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FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – The City of Fresno celebrated Earth Day with a special event on Tuesday. Fresno State football players and city leaders gathered to plant 162 trees along Barstow Avenue near Fresno State. Student Jordan Brown is one of the volunteers who helped at the event, and says it was wonderful to…
Eleven lives lost, a coast in crisis and businesses threatened. The BP oil spill happened 15 years ago. Sign up for our Newsletters It is still considered one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever seen. The oil giant paid out $65 billion in cleanup costs, charges and penalties, but the scars still…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Earth Day was celebrated around the world on Monday, and Richmond marked the occasion with the launch of a 5-year environmental initiative aimed at cooling down some of its hottest neighborhoods. It’s called “Cool the City” and it is a 5-year plan to plant over a thousand trees across Richmond and…
San Diegans of all ages participated in Earth Day events across the county on Tuesday, from beach cleanups to educational activities focused on environmental protection. At Pacific Beach, volunteers collected cigarette butts and other pollutants hidden in the sand as part of a cleanup organized by local businesses. “It’s unfortunate people don’t have the mindset…
CLAYTON CO., Iowa (KCRG) – They said a quarry company shouldn’t be allowed to take more resources. Pattison Sand Company in Garnavillo is asking the state for permission to triple its annual water use, but the DNR acknowledges that an increase could compromise wells that people use to wash their dishes, take showers, and flush…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — On Earth Day, the spirit of environmental action was alive and well along the banks of the James River. On Tuesday, April 22, more than 60 hospital workers from HCA Virginia traded their usual scrubs for trash bags and joined forces with Friends of the James River for a hands-on cleanup…
SAN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — Several Southern California environmental groups staged a protest as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin visited the San Diego area Tuesday morning. The event called “Hands Off Earth” was organized as a way to denounce the Trump administration’s cutbacks on environmental protections and programs, said Sara Ochoa, programs…
Imagine plunging below the ocean’s surface, expecting vibrant coral gardens and teeming schools of fish—only to find a barren, lifeless wasteland of broken skeletons and empty sand. For millions around the globe, this is now a reality. Coral reefs, once called the “rainforests of the sea,” are vanishing at an alarming rate. But just as…
DEARBORN, Mich. (FOX 2) – Although Earth Day took place on Tuesday, initiatives to safeguard the environment persist in Dearborn, with a fresh batch of electric school buses being introduced. On Wednesday, Dearborn Public Schools introduced new electric school buses aimed at fostering a healthier ecosystem. Adding 18 new zero-emission vehicles and installing 20 charging…
Before their next batch of aircraft takes to the friendly skies, Delta Air Lines is turning to the ocean for inspiration. The objective is to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This drives Delta to explore every possible avenue to make it occur. “Sangita Sharma, who leads Delta’s Sustainable Skies Lab as its director, mentioned…