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EDITORIAL: Governments shouldn't foot part of environmental clean-up bill
In light of the economic doldrums Boyle and other counties have experienced in recent years, it was downright thrilling to hear even sketchy details about Corning Inc.'s plans for their once and future factory on Valksdahl Road. We are preliminarily...Tags: Corning Incorporated, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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EPA criticizes environmental review of Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday criticized the State Department's environmental impact review of the Keystone XL pipeline, saying there was not enough evidence to back up key conclusions on gas emissions, safety and...
Tags: Conservation, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Wildlife, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Environmentalist denounces state rules for toxic substances in water
The state's Environmental Regulation Commission will hear two very different perspectives today about proposed human-health standards for poisonous chemicals in Florida's surface waters. State officials say their recommended standards would be more...
Tags: Rick Scott, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Lexington Club gets council OK
A controversial housing project has received final approval from a divided St. Charles City Council, but there's no word when the development will be completed. Lexington Club's 102 town homes and 28 single-family homes will be built on the old...Tags: Politics, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Union Pacific Corporation, Environmental Issues, Elections
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Water is on Florida's mind this Earth Day
Monday is Earth Day — and three years to the day since the flame-engulfed Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP blowout killed 11 rig workers, released more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf and gave...
Tags: Earth Day, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spills, Conservation
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Eco-Garden Club at Calexico High School teaches students to reduce waste
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — Rather than rush home straight after school on a Wednesday, six students made their way to the garden they help grow with Calexico High’s Eco-Garden Club. For the past year and a half, students have been learning how to build...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues
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Official: 12 bodies recovered after Texas blast
Updated 2:00 p.m. WEST, Texas (AP) — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was rocked by a roaring explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities said Friday, confirming for the first time the...Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Health and Safety at Work, Explosions, Fertilizer, Safety of Citizens
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West Fertilizer Co. fined $2,300 in 2006 for lack of safety plan
This post has been updated. See note below.The West, Texas, fertilizer plant that exploded Wednesday was fined $2,300 in 2006 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not having a risk management program in place, records show. West Fertilizer Co. settled with the environmental agency in...Tags: Punishment, Health and Safety at Work, Fertilizer, Explosions, Environmental Politics
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Chemical in Texas blast has a well-known deadly potential
The blast at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant on Wednesday night was so massive that investigators believe it probably involved a significant amount of ammonium nitrate, a chemical that some scientists say should be regulated as an explosive. In a report...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Explosions, Fertilizer, Disasters and Accidents, Science and Technology
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States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules
WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...
Tags: Global Change, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation, Science and Technology
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Iraqi immigrant wins Goldman Environmental Prize
During his 30-year reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein repeatedly plunged the country into war, even transforming an ancestral marshland some say is the "historical" Garden of Eden into a battleground. To punish political enemies, Hussein built canals with...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Conservation, Everglades, Science and Technology, Iraq
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Former O.C. resident wins $150,000 prize for restoring Iraq marshland
Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi immigrant and former Fullerton resident who returned to Iraq in 2003 to lead a marshlands restoration project, has received the Goldman Environmental Prize, a $150,000 prize awarded to six environmentalists annually. Alwash led...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Conservation, Everglades, Science and Technology, Iraq
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