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Former Michigan City wastewater official admits falsifying reports
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The former superintendent of Michigan City's wastewater treatment plant has admitted charges he falsified reports to make it appear the facility was within water pollution limits. The Post Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Punishment, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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Peter M. Douglas dies at 69; California Coastal Commission chief
As a child crossing the English Channel with his family to immigrate to America, Peter M. Douglas was mesmerized by the churning seas and his first sighting of a whale, an experience that he said forged an "intangible, unbreakable, lifelong bond" with the...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy Resources, Vegan Diet, U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Party
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Assembly approves stormwater pollution mandate
In a move aimed at helping Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, the General Assembly adopted a bill late last night mandating that Maryland's largest localities, including Baltimore city and its suburbs, levy fees on their residents to pay for...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, E.J. Pipkin, Local Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Harbor pollution going public, real-time
Boaters, anglers and anyone bold enough to swim in Baltimore's troubled harbor will soon be able to get timely information about whether they're risking an upset stomach or infection from splashing in water fouled with sewage leaks and other pollution....Tags: Harbor, Inner Harbor, Patapsco, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fort McHenry
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River Recovering from "Worst Midwest Environmental Disaster"
FOX 17 NewsIt was considered the worst environmental disaster in the Midwest: on July 26, 2010 more than 1 million gallons of oil spilled from a burst pipeline in Calhoun County, and into a nearby creek. The company behind the spill, Enbridge Energy, has been...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Pollution, Oil Spills, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Marcellus shale: What took millions of years to create merits a few years of study
The reaction from the petroleum industry to the notion that Maryland ought to look before it leaps into natural gas drilling was swift and predictable: Maryland is in danger of falling behind the pace set by other states in tapping the lucrative Marcellus...Tags: Lawyers, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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Casey sidesteps Obama, supports Keystone XL pipeline
Call Washington BureauThe Obama White House's refusal to allow construction of an oil pipeline from Canada through the United States to the Gulf Coast has spurred a bitter political debate with Republicans arguing that Obama is not doing enough to spur energy independence...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Elections, White House
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College reaches settlement on water pollution violations
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA settlement has been proposed to resolve water pollution violations at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College’s new campus, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday. A $9,910 civil administrative penalty would be assessed...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Water, Colleges and Universities, Education, Environmental Issues
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WWII shipwrecks could threaten U.S. coast
On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set the W.L. Steed ablaze, and sank it;...Tags: North Carolina, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Ocean City, Tourism and Leisure
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Lecture series: Ag polluting S.D. watersheds
The 2012 Mike Williams Lecture Series kicked off Tuesday at the Terry Redlin Environmental Center with a caution to farmers. Watertown's Brad Johnson, South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources chairman, was the first speaker in the series....Tags: Environmental Politics, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Sewer plant work at halfway point
The Winchester SunThe Lower Howards Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $32.2 million project of the City of Winchester and Winchester Municipal Utilities, is 50 percent completed with a little less than a year to finish. The project is part of a consent decree from the...Tags: Mike Flynn, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Saving
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What's Obama's No. 1 priority? Not jobs.
!["In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/280209940-20131802.jpg ""In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce.\"")
"In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce."
That was the response from some bureaucrat when Leslie Groves, the man who oversaw the Manhattan Project, sought thousands of tons of silver to be turned into electrical...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Oil Spills, Oil Spills, U.S. Department of State, Republican Party
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Feb 23, 2012
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Feb 15, 2012
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