Environment
Environment news from The AEGIS Alliance reports on climate policy, industrial negligence, and environmental justice. Legal fights, conservation efforts, and the corporate record on land, water, and air.
July Floodwater and Cleanup Trucks Split Georgetown’s 42-Inch Sewer and Poured 100,000 Gallons Into the San Gabriel
January 6, 2026
July Floodwater and Cleanup Trucks Split Georgetown’s 42-Inch Sewer and Poured 100,000 Gallons Into the San Gabriel
Georgetown says July 4 and July 5 flooding, then cleanup trucks, split a 42-inch sewer main. More than 100,000 gallons of untreated sewage entered the San Gabriel. Drinking water was…
Lund’s Niels Bohr Garage Wears Danish Rotor Tips While the Heavy Blade Roots Wait to Become Noise Walls
December 17, 2025
Lund’s Niels Bohr Garage Wears Danish Rotor Tips While the Heavy Blade Roots Wait to Become Noise Walls
Lund's Niels Bohr car park uses 57 Danish wind-turbine tips as a curtain wall. A 2026 study says the heavy blade roots are still in the city, planned in part…
Boulder County’s Climate Suit Reaches the Supreme Court With a Jurisdiction Question the Oil Companies Did Not Write
January 13, 2025
Boulder County’s Climate Suit Reaches the Supreme Court With a Jurisdiction Question the Oil Companies Did Not Write
The Supreme Court let Honolulu's climate suit stay in state court, then agreed to hear Boulder on October 5, 2026, including whether it has jurisdiction.
A Wild Screwworm Fly in a Brewster County Trap Rewrites the Texas Livestock Map
January 5, 2025
A Wild Screwworm Fly in a Brewster County Trap Rewrites the Texas Livestock Map
USDA confirmed a wild New World screwworm fly in a Brewster County trap. The AEGIS Alliance is following the veterinary map, not the man-eater nickname.
California Visitor Liza Phillips and Houseguest Ted Rock Push a Live Great White Shark Off Low Beach in Siasconset After It Was Pinned Helpless in the Surf
August 22, 2024
California Visitor Liza Phillips and Houseguest Ted Rock Push a Live Great White Shark Off Low Beach in Siasconset After It Was Pinned Helpless in the Surf
On August 16, 2024, Liza Phillips and Ted Rock shoved a ram-ventilating great white off Low Beach on Nantucket. Marine teams still tell the public not to put hands on…
More Than 2,100 Sea Lions Overran San Francisco’s Pier 39, Then a 2,000-Pound Steller Named Chonkers Parked on the Same Dock
May 1, 2024
More Than 2,100 Sea Lions Overran San Francisco’s Pier 39, Then a 2,000-Pound Steller Named Chonkers Parked on the Same Dock
Pier 39's 2024 sea lion count smashed 2,100 after an anchovy boom. In 2026 a 2,000-pound Steller named Chonkers sat down on the same dock and then vanished.
Lithium Battery Packs Hit a Record $108 a Kilowatt-Hour as Grid Storage Collapses to $70 — The Crash That Is Rewiring Cars and Power Grids
May 1, 2024
Lithium Battery Packs Hit a Record $108 a Kilowatt-Hour as Grid Storage Collapses to $70 — The Crash That Is Rewiring Cars and Power Grids
BloombergNEF put the average lithium pack at $108/kWh in 2025. Grid storage fell to $70. The IEA counted 108 gigawatts of new batteries in a single year — more than…
Florida Teens Charged With Felonies After Dumping Garbage Into the Ocean Leaving Boca Bash
April 30, 2024
Florida Teens Charged With Felonies After Dumping Garbage Into the Ocean Leaving Boca Bash
Charles Ruth, 15, and Michael Kirby, 16, face third-degree felony pollution charges after a drone video showed trash cans emptied into the Atlantic leaving Boca Bash.
Hawaii Military Families Win Red Hill Water Case as a Federal Judge Finds the Navy Liable for the 2021 Jet-Fuel Spill
April 29, 2024
Hawaii Military Families Win Red Hill Water Case as a Federal Judge Finds the Navy Liable for the 2021 Jet-Fuel Spill
Judge Leslie Kobayashi found the Navy liable for the Red Hill jet-fuel spill that poisoned Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water. Active-duty plaintiffs were later blocked by the Feres doctrine.
Dead Dolphin Found Shot on Louisiana’s West Mae’s Beach With Bullets in Brain, Spine and Heart as NOAA Offers $20,000 Reward
April 25, 2024
Dead Dolphin Found Shot on Louisiana’s West Mae’s Beach With Bullets in Brain, Spine and Heart as NOAA Offers $20,000 Reward
A juvenile bottlenose dolphin washed up on West Mae's Beach in Cameron Parish with bullets in the brain, spine and heart. NOAA is still offering $20,000. No arrest has been…