Water well testing set for March 8
\n(Alvin Sun-Advertiser © 02/22/2012)
Private water wells should be tested annually. The Texas Well Owner Network, with support from the Brazoria County Office of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, the Houston-Galveston Area Council, the Texas Water Resources Institute, and the Texas State So");
document.write("il and Water Conservation Board, will offer a water well screening day for area residents March 8 at 21017 CR 171 in Angleton. Samples must be...\n
Farmers most affected by LCRA's latest water managment plan
\n(Austin KVUE (ABC) 24 © 02/22/2012)
AUSTIN -- It's a drive growing longer by the day. If Doug Powell pushes docks out any far");
document.write("ther at Emerald Point Marina, they'll be in the river channel. \n\n\n\n\n\n"You can prepare, you can react, but what's going to happen is going to happen," grimaced Powell. "A lot of people have decided that two severe droughts within two years is more than they're really willing to put up with."...\n
Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream<");
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\n(Beaumont KFDM (CBS) 6 © 02/22/2012)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness, depression and forgetfulness. Scouring her home for the likely culprit, they determined that an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico was to blame. Health investigators are currently go...\n
Blast furnace waste gas could be considered renewable energy under Ohio law
\n(Cleveland Plain Dealer © 02/22/2012)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio lawmakers are considering a measure that would call blast furnaces a source of green energy and instantly pit steel makers against wind farm developers. \r\n\r\n\r\n AK Steel of Middletown wants to build a $310 million power plant that would use the foul gases from its blast furnace as a fuel rather than a waste gas that");
document.write(" it must by law now flare. \r\n\r\n\r\n ArcelorMittal in Clevela...\n
City Council to work on a solution for city's plastic bag litter problem
\n(Corpus Christi Caller-Times © 02/22/2012) (Registration Required)\n
CORPUS CHRISTI ?\nTwo plastic shopping bags caught in live oak trees outside City Hall on Tuesday set t");
document.write("he backdrop for an hours-long discussion about the problem.\n\nThe bags became fodder for a rally held by the Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation where about 50 residents gathered in support of a fee to discourage use of plastic bags. The conversation later continued inside City Hall where City Counci...\n
Willoughby: It's Gov. Hickenlooper's turn to deal with water div");
document.write("ersion proposal
\n(Denver Post © 02/22/2012)
Begging your pardon, governor, but it's about to get loud all up in here.\n\nBuilding on the boisterous success of last month's Rally for the Upper Colorado River at the Environmental Protection Agency building in Denver, a coalition of conservationists hoping to derail a pair of transmountain water diversion projects is taking its message to Gov. John Hickenlooper's doorstep today. Sportsmen, boat...\n
Group could file new suit to fight invasive species
\n(Detroit Free Press © 02/22/2012)
Environmental groups said Tuesday that they might file another lawsuit in their long-running battle with the federal government over ballast water discharges from cargo ships blamed for spreading invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters.\n\nRepresentatives of five organizations issued the warning on the final day of a public comment period on a ");
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Rice crop at the mercy of LCRA
\n(El Campo Leader-News © 02/22/2012)
Rainfall over the past month and a half is bringing hope for area farmers, but it may be too little too late to produce a good rice crop.Beginning March 1, the Lower Colorado River Authority will cut back or cut off Highla");
document.write("nd lake water (Lakes Travis and Buchanan) to rice farmers downstream if lake levels do not significantly improve.?We are meeting with LCRA this week because this rainfall changes...\n
Official: Close coordination keeps nukes from terrorists
\n(Fort Hood Herald © 02/22/2012)
ARLINGTON, Va. — Continued close integration and coord");
document.write("ination between federal agencies and their partner organizations is critical to safeguarding nuclear weapons and materials from terrorists, a senior defense official said Thursday.\n\nSpeaking to an audience at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit here, Steve Henry, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters, described how integrati...\n
On tap: Is it safe to");
document.write(" drink the water?
