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Port Townsend recognizes the rights of endangered southern resident orcas

Port Townsend recognizes the rights of endangered southern resident orcas

Port Townsend on Monday proclaimed in a resolution that southern resident orcas have legal rights, marking the first time a US city council has made such recognition. “The rights of southern resident orcas include, but are not limited to, the right to life, self-reliance, culture, free and safe passage, an adequate food supply from natural …

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Resident advised to use bottled water after dioxane found north of Ann Arbor plume

ANN ARBOR, MI – New tests have found dioxane, a probable carcinogen, in a residential drinking water well more than a mile north of the estimated limit of the Gelman plume, pollution that spread in local groundwater for decades. A sample at the Ann Arbor Township home, north of Skyline High School, showed contamination above …

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