BY KEVIN SAWYER – Boyan Slat, the 22 year old genius inventor from The Netherlands, is on a quest to eradicate what no country on Earth wants to try and eradicate. He has a plan, and the technology, to attempt to free the world of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He founded his company, The …
The National Weather Service said Friday the coldest air mass of the winter may hit the Northeast this weekend and New Yorkers are being urged to take notice. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned residents to take “extreme precautions” over the weekend and heed cold-weather warnings. He said city workers would also bring …
The beleaguered city of Flint, Mich., would receive up to $600 million in federal emergency relief under a proposal unveiled Thursday by Michigan’s U.S. senators with the backing of top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Two-thirds of that funding would go toward a joint federal-state effort to replace the water infrastructure, which has become badly …
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday appointed a group of government officials, health and other experts to implement long-term fixes for Flint’s lead-contaminated water system as he faced criticism for the state’s handling of a crisis that has become a national scandal. Also on Wednesday, a coalition of Flint residents and national groups filed a …
Armed militia stormed and occupied a national wildlife building in Oregon on Friday. The occupation happened after 300 militia and local citizens protested the ruling that two ranchers, father and son Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven, will be returning to prison on Monday, according to The Oregonian. One of the occupiers, Ammon Bundy, told the …