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3 hrs ago | KTIV-TV Sioux City

EPA researcher to speak at UNO

A researcher with the Environmental Protection Agency will talk about education during a lecture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE Metro

8 hrs ago | WOWK-TV

Coal, Rahall Caught in Political Vice

West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall II -- the loyal Democrat and friend of labor -- is squarely between those who want to restructure the American economy and those who see coal and affordable energy as critical to the nation's strength.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

12 hrs ago | It's Getting Hot In Here

Blowing up our clean energy future

Last week, blasting began on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia. This is a part of the country where dynamite routinely goes offa 'turning the regiona TMs historic mountain ranges into dust for the tiny coal seams that lie beneath their surface.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Despite U-M dioxin study, EPA appears determined to waste money and time on soil removal

The latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meeting and their efforts to marginalize the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has to leave one wondering what's next in this endless parade of bureaucratic roadblocks.

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

Clover Herald

House votes to strengthen chem plant security

The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.

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Related Topix: Law, US Politics, US News, James Oberstar, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Capital City Weekly

Pollutants, Pebble preparation threaten fish populations

Fish and shellfish will soon get more protection from mercury and other toxins in the atmosphere that end up in US waters.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chemistry, Science, Oceanography, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Press-Telegram

Long Beach landlord fined in lead-paint case

A local landlord has been fined nearly $8,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to notify tenants of toxic lead-based paint inside six apartments on Chestnut Avenue.

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

Juneau Empire

Haines fish processor accused of improper discharge into inlet

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint against a Haines fish processor, accusing the plant of violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

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

Examiner.com

Ethanol threat may harm marine engines.

It might make farmers happy, but increased ethanol content in fuel worries boaters.

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

Thu Nov 05, 2009

NOLA.com

EPA to impose standards on PVC plant emissions

Polyvinyl chloride is a versatile plastic used in a wide variety of products, among them wire insulation, building materials and medicine containers.

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

NewsTimesLive.com

Ex-Save the Bay head tapped for regional EPA post

The former executive director of a Rhode Island environmental group has been chosen to lead the regional office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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

Columbia Missourian

Grant to help Missouri's Amish, Mennonites reduce pesticide use

The University of Missouri Extension has received federal funding to help Amish and Mennonite produce growers reduce the use of high-risk pesticides.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Religion, Mennonites, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tallahassee.com

My View: Science-based nutrient standards needed for Florida waters

A great deal of misinformation is being circulated about efforts by water management districts, numerous cities and counties, utilities throughout Florida and industries across the state in response to efforts by the federal government, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , to impose arbitrary nutrient standards for nitrogen and ...

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Agriculture, Science

Herald Star Online

Experts: Coal industry in jeopardy

Chris Hamilton and Michael Carey warn that pending federal "cap-and-trade" legislation and increased U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intervention will cripple the coal industry.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Wheeling, WV Metro, Global Warming

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WMAR

EPA Speeds Up Bay Cleanup

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has given Chesapeake Bay states its "rigorous expectations" of what is needed to restore the nation's largest estuary.

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

Democrat & Chronicle

City schools a leader in green power

The City School District is among the top three school districts in the country in utilizing renewable energy sources, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

WHDH

OSHA fines Mass. firm over ice machine death

A New Bedford seafood processing plant faces $66,800 in fines following a probe into the death of a worker who became caught in an industrial ice-making machine.

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

KOHD

Toxic Waste Clean Up Ordered By EPA in Powell Butte

More toxic waste must be removed from this Powell Butte Ranch,former owner Dennis Beetham and his company DB Western have 30 days to submit a plan before the US Environmental Protection Agency steps in, at his expense.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Powell Butte, OR

Politico

Climate change on the back burner?

Climate change has slipped so far down on the agenda that at least one key committee chairman has suggested it might have to wait until after the 2010 elections.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Senate, Republican, Olympia Snowe

Facing South

Congressional watchdog issues update on coal ash regulation efforts

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US News, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Edolphus Towns, US House of Representatives

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