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Oysters show talent for filtering nitrogen from water
Filter-feeding oysters have long been prized for their natural ability to turn murky waters clear. But new research indicates the bivalves also have a particular ability to remove nitrogen from water, which could make them valuable partners in ongoing...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), University of Maryland, College Park, Environmental Politics, Gloucester Point, Environmental Issues
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Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersWATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not that they lack water, like...Tags: Water, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Halliburton Company, Environmental Politics, Politics
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INSIGHT-The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersBy Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 19 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...Tags: Water, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Halliburton Company, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Illinois Chamber, AFL-CIO agree on compromise over fracking rules
It's no secret our two organizations, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, don't always see eye to eye on issues. However, we're proud that the issue of hydraulic fracturing is one where our voices have united as part of a broader coalition...Tags: John E. Bradley, Career and Workplace, Government, Environmental Cleanup, Executive Branch
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...
Tags: Abortion, Lawyers, Planned Parenthood, Environmental Politics, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: Abortion, Lawyers, Planned Parenthood, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
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Robert Keller, editor
Robert Keller, The Evening Sun's first metropolitan editor and later executive director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, died May 12 of complications from Crohn's disease at Harbor Hospital. He was 71. The son of a banker and a bookkeeper, Robert...
Tags: Crohn's Disease, Federal Hill, Pinellas County (Florida), Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Cuccinelli acceptance speech for GOP nomination for governor
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli gave the following remarks in accepting the Republican nomination for governor at the Republican Party of Virginia nominating convention in Richmond Saturday: "I think you now have a better sense of why I’m one of...Tags: Lawyers, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Politics, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Editorial: It's about safe water
A state board assigned to protect the environment is taking a second look at a controversial ruling it issued last year. The Illinois Pollution Control Board will revisit a ruling on groundwater protection at certain dump sites. The board has...
Tags: Water, Environmental Cleanup, Government, Environmental Politics, Executive Branch
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Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to access...Tags: David Vitter, Chuck Grassley, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, Environmental Issues
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Quick Spin: 2014 Ford Mustang GT
Autoblog.comFiled under: Coupe, Performance, Ford, Quick Spins I was more than a year removed from my last experience with the Mustang GT and its delicious 5.0 V8 when this new 2014 example rolled up to my driveway recently. Good weather and a planned road trip... -
Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets
State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Kamala D. Harris, BP Plc
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