Michigan State

Portage, MI

UPI News

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that it has 25 projects for some $4.3 billion to implement community-driven solutions to the climate crisis.

EPA announces $4.3 billion in grants for projects to reduce climate pollution

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Lupton Petroleum Products Inc. and its affiliate Brad Hall Associates, Inc., for violations of the Clean Air Act’s conventional and renewable fuel requirements. Lupton Petroleum and Brad Hall Associates’ actions resulted in high sulfur diesel fuel being...

EPA reaches settlement with Lupton Petroleum, Brad Hall Associates over violations of the Clean Air Act, including dispensing of high sulfur diesel fuel

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

New York State

Who: A New York man has filed a revised class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola and its subsidiary Simply Orange Juice Co. Why: The plaintiff says the company sells juices that contain PFAS, otherwise known as forever chemicals. Where: The Simply Orange PFAS class action lawsuit was filed in a New...

Revised class action says all Simply Orange juice products contain PFAS

Shenandoah, PA

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The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL – The following is a collection of police incidents reported by local law enforcement...
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Police Log, 7/10/2024

Oregon State

Similar laws worldwide have led to 75 percent reduction in recycled plastics. The United States generates more than 40 million tons of plastic waste a year, but just 5% of that is recycled. That is about to change. In less than a year Oregon will become the first state in the U.S. to implement a series of laws known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The laws fundamentally shift the responsibility for funding recycling systems from local governments to the plastic makers. The law’s fee structures are designed to incentivize producers to make packaging that minimizes waste and environmental impacts and improves recyclability.

U.S. plastics makers will soon have to pay to recycle the 40 million tons of plastic junk they make in a year

Reuters

(Reuters) -Robert Bosch has agreed to acquire Johnson Controls' and Hitachi's residential ventilation businesses for $8 billion, it said on Tuesday, in what will be the German engineering group's largest takeover to date.

Bosch to buy Johnson Controls air-conditioning assets in $8 billion deal

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Upworthy

Evian, Fiji, Voss, SmartWater, Aquafina, Dasani—it's impressive how many brands we have for something humans have been consuming for millennia. Despite years of studies showing that bottled water is no safer to drink than tap water, Americans are more consuming more bottled water than ever, to the tune of billions of dollars in bottled water sales. People cite convenience and taste in addition to perceived safety for reasons they prefer bottle to tap, but the fear factor surrounding tap water is still a driving force. It doesn't help when emergencies like floods cause tap water contamination or when investigations reveal...

Scientists tested 3 popular bottled water brands for nanoplastics using new tech, and yikes

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Saint Augustine, FL

Lisa S. Gerard

Brittany Tavar, 45, disappeared from her home in St. Augustine, Florida, on July 6, 2010. She was part of a large family scattered on the other side of the country. Brittany's friends in the area described her as generous and caring. Not only was she regarded as a kind person, she was known to help others in need.

Florida Woman Befriends Homeless Man in 2010; Both Tragically Vanish

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Interesting Engineering

The new method can be used to decompose PFASs at room temperature using visible LED light.

In a first, forever chemicals decomposed using light at room temperature

Pittsburgh, PA

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have improved a popular technology used to generate a range of industrial plastics for applications ranging from paints and coatings to adhesives and sealants. Using environmentally-friendly reaction conditions, including running the reaction in water with light and a water-soluble dye, the novel...

New polymerization approach could transform the manufacturing of specialty plastics

Ohio State

Energy News Network

Advocates in Ohio are stepping up their clean energy efforts in response to the Republican party platform and Project 2025, which detail how a second Trump administration would promote fossil fuels while cutting back federal programs for addressing climate change, environmental justice and equity. Over the past year, Ohio-based governments...

Ohio advocates seek to ‘Trump-proof’ recent gains made on clean energy and climate

The Biden- Harris administration announced that it will be phasing out single-use plastics by the federal government, including plastic foodservice containers, by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035. This new goal is part of a larger commitment from the Biden White House to tackle plastic pollution and is part of the president’s long-term sustainability plan, including a goal of phasing out single-user plastics entirely by 2050.

President Biden wants to phase out single-use plastics by the federal government

Study shows alarming trends. A peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives reveals that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” are increasingly being incorporated into U.S. pesticide products. This alarming trend threatens to contaminate waterways and poses significant risks to human health. Researchers from...

“Forever Chemicals” Increasing in U.S. Pesticides

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County man has been charged with numerous offenses related to narcotics distribution and firearms trafficking. Kyrell Domnie, 39, of Irvington, known by the alias "Fly Ky," was charged by complaint and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court on July 17, 2024. He remains detained following the hearing.

Convicted Felon Faces Multiple Narcotics and Firearms Charges

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Fulton, MI

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Will public water utilities submit PFAS settlement claims by Friday's deadline?

Earlier this year a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina approved a multibillion-dollar settlement with two PFAS manufacturers,...

Will public water utilities submit PFAS settlement claims by Friday's deadline?

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