Photo: Mark Wilson (fake pictures) After a year-long campaign by environmental justice activists, energy giants Duke and Dominion abruptly canceled their plans to build a fractured $ 8 billion, 600-mile gas pipeline on Sunday, quoting “Ongoing delays and increased cost uncertainty” as well as “litigation risk”. The move, which came …
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The Supreme Court strikes the Keystone XL project
A federal judge in May sided with environmental groups, demanding that the new oil and gas pipelines undergo a long process of permits and regulation to build through bodies of water. That judge’s ruling canceled the so-called “National Permit 12” for several new pipelines, which authorized and accelerated work on …
Read More »Phoenix police fatally shoot a man in a parked car, sparking a new wave of protests | Arizona
Police in Phoenix, Arizona fatally shot a man sitting inside his parked car, reigniting protests and outrage against a department known as one of the deadliest in the country. The shooting took place in West Phoenix on Saturday afternoon. Witness images released by local councilman Carlos Garcia showed a group …
Read More »1,028 new positive cases reported in Orange County as of July 6 – Orange County Register
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported that there were 1,028 new confirmed coronavirus cases as of Monday, July 6. The total accumulated cases reached 17,882 since the tests began in March. (You can see the increase in case totals by city since June 6 on the map below.) There …
Read More »2020 Cleveland Indians schedule begins with Royals at home on July 24
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians’ 2020 regular season schedule begins on Friday, July 24, when the club hosts Kansas City at the opening of a six-game family home at Progressive Field. Manager Terry Francona’s team is slated to play 17 of the first 18 days of the season outside the …
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