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Sep 11 2023
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Mich. attorney general sues Gerald R. Ford airport over PFAS pollution
The Michigan Attorney General's office is suing the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority over PFAS pollution that has migrated from the Kent County airport into some nearby residential drinking water wells. The airport authority is liable for releases of polyfluoroalkyl substances, which were in firefighting foams used at the airport, said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel as she
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Jun 06 2024
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1 big thing: New York dumps congestion pricing
Why it matters: What would have been the most consequential and ambitious urban transportation experiment in the nation has been derailed by some of the same fear-and-pocketbook issues that are likely to loom large in this fall's elections. • It seemed perfect on paper: A plan to reduce traffic and pollution in midtown Manhattan while raising $1 billion a year for the Metropolitan Transit
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Jun 06 2024
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After eight months of war, here’s what Gaza’s humanitarian crisis looks like
(CNN) — Raed Redwan shades his three-month-old baby from the heat and shoos away insects in a tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. They are trapped, along with his wife and mother, in a sea of displaced families with little respite from overcrowding and pollution. The Palestinian father told CNN he struggles to find aid. Instead, he and his family have no choice but to drink contaminated water
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Jun 06 2024
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Researcher highlights public transit's critical role across Chicago
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A study by Argonne and MIT reveals the significant impacts of losing public transit in the Chicago region, from pollution spikes to increased traffic congestion to economic downturns. Public transit is vital to
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Jun 06 2024
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Court ruling will allow student housing at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park, a counterculture landmark
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Supreme Court ruling Thursday will allow the University of California to build much-needed student housing at Berkeley’s historic People’s Park, capping years of protests over plans for the landmark that is a touchstone of counterculture movements. The court ruled that a new law enacted in 2023 invalidates the claims by two local organizations that sued the
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Jun 06 2024
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These National Parks Are Hosting Astronomy Festivals in 2024
National parks lure millions of travelers each year with their otherworldly rock formations, abundant wildlife and thought-provoking archaeological sites. But because they’re often located far from big cities and have very little light pollution, they’re also ideal destinations for stargazing. Many national parks are now using the tagline “half the park is after dark” to remind visitors to
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Jun 05 2024
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Fugheddaboudit! New York dumps congestion pricing
Why it matters: What would have been the most consequential and ambitious urban transportation experiment in the nation has been derailed by some of the same fear-and-pocketbook issues that are likely to loom large in this fall's elections. • It seemed perfect on paper: A plan to reduce traffic and pollution in midtown Manhattan while raising $1 billion a year for the Metropolitan Transit
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Jun 05 2024
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NY Governor Halts Plan to Charge Big Tolls to Fight Traffic
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday indefinitely delayed implementation of a plan to charge motorists hefty tolls to enter the core of Manhattan, just weeks before the nation's first “congestion pricing” system was set to launch. The announcement dealt a stunning blow to a program, years in the making, that was intended to raise billions of dollars for New York's beleaguered
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Jun 06 2024
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An overdue Olympic pledge to restore Rio de Janeiro’s lagoons is finally taking shape
FILE - Fish carcasses cover the shore of Jacarepagua lagoon in front of Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2015. Eight years after the 2016 Olympic Games, a private concessionaire is working to recover the aquatic ecosystem in Rio’s western zone. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the extensive lagoon complex surrounding
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Jun 05 2024
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Ecuador World Environment Day
Activists protest outside the country's Constitutional Court to demand an end to so-called 'flares of death" in the Amazon, marking World Environment Day, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Gas flaring occurs when the oil industry burns the by-products of oil extraction releasing methane and other polluting gases. Despite a 2021 court order demanding oil industry's gas burners be
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