\n(Galveston Daily News © 02/22/2012)
Drinking water comes from two main sources: ground water (wells and springs) and surface water (river, lakes, and reservoirs). Although smaller water utility companies use groundwater sources, most people in the United States live in big towns and cities, which get their water from surface water sources. Water treatment suppliers use different methods to treat water to make it safe for drinking. M...\n
A small start on a big problem
\n(Hampton Pilot Online © 02/22/2012)
Rising seas and sinking land combine to bring floodwaters into several Norfolk neighborhoods during the full moon, storms and high tides.\n\n\nFloodgates, berms and street relocations in just two of those neighborhoods - the Hague and East Ocean View - would cost the city about $135 million. Even if the city had that kind of money, most of those adaptations would simply ");
document.write("serve as stopgap measures whil...\n
Chesapeake fly ash suit against Dominion refiled
\n(Hampton Pilot Online © 02/22/2012)
CHESAPEAKE\n\n\nLawyers representing nearly 400 people living near the Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville refiled a lawsuit Tuesday, asking for damages related to toxic fly ash on which the course was built.\n\n\n");
document.write("Plaintiffs' attorney Ted Yoakam filed the suit against Dominion Virginia Power, MJM Golf LLC - the golf club's owners - and two other parties involved in building the golf course. The law...\n
Environmentalists threaten suit over ballast rule
\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/22/2012)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — \n\nEnvironmental groups on Tuesda");
document.write("y threatened to file another lawsuit in their long-running battle with the federal government over ballast water discharges from cargo ships blamed for spreading invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters.\n\nRepresentatives of five organizations issued the warning on the final day of a public comment period on a regulation ...\n
Nonprofit to study Pa.");
document.write(" gas drilling, public health
\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/22/2012)
PITTSBURGH — \n\nA nonprofit group has opened an office in western Pennsylvania to help the public with health concerns over Marcellus Shale gas drilling operations.\n\nThe Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project opened an office last week in McMurray, southwest of Pittsburgh, and says its mission is to support people \"who believe their health has been, or could be, impacted by natur...\n
Wis. Assembly approves wetlands bill
\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/22/2012)
MADISON, Wis. — \n\nAssembly Republicans passed a contentious bill Tuesday that would help developers win wetland construction permits from the state, achieving one of the GOP's key goals for this legislative session despite concerns from conservationists that the bill clears the way for destroying untold acres of wetlands and the fragile wildlife they shelter.\n\nWisc");
document.write("onsin business groups have ...\n
Cave complicates LG&E's plans for waste landfill near Trimble County plant
\n(Louisville Courier-Journal © 02/22/2012)
Is it a cave, or merely a ?cave-like feature? on a Trimble County landscape?\r\n\r\nThe distinction could mean higher costs at one of Louisville Gas and Electric Co.?s largest coal-gener");
document.write("ating plants, the Trimble Generating Station , where plans for a new coal-burning waste landfill may wind up in a legal dispute.\r\n\r\nWith the plant?s ash storage ponds filling up along the Ohio River, and ash-pond safet...\n
Shakopee tribe's recycling center churns out tons of compost
\n(Minneapolis Star Tribune © 02/22/2012)
The gar");
document.write("bage that flows through its gates is measured in tons. It consists of immense quantities of food scraps, lawn clippings, paper and cardboard.\n\n\nWith just five workers, 12 weeks' time and the right science, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's new organics recycling facility transforms this waste into rich compost for local lawns, flower beds and golf courses.\n\n\nThe multi-million-dolla...\n
News roundup: Pastor who called Mormons a cult now backs Romney
\n(Salt Lake Tribune © 02/22/2012)
State revenues up, as are requests. Lawmakers to Congress: Give us public lands. Obama, Huntsman nearly tied for Utah funds.\n\n\nHappy Wednesday. Remember Pastor Robert Jeffress? The Texas mega-church leader and then-Rick Perry supporter made headlines last fall for calling the LDS Church a \"cult.\" Well, now he's backing Mitt Romney. Sort of. Jeffress said on MSNBC yesterday that he'll \"hold his nos...\n
Residents protest landfill
\n(San Antonio WOAI (NBC) © 02/22/2012)
GUADALUPE COUNTY--The group Stop Post Oak Dump is protesting a proposed landfill being considered about 12 miles east of Seguin.\n\nMembers of the group have been busy putting up signs and banners in opposition to the potential 400 plus acre site. "We're getting the word out to every possible");
document.write(" person, " said group organizer Jim Watts.\n\nWatts told News 4 WOAI the landfill will create a smell...\n
