Spills From Outdated Sewers May Contaminate Drinking Water With Coronavirus, Says Environmental Watchdog Group
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Elizabeth Duan | May 7, 2020
“About 860 billion gallons of wastewater overflow escapes overwhelmed sewer systems in the United States every year, and 3.5 million people get sick from swimming, boating, fishing, and other activities that bring them in contact with contaminated water, according to the ...
Court Orders Management Plans For National Park Flight Tours
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Elizabeth Duan |
“The federal appeals court in Washington D.C. ordered the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration last week to craft management plans for flight tours in Glacier National Park and 22 other national parks within the next two years. The D.C. appeals court heard ...
Court orders Glacier to devise air tour plans
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Elizabeth Duan |
“A federal appeals court has ordered Glacier National Park along with 22 other national parks to come up with an air tour management plan with the federal Aviation Administration within two years. The May 1 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...
Public Strongly Opposes CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act Proposal
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Elizabeth Duan | May 6, 2020
“The White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) January 2020 proposal to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) prompted more than 172,000 public comments. Our article summarizes the proposal. ...
Pendley appointment extended despite threat of lawsuits
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Elizabeth Duan |
“The acting director of the BLM William Perry Pendley has held his position for nearly a year now–after his appointment was extended several times by the federal government… and was extended for another month yesterday.Now, advocacy groups are telling Interior Secretary ...
How far has the coronavirus spread? The answer may be in the sewers
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Elizabeth Duan |
“As more states look for ways to reopen, they’re hampered by the lack of sufficient testing for the coronavirus, making its prevalence impossible to gauge. So public health officials are now looking at another way to measure the spread of the contagion: by examining raw sewage. If ...