Exploration drilling has commenced at a planned oil well near Billinghurst in West Sussex. UK Oil & Gas Investments’ (UKOG) 100% owned Broadford Bridge-1 (BB-1) site will test a ‘geological lookalike’ to the company’s previous Horse Hill discovery, which has produced 1,365 barrels of oil per day from two naturally fractured Kimmeridge Limestone rock units. Situated within the 300 square kilometre PEDL234 licence, operations will continue until the well reaches a total…

The first and most serious is the violation of the non-aggression principle. Polluters emit poisonous gas into the air. Chemical runoff from fertilizers, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrogen oxides all negatively impact society. Producers of goods that cause air, soil, and water pollution profit while other individuals suffer the consequences; this is hardly a non-aggression ideal. To further establish fossil fuels’ anti-liberty credentials, they do this with government assistance. The Overseas Development Institute, and Oil Change International, commissioned a study which concluded that global subsidies for fossil fuel producers stood at $775 billion, while green energy subsidies received a humbler $101 billion. Fossil fuels receive an unfair competitive advantage. Libertarians desperately need to stop pretending this is a free market – it is big government. Environmentalism ought not to be a platform for the left. There is no stronger empirical argument for liberty than the horrifying reality of governments actually stealing our money and giving it to people…

California politicians reacted quickly to reports that President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California: “I urge President Trump to reconsider abandoning the Paris climate agreement. In my strong view, a retreat from this agreement would be a reckless mistake that will have serious and dire consequences. As a Californian, I see the impact of climate change and don’t believe the threat can be overstated. We are rapidly losing our window of opportunity to control the rise of temperatures. “All but two countries have ratified the agreement, pledging to work together to keep average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius. This landmark agreement wouldn’t have happened without American leadership. This effort will only succeed if we continue to honor our commitment. “Climate change is just beginning to test our capacity to manage global crises. The world was not prepared for 5 million refugees from Syria. What will we do when many millions more are displaced by sea level rise, agricultural failures or disease pandemics? “No nation can face these security threats alone. Climate change is a global problem that requires global engagement. Breaking our commitment to the Paris climate agreement will leave our country isolated and ill-prepared for the challenges we face. I urge the president to change course.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco: “President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord is a stunning abdication of American leadership and a grave threat to our planet’s future. In walking away from this agreement, the President is denying scientific truths, removing safeguards that protect our health and our environment, protecting polluters and their dirty energy agenda, and threatening our national and global security. “The Paris Accord honors our collective moral responsibility to leave future generations with a planet that is clean, healthy and sustainable. The agreement deploys the full force of governments around the world to halt the rise in carbon emissions that cause extreme climate events, including record droughts, horrific famines and devastating floods, in addition to thousands of deaths each year from asthma attacks and other air pollution-related diseases. Rejecting the pact also sends a strong message to the marketplace to direct innovative, entrepreneurial investments in the clean energy economy elsewhere. “The majority of Americans in both parties know that climate change is real, and want clear, decisive action to…

Enters stormwater management agreement with EPA.
The Mystic River.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The agreement, in the form of an Administrative Order on Consent, requires the Town to submit an Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Plan, assess its sanitary sewer system, and remove all illicit discharges to the system within five years.
This agreement is part of a larger effort by EPA New England, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and communities to improve water quality within the Mystic River watershed.
Each year, EPA New England — in collaboration with the Mystic River Watershed Association — issues a Water Quality Report Card for the Mystic River Watershed.
During the 2015 calendar year, tributaries feeding the Mystic River in Belmont including Winn’s Brook, Little River, and Alewife Brook received grades ranging from "F" to "D+" based on poor bacterial water quality.
This effort has allowed EPA to inform communities of exactly where illicit discharges are occurring so they can be addressed as quickly as possible.
As part of the Boston Harbor cleanup effort, EPA New England enforcement actions under the Clean Water Act have eliminated in excess of 37,000 gallons of sewage per day from discharging to storm drains in the Mystic River watershed, and have eliminated nearly 200,000 gallons per day of sewage discharging to the Boston Harbor watershed as a whole.
For more information about EPA’s Mystic River efforts, visit EPA’s web site at www.epa.gov/mysticriver.

