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County holding stormwater contest
Tonawanda News, North Tonawanda, N.Y.The Erie County Department of Environment in Planning, along with the Western New York Stormwater Coalition, have announced the Stormwater Challenge Contest. The contest aims to raise awareness about storm water runoff, which occurs when rain and snow...Tags: Conservation, Erie County, Environmental Issues
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Great Lakes water quality improved, but there are still issues, report says
Milwaukee Journal SentinelEven while the Great Lakes are in the middle of a multiyear federal restoration program, water quality remains an issue, according to a new report on how the health of the world's largest freshwater system has changed over the past 25 years. "While...Tags: Conservation, Water, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Lakes and Ponds
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Compromise frac sand deal nixes effort to put trout stream areas off limits to mining
Star TribuneIn a retreat from tough language that would have put much of southeastern Minnesota off limits to frac sand mining, state officials have reached a compromise that will allow mines near the region's trout streams, but only if companies follow new...Tags: Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Environmental Issues, Executive Branch
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Judge allows gun photo in NYPD Officer Figoski murder trial
NewsdayA photo showing a Queens man holding the semiautomatic handgun believed to be used to kill NYPD Officer and West Babylon resident Peter Figoski can be shown to the jury at the man's murder trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Attorney Harold Baker,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Cypress Hills, Environmental Issues, Justice System, Trials
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Doe Run seeks limit on civil lawsuits for lead contamination
St. Louis Post-DispatchMissouri legislators are moving to bar juries from awarding punitive damages to people who contend that lead mine debris in St. Francois County contaminated their property or poisoned their children. The bill is designed to shield the Doe Run...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Politics, Mining, Environmental Issues
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Jordan Lake protections would be repealed under bill
The News & ObserverRules developed over several years to help clean up Jordan Lake would be repealed under legislation approved in a Senate committee on Tuesday. In their place, new rules would take the emphasis off the upstream causes of pollution -- development,...Tags: Conservation, Water, Raleigh, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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Former Stone Bluff waste site is declared ready to use
Tulsa WorldFederal and state environmental organizations have cleared for reuse a former hazardous waste site where a chemical explosion killed a man 16 years ago. At Monday's Wagoner County Commission meeting, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Equality and...Tags: Explosions, Environmental Politics, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues, FBI
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Nolan asks EPA to limit sulfate impact on highway projects
Duluth News TribuneEfforts to use sulfate pollution concerns to thwart highway construction projects in northern Minnesota have caught the wrath of U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan. Nolan, D-Crosby, has sent a letter to officials of the Environmental Protection Agency urging them...Tags: Conservation, Science and Technology, Metal and Mineral, Highway Transportation, Environmental Politics
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Autolib: Paris scheme showcases tycoon's battery-car gamble
ReutersPARIS - A fleet of little silver cars in Paris is showcasing France's gamble on electric vehicle technology in a project that backers say is even helping to narrow the capital's social divide. Modeled on the Velib bike-sharing program, Autolib has won...Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Finance, Networking, Energy Saving
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Regulators: Dust issue will prompt probe into Murdock coal mine
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.State environmental regulators agreed Monday to look into new complaints by Murdock area residents that a large amount of dust still blows on windy days from the former Murdock coal mine site, which is the target of pollution complaints filed last fall by...Tags: Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Crime, Law and Justice, Water, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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BRIEF: City Council to vote on KDHE fine over 2012 sewage leak
The Wichita EagleWichita City Council members are expected Tuesday morning to approve a consent agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment over an May 2012 sewage leak that killed 850 fish in south Wichita. The agreement includes a fine of almost...Tags: Environmental Issues, Water Pollution
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Can green infrastructure help to preserve Hitchcock Woods?
Aiken Standard, S.C.The effort to preserve the historic Hitchcock Woods is an intricate, expensive endeavor, but it's one that many believe is priceless. Over the years, local government, state agencies and scholars have all combined their resources to help find a way to...Tags: Clemson University, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Politics, Finance, Environmental Issues
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