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Baltimore residents rally against #crudeoiltrains - but no progress on safety bill
"I don't want to be sitting here when something happens and we didn't do everything we could possibly do to prevent it."
With those words, Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke expressed her dismay that the Oil Trains Ordinance - a bill requiring the city to study the health impacts and risks of the crude oil trains that travel through Baltimore - would not even be receiving a vote at its public hearing last Tuesday. Due to legal questions that could have been addressed when the bill was introduced eleven months ago, but weren't raised until last week, the Council's Judiciary Committee
Flash Forward Friday – Blog Post for Wednesday, November 9th
Resist President-Elect Trump’s Polluter-Friendly Agenda
Sigh. I did not really think this is a sentence I would have to write: Donald Trump won a shocking victory yesterday, edging out Hillary Clinton in the electoral college.
President-Elect Trump has vowed to abolish the Clean Water Rule and the Clean Power Plan, to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, and to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. At times, he has even promised to eliminate the entire EPA.
We will not let him undo the environmental progress that we’ve made over the last 45 years, and we will work especially hard to
Vote to protect water and open space in Rhode Island
When I first moved to Rhode Island from New Jersey I didn’t know what to expect. I quickly learned that Providence was vibrant and lively with something to do on every corner. Despite its urban nature, I also learned that the people here cared deeply about the environment.
California green lighted more irrigation with oil wastewater
Last week, regulators approved the expanded use of oil wastewater for irrigation of crops in Kern County.
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board), unanimously approved a Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) permit for California Resources Corporation (CRC) to sell 21,200 acre feet (6.9 million gallons) of oil and gas wastewater from the Kern Front Oil Field to the North Kern Water Storage District annually. The produced water will be distributed to farmers for irrigation and used for groundwater recharge, despite significant questions about the safety of this
Huh? Governor’s Water Commission declares an end to climate change in 2050!
On December 16, the California Water Commission, which is administering $2.7 billion in bonds for water storage projects, forwarded draft regulations guiding that expenditure to the Office of Administrative Law for public review. The draft regulations are wholly inadequate.