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In 1998, PA DEP listed 67 miles of Warrior Run for siltation and flow problems. 26 years later, 8.5 miles were delisted after farmers and agencies improved water quality

Warrior Run water quality has improved after years of work across Pennsylvania’s agricultural watershed. In 1998, the state listed 67 miles for siltation and flow problems. Now, 8.5 miles have been removed from the impaired list. Farmers, conservation groups and agencies helped reduce sediment and improve water conditions. The change…

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In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park

In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland directly adjacent to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. The site, once a strawberry farm, sat along Route 33 just steps from one of the most significant Revolutionary War battlefields in the…

The Times of India

Living shorelines in Maine show mixed success

Maine's Popham Beach has been using old Christmas trees to help rebuild sand dunes after harsh winter storms

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New York’s $95 million flood plan will turn parks, schoolyards and streets into hidden stormwater storage, an underground defence against extreme rainfall

Beneath parks, schoolyards, parking areas and other public spaces, New York is planning to create underground storage capable of holding stormwater before it overwhelms the sewer network. According to NYC Gov, the $95 million Homecrest project is part of a wider shift in how the city prepares for increasingly intense…

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New York started digging Water Tunnel No. 3 in 1970; water reached all of Manhattan only in 2013, 43 years later

Construction of Water Tunnel Number Three in New York City commenced in 1970 with the goal of enhancing the city's water supply system. Stretching over sixty miles, this multifaceted project experienced both delays and budgetary challenges. It wasn't until 2013 that the Manhattan portion was finally put into operation, marking…

The Times of India

Dozens of dead sharks wash up along Jersey shore stunning visitors: ‘Well, this is odd’

New Jersey wildlife officials say the discovery may be less mysterious than it seems

The Independent UK

Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

Florida is set to embark on an ambitious initiative to clear millions of old tires that were dumped offshore decades ago. Initially forming an artificial reef, these tires have since led to significant damage to natural coral ecosystems. Present surveys indicate that over half a million tires still litter thousands…

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Manhole mystery grips New York – just what are city’s ‘mole people’ up to?

Video of figures clambering in and out of manholes sparks intrigue – and comparisons to crime-fighting turtles

The Guardian - US

HEALTH ALERT: 1.85 Million New Yorkers May Be Drinking Water Delivered Through Lead Pipes — And the $2 Billion Delaware Aqueduct Fix Has Been Delayed Again

New York City's drinking water is globally renowned. Its taste wins blind competitions. Its source — vast protected reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains and Delaware watersheds — is among the cleanest surface water in the world.

Medical Daily

Teenage turtles? Ghostbusters? Supersized rats? Videos of people emerging from sewers baffles NYC

The Gravesend incident came about an hour after a similar group was spotted entering and exiting a sewer on the other side of Brooklyn

The Independent UK

‘This bill protects our precious waters’: how a Florida environmental group scored a win against big oil

Following the destruction from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an anti-drilling coalition took action with HB 1143 – and got it signed by DeSantis

The Guardian - US

Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility all jammed in a town of 35,000. “Our children literally cannot breathe.”

Capital & Main

DeSantis urged to declare emergency over toxic red tide algae off Florida coast

Harmful algae bloom off south-west coast blamed for deaths of marine life and poses threat to beaches

The Guardian - US

Proposed Florida state law would prohibit golf courses in state parks

The bill would order the state to prioritize conservation-based recreational activities.

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New Jersey Is Closing Public Land Trails, Local Off-Roaders and Residents Are Pissed

When the United States was founded, the East Coast's land was divvied up to such a degree that there's almost no public lands. And what public lands there are on that side of the country have been piecemealed together into small locales so as to not upset the landowners or…

The Guardian - US

Success for local residents as Florida council toppled over sewage plant plan

Entire slate of councilors in Milton defeated after grassroots challenge to proposal for facility close to treasured river

The Guardian - US

Do New Yorkers really have ‘the champagne of tap waters’?

And how will they react to the news from the mayor, Eric Adams, that changes to the source – and taste – are coming?

USA Today Sports Media Group

A look behind the failed the pitch to create golf courses in a Florida state park — and what went wrong

“I told them, ‘You’re going to start a war,’ ” Jenkins said. “And guess what? That’s exactly what they did.”

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Florida whistleblower fired after releasing DeSantis admin. plan to add golf courses and hotels to state parks

A cartographer was terminated by the Department of Environmental Protection after leaked memo showed environmental damage and secrecy behind the project

The Guardian - US

Florida state parks whistleblower fired after exposing Ron DeSantis’s plans

James Gaddis tanked Florida governor’s secretive scheme to build hotels and golf courses over acres of preserved land

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus were involved in plan to put golf courses in Florida state park

Stearns said Nicklaus would have done the work free of charge.

USA Today Sports Media Group

After distancing himself from golf course plan, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blames ‘left wing’ narrative

"A lot of that stuff was just half-baked and it was leaked to a left-wing group to try to create a narrative."

The Independent UK

Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is 'going back to the drawing board'

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses and pickleball courts at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”

The Independent UK

Opponents stage protests against Florida state parks development plans pushed by DeSantis

Opponents of a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to build golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts and other development at Florida state parks staged protests Tuesday at several sites as pressure builds against the proposal

USA Today Sports Media Group

Controversial proposal to add golf courses to Florida State Parks appears to be scuttled

Mysterious group says it was behind plans to add golf to a treasured Florida State Park.

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