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The Petersburg, IN power plant has violated its permit more than 120 times in the last three years. That’s the most of any such facility in Indiana. And, now, they will have to pay for it.
A new biannual ranking released by researchers at Yale and Columbia finds that the U.S. is nowhere near the top in environmental performance, according to The Guardian.
New Jersey will be the first state in the nation to make the climate crisis part of its curriculum for all students, from kindergarten all the way to 12th grade, as NorthJersey.com reported.
A federal court has rejected the EPA’s approval of dicamba, and thus the herbicide is no longer legal for use in the US.
During his recent trip to Maine, Trump re-opened nearly five thousand square miles off the coast of New England to commercial fishing. The area had been closed during Obama’s presidency. Environmentalists warned this decision could further imperil hundreds of endangered species and a protected habitat for the sake of profit.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to change the way radioactive waste is disposed of. Ignoring the hazard, the commission is proposing to dump this waste in regular trash landfills.
Scientists and art historians are studying art for signs of climate change and to better understand the ways Western culture’s relationship to nature has been altered by it, according to the BBC.
The environmental advocacy organization Beyond Pesticides is suing the ExxonMobil Corporation for false and deceptive marketing that indicates the company is making significant investments in solving the climate crisis. The lawsuit alleges that the company is lying when it tells consumers that it “has invested significantly in the production and use of ‘clean’ technology and environmentally beneficial technology.”
Today only a hundred sixty-three Mexican gray wolves, also called lobos, exist in the wild. By the nineteen seventies those highly endangered wolves were driven to near extinction by hunting, trapping and poisoning in their native southwestern US. Conservation groups sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service for its failure to protect the species. A federal district court ordered the service to do more to save the wolves.
President Trump signed an executive order June 4 mandating that federal agencies bypass key environmental reviews of energy and infrastructure projects.
EVENTS CALENDAR
- Explore the quieter side of Monroe Lake during a guided paddling trip that journeys through backwaters, wetlands, bays and slow-moving streams on Sunday, June fourteenth, at seven pm. Bring your own kayak or canoe to the Pine Grove State Recreation Area at Monroe Lake, or you may rent one. Paddling experience is required. Register at bit.ly/explore61420 by 6/11/2020.
- Enjoy stargazing during the Lunar Lounge at the Paynetown State Recreation Area at Monroe Lake on Wednesday, June seventeenth, from five forty-five to seven forty-five pm. Meet at the Campground Area to talk with the naturalist, who will share information for moon and stargazing after the sky goes dark. Be sure to social distance.
- A beginning kayaking workshop is scheduled at the Paynetown State Recreation Area on Sunday, June twenty-first, beginning at six thirty pm. Please register by June 18th at bit.ly/beginkayak62120.
