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2 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

EPA seeks to add 3 Indiana Superfund sites to list

Indiana's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is seeking nominations for the Governor's Service Awards.

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Related Topix: Law, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US National Parks, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

2 hrs ago | WIBW-TV Topeka

Feds Put Iola Site On Cleanup Priorities List

The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it was placing the former United Zinc & Associated Smelters Site on the federal Superfund National Priorities List.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

6 hrs ago | Examiner.com

U-M commits almost $570,000 in Great Lakes-focused research grants

The University of Michigan Water Center announced today that it has committed almost $570,000 in research grants to a dozen separate projects whose common goal will be to investigate ways to protect and restore the health of the Great Lakes, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says contain more than 80% of the surface fresh water in ... (more)

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Tue May 21, 2013

Common Dreams

Scientists Call on Obama Administration to Keep Gray Wolves Protected Under Endangered Species Act

May 21 - In two sharply worded letters sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today, prominent scientists argued for continued protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states and criticized a draft federal proposal to remove those protections for being premature and failing to follow the best available science.

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Related Topix: Law, US News, Liberal Political News

SeacoastOnline

Great Bay deserves representation in fight with EPA

As a resident and business owner in Newmarket, I have an enduring love for my town.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Newmarket, NH, Environment, Science, US Politics, Representative Carol Shea-Porter, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

NewsOn6 Tulsa

EPA Wants Former Creek County Refinery On SuperFund List

The EPA wants to add a former Creek County oil refinery to the Superfund list. The 125-acre site is located on the northeast side of Bristow on West 221st Street.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Creek County, OK, Bristow, OK

Common Dreams

How America Became a Third World Country

The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments.

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Related Topix: Law, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Liberal Political News

Politico

DeFazio vying for Markey slots

Rep. Ed Markey hasn't yet won the Massachusetts special election for the open Senate seat, but some of his colleagues are already weighing in on his committee seats.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives, Law, George Miller

New Media Journal

Lawmakers to Investigate Epa Foia Obstruction

Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into claims that the Environmental Protection Agency, while giving preferential treatment to environmental groups, made it harder for conservative groups to obtain government records.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa

American Forests

Logging Roads and the Clean Water Act

It doesn't really matter what your political party affiliation is: There are times when you hear about a Supreme Court ruling, and you are left scratching your head.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Nevada County school gets EPA grant to clean up toxic site at future campus

The Yuba River Charter School stresses love of the arts and the outdoors in a "whole child" learning program "to serve the whole world." Yet when administrators and parents for the unique Nevada County school went looking for pastoral locations for a new campus, they ran into a world of abandoned mines and toxic contamination from the region's gold ... (more)

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nevada County, CA, Nevada City, CA, Grass Valley, CA

The Daily American

Epa Ok with 219 construction

The Environmental Protection Agency will not ask for an additional review of the Route 219 project from the Meyersdale Bypass north to Somerset.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Mon May 20, 2013

NBC Los Angeles

Six Candidates Vie for Top LA City Posts

Angelenos will take to the polls Tuesday to choose the city's next mayor, attorney and controller after the candidates in those three major races failed to secure a majority of the vote in the March 5 election.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Commerce, CA, Law

Patch.com

$600,000 EPA Grant Awarded to Oakland County Communities

Oakland County will receive a $600,000 federal grant to help local communities and developers determine if contaminated land can be reclaimed and redeveloped.

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Related Topix: Oakland County, MI, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Farmington Hills, MI, Southfield, MI

Insurance Journal West

Group Sues EPA To Force Utah To Clean Air Faster

An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it hasn't pushed Utah hard enough to clean up air pollution across urban areas of northern Utah.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

The Legal Intelligencer

Environmental Law: Regulating Fracking: Local Zoning, States' Interests and New Cases

In the August 28, 2012, column in this series, "Natural Gas and Zoning: The Commonwealth Court's Act 13 Decision," David G. Mandelbaum discussed Robinson Township v. Public Utilities Commission , holding Act 13's zoning pre-emption to be unconstitutional.

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Related Topix: Law

Penn State

Environmental Law Institute recognize Penn State wetlands scientist

The Environmental Law Institute has announced that Robert P. Brooks , a wetlands scientist at Penn State, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for Science Research.

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Related Topix: Law, Science, Ecology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Times

Cities team up to reduce ozone

Waiting to pump gas or mow your lawn until evening this summer may benefit your wallet in coming years.

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Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Bossier City, LA, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution Online

Envirogen Launches Sustainable Emissions Control Offering For...

Envirogen Technologies announced the launch of a new technology offering designed to help industrial facilities manage their air emissions performance and meet regulatory and permit requirements through the control of volatile organic contaminants , hazardous air pollutants and odors.

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GoodFood World

Alice in Glyphosate Land

We feel as if we're in a bizarre Wonderland that is unfortunately called the political reality in America! The faster we run towards devouring new information about the negative health effects of glyphosate herbicide) and GMOs, the more we're frustrated by the continuing attacks on our body politic by Monsanto and their minions.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Science, Food and Drug Administration