Steamrollers, railroads and vultures
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 05/21/2011) (Registration Required)\n
Stereotypes\n\nThe May 12 letter \"Competence and results count\" trots out the tired old stereotype of the incompetent, lazy government workers, suggesting that they should have to compete in the pri");
document.write("vate sector where \"competence and results count.\"\n\nWould this be the same private sector companies that were bailed out of bankruptcy by our government? Or the private financial companies that brought our...\n
UNH professor honored by EPA
\n(Boston Globe © 05/21/2011)
DURHAM, N.H.—A University of New Hampshire professor ha");
document.write("s been given a lifetime achievement merit award from the Environmental Protection Agency.\n\nFred Short, a professor of natural resources and the environment, was honored this week for being a leading expert in seagrass conservation and restoration, particularly in protecting New Hampshire's Great Bay estuary. Short also leads a global pro...\n
City going after d");
document.write("elinquent court fees
\n(Brenham Banner Press © 05/21/2011)
Another weapon has been added to the city of Brenham’s delinquent fee collection arsenal.Council members Thursday approved a contract with a legal firm that will go after municipal court cases that are at least 60 days past due.The contract is with Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins and Mott, a Houston-based law firm that has 120 cities and 80 Texas counties as clients.Delinquent cases will b...\n
State Trying to Improve Brazos Valley Water Issue
\n(Bryan KBTX (CBS) 3 © 05/21/2011)
Imagine not being able to use the water coming out of your faucet.\nFor some residents in the Brazos Valley, all they have access to is smelly, discolored well water. \n \n \n \n\nNews 3 first told you about the water situation in Bedias last week.\nNow, another resident has come forward and the Texas Commission on Environ");
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Parma officials will decide whether to hold residents financially responsible for private-property sewer repairs
\n(Cleveland Plain Dealer © 05/21/2011)
PARMA Residents with damaged sewers or improper sewer connections on their properties might have to repair those sewe");
document.write("rs at their expense. \n\n\nThat possibility was raised during a May 2 meeting of City Council’s Governmental Operations Committee. \n\n\nOn Monday, Mayor Dean DePiero said the city has not decided whether it will hold residents financially responsible for sewer repairs on their lots...\n
Waste-to-energy has possibilities for Cleveland: editorial<");
document.write("BR>\n(Cleveland Plain Dealer © 05/21/2011)
Today's waste is tomorrow's wattage. \n\n\nThat's the kind of outside-the-garbage-bin thinking that could help to make Cleveland a national model for sustainability. \n\n\nThe decision to build a waste-to-energy plant and recycling facility at the Ridge Road transfer station is a commendable, high-tech tactic to improve both the environment and the city's financial picture. \n\n\nOf course, such innovation...\n
Short takes
\n(Columbus Dispatch © 05/21/2011)
?\n IF TWO \n Fairfield County districts are any indication, Ohio school districts don?t need the push from Gov. John Kasich to consider\n consolidation and sharing of services as a way to save money without cutting in the classroom.\n \n \n \n\nThe Berne Union Local and Walnut Township districts already have figured out that one superintendent and one treasurer can\n ...\n
Toxic algae's return a blow to businesses
\n(Columbus Dispatch © 05/21/2011)
CELINA, Ohio - This time three years ago, Bill Goodwin's Kozy Kampground drew a sizable waiting\nlist of tourists seeking fishing, boating and camping on Grand Lake St. Marys.\n\n\n \n\n\nYesterday, he had 70 vacant lots and faced mounting financial pressure as the st");
document.write("ate park heads\ninto what looks like another summer of toxic algae.\n\n\n \n\n\nOn Thursday, less than two weeks before what has in year...\n
Senate revives immigration enforcement bill
\n(Conroe Courier © 05/21/2011)
The so-called ?sanctuary cities? bill would prohibit local\ngovernments and police agencies from adopting polices t");
document.write("o ban their\nofficers from asking detained people about their immigration\nstatus.\n \n \n\nThe bill was the subject of angry debate before it passed the\nHouse.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n\n\nThe Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee had\nslowed down the bill earlier this week, bu...\n
City Considering Further Legal Action Against Contractor
\n(Corpus Christi KRIS (NBC) 6 © 05/21/2011)
CORPUS CHRISTI - There's new information tonight on what the city says may be an illegal sand mining operation in Flour Bluff. The city says the contractor working on the property at 1025 Yorktown is not doing agricultural work as he claims, and that the work has expanded.\nFolks nearby say it's an eyesore and an environmental mess and claim that an aerial photo shows extensive excavation of sand ...\n
ENERGY TIPS TO SAVE MONEY ON SUMMER COOLING
\n(Cypress Times © 05/21/2011)
With summer around the corner, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) Energy Star program issued its annual list of ideas to help the public cut cooling costs, protect their health and stay comfortable at home. \n\nThe average home spends almost 20 percent of its utility bill on cooling. Increased energy production to run cooling systems not only raises costs, it also can ");
