Environment/Environmental Justice Stories
- Pushback grows as Ohio EPA approves controversial plastic incineration plant Ohio residents gathered in Youngstown late last week to protest the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's decision to grant an operational permit to the SOBE pyrolysis plant, despite ongoing opposition from local communities. Pyrolysis is a way to break down plastics using very high heat and […]
- NM lawmakers weigh bills to protect air, land, water for future generations Recognizing climate change is not isolated to certain parts of New Mexico, legislators are considering bills to help protect the state's air, land and water. One in three counties in the state has experienced devastating fire and flood damage in recent years. Shelley […]
- CA towns, cities must adapt as dangers of bigger wildfires loom By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for for California News Service reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. One glimpse at the devastation in the Los Angeles area, and it’s hard to imagine […]
- Pushback grows as Ohio EPA approves controversial plastic incineration plant Ohio residents gathered in Youngstown late last week to protest the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's decision to grant an operational permit to the SOBE pyrolysis plant, despite ongoing opposition from local communities. Pyrolysis is a way to break down plastics using very high heat and […]
- South Dakota poised to boost fees that help regulate CAFOs Rural communities in the U.S. remain at the center of debate about the growing presence of large livestock operations. South Dakota lawmakers are considering boosting fees that help regulate these sites. …(Read More)
- Solar power gives MN resort new blood, new life By Ava Kian for MinnPost.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the MinnPost-Public News Service Collaboration The Lodge of Whispering Pines stands among the trees near an entrance to the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness, at the end of a hilly and winding […]
- PA farmers urged to minimize manure input on fields during winter Winter in Pennsylvania brings farmers not only snow and freezing temperatures but stricter manure-spreading regulations to minimize water pollution. Putting manure on farm fields is discouraged during winter months or when the ground is snow-covered or frozen at least four inches deep. Robert Meinen, […]
- Abandoned Mine Land program frozen as Appalachia faces severe flooding The Trump administration has frozen funds used for abandoned mine land cleanup. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress invested around $11 billion into a trust fund to help address the backlog of sites needing reclamation but the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement […]