Waste Management News

“Whose children are you willing to offer as a sacrificial lamb to the energy giants?”

ST. PAUL, Va. The jobs and financial boost a proposed $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant would bring Wise County are not worth destroying people's health and the environment, foes of the project told the ... via News Channel 11

The Department of Environmental Quality has fined an Albany woman $8,417 for "allowing an unlicensed person to perform an asbestos abatement project." The fine was issued Jan. via Corvallis Gazette-Times

Coupons for your trash? Hamilton County residents could later this year start earning such recycling rewards. via WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

“You don't have to choose between jobs and the environment”

The state environmental agency on Wednesday approved Asarco's controversial request to reopen its century-old smelter in El Paso. via El Paso Times

“We ended the year on a strong note and are poised for additional earnings growth in 2008.”

Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 26 percent on tax benefits and the sale of some operations, though higher fuel prices cut into income. via Journal Gazette

“Asarco wants to put 7,000 tons of contaminants in the air every year, so this permit is the turning point for El Paso”

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is set to decide the future of a shuttered West Texas copper smelter. via Houston Chronicle

“The environment is best protected when the economy is strong”

ST. PAUL, Va. - Opponents of Dominion Virginia Power's proposed $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant don't represent southwest Virginia residents, state regulators were told Monday night. via News Observer

“He woke up and there was stuff running all over the place”

WAVERLY, Va. - The owner of Virginia 's largest landfill agreed to pay a $14,250 fine for a spill at the Sussex County waste dump, state environmental officials said. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“The doors wouldn't stay shut, which for a prison is not good”

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has approved the demolition and burial of an abandoned section of the Wyoming State Penitentiary. via Billings Gazette

Health advisories for contact with marine water at Nye Beach in Lincoln County and at Umpqua Beach in Douglas County were lifted today by the Oregon Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Oregon ... via Corvallis Gazette-Times

“Whenever there are grant programs that can leverage additional investment, particularly private investment, it's a great assistance to communities”

Thousands of contaminated sites will sit unaddressed until a new funding source is found now that the state Department of Environmental Quality has run out of money for toxic site cleanups and brownfield ... via WSBT

Created: February 7, 2008 08:40 PM Modified: February 7, 2008 08:40 PM Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana Proteins are hammering out a permit to allow the plant on Shreveport's ... via KTBS-TV Shreveport

A citizen's group is suing to force the state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions when considering proposed coal-fired power plants. via Michigan News - MLive.com

“They really are considering just about every source that we know about.”

The Department of Environmental Quality plans to eliminate the use and release of mercury in Michigan - if it has the money. via MLive.com

FROM: KY ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET NEWS RELEASE STATE HAS GUIDELINES FOR DISPOSING OF STORM DEBRIS Recycling recommended, burning discouraged FRANKFORT, Ky. via TristateHomepage.com

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is seeking state and federal funding for studies on fish kills in the Shenandoah River. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has lifted drinking water restrictions for all of Lone Grove. via KTEN-TV Denison

More than 40 residents and elected officials have asked the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to turn down a permit request for the proposed Tiger State Ethanol Plant in Paulina. via KLFY-TV Lafayette