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Daily water quality monitoring to expand to all Chicago beaches
Wondering if it’s safe to dip your toes into the water along Chicago’s lakefront this summer? A pilot program started two years ago to predict water quality at select places in Lake Michigan will expand to all of the city’s 24...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, U.S. Geological Survey, Water, Beaches
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E.W. Jackson becomes focus of Democratic attacks on GOP ticket
From comparing liberals to slave masters and saying Planned Parenthood is worse than the Ku Klux Klan to calling homosexuals "sick" and "perverted," E.W. Jackson has given Democrats plenty of fodder for attacks. And the state Democratic Party has been...
Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Government, Barack Obama
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Additional PCB Contamination Found At Wethersfield High School
The Hartford CourantNew testing has revealed still more PCB contamination at Wethersfield High School, substantially increasing cleanup costs for the school's upcoming $75 million renovation. The ballooning abatement bill forced the building committee earlier this month...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wethersfield, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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For Illinois counties, fracking taxes could be too little, too late
Tribune reporterIn Illinois counties with large Amish communities, a $50-a-year buggy license plate tax pays for repairs caused by horse hooves and buggy wheels cutting into roads' soft tar surfaces. Kelly Murray is trying to imagine how those same communities...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Crime, Law and Justice
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Terra-Gen gets OK on wind farm in wake of condor decision
MOJAVE, Calif. — Randy Hoyle strode proudly this week along a wind-swept expanse of sand, sage and juniper in the Tehachapi Mountains that will soon bristle with antennas and listening devices designed to protect endangered California condors....
Tags: Wildlife, Endangered Species, Solar Energy, Punishment, Environmental Issues
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Public Comment Period on Pebble Report Nearing Deadline
The public comment period is scheduled to end next week on a federal study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set May 31 as the deadline for comments on its revised watershed assessment. The...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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U.S. budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Across-the-board U.S. budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. Employees at the Environmental...Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Unemployment, Government, Government Debt
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Budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Across-the-board budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Unemployment, Government, Government Debt
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Out of the Blue: Stand up against Monsanto
If you believe you have a right to know what you put in your body, join us at 11 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach for the March Against Monsanto. If you believe our Aliso Beach fire pits are a sacred right to enjoy a bonfire at the beach, let your local...Tags: Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Diabetes, Environmental Issues, Birth Defects
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Networking, The Beach Boys, Tennessee Volunteers, Entertainment, Salads
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U.S. State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft...Tags: Elections, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation
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Robert Redford's plea: Save Bristol Bay
Coursing through vast reaches of Alaskan tundra, glacial lakes and emerald forests, six major river systems converge along the rim of the Bering Sea to form the crystalline waters of Bristol Bay, the richest wild salmon grounds in the world. Yet if...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Seafood and Fishing Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Issues
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