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Northampton power plant will pay emissions fine
Northampton Generating Co., which emerged in March from a year in bankruptcy, will pay a $119,354 fine to settle air quality and emissions reporting violations that took place at its borough power plant between 2009 and 2012. The plant, which produces...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Economy, Business and Finance
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Baltimore's stormwater fee is needed to clean the harbor
It may be hard to picture, but it's possible for us to have clean waterways in the Baltimore region. Imagine a Herring Run safe for kids and dogs to play in, a healthy Gwynns Falls, or an Inner Harbor that is no longer hazardous but is actually suitable...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Rivers, Patterson Park, Bodies of Water, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown. To Wojtek, that...
Tags: William E. Lori, Judaism, Fells Point, Howard County, Politics
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Homer Glen might revise lighting ordinance this summer
Homer Glen, an International Dark Sky Community, might revise its lighting ordinance sometime this summer to better accommodate businesses. "We want to soften, or lessen the burden on businesses … make it understandable … less restrictive,...Tags: Business, Economic Policy, Environmental Issues
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Letter: Storm water fee has clear benefit for Carroll County residents
Residents will see clear benefits from paying storm water fee Most people probably wouldn't let their child bathe in a storm drain. Yet allowing him or her to swim or wade in many of the creeks and rivers of Carroll County after a heavy rainstorm is...Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Water, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Despite a lot more people and cars, California's air is cleaner
Despite a threefold increase in people and cars in the last 50 years, California's strict vehicle emissions standards have managed to significantly clear the state's air, according to new research. The study also found that Southern California's air...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Standards
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Virginia Beach NAACP rallies behind Rep. Rigell offshore drilling bill
The Virginia Beach chapter of the NAACP threw its support this week behind federal legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, to lift the moratorium on drilling for natural gas and oil in the state's coastal waters. Rigell's...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, U.S. Congress, Energy Resources, Scott Rigell
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COLUMN-Montreal Protocol shows way for climate action: Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - A new deal to curb carbon emissions could copy features from the Montreal Protocol, which the United States and China favoured over its...Tags: United Nations, Energy Saving, Global Warming, BP Plc, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oil Spill Response Exercise Planned for Valdez
Channel 2 NewsAn oil spill response exercise is planned this week in Valdez to test government and industry capabilities. The U.S. Coast Guard, state Department of Environmental Conservation and city of Valdez plan to participate in the exercise along with the...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Coast Guard, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Environmental Issues
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Official: Canada announces alignment of emissions standards with US
Autoblog.comFiled under: Government/Legal, Canada Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister, has announced his country will adopt the United States Tier 3 emissions standards for passenger vehicles. Kent (shown above) says doing so will reduce air pollution from... -
Can growing hay on dredged muck ease Lake Apopka pollution?
Farms that were bought out and removed in the 1990s get much of the blame for the decades of pollution that killed giant Lake Apopka. Yet now some government and business officials say a return to farming along the lake's north shore might help clean it...
Tags: St. Johns River Water Management District, Arable Farming, Lake County (Florida), Lakes and Ponds, Lake Apopka
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Battery maker Exide Technologies files for bankruptcy protection
Battery maker Exide Technologies filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, citing the forced suspension of operations at its Vernon lead-recycling plant and other economic factors. Exide, one of the world's largest makers and recyclers of lead-acid...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Exide Technologies, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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