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Ohio oil and gas companies wasted $93 million worth of natural gas in 2019, enough to meet the yearly energy demands of the state s most populous cities, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund. Sarah Spence, executive director of the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, said tighter state regulations and regular inspections would prevent methane the main component of natural gas and a major contributor to global warming from being leaked, vented or flared from wells, or from pipes during the transportation process. "It really doesn t make a whole lot of sense," Spence pointed out. " .
City employees in Richmond are frustrated by the city s unwillingness to negotiate a union contract. Earlier this year, the workers voted to unionize, seeking a fair wage, affordable health care and paid leave benefits. Workers feel the city is not taking their effort seriously, and they are on a deadline. .
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is moving forward with the Sublette Pronghorn migration corridor designation process. Josh Metten, Wyoming field manager with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, said the move is an important step to protect key spots along the iconic route between Rock Springs and Grand Teton National Park. That includes places where animals get corralled and funneled into bottlenecks, and places herds recover from winter by hunkering down to feed on green-up vegetation. .
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an anti-abortion law in Idaho restricting people s ability to travel to other states for the procedure. During the 2023 legislative session, state lawmakers passed a law restricting "abortion trafficking," which it describes as an adult bringing a child across state lines for an abortion with the intent to conceal it from the child s parents or guardians. Kelly O Neill, staff attorney for the nonprofit Legal Voice, said a U.S. .