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Detroit Environmental advocates are urging Detroit s City Council to take action on an ordinance that aims to safeguard the Detroit River by imposing stricter rules for companies operating along the waterway.
Environmental groups joined Monday with a representative from the city s building and safety department and Councilwoman Raquel Castañeda-López for a virtual news conference to make the case for advancing the Detroit River Protection Ordinance.
Castañeda-López drafted the proposal more than a year ago in hopes of beefing up inspections and maintenance rules for businesses operating near the river s shoreline following a November 2019 dock collapse at an unlicensed site that sent potentially harmful contaminants into the water. The proposal also would require emergency notifications to protect and inform residents in the event of another incident.
Rochester Township orders study of construction impact on unique heron rookery Rochester-area rookery shares woods with proposed development. May 14, 2021 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The great blue herons nesting in their once-secret rookery in the woods near Rochester continue to stir up controversy. Now they are getting some lift from township officials.
On Thursday, the Rochester Township board agreed to study whether a proposed housing development that would cut through the unusual nesting grounds would significantly affect the majestic birds.
The environmental assessment was requested by Save the Rookery, a group created to protect the previously undocumented colony. Its petition now contains more than 1,400 signatures.
Watch as vehicle linked to fly-tipping near Ilkeston is crushed
Investigations were carried out over a ten month period
15:41, 11 MAY 2021
The truck goes into crushing machine
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A van has been destroyed after it was linked to fly-tipping.
The Neighbourhood Warden Service for Erewash Borough Council shared a video of the vehicle being crushed into debris.
A COALITION of organisations are calling on the Government to act now to make the use of sky lanterns illegal. The NFU has written to Environment Minister Rebecca Pow as part of a group of 18 farming, environment, animal and fire organisations to explain how the Government’s approach to sky lanterns is now significantly out of date. The letter details how in other countries the release of sky lanterns is considered an environmental crime due to the harm they cause animals, habitats and the countryside. By enacting Section 140 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Secretary of State can prohibit or restrict the importation, use, supply or storage of injurious substances or articles, such as sky lanterns.