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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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Iowa State University , Food Industry, Bayer AG
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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: Politics, Steaks, China, Salads, Human Rights
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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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Whirlpool starts tests at northern Ohio site, says no evidence links company to cancer cluster
FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — Whirlpool Corp. is beginning soil and water testing at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade. The Michigan-based appliance manufacturer has a washing machine...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Production, Whirlpool Corp.
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Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'
Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...
Tags: U.S. Cabinet, Politics, Career and Workplace, Harry Reid, Walter Mondale
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Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?
Channel 2 NewsLast week, National Marine Fisheries Service officials made the decision to consider listing a harbor seal population in Lake Iliamna as endangered or threatened--yet another piece of wood on the controversial fire that is the Pebble Mine project. In...Tags: Environmental Issues, Endangered Species, Biology, Science and Technology, Conservation
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Argentina seeks U.S. environmental okay on biodiesel
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) BUENOS AIRES, May 20 (Reuters) - Argentina is pursuing U.S. environmental approval to export biodiesel more easily to that market and...Tags: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Argentina
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RPT-INSIGHT-The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersBy Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 20 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Business Enterprises, Petroleum Industry
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INSIGHT-The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersBy Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 19 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Business Enterprises, Petroleum Industry
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Illinois Chamber, AFL-CIO agree on compromise over fracking rules
It's no secret our two organizations, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, don't always see eye to eye on issues. However, we're proud that the issue of hydraulic fracturing is one where our voices have united as part of a broader coalition...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Lisa Madigan, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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NRG Energy to idle Pennsylvania coal plant in 2014, six months early
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - NRG Energy said on Wednesday it agreed to idle two coal-fired units in Pennsylvania about six months ahead of schedule as part of a settlement to end a lawsuit filed by New Jersey and Connecticut in 2007. NRG will shut two units...Tags: Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, NRG Energy Incorporated, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Long lost historic spring resurfaces in central Springfield
lrussell@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Crews restoring a property in central Springfield unearthed a hidden treasure that just happens to be a part of Springfield history. Near the west end of a future park known as the West Meadows of Jordan Valley, they hit a gusher. In...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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