False Creek Waters May Become Swimmable By Summer 2018.
False Creek seems like a cool spot for a dip, but it’s not an option with the water pollution.
As a result, Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer is lobbying to make the waters swimmable by next year.
Reimer is putting forward a motion to implement a water revitalization initiative to establish healthy waterways.
The initiative will help purify waters at False Creek, Burrard Inlet, Lost Lagoon, the Fraser River and Trout Lake.
The motion comes nearly a year after a surf park was proposed for Creekside Park.
Polluted Waters Biological and toxic waste have polluted these waters of Vancouver in particular.
The goal is to make it safe for people and aquatic life to inhabit there throughout the year.
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NGT notice to UP govt over dirty water in Sambhal district.
A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim issued notices to the Yogi Adityanath government, state pollution control board, Sambhal district magistrate and the municipal council while seeking their replies before July 13.
"Children are drinking dirty water.
It’s shocking.
Why don’t you do something," the bench, also comprising expert Nagin Nanda, said.
The plea filed by advocate Gaurav Bansal said as per the website of the national rural drinking water programme maintained by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the groundwater of 30 villages of Sambhal district was heavily contaminated.
He contended that the people in these villages were forced to drink polluted water due to the inaction by the state government in resolving the issue.
The lawyer has sought directions to the state government to provide potable drinking water to the villages in the district where handpumps were discharging contaminated water.
The lawyer said he had himself visited one such village Sharifpur and found that all the handpumps were releasing yellow coloured water.
"During the visit, applicant was told by the villagers of Sharifabad and Kurkawali that many of the interior villages were facing acute potable water shortage," it said.

NGT Issues Notice To Yogi Government Over Groundwater Water Contamination Forcing Children To Drink Unhygienic Water.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sent a notice to UP Pollution Control Board and District Magistrate of Sambhal condemning the high levels of groundwater pollution in the region, forcing children to drink unhygienic water.
The notice was sent citing an earlier plea by retired scientist Dr Chandra Vir Singh, which highlighted the concerns over drinking water of being heavily contaminated.
The NGT has asked them to file their response before the next date of hearing on the issue.
The environment regulatory board has also claimed that children in the region are forced to drink heavily contaminated groundwater, causing severe health issues.
The NGT had earlier issued notices to the state Jal Nigam, asking why penalties should not be imposed on them for their incapability to provide clean drinking water in Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat and Saharanpur districts.
It also took cognisance of the fact that people were forced to drink polluted water due to inaction by the Uttar Pradesh government in resolving the issue.
In view of the procrastination, the green tribunal also summoned the district magistrates and chief medical officers of Bhagpat, and the managing director and chief engineer of UP Jal Nigam.
This is not the first time that the NGT has pulled up the state government, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and the UP Pollution Control Board for putting the lives of innocent children – residing in these villages – at risk.

NGT sends notice to Yogi govt over high levels of groundwater water contamination.
UP, Sambhal: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sent a notice to UP Pollution Control Board and District Magistrate of Sambhal condemning the high levels of groundwater pollution in the region, forcing children to drink unhygienic water.
The notice was sent citing an earlier plea by retired scientist Dr Chandra Vir Singh, which highlighted the concerns over drinking water of being heavily contaminated.
After sending a notice to the UP government and the concerned authorities, NGT has asked them to file their response before the next date of hearing on the issue.
The environment regulatory board has also claimed that children in the region are forced to drink heavily contaminated groundwater, causing severe health issues.
As per sources, the person who filed the plea, attached photos of locations where children can be seen drinking highly contaminated hand pump water, which not only contains insects but also germs that are not visible to the naked eye.
As per news agency reports, the NGT had earlier issued notices to the state Jal Nigam, asking why penalties should not be imposed on them for their incapability to provide clean drinking water in Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat and Saharanpur districts.
The NGT also took cognisance of the fact that people were forced to drink polluted water due to inaction by the Uttar Pradesh government in resolving the issue.
This is not the first time that the NGT has pulled up the state government, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and the UP Pollution Control Board for putting the lives of innocent children – residing in these villages – at risk.
The fresh notice comes as a big blow to the UP government, which has its work cut out in stabilising the appalling law and order situation in the state.

