 2021, 5:12 p.m. EDT) - A group of CNA Insurance units sued Niagara LaSalle Corp. in Texas federal court, saying they had no obligation to defend the steel bar maker against two environmental repair claims…

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday he had fully reinstated one of the two main advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a bid to promote "scientific integrity" of the…

NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - Democratic members of the United States Congress on Wednesday sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, urging it to reject any action that would exempt oil refiners from the requirement to mix…

The Chevron Corp refinery is seen in Richmond, California, United States, August 7, 2012. REUTERS / Robert GalbraithJune 15 (Reuters) - California air quality regulators on July 21 vote on a plan that would require two San Francisco-area…

While officials say ground-level air quality conditions are still safe amid an ongoing fire at a Rockton chemical plant, there are fears overnight weather conditions will force a take additional mitigation measures,…

The General Assembly has passed a bill that will make the striped bass poaching pay.Right now, those who catch more than one popular fish per day or land less than 28 inches or larger than 35 inches are being charged with an offense!-->…

Israel became the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur for fashion, as of six months old, with a few exceptions. In a move hailed as historic by international animal welfare organizations, Israeli Minister of…

Mr. Editor,In my opinion, the pace of institution building and updating laws, rules and procedures relating to the oil and gas industry is a bit too slow. The production and export of oil appear to be ahead of the capacities and…

Bayer later looked at a priority list set out by the Environment and Energy Department in its emergency complaint filed against Alt in days before the plant closed, Bowers said.Remediation efforts focused on lowering the lagoons to safer…

The dilapidated state of New Jersey's water infrastructure is an old story. The precise source of all the money needed to upgrade this infrastructure is an ongoing mystery. Good news,!-->…

Over the past 25 years, the toxicity of 381 pesticides in the United States has more than doubled for pollinators and aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans, mayflies and dragonflies, according to a new study. For groups of…

The current understanding of environmental protection in Africa is not far removed from that of the rest of the world. The concept of environment in Africa has evolved rapidly in response to current climate challenges. The demands of…

Supervisors in Loudoun County have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its plans for cleaning up the pollution at the Hidden Lane landfill after an independent consultant reported that they might instead produce…

Contrary to popular perceptions, all over the world, environmental conditions have improved dramatically over the past decades. There is less air pollution and more access to clean water than ever before. that of Stephen Pinker…

LAHORE: Punjab Prime Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said under Prime Minister Imran Khan that clear progress has been made in the field of the environment and there is a breakthrough across the country in this regard. He added that the…

“This project is incredible. This is a resounding endorsement from a representative of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, which has just granted a low-interest loan of $ 388 million to the…

BOSTON (MassDEP) - The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has announced that it has fined Baystate Contracting Services, a Springfield-based asbestos removal contractor, $ 9,750 for a violation of…

Law360 (June 3, 2021, 6:01 p.m. EDT) - Environmental, health and consumer groups on Thursday called on the United States Food and Drug Administration to ban all so-called forever chemicals in the products it endorses, claiming the…

The Environmental Protection Agency will organize listening sessions on the prevention of chemical accidents OSHA is expected to participate in the two sessions scheduled for June and July.…

Fears of a major environmental disaster grew on Wednesday after a chemical-laden cargo ship began to sink after nearly two weeks in flames off the west coast of Sri Lanka.The Singaporean-flagged X-Press Pearl once left the country's…

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos holds up a framed photo of the Great Adirondack Range given to him by the Adirondack Council. (Photo provided -…

The City of Portland has installed fences along part of the Back Cove Trail for a new sewer separation project that is part of a larger effort to reduce sewage runoff. The fence will prevent pedestrians, and ultimately cyclists and…

DUBLIN - (BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Natural Gas Automotive Vehicle Market Size, Share and Trend Analysis Report by Fuel Type, Vehicle Type, Region and Segment, 2021-2028." the report was added to ResearchAndMarkets.com from offer.…

the The US Senate recently passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act. The legislation creates a $ 35 billion fund that will allow states and tribes to make urgent improvements to their water systems, with additional…

Norwegian seafood company Nordic Aquafarms announced this week that it will pursue an environmental impact report (EIR) for its proposed land-based fish farm on the Samoa Peninsula in response to calls for further environmental analysis.…

