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Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster for more than a decade are hopeful that they've come up with a cause. Environmental testing paid for by the families found a suspected cancer-...Tags: Water Supply, Whirlpool Corp., Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Appeals court rules on ethanol refinery pollutants
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State environmental regulators improperly changed state rules to allow Indiana ethanol refineries to release an extra 150 tons of air pollutants per year, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The appeals court overturned...
Tags: Biofuels, Conservation, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Obama budget seeks $300M for Great Lakes cleanup
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to continue a program that has spent more than $1 billion dealing with some of the Great Lakes' longest running environmental problems. Obama's budget for the 2014...
Tags: Barack Obama, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, Lakes and Ponds, Science and Technology
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Locals react to new EPA regulations
Would you pay more at the pump if it meant a cleaner environment? New regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency are designed to reduce gas emissions resulting in cleaner air. The White House says the change would raise gas prices by about a...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Health Insurance Cost, American Petroleum, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Politics
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Lawsuit filed against Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp.
CLYDE, Ohio (AP) - Lawyers in Ohio filed a $750 million class action lawsuit Thursday against Whirlpool Corp. that's related to a child cancer cluster between Toledo and Cleveland. The lawsuit attempts to link Whirlpool and others to the...
Tags: Whirlpool Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System
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Lawsuit filed in Ohio's child cancer cluster case
CLYDE, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers in Ohio have filed a $750 million class action lawsuit against Whirlpool Corp. that's related to a child cancer cluster between Toledo and Cleveland. The lawsuit filed Thursday attempts to link Whirlpool and others to...Tags: Whirlpool Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System
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Walter Piano demolition underway in Elkhart
WSBT-TVELKHART – It’s been in the works for years. Now, demolition work has finally started on a huge vacant factory on Elkhart’s north side. In recent years, the complex started to fall apart becoming a safety concern. Then, there was...Tags: Environmental Issues
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NW Ind. town seeing high radiation levels
TOWN OF PINES, Ind. (AP) — Environmentalists in northwestern Indiana are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study what they say are abnormal radiation levels in a town of about 800 residents. Members of a group called PINES, or...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Chemical fire at Baycote called "fluke"
MISHAWAKA – Local firefighters say the September chemical spill and fire at the Baycote site that forced the evacuations of hundreds of people in Mishawaka was a fluke. That’s what Mishawaka Fire Battalion Chief Jim Cocquet calls it. He...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Fires, Environmental Politics
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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...
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EPA: 1st phase of Mishawaka plant cleanup nearly done
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Federal officials say crews have nearly finished initial cleanup work at a vacant northern Indiana plant hit by a September chemical fire. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that crews will complete the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Benton Harbor golf course could be contaminated
BENTON HARBOR – Part of a Berrien County golf course that recently hosted a Senior PGA event could be contaminated and that has some people worried. The Environmental Protection Agency addressed groundwater concerns during a meeting Tuesday night....
Tags: Golf, Environmental Issues, Jack Nicklaus, World War II (1939-1945), Sports
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