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Toxic waste in Severn wells investigated
Groundwater contamination from toxic waste dumped decades ago at a nearby factory in the Severn area has prompted widespread testing of residential wells and put eight homes on bottled water, state officials said. The eight households have been...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Supply, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A former mayor of Boulder, Colorado, will be the new Region 8 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Shaun McGrath will replace James Martin, who resigned in February as Republicans investigated whether he used...Tags: E. coli Infection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
BELLE FOURCHE RIVER-POLLUTANTS SD DENR: Belle Fourche pollutants shouldn't alarm (Information in the following story is from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com) BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — State environmental officials say...Tags: Government, Bodies of Water, Executive Branch, Newspaper and Magazine, Theft
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Keystone Center Offers Discussion On Pebble's Study
Channel 2 NewsMarine mammals ranging from sea otters to sea ducks were discussed on the final day of a science panel put on by The Keystone Center, a company hired by The Pebble Partnership, to review The Pebble Partnership Environmental Baseline Studies. At the...Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Metal and Mineral, Science, Zoology
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Winter honey bee deaths devastate keepers, puzzle scientists
Something is killing the honey bees of Maryland. Close to 60 percent of the managed hives died last fall and over the winter — about twice the national average, according to the state bee inspector and local keepers. "I had a healthy hive that...
Tags: European Union, Agriculture, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Appalachian groups ask EPA to set conductivity rule for runoff from mountaintop removal sites
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Activist groups want the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt new rules that would better protect Appalachian waterways from pollution by mountaintop removal coal mines. The 17 groups want EPA to create a new...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bodies of Water, Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Washington, DC
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COLUMN-Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts...Tags: Biofuels, Energy Resources, Renewable Energy, Droughts, Nuclear Power
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Don't save the planet
To the age-old question of how many conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb, we now have a definitive answer: Just one, but it will take him weeks to chase down a vintage incandescent bulb because he won't touch an energy-efficient one. At...
Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Entertainment, Marketing, Science and Technology, Radio
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Column: Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts of energy are needed to supply fresh water to homes, farms and factories and treat waste water...Tags: Biofuels, Energy Resources, Agriculture, Droughts, Renewable Energy
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Change, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters
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Maine votes to ban ethanol in gasoline, takes stand against E15
Autoblog.comFiled under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy If it can go in your gas tank, it's potentially controversial up in Maine. A few years ago, out-of-spec gas pumps were a problem. Today, the issue is the corn-based biofuel ethanol, which the state... -
Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Lyme Disease, Lyme
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