June 2, 5-8 p.m.
Various venues in Sequim www.sequimartwalk.com The June 2 Art Walk color theme is white and the whole visible spectrum.
The art walk is a fun and free self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim on the first Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. Visit online at www.sequimartwalk.com as your resource to download and print your own map, find out what special events are happening, links and how you can be part of art.
Initiated in 2006, the First Friday Art Walk Sequim is an educational arts event that is sponsored and produced by unique as you/Renne Emiko Brock.
Venues • New venue!
• Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., at 6 p.m. June 2 will feature Sequim Ballet’s advanced class performing original works choreographed by the students.
• The City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission reception for “Piecing Together a Changing Planet” exhibition opens at 5 p.m. at the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.
The artworks were created by members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, a 3,000-member national organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation and publications.
Far from utilitarian quilts, traditionally used as bed coverings, art quilts focus on layering, “thread painting” and graphic design, as well as stitching and piecing.
The exhibit is sponsored by Sequim’s City Arts Advisory Commission in partnership with Olympic National Park.

In this connection, will the Government informthis Council: (1) of the definition of "water-friendly" used by the authorities and the policy bureau currently in charge of the water-friendly policy; (2) of the water-friendly facilities currently available and under planning; the policies in place to promote a water-friendly culture, and set out the relevant information one by one; the measures that the authorities have put in place to facilitate local communities’ participation in the public engagement exercises when they construct water-friendly facilities and promote relevant policies; (3) whether the authorities made reference to the experience of overseas countries or regions in the past three years in designing local water-friendly facilities and formulating relevant policies, and whether they have assessed the effectiveness of such facilities and policies; and (4) whether the authorities will, in their studies of the construction of piers and related facilities, consider local communities’ demands for water-friendly facilities, apart from taking public transport demands into consideration; of the other policies and measures in place to address local communities’ demands for water-friendly facilities so as to promote a water-friendly culture?
Reply: President, Having consulted the Environment Bureau (ENB), the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), the Transport and Housing Bureau, the Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Drainage Services Department (DSD), the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the Marine Department (MD), the Planning Department (PlanD) and the Transport Department, replies to different parts of the question are as follows: (1), (2) and (3) As promulgated in the 2015 Policy Address, the Government would promote a water-friendly culture and activities, including exploring the feasibility of organising water sports activities in Victoria Harbour; promoting water recreational and sports activities and a water-friendly culture in Hong Kong waters beyond Victoria Harbour; continuing to identify desirable locations to build new water sports centres; as well as adopting the concept of revitalisation of water bodies in large-scale drainage improvement works and planning drainage networks for new development areas.
To further enhance the water quality and overall environment, the Government has commenced a consultancy study in 2016 to further explore pragmatic and practical measures to ameliorate the odour and water pollution problems along some harbourfront areas of Victoria Harbour.
To further improve the water quality, relevant departments will continue to review the situation with a view to rectifying existing pollution sources, and the stormwater drainage and sewage facilities in Kai Tak Development and its vicinity.
Water Recreational and Sports Activities In realising water-friendly culture, HAB is mainly responsible for the promotion of water sports.
Apart from the construction of water sports facilities, HAB also encourages and assists in the organisation of water sports activities.
DEVB, PlanD and relevant departments are exploring the feasibility of providing water-friendly facilities through short, medium and long term planning studies and projects.
The UDS aims to examine how the harbourfront areas concerned could be re-defined to promote accessibility, diversity, identity and vibrancy on the land and the water, to re-connect people to the water edge.
The precinct will showcase new water play concept and feature various water-related activities, as well as adopting a flexible design to allow for the hosting of water sports events.
Upon completion of the pilot project, we will consider renovating more ferry piers in the light of the project outcome and passengers’ feedback.