Celebrate Earth Day in Haywood County this month by participating in a robust schedule of events focused on axing single-use plastics. Plastic bags li.
New Mexico State Land Office Files Lawsuit To Clean Up Massive Abandoned Oil And Gas Site In McKinley County
State Land Office News:
SANTA FE In honor of Earth Day Thursday, April 22, the New Mexico State Land Office filed its 16
th lawsuit in its ongoing Accountability and Enforcement Program.
The Accountability and Enforcement Program, launched in November 2020, is a historic, agency-wide programmatic approach being undertaken to ensure oil and gas companies, and other lease holders, honor their contractual promise to operate and close out responsibly.
“At the core of our Accountability and Enforcement Program is a commitment to protecting the land for future generations. A lot of companies are proving willing to work with the State Land Office to clean up abandoned well sites. At the other end of the spectrum, we are taking decisive legal action against companies who walk away from their messes and responsibilities to the land,” Commissioner of Public Lands Stephani
The Dispatch
Uptown Lexington Inc. Executive Director Jacob Gordon has a vision for the uptown area and that vision does not include trash.
Uptown Lexington used Earth Day Thursday to assemble a team of 50 environmentally-minded residents and business owners to pick up 12-14, large bags of trash from the streets of downtown Lexington between 10 a.m. and noon. One person found pants. Another found a dollar bill. Cigarette butts were the most plentiful item picked up over and over. That s a problem, he said of the massive amount of cigarette butts discarded by people in the downtown area.
Several of the volunteers hung around to help plant the first of three Chinese Lace Bark Elm trees Uptown Lexington purchased to help beautify Lexington. Two of the trees were planted on the Square in front of the war monuments and another on the Square where Sturgill Engineering is located across from the Old Davidson County Court House.
We had beautiful weather all over northern California on this Earth Day Thursday with more above average temperatures and sunshine. We can expect increasing clouds on Friday, followed by rapid, drastic changes this weekend.