These are some of the stories we’ve been following this week.
Dusk view of the Valero Energy Corporation’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. Posted under CC 2.0
- Property values and taxes are rising quickly in Vancouver.
- Texas is launching an effort to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over new methane regulations. Texas is the first state to take these measures.
- The Massachusetts Senate is backing a 10-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state.
- The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a ruling that landowners must be compensated after an older law limited how owners could improve or sell land that was located near proposed highway routes.
- Zombie properties have diminished property values on Staten Island, N.Y. by more than $50 million.
- China’s Silicon Valley is doing well, but rising property values in the area could slow the country’s tech boom.
- Michigan’s lawmakers are considering a bill that would keep big box stores from paying less in property taxes.
- Canterbury, New Zealand, residents are worried that groundwater could become contaminated if nearby quarries are given permission to dig deeper into the ground.
- Pennsylvania lawmakers want federal officials to clean up contaminated water near two former military bases.
- Oregon lawmakers want oil trains to be rerouted around populated areas due to a recent train derailment in addition to implementing other safety regulations.
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