Misinformation about the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine life could derail offshore wind farm projects in New York and New Jersey. The issue stems from a string of whale deaths in both states over the last two months. Experts have not found a link between offshore wind turbines and harm to whales, but misinformation has continued to spread. .
New funds will help plug abandoned oil and gas wells in the Keystone State, and should boost the region s economy in the process. It is a big job, since there are about 8,900 so-called "orphan" wells in the state, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The state has been awarded $25 million in federal funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. .
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered random safety inspections of public schools after the deadly Uvalde mass shooting last May. Most schools passed the inspections, but about a quarter still need to make improvements, according to a new report from the Texas School Safety Center.
A northeast Nebraska farming operation is starting the new year with an even bigger commitment to conservation, and they hope other farms take note. Cover cropping and organic farming are already practiced by the Winnebago Tribe s Ho-Chunk Farms. And through the U.S. .
By Katie Watkins for Houston Public Media.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration On a muggy Monday morning at Exploration Green in Clear Lake, walkers are on trails that meander along natural-looking ponds. Red-winged Blackbirds chirp in the distance and rabbits hide in the tall grasses and reeds. It’s a public greenspace and nature preserve — it’s also a massive flood detention project. .