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    NOAA Designates 1,722-Square Mile National Marine Sanctuary in New York

    NOAA Designates 1,722-Square Mile National Marine Sanctuary in New York

    The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the designation of the 1,722-square-mile Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario, New York. It is the country’s 16th national marine sanctuary and will celebrate the area’s Indigenous and maritime history while providing new opportunities for education, research, recreation and tourism related […]

    Solar Project Planned for Mojave Desert Will Destroy Thousands of Joshua Trees and Endangered Tortoise Habitat

    Solar Project Planned for Mojave Desert Will Destroy Thousands of Joshua Trees and Endangered Tortoise Habitat

    A new solar power project that will break ground in the Mojave Desert, near two Kern County towns in California, will require thousands of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) to be removed. The project is also expected to destroy a habitat for desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii), California’s state reptile and a threatened species. The Aratina Solar […]

    Watchdog Group Accuses EPA of Misconduct in Testing Pesticides for PFAS

    Watchdog Group Accuses EPA of Misconduct in Testing Pesticides for PFAS

    According to allegations by a former research fellow for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the EPA’s own documents indicate that false information may have been presented to the public regarding the agency’s testing of harmful contaminants in pesticides. In May 2023, the EPA issued a […]

    WWF Sues Norway Over Approval of Deep-Sea Mining in Arctic Waters

    WWF Sues Norway Over Approval of Deep-Sea Mining in Arctic Waters

    The Norway chapter of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Norway) is bringing a lawsuit against the Norwegian government for allowing mining of its seabed, claiming the country has not properly investigated the negative impacts. WWF-Norway said the decision to proceed with deep-sea mining breaches Norwegian law and sets a “dangerous precedent,” a press release from […]

    EPA Announces $300 Million for Cleanup of Former ‘Brownfield’ Industrial Sites

    EPA Announces $300 Million for Cleanup of Former ‘Brownfield’ Industrial Sites

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $300 million in grants from the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda to assist Tribal Nations, States, nonprofit organizations and local governments with assessing and cleaning up the country’s former industrial sites, known as brownfields, a press release from the EPA said. There are an estimated […]