Is this the mystery drone behind the hubbub in New Jersey?

Is this the mystery drone behind the hubbub in New Jersey?

OK, probably not, but….

Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Starting today, 50 merchants from malls in Frisco and Fort Worth will be available for drone delivery through the DoorDash app, dropping meals and items to homes “in as little as 15 minutes,” according to Wing.

The drones can fly at up to 65mph and reach a cruising height of about 150 feet before stopping to hover and safely lower orders to the ground at their delivery destinations. DoorDash customers will need an “eligible address” in Dallas-Fort Worth for the drone delivery option to appear on the checkout page. Locals can check the Wing website to see if they qualify.

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Vineyard Wind Restarts Installing Turbine Blades off Nantucket

By Ethan Genter|Vineyard Gazette

Vineyard Wind began reinstalling turbine blades on its turbines over the weekend for the first time since one blade broke off into the ocean earlier this year. 

Vineyard Wind and its turbine manufacturer GE Vernova resumed the blade installation on Saturday, installing three blades, according to Vineyard Wind and government officials. The construction marks the first blade work in five months after one doubled over and scattered thousands of pieces of debris into the water in July. 

Nantucket town officials, who have been closely following the development of offshore wind to the island’s south, notified residents Friday that construction would be starting the following day. 

On Monday, Vineyard Wind acknowledged the construction, saying it comes after the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the federal agency that is investigating the blade failure, approved blade work under certain safety precautions in October. 

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472 bears slain in this year’s New Jersey hunt

By Katie Kausch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

More than 470 bears were killed during this year’s bear hunt in New Jersey, a slight decrease from last year, data from the state Department of Environmental Protection showed.

The 472 bears were killed during 12 days of hunting, split between October and December. The October segment ran from Oct. 14 to Oct. 19, and the December segment took place between Dec. 9 and Dec. 14.

There were 21 fewer bears killed this year compared to last year. But 2024 saw the second-highest number of bears killed since Gov. Phil Murphy took office after campaigning to end the hunt entirely.

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EPA finalizes rules to ban chemical solvents TCE and PCE

On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments. The chemicals, used in cleaners, lubricants, sealants, adhesives, paints, and other commercial applications, are believed to cause cancer, affect reproductive systems, and compromise immune systems. According to the EPA, safer alternatives are readily available for the majority of uses.

The new EPA rules will completely ban TCE over time, with the “vast majority of identified risks eliminated within one year.” Meanwhile, PCE is banned for “all consumer uses and many commercial uses, while allowing some workplace uses to continue only where robust workplace controls can be implemented.”

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Jersey Shore environmental group suing to overturn settlement between major Toms River polluter and New Jersey


By Wayne Parry | NBC Philadelphia

Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting.

Save Barnegat Bay and the township of Toms River are suing to overturn a deal between the state and German chemical company BASF under which the firm will pay $500,000 and carry out nine environmental remediation projects at the site of the former Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corporation plant.

That site became one of America’s worst toxic waste dumps and led to widespread concern over the prevalence of childhood cancer cases in and around Toms River.

Save Barnegat Bay says the settlement is woefully inadequate and does not take into account the scope and full nature of the pollution.

The state Department of Environmental Protection defended the deal, saying it is not supposed to be primarily about monetary compensation; restoring damaged areas is a priority, it says.

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