The dust mitigation project aims to rectify issues created by the draining of Owens Lake in the early 20th century, which created the world’s second-largest source of dust pollution—second only to the Sahara Desert.
A new report from an environmental advocacy group criticizes the slow pace of environmental cleanups under the chronically underfunded Superfund program, which turned 35 on Dec. 11.
The 315-mile-long Hudson River, which flows in the eastern part of New York state from high in the Adirondack Mountains down to the Battery in New York Harbor, has always been a pivotal waterway in the U.S.—for business and pleasure.
