Oregon regulators pause Coffin Butte Landfill air quality permit process

Oregon regulators pause Coffin Butte Landfill air quality permit process

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has paused work on a new air quality permit for Coffin Butte Landfill, saying the state needs more information before proceeding. The permit regulates air pollution from the 178-acre landfill, located north of Corvallis near Adair Village. DEQ has canceled a Jan. 14 public hearing on Coffin Butte’s proposed … Read more

Justice Department says there are ‘credible reports’ law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre

Justice Department says there are ‘credible reports’ law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some law enforcement members participated in arson and murders that occurred during the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report released Friday. The report, which was released in the final days of President Joe Biden’s administration, follows decades of advocacy efforts from … Read more

Citrus production holds steady despite low projections following Hurricane Milton

Citrus production holds steady despite low projections following Hurricane Milton

With a major grower set to exit the business, Florida’s struggling citrus industry saw little change Friday in a production forecast for the hurricane-damaged growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated forecast that kept projections for orange and grapefruit production the same as in a December forecast. The December numbers were the … Read more

Trump’s sentencing hearing also spared him from asking for mercy

Trump’s sentencing hearing also spared him from asking for mercy

Welcome, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. Hemmed in by the reality that the man before him was the future president of the United States, New York state Judge Juan Merchan handed down a sentence essentially amounting to no punishment at all. A jury unanimously found that President-elect Donald Trump violated New York criminal law by falsifying … Read more

Appeal 2025 launches with $8.5 million goal

Appeal 2025 launches with .5 million goal

Jan. 10—BUFFALO — Appeal 2025 has launched in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo and the Fund for the Faith, with a goal of raising $8.5 million by June 30. “While some sectors of our economy are doing well, there are too many on the margins who are struggling, and Catholic Charities continues to see … Read more

Scientists Calculated The Ultimate Lifespan of Earth’s Biosphere

Scientists Calculated The Ultimate Lifespan of Earth’s Biosphere

If Earth’s life survives the Anthropocene, it will eventually face another existential threat from space. As the Sun brightens with age, it will inevitably interfere with our planet’s finicky carbon cycle, triggering a depletion of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the point where plants will starve. Luckily, this won’t happen until at least 1.6 billion years … Read more