Refine Compliance for Cultural Resource Adaptation (U.S. NPS)

TL/DR - The National Park Service (NPS) plans to develop efficient compliance pathways for routine adaptation actions to counter climate change impacts on cultural resources. It also plans to fund a role that will act as the NPS Liaison to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. The Act provides the…

Federal funds to aid Amherst, Holyoke in electric bus purchase

TL/DR - School districts in Amherst and Holyoke have secured federal funding to replace fossil fuel buses with electric buses. Amherst-Pelham will receive $600,000 and Holyoke will receive over $7.2 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus program, which aims to fight climate change and reduce harmful emissions.…

Fatal House Explosion in Lake Zurich, North Chicago

TL/DR - A 77-year-old man died in a home explosion in Lake Zurich, a suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday night. Multiple fire departments responded to the incident and found the home completely destroyed. The cause of the explosion is currently being investigated by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Fire Marshal, but thus far,…

Biden’s Fund Pays Extreme-Left Activist Groups

TL/DR - President Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act," which allocated billions of dollars to climate spending, has allegedly been used to fund left-wing activist causes. The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $50 million to the “Climate Justice Alliance” (CJA), a group primarily interested in "regenerative economic solutions and…