Plot Against Hunger News Today

History reenactor and Friends of Urban Agriculture volunteer gardener at Arlington House, Sandy Newton, will discuss the historic gardening methods in use at the National Park Service’s Plot Against Hunger. Sandy will cover the history of Arlington House, focusing on two enslaved individuals who tended the garden, Ephraim Derricks and George Clark. She’ll talk about

Local elected officials are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to halt all permitting for future oil and gas projects, in light of recent progress with offshore wind. The feds are getting ready to hold a lease auction in August or September for sites off Morro Bay to build floating wind turbines. ...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced it will soon accept public comments on drafting rules to regulate underground carbon-dioxide pipelines. The emerging technology is touted as a climate change solution, but environmental groups are skeptical. The PUC recently declared it has regulatory authority over such pipelines, after it was initially believed only county governments in Minnesota had a say. ...

Coloradans are not likely to see much relief in their utility bills any time soon, as a late May cold spell gives way to the full heat of summer. Fuel disruptions due to the conflict in Ukraine, unbridled oil company profits and other factors have produced higher energy costs for all Americans. Denise Stepto - chief communications officer with Energy Outreach Colorado - said Colorados most vulnerable residents are facing tough decisions about whether to pay rent, buy food and medicine, or pa...

By Elizabeth McGowan for Energy News Network. Broadcast version by Jonah Chester for Virginia News Connection, reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration. ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. ...