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North Adams considers nearly 8 percent increase for public safety
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N J company relocates from Hunterdon to Trenton as part of larger revitalization
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Adam Ortiz, director of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), said the department is making sure to start projects in underserved areas.
“We know that the United States has a history marred by racial division and oppression,” Ortiz said. “Folks who are in poor and working class communities tend to be areas that are more dense, tend to be areas that are older, so they don’t have the environmental protections or the tree cover.”
That’s why some of the DEP’s latest efforts include a green construction code, which requires buildings to be environmentally friendly. They re also working on installing solar panels, planting more trees and encouraging the switch to more electric vehicles.
Earth Day celebrations on tap for Cohasset this weekend
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/ An aerial image shows the Piney Point processing plant, lower right, and Tampa Bay to the left.
One commissioner said the well is a better option than having millions more gallons of wastewater dumped into Tampa Bay.
Manatee County commissioners have approved construction of a deep injection well to dispose of wastewater from the closed Piney Point fertilizer plant. But nearby neighbors are worried about the possible effect on their wells.
The $9.3 million contract was approved Tuesday by a 6 to 1 vote, over objections that it could contaminate underground water supplies.
Even though discharges to Tampa Bay have ended, there are still 190 million gallons of wastewater in the phosphate retention pond.