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Open records case produced untracked drilling documents
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.Scattered records kept by the state Department of Environmental Protection offer one answer to a key question in a new age of fossil fuel extraction in Pennsylvania: How many water supplies have been damaged by drilling? The Sunday Times requested the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry, Scranton, Energy Resources
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Ingram to issue debt for sewer project
Kerrville Daily Times, TexasIngram officials are set to pass the next milestone in a wastewater project intended to promote commercial expansion and prevent sewage from leaking into the Guadalupe River. The Ingram City Council is poised to accept a 10-year, 1.45 percent interest...Tags: Marketing, Property, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Rivers
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Back to the drawing board
Times-News, Burlington, N.C.Now that a bill repealing the Jordan Lake Rules -- legislation that made cities upstream pay for water treatment improvements -- is advancing through the General Assembly, did Burlington spend $23 million for nothing? Sen. Rick Gunn, the bill's...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Water
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Minnesota lakes contaminated with all kinds of chemicals
Star TribuneA cornucopia of man-made chemicals -- including cocaine, DEET, synthetic estrogen, antibiotics, antidepressants and plastics derivatives -- are finding their way into even isolated Minnesota lakes, an indication that some contamination is becoming the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Water, Population, Science and Technology, BPA Contamination and Investigations
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IID water payback obligations pouring in
Staff WriterThe amount of water that the Imperial Irrigation District is expected to pay back to the Colorado River keeps rising. In addition to nearly 180,000 acre-feet of water that the IID ordered in excess over the last two years and a projected overrun for...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation
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May 18 Letters: Comp time, online taxes, federal spending, energy conservation
Progressive influence I find it amusing to read letters to the editor where people are bound to one party and all it stands for and the vitriol that spews from their pens. Blind allegiance to either party — given both of their track records —...Tags: Environmental Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, International Energy, Housing Industry, Gloucester Point
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Jimmy Orth: Better plan needed for water conservation
In a recent May 8 op-ed, Colleen Castille said that "today, we're too far down the road of water consumption to turn back, but we can move forward with a better plan." I wholeheartedly agree that Florida needs a better plan, one that aggressively focuses...Tags: Environmental Issues, Water, Tampa, Conservation, Plant Openings
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Public hearing scheduled on proposed budget for Funkstown
holly.shok@herald-mail.comProperty tax rates are expected to increase in the upcoming fiscal year, but Funkstown residents will not pay more because of low property assessments, according to a town official. The town’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year calls...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Budgets and Budgeting, The Herald-Mail
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Tainted Wake Forest well owners get clean water
The News & ObserverClean water is flowing to 22 homes in rural northern Wake thanks to new water lines that replaced contaminated wells. Last summer, environmental agencies discovered that more than 20 wells in the Stony Hill community west of Wake Forest were laced...Tags: Environmental Issues, Raleigh, Environmental Illness, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Golden State to increase rates by 13 percent
Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.A spike to water bills this summer may come sooner than expected. The Golden State Water Company was approved to increase system rates beginning May 22 by roughly 13 percent, according to GSW Mountain and Desert Region District Manager Perry Dahlstrom.... -
City evaluating public's conservation recommendations
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe City of Wichita has released a drought response based on six public meetings focused on conservation efforts. The city asked for the public's input during city council district meetings. While the recent rains have helped the three-year drought,...Tags: Droughts, Natural Disasters
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New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed
Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department. As...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Natural Resources Defense Council, Land Resources
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