The multi-alarm fire in the recycling plant started after midnight and burned into the morning. PASSAIC, N.J. – A huge fire engulfed a recycling plant overnight in northern New Jersey and raged into Saturday as firefighters battled flames, wind and frigid cold that turned the water from their hoses into treacherous ice. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, but all 70 employees at the Atlantic Coast Fibers plant are accounted for, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said. “When you consider a recycling plant, everything inside is conducive for continuing to burn,” he told WABC-TV, calling the building “a complete loss.”AdThe cause is under investigation, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said, but he doesn’t consider it suspicious. A lot of factors,” Trentacost told WLNY-TV.

The Big 12 Conference reaffirmed its decision to press on with college football and other fall sports Wednesday, joining the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences in taking the field amid the coronavirus pandemic. The move came one day after the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced they would not be participating this fall. The schools will all play each other to give them 10 total games with the Big 12 title game scheduled for Dec. 12. All non-conference opponents also must adhere to Big 12 standards. The virus continues to evolve and medical professionals are learning more with each passing week, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement.

AP Dominion Energy and Duke Energy today announced the cancelation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) due to ongoing delays and increasing cost uncertainty which threatens the economic viability of the project. Despite last months overwhelming 7-2 victory at the United States Supreme Court, which vindicated the project and decisions made by permitting agencies, recent developments have created an unacceptable layer of uncertainty and anticipated delays for ACP. Specifically, the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Montana overturning long-standing federal permit authority for waterbody and wetland crossings (Nationwide Permit 12), followed by a Ninth Circuit ruling on May 28 indicating an appeal is not likely to be successful, are new and serious challenges. According to the Associated Press, the project is delayed until 2021.

ROANOKE, Va. - Hundreds of protesters came together Monday morning to continue their fight against the pipeline. The Climate Emergency: Tri State Pipeline Strike Rally was a part of Global Climate Strike Week that took center stage in the Star City Monday with a focus on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. The cause brought together politicians, more than 40 organizations and activists from all across the commonwealth, West Virginia and North Carolina. "If Virginia is serious about protecting our planet, we've got to stop with these kind of projects," said Del. Each protester had their own story, but the same message: stop the pipeline.