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PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Two days after a massive fire broke out at a Walmart distribution center, firefighters are beginning to move from battling the blaze to finding out how it started. On Friday afternoon, officials from Alcohol,…

BOSTON — Adams and Great Barrington will receive funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to fund sewage treatment plant improvement projects. State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, president of the…

This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available. Wednesday9:23 p.m. – Walmart worker shares concernsArianna Wityshyn worked at Walmart's fulfillment center for about three weeks before the fire…

Clean transport in Pennsylvania (PA). This is the first part of a three part blog. This first blog focuses on the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and funding that may be coming to Pennsylvania as well as opportunities for…

March 6, 2022, 8:30 a.m. HST *Updated March 6 at 8:13 a.m. Residents of the Pāhala area will have the chance to learn about the future of wastewater treatment for their community and provide their input at an upcoming public…

Brewster could become the first town in Cape Town to withdraw from the Cape Cod and the Islands Water Protection Fund.The select committee believes Brewster can do better without the other 14 member cities.The Water Protection Fund The Cape…

hat - West Virginia's Yeager International Airport (CRW) unveiled a new…

ACOSTA, Pa. — A temporary dam was in place Monday to prevent leaking oil…

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BY HANNAH LESTER The City of Auburn is in the process of forming an art-related task force, which will look into changing zoning ordinances in the City of Auburn. Recent news has put citizens in!-->!-->!-->!-->…

It's one of the most hackneyed maxims in the English language: better late than never! But yesterday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report concluding that waters off the coast of Massachusetts could rise…

By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated PressA river on fire with millions of gallons of oil, jet fuel and gasoline spilled. An environmental disaster ranked among the worst in America. No fuel for a state trying to recover from a major…

UPDATE (12:55 p.m. Sunday, February 6, 2022): Officials with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's spill were the result of vandalism at a Lexington Coal Company facility. Terry Fletcher, communications…

A total of $4.7 million will be split among 13 projects in eight south-central Pennsylvania counties, including Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster Lebanon and York HARRISBURG, Pa. — Millions in state grants will fund more…

Sen. Jason Brodeur tabled an amendment fleshing out its bill to tackle sea level rise, as part of an effort to improve a 2021 environmental policy law. During his first week in office in 2019, Governor. Ron DeSantis signed an executive…

Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin began his new job this week promising bold steps in his "movement" to reverse the political agenda of the past decade and put state government back on conservative wheels. He also named three black people to…

The Omaha Railcar Cleaning Company and owners were convicted for violating environmental and worker safety laws, which ultimately resulted in the deaths of two workers. Steven Michael Braithwaite, Adam Thomas…

The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission is one of five regional organizations in the state to receive a state grant to help communities meet stormwater management requirements. The Haverhill-based Commission received $65,000 after…

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is releasing $766,000 for work on dams across the state that need repairs or upgrades.The funding comes from a Federal Emergency Management Agency program that supports the repair…

By Joseph Otis Minott This time of year, many of us make New Year's resolutions committing to do more to improve ourselves and the world around us. Many of these resolutions focus on tackling climate…

New York City is purchasing 184 Mustang Mach-E SUVs for law enforcement and emergency response in the largest all-electric vehicle purchase to date, city officials said on Wednesday.The vehicles, which will arrive in the Big Apple by June…

Perhaps not as glamorous as Times Square's crystal ball, but something else falls at the start of the new year: the threshold for the mandatory separation and recycling of food waste by certain industrial and commercial facilities in…

BILLING - Among Montana schools that have met the state program deadline, most have high levels of lead in school drinking water. In early 2020, the state of Montana for the first time required all public schools…

A hectic 2021 is drawing to a close, but the New Year is already bringing several top priorities to the fore in Manatee County.Authorities continue efforts to permanently shut down the former Piney Point fertilizer plant, make progress in…

CHALMETTE, Louisiana (AP) - Federal regulators have announced plans to have Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013 .The Environmental Protection…

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would not authorize the expansion of the Wheelabrator Saugus ash dump as is currently proposed according to a letter from Commissioner Martin Suuberg. The letter cited the…

