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Norwalk Harbor Power Plant Shutting Down June 1
The Hartford CourantThe owner of the oil power plant at Norwalk Harbor said Tuesday that it will be closing the facility June 1 since prices in the region's energy market have been too low to justify keeping it open. NRG, a power generation supplier headquartered in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Energy, Conservation, Energy Resources
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EPA targets Beck's Lake for possible cleanup
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed adding Beck's Lake to the National Priority List (NPL) of hazardous sites in need of further investigation for possible Superfund designation. Located at West Washington and North...Tags: Environmental Issues, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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South Florida Water Management District head resigns
Sun SentinelThe head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....Tags: Environmental Issues, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades, Rick Scott, Executive Branch
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Final Route 219 permit expected this week
Daily American Staff WriterThe federal Environmental Protection Agency will not ask for an additional review of the Route 219 project from the Meyersdale Bypass north to where the four-lane currently ends in Somerset. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Somerset County (Maryland), U.S. Army
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EPA awards Wayne County $600K grant to assess contaminated sites in southwest Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — The Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has received a $600,000 federal grant to assess about 32 potentially contaminated sites in southwest Detroit. The Environmental Protection Agency grant was announced by County...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Shell feared disaster days before Alaska rig grounding: official
ReutersANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast...Tags: Environmental Issues, ConocoPhillips, U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, National Transportation Safety Board
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What's coming out of your well?
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterThe Virginia Cooperative Extension wants to make sure homeowners who rely on wells, know whether their water is safe to drink. "We've got that rotten egg smell," says Linda Oliver, a homeowner in Roanoke County. Oliver, like an estimated 22 percent...Tags: Environmental Issues, E. coli Infection, Franklin County (Virginia), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pittsylvania County
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Lynchburg leaders create plan for "healthier" streets
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefLynchburg leaders are working from the ground up to improve their community. Officials from groups like Lynch’s Landing, Region 2000, the Lynchburg Health Department, and Lynchburg city government have spent the last six months coming up with a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Senior Health, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Darrell Steinberg, Trials, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
ReutersBy Carey Gillam May 20 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the...Tags: Environmental Issues, The Ohio State University, Syngenta AG, Purdue University, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Nancy Pelosi - 'I'm proudly liberal'
Financial TimesNancy Pelosi is beaming as she bustles into the House of Representatives dining room on Capitol Hill, which combines the busyness of a staff cafeteria with the grace of a late 19th-century reception room. A large painting of George Washington on the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Social Issues, Health Care Reform (2009), George W. Bush, Steaks
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BREAKING: EPA OK with 219 construction
The Environmental Protection Agency will not ask for an additional review of the Route 219 project from the Meyersdale Bypass north to Somerset. That means the Army Corps of Engineers may issue the final permit needed for the work to begin. PennDOT...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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