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Orland Park sets Spring Cleanup hours
Residents wanting to get rid of unwanted household items in one fell swoop can take advantage of Orland Park's annual Spring Cleanup Campaign. The free event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, and from 8 a.m....Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Health and Safety at Work
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Politics, Behavioral Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Stormwater fee set low in Harford the best of a bad situation [Editorial]
For decades in Maryland many things have been done in the name of saving the Chesapeake Bay, but the degree to which tangible progress has been made is something of a disappointment. To be sure, there have been some successes. The mid-1980s ban on...Tags: Environmental Issues, Harford County
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San Onofre's other problem
The beleaguered San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego has been idle since January 2012 after the discovery of unsafe reactor conditions. The operator is now seeking approval to restart one of the plant's two reactors at 70% power for a five-...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power, George Washington, Barack Obama
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Mailbag: Keep what school sites we have
My question is why are we so fast to relinquish school sites (LeBard in particular) to be used as developments for homes and school district headquarter monoliths? It's all to appease developers, without thought of what should be the obvious. Am I...Tags: Environmental Issues, Ocean View
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Boyle sponsors hazardous waste collection
smojica@amnews.comBoyle County waste management and emergency officials are joining forces to hold a household hazardous waste disposal day Saturday at the county fairgrounds. A $20,500 grant from the state Division of Waste Management is funding the effort. But,...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Hazardous Materials, Chemical Industry
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Mailbag: Bravo, Newport Beach Police Department
Re. "Pats on the back for police," March 21: Wow! I am blown away. I just attended the 42nd annual Police Appreciation Breakfast at the Island Hotel in Newport Center hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce. What an inspiring morning. The house...Tags: Environmental Issues
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Hampton Clean City Commission: Volunteers plant 450 trees along buffer at city landfill
A total of 66 volunteers of all ages came out recently to plant 450 tree seedlings at Bethel Landfill in Hampton. The seedlings were planted in the buffer strip between the landfill and I-64. They were native evergreens with one exception, selected for...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, York (York, Pennsylvania), Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Going Green: Boyle offers hazardous waste collection in time for spring cleaning
It is almost one of my favorite times of the year again — spring. Spring doesn't officially begin until March 20, but I am already getting in the spirit. Spring is my favorite season because the weather warms up, the flowers begin to bloom and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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The Tire Pond Environmental Nightmare Comes to an End
It's an environmental nightmare story decades old that may at long last be coming to an end. Tens of millions of old tires dumped in a water-filled pit on the border of Hamden and North Haven. State enforcement actions. Legal dodges and protests....
Tags: Quinnipiac River, Punishment, Environmental Issues, Politics, Government
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Two men, same issues, one position: Mayor
Delray Beach needs a new mayor, and two men say they're ready for the job. Acting Mayor Tom Carney and former Planing and Zoning Chair Cary Glickstein are vying for the city's highest office in the March 12 election. Both candidates list public...Tags: Lawyers, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, Justice System, Economic Policy
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O'Malley is waging war on rural Maryland
I am writing in response to The Sun's editorial regarding septic tank limits, "Plowing old ground" (Feb. 15). I have introduced legislation to repeal the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012, the law requiring counties to adopt a...
Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Pollution, Lawyers, Judges, Environmental Issues
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