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Freaky Photos Of The Gowanus Canal For All Hallows Eve

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

        Today photographer Nathan Kensinger posted some photos from his Gowanus Canal collection, and what’s creepier than that? The now Superfunded strip of water is the perfect thing to look at for a gross-out factor on your Halloween. Join us for a journey through what Kensinger calls “the Toxic Playground.” But beware! He forewarns that “the darker side of the canal’s lawlessness includes …

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EPA rules the Portland Generating Station must drastically reduce emissions within 3 years

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

The ruling calls for a quicker reduction of sulfur dioxide from the plant, but gives GenOn Energy a longer timetable to commit to the changes.

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FEMA Reassess Disaster Funds For Wastewater Treatment Plant

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

In an aerial photo taken Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility at 7525 Bertram Rd SE in Cedar Rapids. (Jonathan D. Woods/The Gazette)

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Air Quality Burn Code Begins Tuesday

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

The program is in effect from through February and applies to Southern Washoe County from Washoe Valley to Cold Springs.

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CFB Esquimalt, Home of the Canadian Pacific Fleet

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Group photo of all the delegates in the conference room at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel & Conference Center in the Yukon.

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Pennsylvania Power Plant Near New Jersey Border Ordered To Reduce Pollution

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

A coal-burning power plant in Pennsylvania that environmentalists say is the largest source of pollution in northwestern New Jersey is being ordered to control its emissions

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Conn. lobstermen seek other work as stocks dwindle

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Nick Crismale made his career as a lobsterman, but lately there are not enough of the crustaceans in Long Island Sound to make it worth putting out the traps.

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Cliff collapse causes mudslide at Wis. power plant

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

A section of cliff the size of a football field gave way Monday at a power plant in southeastern Wisconsin, creating a mudslide that sent a pickup truck and other equipment tumbling into Lake Michigan and swept several construction trailers toward the beach.

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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsCliff collapse causes mudslide at Wis. power plant

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A section of cliff the size of a football field gave way Monday at a power plant in southeastern Wisconsin, creating a mudslide that sent a pickup truck and other equipment tumbling into Lake Michigan and swept several construction trailers toward the beach.

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Clean drinking water a clear priority: candidates

Posted on October 31, 2011 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Candidates answer question of how to ensure that Chilliwack’s excellent drinking water quality is maintained in the years to come

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