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Tech center saves money by dumping waste removal company
Daily American Staff WriterSomerset County Technology Center is set to realize significant savings in waste removal costs after approving a new deal Thursday. A two-year contract was awarded to Interstate Waste Services at a cost of $285 per month. The center was paying as much...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated
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Pike Township residents unhappy about busted roads from septic tank project
Citizens Energy Group is in the midst of a large septic tank elimination project that involves taking more than 550 homes off of septic tanks and putting them onto the city sewer system. While many are happy about the change, the work is resulting in...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Construction, Travel, Transportation, Companies and Corporations
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Waste Management settles with city for $1.24M over missed collections
Q13 FOX News OnlineA month after striking Teamsters Union drivers delayed garbage collections as much as 12 days, Waste Management agreed on a $1.24 million settlement with the city of Seattle, Mayor Mike McGinn's office announced Tuesday. The settlement will pay back...Tags: Environmental Issues, Business, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated
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Fracking's risks merit national moratorium
The letter from Steve Everley, a member of a research organization supported by the Independent Petroleum Institute of America ("Fracking gets an unfair rap," Sept. 21), is a bit misleading when it says that the moratorium on fracking "is just another way...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The New York Times, Litigation and Regulation, Credit and Debt
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Hagerstown City Council briefs
Permanent seating at City Park band shell discussed The city of Hagerstown is considering installing permanent seating at the Peter Buys Band Shell at City Park. City Engineer Rodney Tissue presented initial plans Tuesday to the Hagerstown City Council,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Gardens and Parks, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waste Management and Pollution Control, Travel
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Our Laguna: Kinsmans host the last Soup
The final bowl of Soup at the home of Cheryl and Michael Kinsman was served Sept. 14. Soup was a get together of whoever showed up on the first Friday of the month, starting Jan. 2, 1999, and later moved to the second Friday. Someone made soup, others...
Tags: Plant Openings, Colleges and Universities, Foods and Beverages, Environmental Issues, Soups
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Connecticut Attorney General Likes What the Feds Are Doing on Nuke Waste
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission - prompted by the federal courts - is now doing a study on the possible environmental problems of long-term storage of tons of spent nuclear fuel at nuke plants around the nation. Connecticut's Attorney General George...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power, Justice System, Lawyers
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Culleton: Housing must be in check despite school numbers
It's a common refrain, and sometimes uttered for various reasons: We need to continue to control residential growth in Carroll County. My reason? New residences attract growing families — and growing families burden our school system. It is stated...Tags: Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Teaching and Learning
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PAC spends $10,000 on Sanitary District race
A political action committee (PAC) backed by a lobbyist for a trash disposal company has spent more than $10,000 on the reelection campaigns of two Costa Mesa Sanitary District directors, campaign disclosure forms show. Concerned Californians for...Tags: Environmental Issues, World War II (1939-1945), Elections, Human Interest, Politics
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Briefly In The News: Welcome back gold medal winner
Join the city of Laguna Beach this weekend in welcoming back local Annika Dries, who helped the U.S. women's water polo team win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. The community event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Community Pool,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Sports, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Water Polo, Labor Day
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Four-Alarm Fire at Waste Management Facility
Firefighters were called out to a fire at a Waste Management Recycling facility Friday at 2:41 p.m. The West Dallas fire on Cash Road became a four-alarm fire. The heat and condensed trash piles made the blaze difficult for firefighters to battle....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Fires, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated
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Newport, Va., a tiny town left behind?
WDBJ7 ReporterBack in the late 1800's, the small town of Newport in Giles County was bustling and busy. Today, that small hamlet needs new sidewalks and its first ever sewer system. Some history here; not long ago most homes in Newport ran raw sewage straight into...Tags: Environmental Issues, Business
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