ENVIRONMENT by JAN ELLEN SPIEGEL. APRIL 29, 2019 VIEW AS “CLEAN READ” (ctmirror.org April 29,2019) Since 1931, Tweed New Haven Airport has sat on a spit of what was once salt marsh and wetlands straddling the New Haven-East Haven border. It is wedged between New Haven Harbor where the Quinnipiac River empties, the Farm River mouth separating …
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EAC hosts Tweed expansion dissident
(Yale Daily News, 3/7/19) The battle against increased air traffic has been waged by New Haven environmental activists for a decade. Due to recent legislative efforts at the city and state level, this battle seems increasingly dire. Full story here.
From planes to vans, Amazon is rapidly expanding into shipping
FRI, FEB 15 20198:00 AM ESTKatie Schoolov Amazon aims to compete with FedEx and UPS in the logistics and shipping industry. That’s what analysts told CNBC after Amazon Air recently expanded to 50 planes and announced it will open a $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky in 2021. Amazon is handling up to 26% …
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Communities Surrounding Logan Airport Exposed To Harmful Air Pollution, Research Finds
By Craig LeMoult September 24, 2019 (wgbh.org September 24, 2019) This is the third story in a three-part series on transportation-related air pollution in the Boston area. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Research from several Boston-area universities shows a kind of air pollution that can lead to heart attacks and strokes is contaminating homes and schools …