Environnement
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
janvier 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
décembre 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
janvier 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
janvier 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.
Beachgoers Pushed a Stranded Great White Off Nantucket’s Low Beach, Then the Island Kept Filming Whites in Ankle-Deep Water
août 22, 2024
Beachgoers Pushed a Stranded Great White Off Nantucket’s Low Beach, Then the Island Kept Filming Whites in Ankle-Deep Water
On August 16, 2024, Liza Phillips and Ted Rock shoved a stranded great white off Low Beach. Massachusetts later restricted the shore tackle used to target white sharks on Nantucket.
A Scarred Steller Took Pier 39’s Dock, and the Harbormaster Says the Marks Prove It Is Not Chonkers
mai 1, 2024
A Scarred Steller Took Pier 39’s Dock, and the Harbormaster Says the Marks Prove It Is Not Chonkers
A 10-foot Steller sea lion hauled out at San Francisco's Pier 39 in September. Staff say the scars rule out Chonkers, and sardines explain why the heavyweights keep coming.
China’s Battery Tax Landed the Month Sodium Was Supposed to Catch a $108 Lithium Pack
mai 1, 2024
China’s Battery Tax Landed the Month Sodium Was Supposed to Catch a $108 Lithium Pack
BloombergNEF's $108 lithium pack and $70 grid batteries met a Chinese consumption tax and CATL's sodium-ion push in September 2026.
Halcyon’s Teen Passengers Dumped Two Trash Cans Into the Boca Raton Inlet and Faced Felony Pollution Charges
avril 30, 2024
Halcyon’s Teen Passengers Dumped Two Trash Cans Into the Boca Raton Inlet and Faced Felony Pollution Charges
Charles Ruth, 15, and Michael Kirby, 16, surrendered on third-degree felony pollution charges after a drone filmed two trash cans going into the Atlantic at Boca Bash.
Pearl Harbor Families Won the Red Hill Jet-Fuel Case, Then the Checks Came In Near $27,000 and the Troops Were Shut Out
avril 29, 2024
Pearl Harbor Families Won the Red Hill Jet-Fuel Case, Then the Checks Came In Near $27,000 and the Troops Were Shut Out
Judge Leslie Kobayashi found the Navy liable for the Red Hill jet-fuel spill. Hundreds of families were later paid about $27,000 each. Active-duty plaintiffs were barred by the Feres doctrine.
Bullets in the Brain, Spine, and Heart: Cameron Parish’s Shot Dolphin and the $20,000 NOAA Reward With No Named Suspect
avril 25, 2024
Bullets in the Brain, Spine, and Heart: Cameron Parish’s Shot Dolphin and the $20,000 NOAA Reward With No Named Suspect
A juvenile female bottlenose dolphin washed up on West Mae's Beach with bullets in the brain, spine, and heart. NOAA's $20,000 reward is still posted. No suspect has been named.