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Don't touch that vulture

New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu

Salon

Sinkholes on NYC streets are a growing danger as climate change brings heavy rain that breaks sewers

NEW YORK — New Yorkers stand on ground that is crumbling beneath their feet — and Angelo Bastone has seen it for himself.

Tribune News Service

NJ sues Monsanto over ‘reckless’ PCB contamination, including along Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed suit Thursday against Monsanto for “extensive damage” caused by PCB contamination, citing “reckless long-term discharge of” polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) statewide and noting pollution from a company facility in Gloucester County on the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Can environmental violations define oil and gas companies as bad actors? A judgment awaits

PITTSBURGH — On the evening of July 19, when Allegheny County Council met to override Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of a fracking ban in county parks, council members were shown a black-and-white video of natural gas rushing from a well in Boyce Park.

Tribune News Service

New Jersey's dismal climate plan

New Jersey has been hit by powerful storms that climate scientists predict will only increase in severity

Salon

Wong seeks to stabilise China relationship

Penny Wong won't make concessions on areas of national interest during talks with her Chinese counterpart, the first between the two nations in three years.

AAP

NJ’s tough new environmental justice law rule says half the state lives in ‘overburdened’ neighborhoods — some surprising

New Jersey proposed a new environmental justice rule Monday that officials believe will be the toughest in the nation by carving out nearly half the state’s population as living in “overburdened communities” and limiting the types of polluting businesses that can be built there.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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More states want power to approve wetlands development

In 2020, Florida became just the third state — and the first in decades — to take over management of a key federal Clean Water Act program. Now, state rather than federal officials decide whether companies can dredge and fill wetlands and waterways for projects ranging from mining to housing…

Tribune News Service

Pennsylvania is poised for a summer of ticks and the diseases they carry

Ticks have a thing for Mary Ritter, but the sentiment is unrequited.

Tribune News Service

Alarming mountains of fertilizer waste

The U.S. houses hundreds of millions of tons of phosphogypsum in open-air stacks, but regulation is inconsistent

Salon

‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in America’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis

Maine’s disaster from PFAS-contaminated produce is causing farms to close and farmers to face the loss of their livelihoods

The Guardian - US

‘Irreversible’: No easy fix for water fouled by gas driller

One of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom has entered a difficult new phase as prosecutors pursue criminal charges against Pennsylvania’s busiest gas driller

The Independent UK

Despite increasing pollution, Pennsylvanians are still spending time in waterways, state report says

Pennsylvanians spend about as much recreation time in the state's waterways as they did two years ago, despite an increase in agricultural toxins trickling into the rivers.

Tribune News Service

Nearly 28,000 miles of Pennsylvania's streams are impaired by pollution, report finds

PHILADELPHIA — One-third of all Pennsylvania waterways are now considered polluted enough to harm wildlife, recreation or drinking water, according to a report released this week by the state's Department of Environmental Protection.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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