View west down the James River towards downtown Richmond, Virginia. By Jim from Richmond, VA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
- Seattle and San Francisco have recently increased the minimum wage in their municipalities, but making sure all businesses cooperate has not been an easy task.
- A new lawsuit filed as a result of the lead contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, alleges that the Environmental Protection Agency was slow to act after the contamination was discovered.
- It is a commonly held belief that a city’s addition of rapid transit will increase property values. However, researchers are now saying that this may not be the case.
- Discovering methane leaks requires tremendous efforts from investigators. Technology, such as Infrared cameras and other tools, are helping make their jobs of finding leaking methane wells and storage tanks easier.
- A new study shows that groundwater quality is affected by fracking, but it is possible that the effects can lessen over time.
- The Navajo Nation is still waiting for the EPA to help farmers following the Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River. Meanwhile, copper, lead, and cadmium have been found in high concentration at the river’s headwaters.
- The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program has brought in millions of dollars, but it has also had its share of controversy.
- The New York Department of Environmental Conservation rejected a permit for the Constitution Pipeline. The pipeline would have extended 124 miles from Pennsylvania through New York.
- The New York Comptroller wants federal officials to require train companies to be fully insured in order to pay for any cleanups that may occur from oil trains that derail.
- Dominion Virginia Power released treated coal ash wastewater into the James River earlier this week. Treating and releasing the wastewater is one step in ending coal ash operations by the utility company.
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