Environmental News

Senate Votes To Ban Plastic Drinking Straws As Part of Its Plastic Bag Ban

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Committee on Government Affairs, Veterans, Energy & Environmental Protection, chaired by Sen. Sammuel Sanes, met on […]

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Effective immediately, due to a high gas vapor reading detected in the area of Krum Bay area

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that the LBJ Pump Station returned to service on Saturday,

John McCarthy / September 28, 2018

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern Caribbean on Thursday. There

John McCarthy / September 28, 2018

NEW YORK — Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello flew to New York this week on a mission: persuade potential tourists

John McCarthy / September 27, 2018

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern Caribbean today. A tropical storm warning

John McCarthy / September 26, 2018

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 9:53 a.m., the

John McCarthy / September 26, 2018

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that an active fire was reported at the Anguilla Landfill

John McCarthy / September 23, 2018

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that work began Saturday, at 392 Anna’s Retreat (Four Winds)

John McCarthy / September 19, 2018

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) Preserving Paradise Team advises the St. Thomas and St. John