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Baycote cleanup suspended in Mishawaka
MISHAWAKA – Crews are suspending cleanup work at the site where a chemical leak forced thousands of people in Mishawaka from their homes back in September. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says crews will complete the first phase of...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus money, federally guaranteed business loans,...
Tags: Solyndra LLC, Arts and Culture, Government, Executive Branch, Science and Technology
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Cleanup of Mishawaka chemical fire site will take another month
The cleanup from an abandoned Mishawaka factory that led to evacuations is going to take at least another month. Cleaning up the old Baycote site led to a chemical spill last month and forcing some from their homes. The Environmental Protection Agency...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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South Bend Clinic buys Cancer Care Partners center
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Cancer Care Partners continues to offer outpatient oncology services at its Mishawaka treatment center despite a recent change of ownership. What started in September 2010 as a collaboration between South Bend Clinic and Indiana University...Tags: Oncology, Radiation Therapy, Conservation, Health Care Reform (2009), Human Interest
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Feds back research to stop Great Lakes invasions
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal grants will support stepped-up research into ways to prevent invasions of the Great Lakes by foreign animal and plant species, with special emphasis on refining techniques that detect their DNA in the water,...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Elkhart students get up-close look at rain forest animals
WSBT-TVELKHART – Students at an Elkhart elementary school got to see a not-so-typical show-and-tell on Tuesday. The students at Woodland School had an up-close and personal introduction to a number of animals that live in tropical rain forests. It was...Tags: Conservation, Teaching and Learning, Education, Endangered Species, Students
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Company eyeing area for energy facility
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- A clean energy company based in Carmel is considering locating an energy plant in the South Bend area that would vaporize waste, including garbage and solid waste, and turn it into energy. Milton Stewart, CEO and chairman of Green Earth...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Waste, Environmental Pollution, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Chemical Industry
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GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America's dependence on oil. So it seemed like a good thing in August when sales of the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Automotive Equipment, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Technology
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Monitoring the St. Joe
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- First came the family saying prayers by the St. Joseph River to mark the Jewish new year. Then came a unicyclist rolling down Northside Trail. Minutes later Wednesday, six canoes docked near the pedestrian bridge at Indiana University South...Tags: Sports, Haiti, Environmental Pollution, Indiana University, Rosh Hashanah
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UPDATE: Mishawaka evacuees allowed to go back home after chemical leak
The Environmental Protection Agency continues to monitor air around the vacant Baycote Metal Finishing Facility at 1302 Industrial Drive in Mishawaka -- but they have given the OK for people who live nearby to return home after a chemical leak forced them...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Report: EPA responsible for chemical leak
WSBT TV ReporterThe Environmental Protection Agency said its own mistake caused a chemical fire and leak at an abandoned Mishawaka factory. According to the EPA’s incident report, contractors working to clean up the old Baycote building left two different...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Obama rep pledges further Great Lakes restoration
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama, if re-elected, would continue a program that has pumped more than $1 billion into Great Lakes protection during his first term, although it's uncertain how much money will be available in the...Tags: Renovation, Elections, Peter M. Rouse, Mitt Romney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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