To concentrate The Bakersfield Californian - May 24 California oil regulators last Friday released a draft rule this would ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as hydraulic fracturing, as well as certain other…

Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump far more lung-damaging soot than similar-sized facilities operated by competitors, according to regulatory documents and a Reuters analysis of pollution test results.The Texas-based company's three…

Democratic state senators are pushing proposals to increase liability in the natural gas industry. The bills come nearly a year after a statewide investigative grand jury found state regulators failed to protect the public from health…

Federal government officials have proposed expanding the area along Colorado's Front Range, where air quality violates national health standards for ground-level ozone pollution, saying Wednesday they wanted to add the northern half of…

Today, the United States Supreme Court rendered the following two decisions: Guam v. United States, # 20-382: The Territory of Guam and the United States are embroiled in a long-standing dispute over cleanup costs over the Ordot…

Scientists at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and colleagues find that extreme heat and high levels of ozone, often present together during California summers, affect some zip codes more than others. The most affected areas…

Developer asked to rework plans and come back before go live in JuneVolusia County President concerned about overdevelopmentVolusia County President Jeff Brower speaks about his concerns that new homes and commercial projects are…

BY T MICHELE WALKER - Every day, the Parks and Recreation Division's concessionaire transports up to 100 people through the 450-foot-wide mangrove swamp and dune area…

Despite advances in areas such as clean water, sanitation, clean energy and forest management, the world still lives unsustainably and biodiversity loss and climate change have continued to deteriorate. “The!-->…

Udhagamandalam: "The importance of the Nilgiri Hills is no less than that of the Himalayas," said Sundarlal Bahuguna, a renowned environmentalist and leader of the Chipko movement, during his address on the last day of the Save Nilgiris…

SPOKANE - Democratic Governor Jay Inslee has signed a series of bills aimed at strengthening the environment in Washington state. Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act, Environmental Justice Legislation, a Clean Fuel…

Michael Regan spoke of a big game on "environmental justice" before taking up his post as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA. Now he's trying to walk. Regan informed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday that…

Appointments are open for the 12th Annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award, which recognizes the contributions of Environmental Services Departments (EVS) in healthcare settings across the United…

FCW Insider: May 11, 2021 Why zero confidence at a time FCW recently brought together a group of IT leaders to explore why this long-discussed concept is gaining traction and how they are…

Satellites looking at Earth from orbit help keep governments and businesses must be accountable for their environmental impacts. Why is this important: Environmental agreements are difficult to enforce without independently verified…

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A rule proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency would require chemical maker Chemours to follow through on a recent voluntary pledge to phase out emissions of a climate super pollutant…

This was originally posted on WRI. The past year has been dedicated to protecting us and our children from a serious respiratory illness: COVID-19. But as schools reopen and children return to classrooms in person, many children will…

Paris - The Group of Seven countries are expected to collectively spend $ 1 trillion a year over the next decade to put the world on a path to sustainable growth, a report commissioned by the British Prime Minister said on…

They collaborate on the Steelheart Commercial Kitchen Refrigeration Series. Hoshizaki America, a manufacturer based in Peachtree City, Georgia (USA) collaborated with a refrigerant supplier Diversified CPC…

Credit: (Mauro Orlando from Flickr; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Black sturgeon This spring marks a decade since the New Jersey Bureau of Marine Fisheries first deployed acoustic receptors to track the migratory patterns of endangered Atlantic…

(Beyond pesticides, May 11, 2021) Last week, an agrochemical multinational Bayer Cropscience lost its attempt to overturn a 2018 ban on neonicotinoids toxic to bees across the European Union. The judgment of the European Court of…

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a letter in March demanding that those responsible for the Highway 710 widening project - which would add two lanes of truck traffic on either side of the highway - perform a "hot spot"…

CHICAGO - The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging Chicago officials to take a close look at some of the polluting developers operating in the city's southeast. Mayor Lori Lightfoot agreed and says she…

Scott Stringer, the city comptroller, has years of government experience and great ideas for making New York City better. But her candidacy was clouded by the recent accusation by Jean Kim, a lobbyist who once worked for him, that he…

PICTURE: Loggerhead turtle captured in set nets in Famagusta and released with SPOT team perspective support After Credit: Olkan Erguler The number of two Mediterranean turtle species has increased!-->!-->…

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