For 12 years, a threat hung over Plum Island like the Sword of Damocles: that one day the federal government would sell the unspoiled preserve into private hands and leave it to an unknown fate.
On Monday, that threat disappeared when Congress repealed two laws that mandated the sale, all but guaranteeing that the island will not be developed. This is a huge hurdle, said Chris Cryder, land campaign manager for Save the Sound, a group that has taken the lead in working to keep the island publicly owned.
The 840-acre island, which lies eight miles south of the region s shoreline, is home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center but has been off-limits to the public for decades.
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The same pandemic that restricts travel and manufacturing is having a measurable impact on decreasing air pollution in parts of the Great Lakes region, experts say.
It is an impact that scientists can detect with sensors mounted on NASA satellites and that measure nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant that can exacerbate human respiratory problems such as asthma, cause acid rain and speed the creation of ozone and the pace of climate change.
It’s a tricky impact to measure, experts say. Weather, wildfires and other sources of pollution can mask the air quality effect of an economic lockdown. And clean air gains were reported before the pandemic. The Allegheny County Health Department in Pennsylvania reported that in 2019, nitrogen dioxide levels in Pittsburgh had dropped every year since 1999.
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MARQUETTE The same pandemic that restricts travel and manufacturing is having a measurable impact on decreasing air pollution in parts of the Great Lakes region, experts say.
It is an impact that scientists can detect with sensors mounted on NASA satellites and that measure nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant that can exacerbate human respiratory problems such as asthma, cause acid rain and speed the creation of ozone and the pace of climate change.
It’s a tricky impact to measure, experts say. Weather, wildfires and other sources of pollution can mask the air quality effect of an economic lockdown. And clean air gains were reported before the pandemic. The Allegheny County Health Department in Pennsylvania reported that in 2019, nitrogen dioxide levels in Pittsburgh had dropped every year since 1999.
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