Environment

About 140 of D.C.'s cherry trees will soon be cut down to adapt to rising sea levels

1:03pm March 20, 2024

by Jacob Fenston

Washington, D.C.'s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom yesterday. For some 140 of the famous flowering trees, this will be their last season — they'll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise.

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Shell's petrochemical complex along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa., June 2022.

Taxpayer-funded petrochemical plants are polluting communities, report finds

5:01am March 20, 2024

by Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front

A fleet of new plastics plants in the U.S. often release illegal levels of air pollution, even while receiving big tax breaks from state and local governments, the report found.

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Environment

A food waste collection program in Greensboro is set to expand

4:31pm March 19, 2024

by David Ford

Greensboro's Office of Sustainability and Resiliency is adding a new drop off location for food waste collection.

The scraggly cherry blossom tree known as Stumpy on March 15 in Washington, D.C. At high tide, the base of the tree's trunk is inundated with several inches of water.

So long, Stumpy. More than 150 of D.C.'s cherry trees have to go as water rises

2:07pm March 19, 2024

by Jacob Fenston

Washington, D.C.'s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom this week. This will be the last season for about 150 of the famous flowering trees — they'll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise.

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Biden administration bans the final kind of asbestos still legal in the U.S.

5:15am March 19, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ellie Borst, who covers chemicals for Politico's E&E News, about the EPA joining more than 50 other countries that have already outlawed chrysotile asbestos.

Charlotte the stingray became a social media star when she got pregnant without a mate.

Environment

Pregnant stingray Charlotte brings in traffic, business to North Carolina town

6:29pm March 18, 2024

by Lydia Wilson

Charlotte the stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium has been attracting visitors since she got pregnant without a mate. Businesses in Hendersonville are delighted by the influx.

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Taxpayers subsidize plastics plants that violate pollution standards, report says

5:07am March 18, 2024

by Reid Frazier

Shell's plastics plant outside Pittsburgh, which was built with over a billion dollars in tax credits from the state, has violated clean air laws 19 times since it began operating two years ago.

The U.S. Coast Guard's new system reduces the number of whales hit by vessels

8:19am March 17, 2024

by Bellamy Pailthorp

The U.S. Coast Guard has developed a new system to try to reduce the number whales hit by vessels. It's trying it out in the waters in and around Seattle.

This image from video provided by Iceland Civil Defense shows lava erupting from a volcano between Hagafell and Stóri-Skógfell, Iceland, on on Saturday, March 16, 2024.

A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months

6:08am March 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky.

Mujeres indígenas participan en la marcha en Puyo, Ecuador, el 8 de marzo de 2024.

Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

12:35pm March 16, 2024

by Tatiana Lopez

Mujeres de diferentes nacionalidades indígenas viajaron desde sus territorios a Puyo, Ecuador, para marchar por las calles de la ciudad como lo hacen cada año en el Día Internacional de la Mujer.