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ILLINOIS: Residents Sue for Damages as Raw Sewage Floods Homes

July 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Residents Sue for Damages as Raw Sewage Floods Homes

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois, July 21, 2021 (ENS) – The community group Centreville Citizens for Change and 24 individual residents are suing Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District and the City [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Fires Force Utility to Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines

July 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Fires Force Utility to Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines

CHICO, California, July 21, 2021 (ENS) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, is implementing a new initiative to expand the undergrounding of electric distribution power lines in High Fire [...]

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OREGON: Uncontained Bootleg Fire Threatens California Power Supply

July 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on OREGON: Uncontained Bootleg Fire Threatens California Power Supply

MEDFORD, Oregon, July 12, 2021 (ENS) – Members of the public cannot fly drones near the exploding Bootleg Fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and on private lands in southern [...]

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NEW YORK: Apartment Building Owners Offered Help to Lower CO2 Emissions

July 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NEW YORK: Apartment Building Owners Offered Help to Lower CO2 Emissions

ALBANY, New York, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is adding nearly $8 million to the financial and technical resources available to owners or managers of [...]

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VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA: Commercial Offshore Wind Parks on Deck

July 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA: Commercial Offshore Wind Parks on Deck

NORFOLK, Virginia, July 4, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM, is starting its environmental review for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial, or CVOW-C, project. [...]

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IOWA: Year-round Sale of E15 Ethanol Blend Blocked in Court

July 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IOWA: Year-round Sale of E15 Ethanol Blend Blocked in Court

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Corn producers across the country, and especially in the corn-growing state of Iowa, are dismayed by an appeals court ruling Friday that [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: 1,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers Placed Statewide

June 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: 1,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers Placed Statewide

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 29, 2021 (ENS) – Patrick McDonnell, who heads Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, is celebrating the fact that 1,000 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers have been [...]

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ALABAMA: First State to Process Graphite, Critical for Electric Cars

June 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ALABAMA: First State to Process Graphite, Critical for Electric Cars

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 22, 2021 (ENS) – Westwater Resources Inc. plans to build a first-of-its-kind advanced graphite processing plant in Alabama, placing the state at the forefront in the production [...]

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IOWA: Recyclers Encouraged to Take Selfies, Send Them In

June 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IOWA: Recyclers Encouraged to Take Selfies, Send Them In

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 20, 2021 (ENS) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is launching a new “I Am a Recycler” campaign statewide, focusing on improving recycling efforts throughout [...]

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MICHIGAN: Governor Whitmer Proposes $250M for State Parks, Trails

June 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MICHIGAN: Governor Whitmer Proposes $250M for State Parks, Trails

LANSING, Michigan, June 20, 2021 (ENS) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to invest $250 million in federal relief dollars from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan in state parks [...]

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HAWAII: U.S. Government Returns Land to Native Hawaiians

June 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on HAWAII: U.S. Government Returns Land to Native Hawaiians

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16, 2021 (ENS) – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency, allowed her emotions to show Monday as she announced [...]

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KENTUCKY: $250M in Federal Relief Will Fix Water Infrastructure

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: $250M in Federal Relief Will Fix Water Infrastructure

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has announced a Better Kentucky Plan that will help the state create 14,500 jobs to deliver clean [...]

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NORTH CAROLINA: Governor Orders Expansion of Offshore Wind Power

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NORTH CAROLINA: Governor Orders Expansion of Offshore Wind Power

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, Wednesday issued an executive order emphasizing North Carolina’s commitment to offshore wind power as the [...]

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WASHINGTON: Hydropower Company Fined Over Sports Turf in River

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: Hydropower Company Fined Over Sports Turf in River

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the company Electron Hydro, LLC half a million dollars for discharging discarded plastic sports turf into [...]

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IDAHO, MONTANA: Forest Service Protection Sought for At Risk Wolves

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IDAHO, MONTANA: Forest Service Protection Sought for At Risk Wolves

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – A coalition of wildlife advocates and hunters, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, Wednesday asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Wind Farms Off U.S. Pacific Coast Poised for Permitting

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Wind Farms Off U.S. Pacific Coast Poised for Permitting

SACRAMENTO, California, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – The federal departments of the Interior and Defense and the State of California have agreed to accelerate wind energy development offshore the central [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS: First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Park Approved

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Park Approved

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – To be located in the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the first commercial-scale offshore wind park in the United [...]

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TEXAS: $23M Pedestrian-Wildlife Bridge and Skywalk Opens in San Antonio

May 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: $23M Pedestrian-Wildlife Bridge and Skywalk Opens in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – There was a time, not very long ago when deer got killed and caused traffic accidents trying to cross the busy six-lane [...]

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WASHINGTON: New Law Promotes Hydrogen-powered Vehicles

May 5, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: New Law Promotes Hydrogen-powered Vehicles

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 6, 2021 (ENS) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Monday signed a bill that establishes an eight-year state-wide pilot project for the reduction of sales tax on purchases [...]

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ILLINOIS: Lawmakers Consider Bill to Phase Out Coal, Natural Gas

May 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Lawmakers Consider Bill to Phase Out Coal, Natural Gas

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – The Consumers and Climate First Act was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly last week to provide a path for Illinois to help [...]

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