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Nuclear crisis in Japan: The latest trust meltdown
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe Titanic was called unsinkable. It sank. Deep-sea oil drilling was supposed to be spill-proof. It wasn't. Nuclear power is supposed to be disaster-proof. It isn't. So much for believing the assertions of those who want us to feel risky......Tags: Japan, Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Some shipwrecks are funnier than others...
Maryland WeatherI've been working on a story about the growing potential for oil spills from old shipwrecks off the U.S. coast, many sent to the bottom during 1942, when German U-boats lay off the coast attacking coastal shipping. So, I was......Tags: Lake Geneva, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Pollution, Maine
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Palm Beach County calling for BP to pay for local oil spill preparation costs
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County government wants BP to cover its costs to prepare for an oil spill that never reached local shores. As oil from BP???s failed well billowed for more than two months last year into the Gulf of Mexico,......Tags: Disasters, Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Planning, Employers
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Obama plans second Oval Office address
The Swampby Mike Memoli and Peter Nicholas President Obama will mark the end of America's combat mission in Iraq August 31 with a prime-time address from the Oval Office, the White House confirmed today. It would be the president's second address......Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, John Brennan, Disasters, Barack Obama, Emergency Incidents
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Obama plans Sept. 10 news conference
The Swampby Mike Memoli The White House has announced that President Obama will hold a formal news conference on Friday, Sept. 10, his first in nearly four months. According to CBS Radio's Mark Knoller, the in-house record keeper of the White......Tags: Labor Day, Disasters, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Environmentalists, West Coast win a round in South Florida water fight
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsIn the often politically-charged fight over how to divvy up South Florida???s water supply, the West Coast and environmental groups this week moved the needle a little farther their way. The South Florida Water Management District on Thursday agreed to......Tags: Rivers, Lake Okeechobee, Environmental Pollution, South Florida Water Management District, Water Supply
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Hey Ware River and Wilson Creek shellfish, don't say we didn't warn you.
Who's on Team Gloucester?Perhaps a celebratory shellfish feast is in order. The Virginia Department of Health's Division of Shellfish Sanitation -- say that five times in a row as fast as you can -- announced earlier this week that 65 acres of water......Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Rivers, Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Seafood
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BP to Install EV Charging Ports
KickingTiresBP Products of North America plans to install 45 quick-charging ports for electric cars at its existing gas stations by the end of March 2011. The direct current fast-charging systems (480-volt, three-phase alternating current input) that BP will be...Tags: Mitsubishi, Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Chiropractors, Best Buy Co., Inc., Hybrid Vehicles
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Everglades land deal celebrated, but restoration hurdles loom large
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsSheet cake and the ceremonial handing off of deeds for 26,800 acres of farmland marked the celebration Thursday of a newly completed Everglades restoration land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. The South Florida Water Management District on Tuesday finalized...Tags: Lake Okeechobee, Environmental Pollution, Water Restrictions, Health and Medical Professionals, Renovation
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Chairman could soon be out at the South Florida Water Management District
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA new governor means a changing of the guard could be on the way for the South Florida Water Management District. The four-year-term of District Chairman Eric Buermann expires in March. As chairman, Buermann leads the nine-member board that oversees......Tags: Lake Okeechobee, Environmental Pollution, Broward County, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues
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RNC: Golfing, yachting one and the same
The Swampby Mike Memoli On Friday we noted here that even a trip to the ballpark can be the stuff of controversy for President Obama lately. Ultimately he did take in Friday night's matchup between the hometown Nationals and his favored......Tags: Sailing, Disasters, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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That's the Spirit? After strike, airline uses crude oil spill promotion
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsSpirit Airlines is known for irreverent, bordering on tasteless, marketing campaigns. Click here to see their latest: The "Check out the oil on our beaches" promotion. After a five-day pilots strike that disrupted the plans of thousands of stranded...Tags: Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Pollution, Miramar, Spirit Airlines
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