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Lisa Jackson calls Bay cleanup role "one of prouder moments"
As she prepares to step down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson says one of the "prouder moments" of her tenure was President Obama's agreement to have the federal government take the lead in trying to ramp up the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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For the record
Animal shelters: A column in the Jan. 5 Section A about the euthanizing of impounded animals said that 50,000 animals are euthanized yearly in Los Angeles city animal shelters. The correct figure is 20,000 euthanized; 50,000 is the number of animals...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Focus on the Family, Environmental Pollution
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State board makes recommendations for five projects
PIERRE — Five projects received recommendations last week from the state Board of Water and Natural Resources for federal and state grants to be used for reducing water pollution in South Dakota. The next step is for the U.S. Environmental...Tags: Environmental Politics, Conservation, Agricultural Research and Technology, Water, Watertown
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Nutrient trading a dirty deal for the bay
I imagine that most people have positive associations with the word "nutrient," and in my years as a physician, I did, too. After all, nutrients, like protein and vitamin A, are the cornerstone of human nutrition. But when we talk about the Chesapeake...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Politics, Judges, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Kodiak Residents React to Grounding of Kulluk Drilling Rig
Channel 2 NewsRough weather on Sitkalidak Island, where the Shell Oil-contracted drilling rig Kulluk ran aground Monday night during an intense winter storm, hasn’t kept the U.S. Coast Guard from surveying the rig for damage Wednesday. The incident’s...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Noble Drilling Corporation
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ConocoPhillips to Pay $200K for Kuparuk River Pipeline Spills
Channel 2 NewsConocoPhillips has agreed to pay more than $200,000 in state and federal fines to settle environmental claims related to two oil spills from corroded pipelines at its Kuparuk River oil field in 2006 and 2007, regulatory agencies said Monday. The...Tags: Environmental Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, ConocoPhillips
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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: Comedy (genre), W.C. Fields, Natural Resources Defense Council, Culture, Environmental Issues
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Ruling discredits UM law clinic's involvement
In a widely watched case on the Eastern Shore, federal judge William Nickerson ruled Thursday that Alan and Kristin Hudson's Berlin farm was not in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. The plaintiffs, the Waterkeeper Alliance led by controversial...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Annapolis, Hospitals and Clinics, Perdue Farms, Environmental Pollution
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No winners in chicken lawsuit
Last week, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a verdict in a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against an Eastern Shore farming family and Perdue. After nearly three years of litigation, Judge William Nickerson ruled that the evidence presented...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Litigation and Regulation, Environmental Issues, Farms
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Stearns’ defeat will shake up Florida congressional delegation
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns conceded defeat on Wednesday after a very close primary election — a big surprise sure to shake up the state’s congressional delegation. His departure... -
Greenpeace scales Russian oil platform to protest Arctic drilling
World NowGreenpeace activists scaled a frigid Russian oil platform on Friday to draw attention to the possible dangers of drilling in the Arctic, warning a spill could sully nature reserves long before crews are able to clean it up....
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