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1 week agoCalifornia Adopts Tougher Methane Rule for Landfills to Curb Planetary Warming | KQED
The new rules will eventually require landfill operators to take action when a satellite or airplane detects a methane leak, improve routine leak monitoring and reporting and mandate stronger action on recurring issues. The protections will add to a suite of regulations the state passed in 2010, which made California the first state to develop stricter standards than the federal government.
Environment
Science
fromFortune
3 weeks ago3 monkeys still on the loose after research transport truck crashes in rural Mississippi | Fortune
Research monkeys escaped after a truck overturned in Mississippi, leaving missing primates, undisclosed ownership and transport details, and conflicting reports about their health.
US politics
fromThe Mercury News
1 month agoPublic loses access to police radio feeds in Contra Costa County; another glitch upends plans elsewhere
Contra Costa law enforcement encrypted radio communications, ending decades of public access and temporarily silencing public feeds, while nearby agencies experienced glitches delaying the change.
Education
fromNew York Post
3 months agoExclusive | NY's secret 'backroom deal' over one LI school's Native American mascot blasted by critics as community wants to keep fighting statewide ban
Connetquot School District secretly negotiated with the state to shorten 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds' to comply with a Native American logo ban, bypassing public input.
fromIrish Independent
6 months ago'I am not a political person, I did not seek this role' - Nama boss Brendan McDonagh appears before Dail committee amid housing tsar controversy
Mr McDonagh insisted, however, that he was making "all relevant disclosures" as required, but he declined to discuss his personal affairs concerning reports of renting a house.
UK politics
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