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Final Approval for Controversial Car Shredder
![<span style="font-size: 10pt;">SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-02/103211000-15131652.jpg "<span style="font-size: 10pt;\">SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.</span>")
SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.
Despite heavy opposition to the project among some residents of New Carlisle and Olive...Tags: St. Joseph County (Indiana), Elections, Politics, Local Government, Natural Resources
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Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted
With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About 80 residents — each of...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals, Homes, United States Census Bureau
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Donnelly introduces legislation for Gulf War memorial
South Bend Tribune ReportU.S. Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, and John Boozman, R-Ariz., have introduced legislation authorizing a National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial to recognize the many Americans who served during the first Gulf War, according to a news release....Tags: Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, John Boozman, Joe Donnelly, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Broward College, Everglades, Budgets and Budgeting, Pine Hills, Andy Gardiner
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Good information
There are plenty of natural resources available for drilling companies to extract, but it's important the land owners know what's being done on their properties. For public land, taxpayers may soon have that information. The Obama administration said...Tags: Energy Resources
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What's So Special About Southington's Kettle Bog?
The Hartford Courant— Nearly 40 years ago, Robert Kuchta was hiking on the rock ridge on the Southington-Wolcott border when he saw something unusual in the valley below – a ring of bright-scarlet maples surrounding a smaller circle of white pines. "I decided to...Tags: Southington, Science and Technology, Mount Vernon, Wetlands, Science
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New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed
Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department. As...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Water Supply, U.S. Department of the Interior, Energy Resources, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Litigation and Regulation, American Petroleum, Energy Resources
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Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking'
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal land Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry. Industry...Tags: Water Supply, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Energy Resources, Natural Resources Defense Council
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China ministry urges end to "forcible" land requisition - paper
ReutersSHANGHAI, May 15 (Reuters) - China's land ministry has issued an emergency notice calling for an end to forced, illegal land requisitions, the state-run People's Daily reported on Wednesday, stepping up efforts to defuse one of the biggest sources of...Tags: China
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Virginia Department of Forestry: Woman's vision protects family's forest and its valuable legacy with conservation easement
In 1961, when Mrs. Segar White Guy inherited her father’s 306-acre tract of unmanaged forestland in Sussex County, she made the long-term commitment to improve the quality of the woodland, according to a news release from the Virginia Department...
Tags: Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia)
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Livestock forums create conversation
PIERRE - The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) and South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Service held forums across the state from January through March to explain South Dakota's vision for livestock production. “The conversation...Tags: Environmental Issues, South Dakota State University, Conservation
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