Justice Department Opens Environmental Racism Investigation Of Houston | News
Numerous complaints about alleged environmental racism in Houston have prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation on Friday (July 23), The New York Times reports. Houston-based Lone Star Legal Aid has chronicled hundreds of calls from residents in the city’s Black and Latino neighborhoods about officials ignoring their complaints about illegal garbage […]
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US environmental study launched for Thirty Meter Telescope
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HONOLULU — The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world’s largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaii and Spain’s Canary Islands. The agency published a notice in the Federal Register of its intentions to prepare an environmental impact statement […]
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LA Times report warns about ‘environmental danger’ in solar transition
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Los Angeles Times published a report Thursday detailing the “environmental danger” of expired solar panels on the environment. “California has been a pioneer in pushing for rooftop solar power, building up the largest solar market in the U.S.,” the article began. “More than 20 years and […]
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Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2022 so far
Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread – as green journalists, we see these terms used a lot – and often feel them ourselves. There’s a lot to be worried about when it comes to the climate and nature crises, but when a sense of hopelessness becomes the overarching emotion, apathy begins to creep in too. […]
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Elk Refuge releases environmental assessment for new visitor center
JACKSON, Wyo. — Last week, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it had evaluated effects and alternatives associated with construction of a replacement visitor center on the National Elk Refuge (Refuge) that is slated to break ground in 2025. The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) found that a new visitor center and its alternative […]
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Groups ask feds for compliance review of Texas’ top environmental agency
A Dallas community advocacy group and 12 other organizations are calling for a federal review of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, alleging the agency violates civil rights and environmental laws by failing to evaluate how minority and low-income neighborhoods are affected by air pollution from industrial sites. The 61-page petition filed with the Environmental […]
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How Environmental Activists and Reviews Can Worsen Wildfires
Firefighters battle the Oak Fire in Midpines, Calif., July 23. Photo: peter da silva/Shutterstock With more than three million acres already burned or burning, 2022 is shaping up to be another devastating year for wildfires in the U.S. America’s forests need to be managed more actively, a task the Biden administration took up earlier this […]
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