Environment-Current Events-2018

Northern California: Officials Claim Utilities Failure to remove and cutback trees around power lines sparked multiple wildfires forcing thousands to flee homes

FOX NEWS, CNN, NBC, ABC

Long Island, NY: Shellfish Hatchery will help clean local waterways and surrounding bays by introducing millions of water filtering oysters and clams to local area waters

Article Archive 2016

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California: Man Arrested on Suspicion of Starting Southern, CA 'Cranston Fire' in Area of San Bernardino Nat’l Forest, Damaging Homes and Forcing Evacuations

Southern California: Woolsey Wildfire = 83,000 acres burned, Over 250,000 People evacuated, over a 100 homes destroyed; Destructive Fire magnified by fierce Santa Anna winds

California Wildfires - Map

Parrish, Alabama: Stinking Railcars Containing Poop Sludge From New York City stuck in Small Town. Unbearable Smell A Nightmare For Local Residents

Alternative Energy / Alternative Fuels

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California: Streets of San Francisco littered with Human Feces, Needles and Trash; Expert Compares City Squalor to that of a third world slum

Orange County, CA: Cleanup of Three Mile Long Homeless Camp yields 250 tons of trash, 5,000 needles, over a thousand pounds of human waste

Drought / Wildfires / Extreme Heat

California: Utility PG&E Power Lines Blamed For Northern California Wildfires that killed 18 people

Environmental Mitigation / Conservation

Fossil Fuels: Oil / Coal / Natural Gas

Pollution: Air / Water / Soil

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Los Angeles, CA: Suburban Residents Concerned by Growth of Homeless Camps; Fear over Permanence and possible related Public Health Problems

Irvine, CA: Immigrants rally together to Protest against placement of Homeless Shelters/Camps in their local communities

California: Arson Suspect Charged with Starting 'Holy Fire' Damaging 9,600 Acres of Cleveland National Forest

Relief at Last!!! Snow Fall and Rain begin to Alleviate Drought in Northern California

San Francisco, CA: NBC News Investigates City’s Diseased Streets; Study reveals a dangerous concoction of drug needles, garbage, and feces

After years of prolonged drought, reservoirs begin to fill with water in Northern California

Northern California: Camp Wildfire = Deadliest Fire in State History; 146,000 acres burned, at least 71 people dead, 9,700 single family homes and 336 commercial structures destroyed

Extreme Drought in Retreat Throughout California

Climate Change / Global Warming

President Trump signs executive orders to advance construction/completion of North Dakota and XL Oil Pipelines

California: Heavy Precipitation alleviates drought conditions throughout the state. Northern, CA drought ends

California: Bicyclist’s Video Records Ride Through Homeless Encampment alongside bike/pedestrian trail in Orange County

Flint, Michigan: EPA delayed warning residents about contaminated water supply for seven months

California Wildfires - Update

United States: Majestic Views and Beautiful Colors, 10 Best National Parks to Visit in Fall

Leaders & Heroes

New York: Long Island Environmentalists Express Concern over Storm Gate Barrier for New York City; Fear protections for NYC will increase flooding on Long Island

Iowa: Freight Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails; 230,000 gallons of oil leaked into Flood Waters of Rock River

Los Angeles: Southern California Utility acknowledges responsibility for wildfire that burned more than 280,000 acres and destroyed about 1,300 structures

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2018

Louisiana: 14 Year Old Leak in Gulf of Mexico spills 10,000 to 30,000 gallons of Oil a day into Gulf Waters from damaged drilling platform / wells

New York: Parkgoers leave Hecksher State Park riddled with trash after busy summer weekend. Visitor took video of litter everywhere

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California: Massive amounts of Rain and Snow have ended Drought in Northern, CA

The Environment and The Republic

Life on Earth

San Francisco, CA: A City Long Famous For Cable Cars and Counter Culture; And Now, Proliferating Homelessness, Urban Squalor and Trash

Oregon: Oil Train derails in scenic Columbia River Gorge, numerous tanker cars catch fire

San Francisco: Mayor Discusses Plan to clean up City; Comments on abundant quantity of feces on streets during walking tour of city

Deluge of heavy rains in Southern California bring floods, mudslides, washed out roads; Record rainfall continues to alleviate drought conditions

Nuclear Energy

Recycling / Garbage / Waste Management

Environmentalists Critical of President Trump's decision to sign executive orders advancing Keystone XL and North Dakota Oil Pipelines

North Carolina: Overflowing Hog Waste Lagoons raise environmental and health concerns in aftermath of Hurricane Florence

Parks & Recreation

California: Pipeline Company guilty of causing worst oil spill in 25 years. Disaster killed wildlife and blackened miles of beaches with oil pollution

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