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Supervisors pull back storm water pollution fee proposal
L.A. NOWFaced by widespread public opposition, L.A. County supervisors on Tuesday sent a proposed parcel fee to combat storm water pollution back to the drawing board.... -
Oil spills and Keystone
If Americans needed a reminder of the serious environmental risks posed by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, they got it last week with the oil spill in Mayflower, a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the town...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Congress, Oil Spills, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Hopkins provides extra leave days to Keswick employees
Employees who were barred from their offices on the Johns Hopkins at Keswick campus because of water contamination have been granted additional paid leave days, human resources officials said Friday. Employees in the campus' south building, which was...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Environmental Issues, Employees, Employment Opportunities, Environmental Pollution
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Water water everywhere
The comedian Lewis Black does a comedy bit on water that should resonate with every baby boomer. When we were kids, water was available everywhere and we drank it. We drank it from garden hoses, from fountains, from outside spigots and, in some cases,...
Tags: Culture, USA Today, W.C. Fields, Environmental Issues, Washington, DC
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New western Maryland wind energy project in works
While Maryland lawmakers debate whether to subsidize a large wind energy project in the Atlantic Ocean off Ocean City, an Annapolis company is moving ahead with plans for the state's third land-based wind "farm."
Synergics Wind Energy LLC, which built...Tags: Torrington, Government, U.S. Congress, Mountains, Crime, Law and Justice
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Looking ahead: NCBA's 2013 policy priorities
As a fifth-generation rancher and Policy Division Chairman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), I am pleased to announce our association's policy priorities for 2013. These priorities, along with other important issues affecting cattlemen...Tags: Environmental Issues, Fiscal Cliff, Justice and Rights, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress
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Florida rivers getting sicker, Sentinel investigation finds
Florida's rivers are in trouble. That's what the Orlando Sentinel found after a yearlong evaluation of some of the state's biggest and smallest, most urban and remote, cleanest and dirtiest, protected and abused rivers. Of the 22 rivers studied,...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, Water, Justice System, Highway Transportation
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Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridge
Oil spilled into the Mississippi River after two oil barges hit a bridge near Vicksburg, Miss., early Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. The barges, laden with crude oil, were being pulled by the tow boat Nature's Way Endeavor when they...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Issues, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Nicholasville faces federal lawsuit regarding Westgate subdivision
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comThe conflict over the Westgate subdivision has made it to a federal courthouse with the filing of a lawsuit by R. J. Corman Real Estate alleging the city of Nicholasville has violated the federal “Clean Water Act” in allowing storm water...Tags: Trials, Environmental Issues, Litigation, Realty, Environmental Pollution
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Florida rivers' low profile puts them at risk
For an imaginary moment, swim with Hueland Todd Brown as he descends into a deep, caramel-colored river, feeling his way with his hands and hoping nothing bites. Brown lives by the Choctawhatchee, a wild river that coils through remote forests in the...
Tags: University of Central Florida, Judges, Environmental Issues, Chemical Industry, Wetlands
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Nearly 200 turn out to protest proposed storm water pollution fee
L.A. NOWAfter a five-hour hearing where nearly 200 people spoke on a proposed parcel fee that would go to clean up storm water pollution in the county's water bodies, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors deferred a vote to place the fee on the ballot.... -
Water Water Everywhere
The comedian Louis Black does a comedy bit on water that should resonate with every Baby Boomer. When we were kids, water was available everywhere and we drank it. We drank it from garden hoses, from fountains, from outside spigots and, in some cases,...
Tags: Culture, USA Today, W.C. Fields, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources Defense Council
Mar 12, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
|Column| Daily American
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 22, 2013
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Jan 16, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 27, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
|Story| Jessamine Journal
Dec 18, 2012
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 15, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Jan 3, 2013
|Column| Daily American
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