Maura Healey has been governor for less than a month, but she’s already made it clear that she plans to make environmental issues a top priority. Among other things, she’s called for Massachusetts to “lead the world” in its response to climate change, created a first-in-the nation cabinet-level climate chiefContinue Reading
Booming development is occurring in South Carolina, prompting calls from environmentalists to better protect the state’s land and water. This photo shows dense development in the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach. JASON LEE The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, criticized for failing to react quickly enoughContinue Reading
Environmental advocates, generally strong supporters of the Biden administration, are expressing frustration at what they describe as too-lengthy delays for important regulations. Their frustration follows the administration’s recent release of its semiannual regulatory agenda, which pushed back timelines for a range of rules governing planet-warming emissions and other pollution coming fromContinue Reading
A wish list presented to the governor by a group of housing advocates includes prohibiting local governments from maintaining “growth caps,” embracing a regional approach and preferring denser neighborhoods around transit hubs. Growth caps are measures that seek to limit new housing developments. Proponents often argue such caps are keyContinue Reading
New proposed limits on soot pollution from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency represent a step forward for air quality but fall short of what’s needed to save more lives, say faith groups, public health officials and environmental justice advocates. The EPA issued a proposal Jan. 6 to strengthen existing limitsContinue Reading
For the first time in more than 30 years, Vermont is updating its regulations on pesticide use in the state. After working on the update for years, regulators at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets have prepared a set of draft rules. But a coalition of environmental advocates sayContinue Reading
The city and port of Sunnyside have agreed to spend $12 million developing infrastructure for a potential industrial park, including a renewable natural gas facility. Pacific Ag, an agricultural waste company, has proposed a 60-acre facility with anaerobic digesters that turn livestock and agricultural waste into renewable natural gas, orContinue Reading
Authorities are investigating the slaughter of dozens of horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in October. The Forest Service makes a distinction between wild horses, which are protected by law, and feral horses, which are not. (File photo by Megan Newsham/Cronkite News) SPRINGERVILLE – At least 30 horses were foundContinue Reading
On Monday, a group of protesters waited outside the Tommy Thompson Youth Center in Milwaukee. They held signs that read, “More transportation now,” and “#FixatSix.” These protestors were waiting for the first of two scheduled public hearings on the proposed expansion of parts of Milwaukee’s I-94 highway. In mid November,Continue Reading
MCKINLEY PARK — South Siders who have opposed the state’s move to sell an abandoned collection of grain elevators are taking their appeal to Gov. JB Pritzker. On Monday, representatives from multiple Chicago community groups released a letter addressed to Pritzker calling on him to stop the sale of theContinue Reading
