The Berry’s Creek Study Area in Bergen County, N.J. is in for a major cleanup. Acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed off on the $332 million cleanup on Sept. 25, designed to address a major share of the contamination within the...
Back in July, Ohio’s governor took things up in notch in the mission to stop algae from enveloping major portions of Lake Erie. Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order to start the process of implementing regulations on thousands of local farms, as a way to tackle...
The Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York recently received a major cash infusion. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed it reached a $100 million agreement with the National Grid, which will go toward cleanup efforts near the head of the...
Hawaii’s Big Island has been rocked by volcanic eruption since May 3. During the first four weeks of eruptions, emergency officials estimate approximately 2,500 residents were forced to evacuate. At least 75 structures were also destroyed by this natural disaster. As...
California is known as an environmentally-forward state, so it’s probably not surprising to learn that Los Angeles has more installed solar panels than any other U.S. city. Announced in April, this honor follows a 44% rise in solar installation over the past year,...
If you live on the East Coast, you’re probably all too familiar with stink bugs. The first crop of these smelly pests were documented in Allentown, PA in the mid-1990s, according to USA Today. They’re assumed to have hitched a ride to the U.S. in shipping containers...
