Montville WPCA official under investigation
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The assistant superintendent of the Water Pollution Control Authority has been on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.Comments Off
Panel of experts discuss U.P. mining and its future
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
MARQUETTE -- The topic of mining remains a big story in the U.P. Friday's panel of experts at NMU outlined three significant up-and-coming mining sites.Comments Off
Utah News
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
(Brandon Loomis | The Salt Lake Tribune) Washington County Water Conservancy District General Manager Ron Thompson's St. George office includes a tank full of endangered fish from the Virgin River, his jurisdiction's major local water supply.Comments Off
Disputed coal mine project revived on Texas border
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The Associated Press The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO A two-decade old plan to mine tons of low-quality coal in South Texas for Mexican power plants has been revived. The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/zLYw6e) reports a Texas Railroad Commissioner will begin hearing evidence Monday on an application by the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership to strip-mine coal just north of Eagle Pass ...Comments Off
Federal case alleging improper asbestos removal nears close
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The defendants charged in a federal case alleging improper asbestos removal—and their jury—have all weekend to think about their pending verdict.Comments Off
Gail Compton: Adjust senses to nocturnal discoveries
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
If you can find a place where light pollution at night is banned, the night is punctuated by stars. The senses come alive at night when our eyes have to adjust to darkness and sounds and smells dominate different seasons.Comments Off
Galesburg awarded $250,000 Safe Route to Schools grant
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Gov. Pat Quinn this week announced that Galesburg is among the cities receiving some of the $21.7 million in Illinois Safe Routes to School grants. The grants are for 229 projects across the state. The federally-funded program is designed to enable and encourage children to walk and bike to school safely. Galesburg was awarded a total of $250,000 for two projects.Comments Off
Cumberland Matters: Submit posters to Air Quality Poster Contest
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
It's time for the 2012 Air Quality Poster Contest. Thousands of elementary school students in Cumberland County and Fort Bragg are invited to submit their own creative posters highlighting air quality. Twelve winners will have their posters featured in the 2013 Air Quality Calendar.Comments Off
Barrow County trying to escape Atlanta's ozone cloud
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
WINDER - Barrow County is the most recent metro Atlanta county to hire a lobbying firm to try to avoid stiffer clean-air rules that will go into effect in July.Comments Off
The Nuisance Of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Recently the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has embarked upon demolition of some structures which were wrongly sited within the metropolis. It has brought about the threshold of public up roar.Comments Off
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