NECEC will bring clean energy, other benefits
Letter
Share
A recent letter to the editor omits numerous facts about the Clean Energy Corridor (“CMP corridor remains bad deal for Maine,” April 18).
The project received regulatory permits from the Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, Department of Environmental Protection, Land Use Planning Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Energy. Are all of these organizations wrong, and project opponents (95% of which are funded by the fossil fuel industry) right?
Hydropower (which will run through the corridor) threatens to replace fossil fuel as an energy source, and that’s why out-of-state oil and gas companies have funneled $2 million through the front group Mainers for Local Power to get on the November ballot.
By Joel Malkin
Apr 28, 2021
The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County issued a Health Alert over the harmful toxic algae bloom that s plaguing Lake Okeechobee.
Health officials took a water sample on Monday from the area surrounding the Pahokee Marina and found it contains highly toxic bacteria.
A Florida congressman took a tour of the area on Wednesday. The smell. The taste. I probably spit ten times as I walked over there.
U.S. Representative Brian Mast calls the algae bloom at the Pahokee Marina poison and is pushing to make discharges of such toxins against federal law. He says words like poison and toxic are not hyperbole. The algae actually meets levels determined by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Nearly 150,000 Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes to Be Unleashed in Florida
On 4/28/21 at 8:07 AM EDT
Containers of mosquito larvae seen in July 2020 in Key Largo, Florida. Nearly 150,000 genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Nearly 150,000 mosquitoes that have been genetically modified by Oxitec, a biotechnology company based in the U.K., will be released across parts of Monroe County s Florida Keys region starting this week.
The release is part of an experiment to help combat a disease-transmitting local mosquito population (the Aedes aegypti mosquito species) that is responsible for virtually all mosquito-borne diseases transmitted to humans such as dengue, Zika and yellow fever, the company says.
Catskill Backcountry Information
Welcome to the Catskills
The Welcome to the Catskills webpage is the place to go if you are interested in learning more about the Catskill Mountains. It provides information about the Forest Preserve and conservation easement lands, outdoor recreation opportunities, and Leave No Trace. Be sure to check out the links to additional information and tips for recreating safely and minimizing your impacts on natural resources, recreational infrastructure, and other backcountry users in the Catskill Mountains.
For a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience on public lands in the Catskills and New York City s Catskill/Delaware Watershed, please consult DEC s regular updates, seasonal notices and general information below.