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.
Georgetown Texas Crews Close San Gabriel Parks After 100,000 Gallons Of Sewage Escape A 42-Inch Line At Wolf Ranch
Gennaio 6, 2026
Georgetown Texas Crews Close San Gabriel Parks After 100,000 Gallons Of Sewage Escape A 42-Inch Line At Wolf Ranch
On January 5, 2026, Georgetown crews found a failed 42-inch wastewater line in the south fork of the San Gabriel River behind Wolf Ranch Shopping Center. More than 100,000 gallons…
Lund Parking Garage Wears 57 Retired Wind Turbine Blades From a Decommissioned Danish Farm
Dicembre 17, 2025
Lund Parking Garage Wears 57 Retired Wind Turbine Blades From a Decommissioned Danish Farm
Lund opened the Niels Bohr car park with a facade cut from 57 Vattenfall blades taken off Denmark's Norre Okse So farm. The blades are curtain walls, not structure. Solar,…
Honolulu Denial to Boulder Argument: Climate Damage Suits Against Oil Companies Reach the Supreme Court
Gennaio 13, 2025
Honolulu Denial to Boulder Argument: Climate Damage Suits Against Oil Companies Reach the Supreme Court
The January 2025 Honolulu cert denial let state-court climate suits live. Suncor v. Boulder, set for argument on October 5, 2026, is the case that will decide whether they keep…
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
Gennaio 5, 2025
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
The January 2025 border warning was not a monster movie. By June 2026 USDA had confirmed New World screwworm in a Texas calf. The AEGIS Alliance is following the veterinary…
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
Agosto 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
Maggio 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
Maggio 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
Aprile 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
Aprile 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
Aprile 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…