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A New Gondola Takes Visitors to a Vanishing Alpine Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?

March 3, 2024 / by Paige McClanahan / Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism is only making the problem worse. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/travel/chamonix-france-glaciers-climate-change.html

EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

February 26, 2024 / by Region 01 / Europe, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Feb.26, 2024) – Three New England-based companies have agreed to pay penalties to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they violated federal law for failure to file required annual pesticide production reports. Recently, EPA Region 1 filed Settlement Agreements involving three companies; Seaman […]

Farmers Clash With Police and Macron at Paris Agricultural Fair

February 24, 2024 / by Liz Alderman / Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At the annual show where the French countryside comes to the capital, President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to calm a monthlong confrontation were met with anger. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/world/europe/farmers-macron-paris-salon.html

Biden-Harris Administration announces over $55 million for New Hampshire drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

February 20, 2024 / by Region 01 / Climate, Europe, Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Feb. 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $55.7 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for New Hampshire drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding is part of the over $50 billion investment in water infrastructure upgrades […]

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine Removed from EPA Superfund List

February 16, 2024 / by Region 01 / Europe, Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is deleting the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Kittery, Maine, from the National Priorities List (NPL), commonly referred to as Superfund. While EPA has determined that site cleanup work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard site is complete, with no further […]

Shell Sees Demand Surging for Liquefied Natural Gas

February 14, 2024 / by STANLEY REED / Asia, Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Asia will be the dominant consumer, while the U.S. will be the key supplier. In Europe, where L.N.G. has been a lifeline, the need will continue despite environmental concerns. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/business/shell-demand-liquefied-natural-gas.html

This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics.

February 13, 2024 / by Jeanna Smialek Ana Swanson and Thomas Ekstrom / Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times, North America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Generous subsidies are helping the United States steal green industries from Europe, as countries race to secure the energy supplies of the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/business/economy/norway-inflation-reduction-act.html

Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America as part of Investing in America Agenda

February 13, 2024 / by Region 01 / Europe, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Feb. 13, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the expansion of its successful Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 additional communities as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. Originally launched in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

February 8, 2024 / by Region 01 / Climate, Europe, Lands, North America, Oceans, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Feb. 8, 2024) – Yesterday, leaders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New England Aquarium gathered together to shine a spotlight on the critical carbon-capturing environments of seagrass meadows and salt marshes, known as Blue Carbon, in sequestering and storing carbon. The largest quantities […]

United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

February 5, 2024 / by Enforcement and Compliance Assurance OECA / Europe, Fresh Water, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced a settlement agreement with the City of Lowell, Massachusetts, requiring the city to reduce sewage discharges into the Merrimack River. Under the consent decree, Lowell will pay a $200,000 penalty […]