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- Texas lawsuit fights environmental racism in highway expansion project Thu, 25 Mar 21, 4:30amStarting in the years after World War II, Black neighborhoods around the U.S. were destroyed and replaced with highways in the name of urban renewal. But people in Harris County, Texas have had enough. The county is suing...
- Georgia considers plan to build America's first truck-only highway Tue, 13 Feb 18, 10:54pmGeorgia is exploring the feasibility of designating an entire highway just for trucks. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is considering the 40-mile stretch where cars wouldn't be allowed to drive - and WABE...
- Oozing hagfish spill covers Oregon highway with slime Mon, 17 Jul 17, 11:03pmThese images aren't from a horror show in which alien creatures paralyze highways and melt cars wherever they fall - they're from Depoe Bay, Oregon. A truck hauling "slime eels" (also known as hagfish for their ghoulish appearance)...
- Oozing hagfish spill covers highway with slime in Oregon Mon, 17 Jul 17, 11:03pmThe images seem as though they were lifted from some horror show in which alien creatures paralyze highways and melt cars wherever they fall. In a stranger-than-fiction twist, something quite similar actually occurred in...
- Peru is planning a highway through the world’s most biodiverse protected place Mon, 16 Feb 15, 10:00pmIn Peru, they’re planning to pave paradise and lay down a freeway. Scientists highlighted Peru’s Manu National Park last year as being at the top of the list of natural protected areas in terms of amphibian and...
- St. Louis is Building a Lush Public Park Over the Interstate 70 Freeway Fri, 16 Aug 13, 5:00amEarlier this month the U.S. Department of Transportation announced plans to install a “Park Over the Highway” in St. Louis, Missouri - and the project just broke ground! An area near the iconic Gateway Arch will be transformed...
- New CDC Study Links Highway Noise Pollution to Widespread Sleep Disturbances, Risk of Heart Attack and High Blood Pressure Sat, 22 Sep 12, 3:50amA new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that 2.3 percent of people in Fulton County, Ga., where the city of Atlanta is, are exposed to significant levels of highway noise that can disrupt sleep....