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Print Continue to article content Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of New York Supreme Court on October 22, 2019. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Power generation panel mulls storage support, market rules The Climate Action Council's power generation panel still has a lot to tackle before it makes formal recommendations on how the state can achieve its renewable energy goals. During a wide-ranging discussion Friday, panel members raised the issue of stopping the buildout of new natural gas plants and developing a plan to close the existing ones,...

Frontline workers honoured with free dive trip to Yap Published 3 months ago The remote island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia is among the few places in the world that remains free of Covid-19 thanks to its ocean border and a strict travel ban that has kept its residents safe. Nonetheless, Yap has been affected, too. As one of the world’s premier, award-winning destinations for divers, this paradisiacal location in the western Pacific Ocean has had no outside visitors to its rich shores and reef for nearly a year. But while there may be no virus, the island hasn’t been cut...

Some frontliners will be treated to dive resort getaway Staff Reports Bill Acker, CEO and founder of the Manta Ray Bay Resort and Yap Divers, will award 20 divers working on the frontline to save other’s lives during the pandemic with a free week at the resort.   Yap is among the few places in the world that remains free of COVID-19 thanks to its ocean border and a strict travel ban. But Yap, one of the world’s premier, award-winning destinations for divers, has had no outside visitors to its rich shores and reef for nearly a year, according to a news release.

COLONIA, Yap (Manta Ray Bay Resort and Yap Divers) — The remote island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia is among the few places in the world that