Montana environmental officials have listed dozens of miles of the Gallatin River as "impaired" following pollution-induced algal blooms over the last few years, and they ve proposed a cleanup strategy to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A polluted river is never a good thing, but Montana conservation groups have found a bright spot. .
Congress allocated billions of dollars through the infrastructure law to plug orphaned well sites across the country. Utah is one of the first states to receive the help.
With more electric vehicles on the road, automakers are training emergency workers in best practices to respond to crashes involving the battery-powered cars and trucks. General Motors has just completed training first responders in the Midwest on specific things to watch out for. The gasoline-powered internal combustion engine has been around for so long, emergency crews have always gone about responding to car crashes and fires in pretty much the same way, but it is changing as more electric vehicles are on the road. .
Residents and environmental groups say they re concerned about public notice and comment processes for leasing state lands for oil and gas extraction. Next month, Ohio s Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review holds a hearing on regulating the leasing process. Under House Bill 507, which just went into effect, any state agency that receives a request for fracking or drilling on land in a state park or forest must approve the request. .
Congress allocated billions of dollars through the infrastructure law to plug orphaned well sites across the country, with Utah being one of the first states to receive the help. Dave Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, said lawmakers should be doing more to hold "bad actors" accountable. According to the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining s website, a reported 46 orphan wells in the state are not plugged and are abandoned, scattered on private, state and federal lands. .