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State leaders talk about workforce climate in La Crosse Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in May was 3.9 percent down from the high of 14.1 percent in April of last year. July 23, 2021 6:51 PM The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Workforce Development secretaries were in La Crosse Friday. They were at a listening session at Kwik Trip’s headquarters. The visit follows Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ marking $130 million to help address the worker shortage. “Having the ability to here to focus on our region the particular challenges and opportunities that we h...

UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 5:57 am ET Reply Fairfield environmental advocates are concerned about how a diversion proposal would affect the Mill River watershed. (Google Maps) FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield residents and representatives voiced environmental concerns Tuesday about a proposal to double the amount of water diverted from the local system, including Cricker Brook and the Mill River watershed, to towns such as Greenwich and Stamford. Aquarion Water Co. has filed an application with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to increase its diversion permit from 7.3 million ...

By Julia Blatt As Massachusetts observes World Water Day this year, our state’s communities have particular reason to celebrate.  The Massachusetts legislature recently enacted (and Governor Baker signed into law) a state sewage notification bill.  This important new law has been a long time coming.  World Water Day falls on March 22nd of each year.  Since it first became a United Nations Observance Day in 1993, World Water Day has served as a time to think about, and take action to address, the water crisis.  In 2021, World Water Day focuses on the environmental, social and cultural v...

Planned Wood Pellet Facility Raises More Pollution Concerns CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued to stop Active Energy Renewable Power and Lumberton Energy Holdings— subsidiaries of the U.K. company, Active Energy Group—from illegally polluting the Lumber River in violation of the Clean Water Act. The complaint filed by the conservation groups in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina outlines concerns regarding unpermitted discharges into the river and its tributary, Jacob’s Branch, from Ac...

Founder of Chinese Delivery Drivers Alliance Arrested for Rights Activism The founder of Drivers’ Alliance, which is a mutual aid network of Chinese delivery drivers, was recently arrested in Beijing for establishing a union-like civil organization to protect the workers’ rights. His arrest has attracted both domestic and international attention. Xiong Yan, a native of Guizhou Province and whose real name is Chen Tianhe, has been helping his fellow delivery drivers to defend their rights soon after he became a driver in Beijing in 2018, according to Hong Kong based China Labour Bulletin. ...