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US Supreme Court Decision: Sackett v. EPA

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US Supreme Court Decision: Sackett v. EPA

 

The U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA finally settled the definition of WOTUS, i.e. Waters of the United States. Rather than repeat competing media spins on what this means for regulatory powers of the EPA in general and clean water in the U.S. in particular, we're posting a link to the actual SCOTUS decision. 

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Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over. This Shouldn't Be Happening.

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Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over. This Shouldn't Be Happening.

 

Popular Mechanics tells us, "Multiple turbines that are taller than 750 feet are collapsing across the world, with the tallest—784 feet in stature—falling in Germany in September 2021. To put it in perspective, those turbines are taller than both the Space Needle in Seattle and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C."

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America’s big shift to green energy has a woolly mammoth problem

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America’s big shift to green energy has a woolly mammoth problem

 

The Guardian reports, "America’s renewable energy drive needs more than a million miles of new transition lines but emerging resistance includes opponents worried about building them in one of the country’s richest areas of ice-age fossils."

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Lidl Launces Insect Burgers

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Lidl Launces Insect Burgers

 

The current home page (May 22, 2023) for Lidl Grocery Store USA shows delicious photos of grilled salmon and barbeque ribs. YUM! But the low-cost grocery chain is offering something new.

Plantbasednews.org reports, "Lidl Ireland has launched burgers made with soy and insects as part of its My Street Food range.

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Mile-high ‘noodly line’ rising from seafloor off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands leads to discovery of gas seep

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Mile-high ‘noodly line’ rising from seafloor off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands leads to discovery of gas seep

 

Anchorage Daily News reports, "A mysterious “noodly line” has been discovered rising from the seafloor off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, like a giant finger reaching toward the surface, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration."

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