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  • Ozone Park Infrastructure Project Delivering 200 New Trees to Community

    Ozone Park Infrastructure Project Delivering 200 New Trees to Community

    Queens, NY – A $41.4 million infrastructure project in Ozone Park that is replacing water mains and sewers, and increasing the sustainability of City streets, will provide the community with 200 new trees once work is completed, the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today. The work is being managed by…

  • Fracking Is Dangerous To Your Health — Here’s Why

    Fracking Is Dangerous To Your Health — Here’s Why

    Fracking, or drilling for gas by hydraulic fracturing, has been associated with a growing number of health risks. Last week, I began this series looking at some of the hazardous chemicals injected into the wells to make drilling easier and cheaper, and the growing risks to our health by the GOP rushing through the approval…

  • Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste

    Mosaic Fertilizer, the world’s largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal lawsuit over hazardous waste and to clean up operations at six Florida sites and two in Louisiana, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. "The 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste addressed in this case is the…