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Orlando fertilizer ordinance disappoints environmentalists
A proposed ordinance that would regulate fertilizer use within the city of Orlando offers only minimal protection from pollution for the dozens of lakes that serve as defining features of the city's neighborhoods. The pending rules, set for adoption...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Chemical Industry, Brevard County, Orlando International Airport, Lakes and Ponds
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READER SUBMITTED: Saint Mary Receives Gold Award From Connecticut DEEP
NewingtonSaint Mary Church in Newington is the only religious organization to be recognized, and one of only three non-profits, to receive a 2013 Gold Award from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for its leadership and commitment to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Newington, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup
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READER SUBMITTED: OSCAC Released Mission Statement To WPCA And First Selectman
Old SaybrookOld Saybrook Citizen Advisory Committee (OSCAC) introduced itself and presented it's mission statement to the Old Saybrook Water Pollution Control Authority during the June 10 OSWPCA meeting. The First Selectman was given a copy on June 11. The OSCAC was...Tags: Environmental Issues, Old Saybrook
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Phillips' Borger, Texas, refinery performs ESP maintenance -filing
ReutersHOUSTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Phillips 66 began performing maintainenace on electrostatic precipitators serving the gasoline-producing fludic catatlytic cracking unit at its 146,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Borger, Texas, refinery on Saturday, according to a...Tags: Environmental Issues
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Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, a statute that...Tags: Coal, Politics, Keystone XL Pipeline, Justice System, Ecosystems
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O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule
Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...
Tags: Festive Events, Politics, Royal Caribbean International, Litigation and Regulation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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China makes fresh promises on air pollution, pledges support for solar
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's cabinet approved new measures to combat air pollution on Friday, in the latest step by China's new leadership to address the country's enormous environmental problems, with pollution a key source of rising social discontent in...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, China, Alternative Energy, Politics
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Enviros: New Ind. BP refinery permit falls short of protecting Lake Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An environmental group that helped push BP PLC to a multimillion-dollar settlement last year over air emissions at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery says the sprawling complex's revised wastewater permit falls short of what's...
Tags: Conservation, BP Plc, Environmental Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering
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2nd victim dies from Louisiana chemical plant explosion
HOUSTON--A second worker injured in an explosion and fire at a central Louisiana petrochemical plant has died and a few others remained hospitalized Friday. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, La., suffered burns Thursday morning in the explosion at the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Williams Companies Incorporated
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Entertainment Events, Nautica, Starbucks Corp., Pixar Animation Studios, Salads
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Officials keep an eye on Inland Waterway cooking oil spill
ALANSON — After Tuesday’s late evening two-vehicle crash, about 5,500 gallons of a mix of used cooking oil and water spilled from a semi-truck — one of the two involved vehicles — and oozed its way toward the Crooked River. The...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Everglades help at risk over state, federal cost dispute
A standoff between the state and federal government over a new Everglades restoration plan means time could run out on getting Congress to help pay for it. Environmentalists warn that without an agreement in July to move ahead with the Central...
Tags: Environmental Issues, South Florida Water Management District, Water Pollution, National Parks, Everglades
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