Are EPA programs creating more barriers for polluted communities?

Seattle has long been considered one of the most sustainable cities in the country. But the city’s green reputation obscures a deep legacy of environmental racism. Just a few miles south of Seattle’s iconic downtown and waterfront lies the Duwamish Valley, a polluted stretch of land that is home toContinue Reading

Data collection Metagenomic project information was collected from the MGnify metagenomic database31. Currently (September 2021), microbiome data (sequence, taxonomic, and functional information, etc.) of 325,323 environmental samples can be found in this database. Often, microbes from similar ecological communities have been studied by different groups at different times and locations.Continue Reading

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DEVxDAO, the decentralized innovation community sponsored by Casper, is thrilled to announce a new collaboration in advanced communities. DEVxDAO, XPRIZE, Vatom, Menagerie, RampRate and Casper Labs are spending millions to develop a new philosophy for advanced, self-governing, online communities. Initial Grant toContinue Reading

Scott signs eight bills into law, vetoes environmental bill H606

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Thursday announced more than $42 million, which he secured on behalf of 51 Vermont projects, has been included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus legislation that passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday ahead of the Friday deadline.  Sanders’ Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) projects forContinue Reading

Interconnecting Gulfport (Gulfport Highway Project)

Gulfport activists have taken their struggle for environmental justice to the national level, naming the U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as defendants in a landmark lawsuit intended to halt a potentially disastrous road expansion project. How will Buttigieg—affectionately known as Mayor Pete when he wasContinue Reading

Governor Hochul Announces $52 Million in Awards for Regional Clean Energy Hubs to Connect New York Communities with Clean Energy Resources

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $52 million in awards to establish 12 Regional Clean Energy Hubs to serve as centers of outreach, awareness, and education in regions across New York State and help foster residents’ participation, especially those in underserved or otherwise disadvantaged communities, in New York’s clean energy transition.Continue Reading

Johnson & Clark: Efficient solar permitting can benefit communities and environment

This commentary is by Sonia Johnson and Jake Clark, vice presidents of construction and development, respectively, at Encore Renewable Energy in Burlington, which focuses on sustainable and cost-effective community-scale solar and large-scale energy storage projects. The Vermont solar industry can help advance the energy transition away from polluting energy sourcesContinue Reading