If it didn’t create air pollution, I’d burn my 2020 calendar. A terrible, awful year, despite a few, albeit significant environmental wins.
Climate change, of course, continued unabated. Otherwise, without a massive coal ash spill or major hurricane to capture the public’s attention, the environmental losses were quieter, more piecemeal, albeit also significant: A proposed mine in Caswell County, an approved one in Alamance. A proposed Land Clearing and Inert landfill in Vance County. Yet another wood pellet plant whose air permit was approved by DEQ; it’s near tribal lands in Robeson County. A proposed plant that would convert creosote-treated railroad ties into “biochar” and emit air pollutants near a Black neighborhood in Richmond County.
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The old schoolhouse doesnât look like much now â weather-beaten and worn, it stood neglected for decades before an effort to save it kicked into gear two years ago, and now there also is the worrying possibility of having a landfill nearby â but it holds fond memories for Alfred L. Austin, who grew up on a Cumberland County farm 3 miles away.
âI used to get up in the morning, milk six cows, walk to school, spend the day at school, then walk home and milk six cows again,â he said. âAmong other things.â
In the era of segregation in the 1950s, school was a prized opportunity for Austin and other Black children in this section of Cumberland. The county provided a school for Black students, but it was 10 miles from Austinâs home and, without transportation, he simply couldnât attend.
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Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
GEI (but can be posted at other times).
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below.
Also, mentioned in two articles near the end of the disease collection is that there is a new strain of the virus circulating in southeast England that is 70% more infectious than the common strain. Since these news collections were assembled, England has locked down London and several European countries have restricted travelers from the country. I expect that we ll have more news on that in this coming week.