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More than 200 attend evening State of the County presentation at Hager Hall
davem@herald-mail.comMore than 200 people who attended an evening session of the State of the County presentation Tuesday asked a wide array of questions about everything from funding for a baseball stadium to the possibility of consolidating two police departments. People...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, College Baseball, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Groups find some localities lag in Bay cleanup plans
A coalition of environmental groups has handed out mixed grades for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plans every county in Maryland prepared late last year.
The plans, submitted to the state Department of the Environment, are part of a detailed statewide bay...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Why smoke up blue skies?
I couldn’t believe my eyes (Sunday). Here it was, a beautiful Sunday afternoon one moment, then the next the area resembled an Afghanistan war zone. A farmer decided to torch fields north of the Naval Air Facility, with the wind direction taking the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Environmentalist puts pollution in perspective for Clark County students
The Winchester SunThe energy was high in the Fannie Bush Elementary gymnasium Friday afternoon as students heard a message from Earthman about treating the Earth with respect and preventing litter. Earthman, or Lanny Smith, an environmental activist currently based in...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Teaching and Learning, Music, Environmental Cleanup
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Is the jet engine smoke dangerous?
I like watching the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and support them every year. My question is, with the team’s six planes flying two times a day for two months, how much does the team’s planes’ “smoke” affect the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Waste not, want not
While 50 million Americans have no access to fresh produce, an estimated 100 billion pounds of food, or 40 percent of the available supply, is wasted. The Environmental Protection Agency now considers wasted food a major environmental problem. It adds to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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It takes alfalfa to make ice cream
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterWhen Khaled Bali looks at ice cream he thinks about alfalfa. The connection is not quite clear for some people, said Bali, irrigation adviser and director of the Imperial County Cooperative Extension. Alfalfa feeds cows, which produce the milk used...Tags: Environmental Issues, Research, Environmental Politics, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Harmful Japan Tsunami Debris Highly Unlikely in Alaska
Channel 2 NewsHarmful Japan tsunami debris washing ashore in Alaska is highly unlikely, according to state and federal officials who agree that wreckage from the March 2011 tragedy probably doesn't contain major radioactivity. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)...Tags: Aquaculture, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Lisa Murkowski, Natural Disasters
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Homeowners encouraged to test house radon levels
The Winchester SunClark County lies within the area of the state with the highest potential for radon according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and local health department and emergency management officials are urging community members to test their homes....Tags: Environmental Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Human Body
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Calexico PM2.5 levels unhealthy
Staff WriterAir quality levels in Calexico reached unhealthy levels on Saturday, according to air quality alerts posted early Sunday. The level of particulate matter 2.5 reached a 24-hour average of 160 on the air quality index as of 2 a.m. Sunday, according to...Tags: Environmental Politics, Respiratory Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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DEP Reminds Pennsylvanians that January is National Radon Action Month
Department of Environmental ProtectionDEP Reminds Pennsylvanians that January is National Radon Action Month January is National Radon Action Month, marking a time of increased public awareness for this serious health hazard. Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that occurs...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Human Body, Environmental Cleanup
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Chamber holds legislative update
Daily American Staff WriterBusiness leaders and elected officials gathered Thursday for a legislative update held by the Somerset County Chamber of Commerce. About 75 people packed the Somerset Country Club to hear what the elected officials had to say. The event began with...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senate, Mark Critz, Finance, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Jan 25, 2012
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