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Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues

"Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting."

Source: AP, 12/23/2024

Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods

"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline."

Source: Public Health Watch, 12/20/2024

"This National Park Is a Lab for Climate Change Mitigation Efforts"

"One of the most visited national parks is also one of the most vulnerable". "Mount Desert Island is a rare place on the Atlantic coast where mountains rise directly above the ocean, their pink granite shoulders studded with glacial kettle ponds."

Source: Sierra, 12/12/2024

"Nation’s First Congestion Pricing Plan Makes A Comeback In New York City"

"Plans to enact the nation’s first congestion pricing program in New York City have been revived, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced Thursday, five months after the initiative was abruptly paused amid pushback from drivers and a flurry of lawsuits."

Source: Washington Post, 11/15/2024

New Jersey Will Issue Drought Warning After Dry October As Wildfires Rage

"With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey will issue a drought warning, a step that could eventually lead to mandatory water restrictions if significant rain doesn’t fall soon."

Source: AP, 11/14/2024

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