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Coral Springs mompreneur: Cloth diapering isn't as daunting as you may think
Babies are expensive — diapers, formula and baby food add up quickly, and these are just the basic needs. After losing her job while pregnant with her first child, Coral Springs resident Melissa Huynh knew she wanted to stay home with her daughter...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Allergies, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Coral Springs
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Council agrees to trash deal
The City Council talked trash Tuesday. Months of negotiations and the hiring of a consultant to assist the city staff paid off as the general terms of a franchise agreement with Waste Management of Orange County were unanimously approved. The city...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Corporate Crime, Waste Management Incorporated, Consumer Confidence
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Agency seeks to shield SD from ND oil waste
A legislative committee agreed Thursday that South Dakota should adopt more stringent regulations for disposal of liquid wastes from oil and gas wells. The discussion comes as North Dakota operators have shown interest in developing waste facilities in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources
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Agency seeks to shield SD from ND oil waste
PIERRE - A legislative committee agreed Thursday that South Dakota should adopt more stringent regulations for disposal of liquid wastes from oil and gas wells. The discussion comes as North Dakota operators have shown interest in developing waste...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources
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Berkeley County leaders support mixed waste resource recovery facility
matthewu@herald-mail.comBerkeley County leaders are backing a company that wants to build a $19 million facility to produce a solid refuse fuel from household garbage that could then be burned at a Martinsburg cement plant. The Berkeley County Council voted 5-0 in support of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Martinsville Sewage Treatment Plant overwhelmed by rain; VDH asks residents to avoid use of Smith River
The Virginia Department of Health is asking citizens to avoid recreational use of the Smith River near Martinsville because the Martinsville Sewage Treatment Plant has been overwhelmed by recent heavy rains. The specific area is downstream from the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Swimming, Energy Saving, Health
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Coal-ash pollution at three Maryland landfills to be cleaned up
The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those...Tags: Environmental Issues, Civil Laws, Bodies of Water, Prince George's County, Tropical Storm Lee (2011)
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Berkeley County Council OKs donation of land for park
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe Berkeley County Council voted Thursday to take ownership of a 1.7-acre parcel that is being donated for a park in the community of Bedington, W.Va. The new recreation site, which is proposed to be named Goldie Gibbons Park, is along Bedington Road...Tags: Environmental Issues, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated, Animals
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Recycling drive to benefit Windber library
Daily American Staff WriterWindber Public Library officials are asking people to recycle their old, unused and broken electronics to help raise funds for the library. Commonwealth Computer Recycling is hosting the drive, which will be held at the Windber library, 1909...Tags: Environmental Issues, Electronics, Waste Management Incorporated, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Septic tank politics taking center stage
As a newly minted journalist three decades ago, I had more world-changing crusades than you could shake a sword at. One of the targets in my sights was trailer parks, which I considered to be a blight on the landscape and a threat to all that is good...Tags: Environmental Issues, Montgomery County (Maryland), The Herald-Mail, Demographics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Progress percolating on Eastern Shore
We who make our living lamenting the lack of progress on improving the environment must applaud when progress does rear its head, even as we refrain from clapping too hard. A decade ago, there wasn't much of anything hopeful to say about septic tanks...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Pollution, Laws
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Moms are crazy about new diapers, hope others put disposable diapers behind them
sforhetz@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The average family will spend just more than $3,000 on disposable diapers for one child from birth through the time he or she is potty trained. Now cloth diapers are making quite a comeback -- and are much easier than the kind your...Tags: Environmental Issues, Breastfeeding, eBay Inc., Craigslist, Inc., Waste Management and Pollution Control
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