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Under the Dome: Briefs from the Legislature
\n(Dallas Morning News © 05/21/2011) (Registration Required)\n
?Sanctuary cities? bill revived in Senate\n\nA bill that would allow Texas law enforcement officers to question people they detain about their citizenship status was revived Fri");
document.write("day in the Senate. Hispanic lawmakers promised an emotional fight to stop it.\n\nThe ?sanctuary cities? bill revived by the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee would prohibit local governments and police agenc...\n
Colorado's biggest water project in decades under construction
\n(Denver Post © 05/21/2011)
PUEBLO");
document.write(" — As much as 100 million gallons a day of Arkansas River water trapped in a reservoir for southern Colorado and downriver states is about to take a left turn — to Colorado's biggest water project in decades. \n\n\nConstruction crews this week began work on the $2.3 billion Southern Delivery System. It is designed to pump water uphill and north from Pueblo Reservoir — through...\n
Colorado's biggest water project in decades under construction from Pueblo to Springs
\n(Denver Post © 05/21/2011)
PUEBLO — As much as 100 million gallons a day of Arkansas River water trapped in a reservoir for southern Colorado and downriver states is about to take a left turn — to Colorado's biggest water project in decades. \n\n\nConstruction crews this week began work on the $2.3 billion Southern Delivery System. It is designed to pump water uphill and north from Pueblo Reservoir — through ...\n
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Editorial: The principled activist judge
\n(Detroit Free Press © 05/21/2011)
Those who encountered U.S. District Judge John Feikens only after he became a fixture on Michigan's federal bench often were surprised to learn that Feikens was a former state Republican Party chairman who had, in his earlier years, been an avid participant i");
document.write("n partisan politics.\n\nThis was not because Feikens had renounced his political values or embraced those of the rival party, but because he ha...\n
Don't believe mantra about the cost of gas
\n(Indianapolis Star © 05/21/2011)
It happens every election cycle. The media pick a Democratic mantra and then repeat it until people beli");
document.write("eve it. \"Bush lied and people died,\" \"hope and change\" and \"he needs gravitas\" are just a few examples. The latest thing is \"The government cannot do one thing to improve the cost of gas.\" You also hear \"We can drill all we want and it won't affect the price of gas.\" These people know these stat...\n
Gladewater to start charging for fire services
\n(Longview News © 05/21/2011)
GLADEWATER ? The Gladewater City Council hopes a new ordinance\nwill help the city collect fees for some services provided by the\nfire department.\n \n \n\nCity Manager Sean Pate said the ordinance will allow the city to\nrecoup costs associated with hazardous materials spills,\nlarge-scale wrecks and commercial fires where excessive manpower,\nequipment and supplies are used.\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\nHe s...\n
Navajo coal plant focus of congressional hearing
\n(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal © 05/21/2011)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The fate of a coal-fired power plant that provides hundreds of jobs to American Indians, yet spews tons of emissions that cloud the view at the Grand Canyon and other parks, is uncertain. -->\r\nFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. ? The fate of a coal-fired power plant that provides hundreds of jobs to American Indians, yet spews tons of emissions that cloud the view at the");
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More talk promised on sewers
\n(Omaha World-Herald © 05/21/2011)
Omaha’s mayor and a Nebraska senator talked briefly Friday about the city’s $1.7 billion sewer separation project and agreed — well, agreed to talk again.\n\nBut don’t expect miracles.\n\nMayor Jim Suttle was among abo");
document.write("ut 25 people attending a lunch meeting of the Millard Business Association at the Millard Plaza Ballroom at which U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. spoke.\n\nHis prese...\n
EPA asks state to improve gas well water checks
\n(Pittsburgh Post Gazette © 05/21/2011)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked Pennsylvania to do a ");
document.write("better job sampling, monitoring and regulating Marcellus Shale wastewater discharges near public drinking water sources.\n\nThe EPA also has reminded the state Department of Environmental Protection that any new methods for disposing of drilling wastewater must comply with federal rules.\n\nThe federal agency last week directed si...\n
SLC eateries offer public fr");
document.write("ee tap water
\n(Salt Lake Tribune © 05/21/2011)
For those strolling by Nobrow Coffee & Tea Co., the sticker is difficult to spot amid a hodgepodge of concert fliers, community calendars and art-stroll ads.\nBut the ?TapIt? logo may be the most user-friendly message of all: an invitation to come inside for free tap water ?no questions asked.?\nMore than 40 Salt Lake City eateries have signed on as official TapIt partners, plopping the stickers...\n
Stink-bug spread worries growers across U.S.
