September 21, 2026

USA

This California city asks residents to map pollution, housing and park access through ‘Walk and Roll’ events for its first Environmental Justice plan

This California city asks residents to map pollution, housing and park access through ‘Walk and Roll’ events for its first Environmental Justice plan | World News

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Pasadena is developing its first Environmental Justice Element, bringing residents into the process of identifying environmental burdens and gaps in access to services across the California city. As part of the initiative, the city is holding “Neighbourhood Walk and Roll” events alongside surveys, workshops and other outreach activities. Residents are being encouraged to share their…

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Rhode Island pilot recycled 80 short tons of fibreglass from old boats using a $105,000 NOAA grant, turning shredded hulls into cement material

Rhode Island pilot recycled 80 short tons of fibreglass from old boats using a $105,000 NOAA grant, turning shredded hulls into cement material | World News

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A Rhode Island pilot is demonstrating how fibreglass boat recycling could provide an alternative to sending old and derelict vessels to landfill. The programme shredded fibreglass hulls and sent the material to a cement manufacturer for use in cement production. According to a Rhode Island Marine Trade Association Foundation report, the pilot recycled 80 short…

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Connecticut homeowner built a bridge to protect his property from erosion; judge ordered him to restore the brook as town says work needed a permit

Connecticut homeowner built a bridge to protect his property from erosion; judge ordered him to restore the brook as town says work needed a permit | World News

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A 74-year-old homeowner in Bethel, Connecticut, has been ordered to address unpermitted work along a brook behind his property after a dispute with the town reached court. Mark Bjorken built a wooded bridge across Limekiln Brook and moved rocks along its banks, saying the work was intended to protect his property from erosion and restore…

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Quote of the day by Dwayne Johnson: "Be humble. Be hungry. And always be…" - a powerful lesson in staying grounded after success

Quote of the day by Dwayne Johnson: “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be…” – a powerful lesson in staying grounded after success | World News

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Dwayne Johnson (Photo: @TheRock/ X) Two people can reach a comparable level of success and carry themselves in completely different ways once they get there. One starts believing their own reputation, coasting on past results and expecting continued recognition without continued effort. The other keeps behaving, day to day, as though the position they’ve reached…

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New York City volunteers planted 20,000 marsh seedlings on a dying salt marsh in 2003, but 80% of the site was healthy just two years later

New York City volunteers planted 20,000 marsh seedlings on a dying salt marsh in 2003, but 80% of the site was healthy just two years later | World News

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PC:  National Park Service In 2003, a restoration effort at New York City’s Big Egg Marsh took a major step when National Park Service scientists and 100 volunteers planted 20,000 smooth cordgrass seedlings across an area that had been raised with clean sand. The work was part of an experiment to restore a salt marsh…

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Anna’s hummingbirds were absent from Portland before 1968, but today they are among the city’s most common birds after expanding north

Anna’s hummingbirds were absent from Portland before 1968, but today they are among the city’s most common birds after expanding north | World News

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Anna’s hummingbirds have expanded their range across the Pacific Northwest, with a presence in cities such as Portland, Oregon. Once largely associated with California, the small, colourful birds gradually moved north and established populations in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Records show that numbers remained low for decades before rising rapidly from the late 1990s….

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Two Washington entrepreneurs started a dog-waste cleanup business with about $1,000; six years later, Swoop Scoop says the operation generates more than $200,000 a month across multiple markets

Two Washington entrepreneurs started a dog-waste cleanup business with about $1,000; six years later, Swoop Scoop says the operation generates more than $200,000 a month across multiple markets

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William Milliken and Levi Swartz founded Swoop Scoop in late 2020 in Spokane Valley, Washington, after recognising that picking up dog waste was an overlooked service (Image Credit: Swoop Scoop) What started as a small Washington business built around one of the least glamorous chores of dog ownership has grown into a multi-market operation generating…

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