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After more than 50 years of pulp-mill pollution, regulators have proposed restoring North Carolina’s Roanoke River, including contaminated floodplain habitat damaged by toxic discharges

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After more than 50 years of pulp-mill pollution, regulators have proposed restoring North Carolina's Roanoke River, including contaminated floodplain habitat damaged by toxic discharges

The Plymouth Mill began operating in 1937 as a wood and paper products manufacturing facility. Over subsequent decades, industrial operations at the site resulted in hazardous substances being released into groundwater, soil, Welch Creek and the Roanoke River (Image Credit: Domtar) For more than half a century, pollution from a pulp and paper mill has … Read more

What is California’s Proposition 40? How the proposed 5% billionaire tax could work

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California Proposition 40 proposes a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth. (Reuters)

California voters will decide on Proposition 40, a ballot measure that would create a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of the state’s billionaires. The vote is scheduled for November 3. If approved, the measure would target California residents who qualify as billionaires under the proposal. The proposal comes as California faces major demands for … Read more

In July, Montana protected 34,610 acres in the Cabinet Mountains; a proposed second phase would add 13,297 acres, creating a 47,907-acre conservation corridor with permanent public access

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In July, Montana protected 34,610 acres in the Cabinet Mountains; a proposed second phase would add 13,297 acres, creating a 47,907-acre conservation corridor with permanent public access

For generations, the forests of northwest Montana have been more than timberland. They have provided habitat for wildlife, working forests for local communities and places where people hunt, hike and explore. Now, state officials are working to give a large stretch of that landscape permanent protection. According to Western News and Daily Inter Lake, Montana … Read more

A 2,100-acre data-centre project was proposed near a Civil War battlefield park in Virginia; residents fought for years to stop it, ultimately ending the project

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A 2,100-acre data-centre project was proposed near a Civil War battlefield park in Virginia; residents fought for years to stop it, ultimately ending the project

Henry Hill at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Prince William County Virginia A major data-centre campus planned beside a historic Civil War battlefield in Virginia has been abandoned after years of community opposition and legal challenges. The Prince William Digital Gateway, proposed along Pageland Lane in Prince William County, would have brought up to 37 … Read more

‘Conveyed our concerns to US’: Israel on Trump’s proposed Hamas disarmament plan

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'Conveyed our concerns to US': Israel on Trump's proposed Hamas disarmament plan

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump (File photo) Israel has conveyed “serious security concerns” to the White House over the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said, in some of the first public comments from Israel since US President Donald Trump announced the agreement.According to Doror Spielman, a spokesperson for … Read more