#Haleakal膩 #EnvironmentalImpact #CulturalPreservation
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Is Haleakal膩 The Next Frontier For A Telescope Standoff?
Public opposition to the military's plan to build up to seven telescopes in a state conservation district atop Haleakal膩 has been mounting in recent weeks, after the release of a draft environmental impact statement late last month.
#WaterPrivatisation #InfrastructureChallenges #EnvironmentalImpact
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Why broken water companies are failing England and Wales
Privatisation of the water industry in 1989 led to initial improvements but has since resulted in grave problems, including large debts, substantial dividends, and poor infrastructure.
#CoalPlant #EnvironmentalImpact #PublicHealth
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Cost of Trump's coal push plays out in dollars, noise and health
Michigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel has sued to vacate the orders, which she characterizes as a "fabricated emergency" and a costly and unjustified federal overreach.
#ClimatePolicy #EnvironmentalImpact #Elections2024
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Analysis: Trump takes victory lap after biggest climate rollback yet
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US President Donald Trump framed his sweeping rollback of federal climate change policy on Thursday as a political win over the Democratic Party's "radical" environmental agenda, reprising a message Republicans have used in past elections and could turn to once again ahead of November's crucial midterms.
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Trump says climate change doesn't endanger public health - evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
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The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America's climate policies on Feb.
#NoisePollution #BirdConservation #EnvironmentalImpact
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Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: study
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Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.
#DrinkingWater #WaterQuality #EnvironmentalImpact
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Why your drinking water might taste saltier than usual
If your tap water has seemed a little saltier lately, winter weather may be to blame.
As plows and crews spread millions of tons of road salt to keep highways passable, some of that salt is washing into rivers, lakes and aquifers that communities rely on for drinking water.
#IllegalCannabis #EnvironmentalImpact #CaliforniaWildlife
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'Ticking environmental time bomb.' Illegal cannabis farms poison California's forests.
Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat on the growers' makeshift kitchen worktop, waiting to be cooked.
#ArcticShipping #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact
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"Black carbon" in Arctic an increasing concern amid other issues in region
Reykjaviik, Iceland -- As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it's set off a boom of ships taking routes that previously were frozen and not traversable.
#Wastewater #EnvironmentalImpact #PotomacRiver
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What we know about the massive sewage leak in the Potomac River
A massive pipe leak has surged 243 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac river. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
It could now take months to repair a broken sewer pipe that pumped millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River about 8 miles from the White House.
#WildfireHealth #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalImpact
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On one-year anniversary of LA wildfires, researchers assess health impacts, future prevention efforts | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
A year after the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires -- which killed at least 31 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures over three weeks -- researchers who have been assessing the disaster's health impacts are taking stock of what they've learned, and of the work that lies ahead.
#Lebanon #Glyphosate #EnvironmentalImpact
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Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide
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Lebanon has accused Israeli aircraft of spraying an agricultural herbicide over southern villages at concentrations authorities described as dangerously high, raising concerns for food and environmental security.
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Millions of gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac. Here's what we know.
More than a week after part of a major D. C. Water sewage pipeline collapsed, causing more than 200 million gallons of untreated wastewater to spill into the Potomac River, concerns are rising about the impact on wildlife and experts warn that the cleanup and emergency repair costs will likely be several million dollars.
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Opinion | A 'geyser' of sewage turns back the clock on the Potomac
Raw sewage floods a service building after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Maryland, on Jan. 23. (Cliff Owen/AP)
Charlotte Taylor Fryar is the author of the essay collection "Potomac Fever: Reflections on the Nation's River.
