by Admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Environmental hazards
The Piney Point industrial site in Manatee County, Florida, has never had a good track record for being eco-friendly. The first chemical plant there, Borden Chemical, had only been open for four years when it was discovered the company was dumping phosphate waste into...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Conservation
In the late 1960s, a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) found fewer than 500 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states of the United States. The bald eagle, which has been the national bird of the United States since 1787, nearly went...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation
In 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Todd Kim to be a judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, but his appointment never happened, a casualty of the Republican Senate’s no-progress stance on anything coming from Obama’s White House. Now, he’s been...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
On the morning of Sunday, February 7, a wall of water and mud slammed its way down the valley of India’s Dhauliganga River. Nothing stopped it—not houses, ridges, or dams. As of February 12, 2021, more than 200 people were still listed as missing, 38 had been...
by Admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards
While Joe Biden’s inauguration as the forty-sixth President of the United States was just a few days ago, he and his advisors began their work months ago. His team has put together a list of more than 100 environmental rules and policies enacted by the Trump...
