Here are some of the stories we’ve been following this week.
- Coal is popular in Vietnam, but now the country is working on a solution to deal with the more than 15 million tons of coal ash produced every year.
- A rails-to-trails program in New York remains on hold as a legal battle over the plan continues in the courts. The proposed plan would renovate nearly 80 miles of train tracks to create recreational pathways between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid.
- An oil spill in the South African city of Durban sent more than 5,200 gallons of oil into the nearby Amanzimnyama River.
- A Donald Trump presidency could mean big changes to some immigration visa programs. However, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program could see a jump in participation.
- Scientists have discovered a seaweed that greatly reduces the amount of methane produced by cows.
- Property values can be viewed not only geographically, but also by areas and whether they vote Democrat or Republican.
- Voters in Monterey County in California passed a ballot initiative banning hydraulic fracturing as well as any other oil or gas developments.
- A marine research facility in Alaska that began with funds from the Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement is now leading the way in planning on how to clean up oil spills.
- TransCanada Corp., the company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, said it is still committed the pipeline, and that it could be started back up under President-Elect Donald Trump.
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