The Daily Pennsylvanian is a non-profit, student-run organization. Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site. Penn biologists led a research team…

Pennsylvanians take pride in the beauty the state offers, through millions of acres of forest, rolling hills and, this time of year, stunning fall scenery. But anyone who has taken the state's roads to reach these destinations will have…

The Mediterranean Sea provides the gateway for 99% of Israel's imports, contributes 80% of Israel's drinking water through desalination, and provides natural gas to help power the country. Yet there is no maritime strategy, no…

WAPPINGERS FALLS - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos…

Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Vaughn Golden / WSKG) VESTAL, NY (WSKG) - The City of Binghamton and Johnson City will not receive state funds to cover legal fees associated with resolving disputes with…

When a tanker truck full of diesel fuel spilled onto a Revere roundabout on Wednesday, it dumped 10,000 gallons of its contents on the street. With no injuries reported at Brown Circle, attention quickly shifted to how to keep the fuel…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZCLIY4Fec The need for New Jersey, like the rest of the world, to act more urgently to tackle and adapt to climate change was a recurring theme during an online panel discussion hosted by NJ Spotlight…

FAIRFIELD - After the Maine Department of Environmental Protection discovered high levels of "permanent chemicals" known as PFAS in the Industrial Road fish ponds in Fairfield, the city recommends that people do not eat the fish from…

After more asbestos was discovered this spring in the former Department of Employment Security building at 32-24 South Main Street, the closing date for the sale to the John J. Flatley Company has been pushed back through March, which…

Lou Brancaccio is the writer emeritus of The Columbian. His personal opinion column appears on the first Saturday of each month. Contact him at [email protected] Photo Our good…

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…

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

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…

When it comes to flood risk, New Jersey has the unfortunate distinction of leading the country in several categories. Now, as the state recovers from the fury over the end of Hurricane Ida, the news is getting worse. Prior to the…

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…

No river should die in the dark, certainly not Connecticut - the lifeline of the ocean and the central artery of New England. But after nine years of participating and intervening in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…

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…

A small bag and accessories store in Grand Rapids, Michigan tries to be everything the modern textile industry isn't. Instead of endless waste, they reuse…

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"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…

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…

madawaska-stevepelletier – cover-082321 FORT KENT, Maine - August 23, 2021 - Fort Kent CEO Steve Pelletier will step down to become ARP County!-->!-->…

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…

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

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…

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…

MARSHALL - Although the state issued Madison Asphalt LLC its air quality permit in May, the battle is not over for a Madison County environmental organization. Clear Sky Madison challenges the decision of the Air Quality Division of the…

WEST ALMOND - A grant of $ 49,200 was awarded by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Funds administered by the…

State Environmental Protection Officers (ECOs) were busy this month dealing with illegally caught deer, water rescues, the sale of illegal pesticides - and seizing a wild fawn that a man was illegally keeping at his residence on a…

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…

Credit: (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren, file)New Jersey wants to convert more trucks to electricity. The state is stepping up efforts to build the charging infrastructure needed to switch from belching diesel trucks to zero-emission…

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…

ARCADE - The state will foot the brunt of the bill for two water supply infrastructure projects in the…

Law360 (June 25, 2021, 4:30 p.m. EDT) - The Biden administration must focus on increasing state funding for environmental initiatives and enforcement to ensure widespread compliance with laws and regulations, a Wyoming's top…

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…

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…

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,!-->…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Published: 05/23/2021 15:34:08 Modified: 05/23/2021 15:34:08 ORANGE - Do you want to know a secret? Well, you'll have to be at Gale Farm in Orange on June 26th to find out what it's all about.…

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…

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…

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!-->!-->…

MARTIN COUNTY, FL - The governor of Florida urged the US Army Corps of Engineers to change its action plan to manage discharges from Lake Okeechobee, blaming the increased algae blooms on the federal service responsible for managing…

Maine's intention to create a nation's first recycling reform program to force private companies to pay for cleaning packaging materials is subject to two competing bills at the State House. The state has been developing plans for an…