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There were 54 traffic deaths in Delaware County last year; in the future officials hope to reduce that number to zero.

Recent bike rides were organized to call attention to the Delaware River Heritage Trail: Lead people to the water, and prompt them to think.

An Indiana-based environmental group is amplifying the voices of high school students who write about the environment and climate change. Earth Charter Indiana launched its Youth Environmental Press Team as an online publishing platform to share environmental stories from high school newspapers. Jim Poyser, director of advancement and the Youth Environmental Press Team for the group Earth Charter Indiana, said kids experience a lot of eco-anxiety and the program provides several avenues to be ...

Environmentalists and citizens in New Mexico believe the state agency charged with overseeing oil and gas activity is not doing enough to enforce rules meant to crack down on polluters. At a meeting last week, they challenged the Oil Conservation Division, pointing to a 16% increase in spills of drilling-related wastewater in 2022. Sofia Jenkins-Nieto, spokesperson for Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, said it is not what was expected after stronger regulations were adopted in 2021. ...

By Ashira Morris for Reasons to be Cheerful.Broadcast version by Shanteya Hudson for North Carolina News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration When the owners of running store Bull City Running Co. were scoping out a second location in Durham, North Carolina, they set their sights on retail space near the planned Durham Belt Line. Their flagship store already benefits from a spot along the citys American Tobacco Trail. ...

Pollution from Canadian mines is endangering one of Idahos largest rivers. Selenium and other pollutants from coal mines across the northern border are impacting fish species in the Kootenai River. Environmental director for the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Genny Hoyle, said selenium is reducing or eliminating culturally important fish species. ...

A new study could evaluate connecting the Jones Falls Trail in Baltimore City with the NCR Trail in Baltimore County, creating a protected route for hikers and bikers from the Inner Harbor up to Pennsylvania.

Lower Macungie Middle School band director Erin Trautmann rode her bike the entire East Coast, from Maine to Key West, in 47 days this summer.

Spring Garden Street is a part of a larger network of 3,000 miles of bike trails called the East Coast Greenway, spanning from Maine to Florida. Updating this section of the greenway would improve biking and jogging through the city by slowing the pace of traffic. "There’s a lot of new optimism around infrastructure funding," Daniel Paschall, mid-Atlantic coordinator of the East Coast Greenway, told KYW, "and we really want them to seize this moment and see this project not just as a trail ...

Greenway connecting Delaware, Schuylkill rivers slowly inches forward RADIO.COM 2 hrs ago © Provided by RADIO.COM Spring Garden Street PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The plan to connect the Delaware and Schuylkill River bike trails is finally making some headway. The Spring Garden Street Greenway plan was conceived 10 years ago. Now, with President Joe Biden’s commitment to upgrading the country’s infrastructure, biking advocates hope that will move the project forward. The East Coa...