\n(Salt Lake Tribune © 05/21/2011)
FILE - This Thursday, April 14, 2011 file photo shows a brown marmorated stink bug at a Penn State research station in Biglerville, Pa. The bug is causing millions of dollars in damages to crops in the mid-Atlantic region and may be just getting started. It?s now been spotted in 33 states, including every one east of the Mississippi River and as far west as Ca");
document.write("lifornia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)...\n
Texas House OKs ban on federal emissions standards
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 05/21/2011) (Registration Required)\n
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? The Texas House has approved a measure that would prohibit the federal government from implementing regulations on greenh");
document.write("ouse gas emissions. Should it become law, it could cost a key state environmental agency its regulatory oversight responsibilities.Approved late Friday as an amendment to a sweeping budget bill, the measure imposes a ban on national emissions standards while...\n
State fines Chemical Waste Management for PCBs
\n(San Diego Union Tribune &cop");
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KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — \n State officials on Friday ordered the operators of a massive toxic waste dump in Central California to pay $46,000 in penalties for failure to report releases of hazardous waste.\n\n\n\n\n The Department of Toxic Substances Control fined Chemical Waste Management for failing to report four separate releases of PCBs into the ground in early 2010, said department spokesman...\n
Government scientists test water at Mo. levee
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 05/21/2011)
Government scientists are evaluating samples of Mississippi\nRiver water taken from the area protected by the Birds Point Levee\nin southeast Missouri to see what sort of contaminants are flowing\nover fields and into homes following the intentional break.\n \n \n \n \n\nBob Holmes, national flood hazard coordinator for the U.S.\nGeological Survey, told The Associated Press on Friday that water\nsampl...\n
Come down here and say that!
\n(Tyler KETK (NBC) 56 © 05/21/2011)
Tyler, TX — \n The disconnect between Washington D.C. and the rest of the nation continues to be a problem.\n\n\n\n\n The head of the EPA went on a TV show last night and told the host that the Environmental Protection Agency is really popular outside of Washington D.C.");
document.write("\n\n\n\n\n Lisa Jackson says, the only heat they get is inside of the beltway by lobbyists and special interest. I had to read that lin...\n
State House doesn't want EPA regulating refineries - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |
\n(Tyler KLTV (ABC) 7 © 05/21/2011)
Associated Press - May 20, 2011 4:25 PM ET \n\nAUSTIN, Texas (");
document.write("AP) - The Texas House has approved a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to keep the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases emitted by oil refineries.\n\nCongress doesn't have to heed the measure, which passed Friday 107-34. It also urges the EPA to keep from interfering with emissions from gas wells, factories and...\n
Texas House OKs ");
document.write("ban on federal emissions standards - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |
\n(Tyler KLTV (ABC) 7 © 05/21/2011)
Associated Press - May 20, 2011 11:35 PM ET \n\nAUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House has approved a measure that would prohibit the federal government from implementing regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Should it become law, it could cost a key state environmental agency its regulatory oversight responsibilities.\n\nApproved late Friday as an amendment to a sweeping budget bill, the measure imp...\n
Texas House urges Congress to bar EPA from regulating greenhouse emissions at oil refineries
\n(Tyler Morning Telegraph © 05/21/2011)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas House has approved a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to keep the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases emitted by oil refineries. Congress doesn't have to heed the measure,");
document.write(" which passed Friday 107-34. It also urges the EPA to keep from interfering with emissions from gas wells, factories and electricity generating sources. Both the...\n
Texas Legislature To EPA: Leave The Refineries Alone
\n(Waco KWTX (CBS) 10 © 05/21/2011)
AUSTIN (May 20, 2011)--The Texas House approved a resolution Friday that ");
document.write("urges the U.S. Congress to keep the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases emitted by oil refineries.\n \n \n \n\nCongress doesn't have to heed the measure, which passed Friday 107-34.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ...\n