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Manhole mystery grips New York – just what are city’s ‘mole people’ up to?

Video of figures clambering in and out of manholes sparks intrigue – and comparisons to crime-fighting turtles

The Guardian - US

HEALTH ALERT: 1.85 Million New Yorkers May Be Drinking Water Delivered Through Lead Pipes — And the $2 Billion Delaware Aqueduct Fix Has Been Delayed Again

New York City's drinking water is globally renowned. Its taste wins blind competitions. Its source — vast protected reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains and Delaware watersheds — is among the cleanest surface water in the world.

Medical Daily

Teenage turtles? Ghostbusters? Supersized rats? Videos of people emerging from sewers baffles NYC

The Gravesend incident came about an hour after a similar group was spotted entering and exiting a sewer on the other side of Brooklyn

The Independent UK

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‘This bill protects our precious waters’: how a Florida environmental group scored a win against big oil

Following the destruction from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an anti-drilling coalition took action with HB 1143 – and got it signed by DeSantis

The Guardian - US

Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility all jammed in a town of 35,000. “Our children literally cannot breathe.”

Capital & Main

DeSantis urged to declare emergency over toxic red tide algae off Florida coast

Harmful algae bloom off south-west coast blamed for deaths of marine life and poses threat to beaches

The Guardian - US

Proposed Florida state law would prohibit golf courses in state parks

The bill would order the state to prioritize conservation-based recreational activities.

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New Jersey Is Closing Public Land Trails, Local Off-Roaders and Residents Are Pissed

When the United States was founded, the East Coast's land was divvied up to such a degree that there's almost no public lands. And what public lands there are on that side of the country have been piecemealed together into small locales so as to not upset the landowners or…

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Success for local residents as Florida council toppled over sewage plant plan

Entire slate of councilors in Milton defeated after grassroots challenge to proposal for facility close to treasured river

The Guardian - US

Do New Yorkers really have ‘the champagne of tap waters’?

And how will they react to the news from the mayor, Eric Adams, that changes to the source – and taste – are coming?

The Guardian - US

A look behind the failed the pitch to create golf courses in a Florida state park — and what went wrong

“I told them, ‘You’re going to start a war,’ ” Jenkins said. “And guess what? That’s exactly what they did.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Florida whistleblower fired after releasing DeSantis admin. plan to add golf courses and hotels to state parks

A cartographer was terminated by the Department of Environmental Protection after leaked memo showed environmental damage and secrecy behind the project

Latin Times

Florida state parks whistleblower fired after exposing Ron DeSantis’s plans

James Gaddis tanked Florida governor’s secretive scheme to build hotels and golf courses over acres of preserved land

The Guardian - US

Report: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus were involved in plan to put golf courses in Florida state park

Stearns said Nicklaus would have done the work free of charge.

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After distancing himself from golf course plan, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blames ‘left wing’ narrative

"A lot of that stuff was just half-baked and it was leaked to a left-wing group to try to create a narrative."

The Independent UK

Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is 'going back to the drawing board'

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses and pickleball courts at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”

The Independent UK

Opponents stage protests against Florida state parks development plans pushed by DeSantis

Opponents of a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to build golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts and other development at Florida state parks staged protests Tuesday at several sites as pressure builds against the proposal

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Controversial proposal to add golf courses to Florida State Parks appears to be scuttled

Mysterious group says it was behind plans to add golf to a treasured Florida State Park.

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The Guardian - US

Florida: tree cactus becomes first local species killed off by sea-level rise

Key Largo tree cactus no longer growing naturally in US thanks to salt water inundation and soil depletion

Capital & Main

In Rural Pennsylvania, Crypto Mining Offers a Lifeline for Dying Gas Wells

Emails show Diversified largely kept the state in the dark as it fired up its bitcoin mining operation.

The Independent UK

Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back.

One of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural community where it was banned for a dozen years for polluting the water supply

Capital & Main

Pennsylvania Governor’s Deal With Fracking Company Splits Environmentalists

Voluntary agreement on health and safety reforms hailed as progress but critics say it lacks teeth.

The Guardian - US

Burning tires and bridges: US residents ‘shocked’ by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan

Stronghold Digital Mining contends it is repurposing waste material, but those living near by are outraged by the proposal

The Independent UK

New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose

New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey Shore community into one of America’s most notorious toxic waste cleanup sites

The Independent UK

What will it take to stop Jersey Shore town from bulldozing its beach? $12M in fines hasn't done it

Not even $12 million worth of fines is enough to stop a Jersey Shore town from bulldozing sand on its beach to bolster eroded spots in defiance of state environmental officials

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