Environment Tag

Biden Admin Approves ConocoPhillips 30-Year Willow Oil Drilling Project in Alaska

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 13, 2023 13 Comments

The Department of Interior discovered "the big new project would create annual emissions that equate to less than 1 percent of total U.S. annual emissions in 2019."...

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‘Pineapple Express’ Storm Rolls Over California, Causing Massive Floods

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 13, 2023 34 Comments

After being slammed for being on vacation during last major storm, Gov. Newsom gets emergency declaration approved and wisely nixes permit requirements to store rainwater....

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Nine Chemical Readings From Ohio Train Disaster ‘are Higher Than Normal’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 28, 2023 16 Comments

Doctors said East Palestine, OH, residents are experiencing "chemical bronchitis."...

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Report: Buttigieg Will Visit Ohio Train Disaster Site on Thursday

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 22, 2023 27 Comments

20 days after the train derailed and spilled dangerous chemicals....

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East Palestine, OH, Mayor Calls Biden’s Ukraine Trip a ‘Slap in the Face’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 22, 2023 9 Comments

Transportation Sec. Buttigieg says he’ll visit East Palestine ‘when the time is right,’ as EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up derailment site and pay all costs....

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Buttigieg: ‘I was Mayor of my Hometown for Eight Years. We Dealt With a Lot of Disasters, Natural and Human’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2023 44 Comments

Buttigieg still has no date or plans to visit East Palestine, OH, and the train disaster site....

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Republicans Criticize Biden for Visiting Ukraine Instead of Ohio Chemical Disaster Town

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 21, 2023 26 Comments

Meanwhile, DOT Sec. Buttigieg pens a sharply worded letter and EPA head Regan cancels glamor-filled climate trip to Africa to revisit Ohio....

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FEMA Deploys Team to Ohio Two Weeks After Chemical Disaster

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 20, 2023 19 Comments

Perhaps the optics of sending massive aid to Turkish earthquake victims and paying for Ukrainian pensions while Americans in Ohio suffer from chemical fallout wasn't as good as originally thought...

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Is the Ohio Toxic Train Derailment the Biden Administration’s Hurricane Katrina?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 16, 2023 95 Comments

Between the slow, disinterested response by federal officials, and Americans' burgeoning distrust of "experts", this incident may eventually be known as the mushroom cloud that nuked Biden....

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‘Constrained by Law’: Buttigieg Tries to Blame Trump for the Ohio Train Derailment

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 15, 2023 44 Comments

It sounds like Buttigieg is making excuses which are the only things politicians excel at....

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Federal Lawsuit Filed, Seeking Medical Testing after Fiery Train Derailment in Ohio

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 14, 2023 12 Comments

This incident highlights the need to get to the root cause of this derailment and to make the necessary corrections....

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‘Basically Nuked a Town’: EPA Identifies Three More Dangerous Chemicals on Train That Derailed in Ohio

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 13, 2023 48 Comments

The chemicals are ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene. The agency already identified vinyl chloride....

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Los Angeles Times Admits California Has Cyclic Wet-Dry Cycles After Historic Snowpack

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 02, 2023 28 Comments

Hopefully, the wet cycle will be a long one. It takes a lot of water to put out an EV-fire....

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China’s Moves to Impact US Green Energy Capabilities in Post-COVID Era

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 02, 2023 13 Comments

China's eyeing a ban on solar technology and has gotten approval to open a lithium mine in Bolivia....

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Another Dead Humpback Whale Washes Ashore in New York

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2023 20 Comments

A Rutgers University study published in the summer of 2022 showed humpback whales were returning to New York City waters....

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Virologists Alarmed as ‘Bird Flu’ Spreads to Minks and Bears, and Could Soon Jump to Humans

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2023 44 Comments

One virologist noted that the "H5N1 strain, detected in Spain, as being similar to one purposely engineered to better infect humans in controversial 'gain of function' lab experiments."...

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Spate of Dead Whales Sparking Concerns About Placement of Off-Shore Wind Farms

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 26, 2023 35 Comments

"Everybody is concerned and there is what NOAA fisheries is calling an 'unusual mortality event' of humpback whales."...

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Sun Goes Down on “Make Sunsets” Climate Change Project after Mexico Cracks Down on Plans

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2023 20 Comments

While volcanic activity has dropped Earth's temperatures, concerns focused on the wisdom of releasing sulfur compounds into the atmosphere intentionally....

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