Let’s take a moment to congratulate ourselves. We’ve finally won a long-fought citizen campaign to get rid of four shallow sewage wells at Monroe County’s Cudjoe Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant,
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Senior Planet Montgomery Free Online Classes for Seniors Feb. 15-19 Will Include Programmable and Smart Thermostats and Virtual Museum Tours
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 12, 2021
Senior Planet Montgomery, a technology training program designed for County learners 60 and older, is offering free online classes that focus on how to thrive at home. Classes, which are offered live via video conference, enhance a wide variety of life skills. Classes will include Programmable and Smart Thermostats and Virtual Museum Tours.
In addition to classes in English, two classes during Feb. 15-19 will be delivered in Spanish and one class will be delivered in Mandarin. A variety of exercise classes also will be offered.
Plans are underway for a Civilian Climate Corps, mobilizing a “new generation of Americans to work conserving and restoring public lands and waters, increasing reforestation, increasing carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protecting biodiversity, improving access to recreation, and addressing the changing climate.” That sort of workforce could help struggling rural communities, like many in Maine, better prepare for weather extremes and rising seas.
The new administration wants clean energy to revitalize the nation’s economy and infrastructure, and may use the budget reconciliation process to advance those efforts, according to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), incoming chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
The Little Wekiva River is being buried with as much as 5 feet of sand and residents of the treasured Little Wekiva in Seminole County blame Interstate 4 construction for erosion gorging the river.
NJ project helps communities combat illegal dumping
The state Department of Environmental Protection has launched an initiative to support municipalities in combatting illegal dumping.
The 10-month program was spurred by community feedback in what officials are describing as environmental justice communities, usually poorer or working-class ZIP codes often beset by pollution or contamination.
Through this new project, DEP will loan deterrence equipment and provide training and support to officials in enforcing civil and criminal environmental laws.
Illegal dumping can cost communities millions of dollars each year, which in turn can drive down property values due to safety concerns. It also has untold quality of life impacts, DEP Assistant Commissioner Elizabeth Dragon.