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2 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

$3.4M Lilly grant to help Indianapolis district

A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's troubled immigration system is headed to the full Senate after approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Indianapolis, IN, Speedway, IN, Environmental Law, Law

4 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: Environmental Law, Law

9 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: Environmental Law, Law

10 hrs ago | Herald Star Online

EPA finds exceptional biology in watershed

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday afternoon biology was found to be exceptional to very good at several sites on select Ohio River tributaries including Island Creek, Croxton Run and Wills Creek and 10 other sites in Jefferson and Harrison counties.

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Related Topix: Jefferson County, OH, Entomology, Science, Wintersville, OH, E. Coli, Health, Agriculture

Tue May 21, 2013

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: Environmental Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat

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: Environmental Law, Law, Newmarket, NH, Environment, Science, US Politics, Representative Carol Shea-Porter, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Mississippi Business Journal

EPA looking to minimize chemical releases during hurricanes

GULF OF MEXICO - As hurricane season approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a Hazardous Weather Release Prevention and Reporting alert to remind facility operators of certain regulations that require minimization of chemical releases during process shutdown operations.

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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: Environmental Law, Law, Creek County, OK, Bristow, OK

The Globe and Mail

Crisis-hit Argentine biodiesel sector eyes U.S. market

A biodiesel plant in Ocana, Spain. Argentina is pursuing U.S. environmental approval to export biodiesel more easily to the U.S. market and revitalize a local industry in 'crisis' due to trade problems with the European Union, Argentina's main biofuels chamber said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

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: Environmental Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa

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: Environmental Law, Law, Nevada County, CA, Nevada City, CA, Grass Valley, CA

Journal Gazette

Testing starts at ex-park near Ohio cancer cluster

Whirlpool Corp. began soil and water testing Monday at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade.

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Related Topix: Whirlpool Corporation, Appliances, Environmental Law, Law

Detroit News

Owner of former American Motors Detroit site being investigated for illegal asbestos removal

The new owner of the former American Motors Corp. headquarters is under federal investigation for allegedly removing and disposing of asbestos illegally, according to a search warrant recently unsealed in U.S. District Court.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Foreclosures

Mon May 20, 2013

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, Environmental Law, Law, Farmington Hills, MI, Southfield, MI

MLive.com

Dioxin cleanup under way in Midland; EPA wants feedback on river plan

Members of the Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group met at Saginaw Valley State University Monday, May 20, to discuss the dioxin cleanup in the Saginaw and Tittabawassee rivers and Saginaw Bay.

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Related Topix: Midland, MI, Environmental Law, Law, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI

Penn State

Environmental Law Institute recognizes 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: Environmental Law, Law, Science, Ecology

Government Executive

Analysis: EPA May Lose Power to Fight Climate Change Before Using It

Advocates of forceful action on climate change have long held a trump card. The primary source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. is coal plants, and - since the Supreme Court has determined that those emissions are a pollutant - the EPA is mandated to regulate them.

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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: Environmental Law, Law, Environment, Science, Food and Drug Administration

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, Environmental Law, Law

Sun May 19, 2013

Foster's Daily Democrat

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Camp Lejeune, US Marine Corps, US News, Environmental Law, Law