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EPA seeks to add 3 Ind. Superfund sites to its priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to add three Superfund sites in Indiana to its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites. The EPA proposed Tuesday adding Superfund sites in South Bend, Indianapolis...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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If approved, new garbage contract includes weekly recycling pickup
Orland Park residents are likely to see a small decrease in their garbage bills in coming months after a village committee OKd a proposed 10-year contract with Waste Management Monday. If the full Village Board approves the measure at its June 3...
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Buffalo Grove OKs trash contract giving residents free 35-gallon carts
The village of Buffalo Grove has elected to make new 35-gallon trash carts available free to residents. Under an agreement with Waste Management approved by the village board on Monday night, residents now have the option of choosing 35-gallon, 64-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste
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ANALYSIS-German households pay for lower industrial power prices
Reuters* German wholesale power is cheaper than in France, Netherlands * Cheaper industrial power paid for by soaring household bills * Ways sought to rein in household bill explosion By Henning Gloystein and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters)...Tags: International Energy, Renewable Energy, France, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Analysis: German households pay for lower industrial power prices
ReutersLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidize renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid....Tags: International Energy, Renewable Energy, France, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersBy Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by...Tags: Startups, Bankruptcy, General Electric Company, Credit and Debt, China
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All Delray Beach contracts should go out to bid, officials say
In keeping up with campaign promises, several Delray Beach city officials are going after city contracts they say were awarded without proper bidding. At Tuesday's workshop meeting, a majority of City Commissioners agreed to revisit two contracts that...Tags: Petrolia Incorporated, Delray Beach, Environmental Issues, Government, Public Officials
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Press 7 for stinky: Landfill establishes odor hotline
With the rainy season just weeks away, Deerfield Beach's most dubious neighbor is taking a proactive approach. The Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park sent a glossy mailing to between 12,000 and 15,000 households surrounding the 500-acre landfill...Tags: Renewable Energy, Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Coconut Creek
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Oak Park composting program goes village-wide
One Oak Park resident reported not knowing how much food the family threw away until joining the village's pilot food-waste and soiled-paper collection that started last April. One woman said her family now throws out only one bag of garbage each month....Tags: Environmental Politics, Earth Day, Oak Park, Environmental Issues, New Products
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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Somerset County (Maryland), Prisons
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LETTER: Zero Waste Better Than Burning
Connecticut burns more trash per person than any other state in the country, an increasingly unsustainable waste management strategy. The Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority's financial crisis demonstrates that burning trash doesn't make economic...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste
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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Apple, Boeing, Eli Lilly, P&G
ReutersApril 25 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, Boeing and Eli Lilly, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : Hilliard Lyons raises to buy from long-term buy -...Tags: Dominion Resources Incorporated, Research, Lam Research Corporation, Toromont Industries Limited, Energy Resources
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