Displaying items 97-108 of 2879
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-240
•
Next >
-
Scott signs 36 bills
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott signed a total of 36 bills today. Among them are measures setting new standards for cyberbullying; banning the use of electronic funds transfer cards in adult entertainment or gambling facilities; and codifying an...
Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Photography and Video, Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Cleanup, Rick Scott
-
Walmart admits dumping hazardous waste, mishandling pesticides
ghartley@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty to federal charges the company dumped hazardous waste in California. In a separate case filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, the company admitted it mishandled pesticides that were damaged...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Walmart, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Trials
-
GOP legislators use power to control local affairs
ATLANTA (AP) — Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Mecklenburg County (North Carolina), Elections, Republican Party, Carolina Panthers
-
Special Report: Poor planning left Texas firefighters unprepared
ReutersWEST, Texas (Reuters) - The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save lives during chemical accidents, a Reuters investigation has found....Tags: Justice System, Health and Safety at School, Robin Williams, Lawyers, Emergency Planning
-
Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster for more than a decade are hopeful that they've come up with a cause. Environmental testing paid for by the families found a suspected cancer-...Tags: Plant Openings, Water Supply, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations
-
Long lost historic spring resurfaces in central Springfield
lrussell@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Crews restoring a property in central Springfield unearthed a hidden treasure that just happens to be a part of Springfield history. Near the west end of a future park known as the West Meadows of Jordan Valley, they hit a gusher. In...Tags: Human Interest, Environmental Cleanup, Arts and Culture, Building Material, Unrest, Conflicts and War
-
Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Apple iPad, Google Inc., Health and Safety at Work, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations
-
Federal omission in closing oyster farm broke law, court told
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Interior Department violated federal law by failing to conduct an environmental review before ordering a Northern California oyster farmer to shutter his operation, attorneys for the farmer told a federal appeals court panel...
Tags: Laws, Justice System, Ken Salazar, Forestry and Timber, Lawyers
-
Tuesday Morning Reads: College Prez pay, insurance and lawmaker health care
TALLLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes that despite U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's insistence that they were done with earmarking, Florida legislators have still...Tags: John Boehner, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: Global Change, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters, Weather, Environmental Issues
-
Group to consider how to get more information about pesticide use in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comIn July, members of a work group created as a result of a measure that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year will start looking at ways to get more information about pesticide use in the state. This group — which will consist of...Tags: Asthma, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Baltimore County, Environmental Issues, Maryland General Assembly
-
Fracking's risks greatly overstated
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater,...Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petroleum Industry, Lisa P. Jackson
May 30, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
May 28, 2013
|Story| KY3-TV
May 15, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 22, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 15, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 15, 2013
|Story| KY3-TV
May 15, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Environmental Politics topic gallery.