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Our View: Salute for the week of June 17
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Giving back Petoskey students have received a good taste of volunteering thanks to the guidance of Petoskey High School teacher Lisa...Tags: Sports, Arts and Culture, Schools, Preschools, Environmental Issues
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A predictable find: More people means more environmental stress
A federal report looking at trends in population growth, travel patterns and land use and their impact on the environment is predictably sobering. With the U.S. population expected to grow 42% from 2010 to 2050, the report from the federal Environmental...Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Standards
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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill — sometimes while behind the wheel — from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At least 14 Metro drivers are pursuing...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Social Security, Flu, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
LANARE, Calif. — A bright metal drinking fountain is mounted on the wall in the community center of this tiny town west of Fresno. No one pays it any mind: The water is drawn from a well that has been contaminated with arsenic for years. "Can't...
Tags: Plant Openings, Environmental Issues, Health Organizations, Water, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Cottage-style homes planned for Montex fire site
When the old Montex Textiles plant burned in 2005, it was no ordinary fire. Hundreds of barrels of chemicals, including toxic powdered aluminum, sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide fueled the blaze, which was later ruled an arson. Federal officials...Tags: Government, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sholom Rubashkin, Allentown
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Top nonfarm bill ag issues in American ag
WASHINGTON - What are the top 10 nonfarm bill issues in American agriculture, according to Kathleen Merrigan, the former deputy ag secretary who came up with the "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative? Immigration reform was the first issue...Tags: Tom Vilsack, Environmental Issues, Rentals, Food Industry, Migration
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Fire near downtown Indianapolis forces evacuation of five blocks
ReutersINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A fire at a sprawling downtown Indianapolis recycling plant, fueled by propane tanks and a massive stockpile of rubber tires, forced the evacuation of homes and businesses within a five-block radius on Saturday, officials said....Tags: Business, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, American Red Cross, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the...
Tags: Fires, Business, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule
Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Caribbean Islands, Arts and Culture, Travel, Festive Events
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Officials keep an eye on Inland Waterway cooking oil spill
ALANSON — After Tuesday’s late evening two-vehicle crash, about 5,500 gallons of a mix of used cooking oil and water spilled from a semi-truck — one of the two involved vehicles — and oozed its way toward the Crooked River. The...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oil Spills, Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup, Wildlife
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Applicator must ensure pesticide spray drift does no harm
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Recently, pesticide spray drift from different pesticide applications caused damage to field corn on a bordering farm, vegetables in an adjacent backyard, trees and bushes in a nearby state park and vegetation on an adjoining campus. In...Tags: Career and Workplace, Weather Statistics, Weather, Employees, Environmental Issues
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Atlantic Ocean, Kennedy Space Center, Seafood
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