EPA to drill 30 new wells in Burbank, Glendale, NoHo for hexavalent chromium monitoring
\n(San Jose Mercury News © 02/22/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will d");
document.write("rill about 30 new wells deep below the San Fernando Valley next month to better define a toxic underground chemical plume that regulators admit they still don't understand. \n \n \n\nThe EPA will install the groundwater wells to monitor for chromium-6, or hexavalent chromium, the metal pollutant that environmental crusader Erin Brockovich famously helpe...\n
Duct-cle");
document.write("aning deals can end up costing plenty more
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/22/2012)
The nasty spores lurking inside some ventilation ducts aren't\nnearly as icky as some of the cleaning crews promising to get rid\nof them, according to area consumers who say they were cheated in\nduct-cleaning scams.\n \n \n \n \n\nLast week, I blogged about an 86-year-old widow from Glen Carbon\nwho believes a Chicago-area duct cleaner pressured her into paying\nmore...\n
Phosphate mining giant cuts deal with environmentalists that allows mining but saves wetlands
\n(St. Petersburg Times © 02/22/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The world's largest phosphate miner has cut a deal with the environmental groups that sued it two years ago to block its plans to dig up thousands of acres of wetlands.\n\nIn exchange for allowing mining to proceed near Fort Meade ");
document.write("in Hardee County, Mosaic Fertilizer will buy a 4,400-acre ranch and donate it for use as a new state park.\n\nIn addition, the company has agreed to pull back its mining fro...\n
Groups challenge Shell Oil's Arctic air permit
\n(Tampa Tribune © 02/22/2012)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try t");
document.write("o keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The nine groups have sued in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking judges to send the permit granted to the Shell drilling ship Noble Discoverer back to the EPA for reconsideration. \"W...\n
Water Proposal Could Have Direct Effect ");
document.write("on Rice Farmers
\n(Texas Tribune © 02/22/2012)
How much water should Texas rice farmers draw from the Highland Lakes near Austin?\n\nIt's a contentious question that the Lower Colorado River Authority, which controls the lakes, is set to consider Wednesday.\n\nA new \"water management plan,\" 18 months in the making, could win approval from the LCRA's board. The plan would map out allocations from Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan for the next few decad...\n
US Refinery Status: BP Cherry Point Refinery Idle After Fire
\n(The Wall Street Journal © 02/22/2012)
The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list. \r\n\r\nBP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said Feb. 18 it has idled operations at its Cherry Point refinery in Fernd");
document.write("ale, Wash. as the company determines the condition of ...\n
Crossroads resident elected vice president of national cattle organization
\n(Victoria Advocate © 02/22/2012)
The Crossroads cattle industry now has a hometown guy on the national level.\n\n\nMcFaddin native Bob McCan was elected vice president of the National Cattlemen's Beef");
document.write(" Association at the organization's annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.\n\n\nThe fifth-generation cattle rancher grew up on the McFaddin Ranch, about 20 miles south of Victoria. He serves as general manager for McFaddin Enterprises and is pa...\n
E.S. Joslin power plant loses air permit
\n(Victoria Advocate © 02/22/2012)
The proposed E.S");
document.write(". Joslin coal plant, slated for construction near Point Comfort, has lost its air permit.\n\n\nThe Calhoun County Port Authority purchased an air permit to allow the plant, formerly owned by American Electric Power, to be converted into petroleum-coke-fueled facility, Port Authority Director Charles Hausman said.\n\n\nHausman confirmed that the air permit has expired, but declined to com...\n
Local elected vice president of national organization
\n(Victoria Advocate © 02/22/2012)
The Crossroads cattle industry now has a hometown guy on the national level.\n\n\nMcFaddin native Bob McCan was elected vice president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association at the organization's annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.\n\n\nThe fifth-generation cattle rancher grew up on the McFaddin Ranch, about 20 miles south of Victoria. He serves as general manager for McFaddin Enterprises and is pa...\n
Calif medical officials go undercover to find skin-lightening creams with dangerous mercury
\n(Washington Post © 02/22/2012) (Registration Required)\n
SAN FRANCISCO — California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness, depression an");
document.write("d forgetfulness.\n \n\nScouring her home for the likely culprit, they determined that an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico was to blame.\n\nHealth investigators are currently g...\n
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