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Laois leads the way with new community 'Check-in' to see 'how you are doing' New Laois County Council initiative for older or vulnerable people living alone or who are more isolated Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie Laois County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr. Catherine Fitzgerald and Director of Services, Donal Brennan launching the ‘Keep Well’ Check-In initiative at County Hall, Portlaoise. ');  '); Laois County Council is launching a new initiative ‘Check-In’ across the county as part of the ‘Keep Well’ Community Resilience Campaign.  The ‘Check-In’ initiative is a proact...

Environmental Groups: State’s Coal Ash Proposal a Good Start Proposed changes to Illinois Coal Ash Rule incorporate groups’ input on monitoring, public participation, environmental justice Contacts Paul Dailing, Environmental Law & Policy Center, (312) 771-1979 Andrew Rehn, Prairie Rivers Network, (708) 305-6181 Chicago, IL — The Illinois Pollution Control Board’s February 5th revisions to coal ash regulations proposed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) make progress towards rectifying coal's dirty legacy in Illinois...

A controversial solar geoengineering project has been criticized by environmental groups in Sweden. Scientists from the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) have planned to [...]

Wyden again demands answers for feds' use of tear gas in Portland February 06 2021 Senator sends a new letter of inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security following use of tear gas at ICE facility. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is pressing the feds for answers as billows of tear gas still blow through parts of Portland — despite the change in administration at the White House. After never receiving a response to his August inquiry from then-Department of Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf, Oregon's senior senator sent a new list of questions to President Joe Biden's DHS secretary, Ale...

(Reuters) -The Trump administration on Wednesday found few takers at its sale of drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge, with an Alaska state agency emerging as the sole bidder for most of the acreage sold. The sale, which generated around $14.4 million in high bids, marked a rejection by the oil and gas industry of one of President Donald Trump's signature efforts to expand fossil fuel and mineral development in the United States and to Alaska officials' decades-long effort to open up drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Proceeds were a far cry fro...