NewsRack: newstrust/NewsTrust-Environment/Waste-Management/Incinerators

Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary - Chicago Tribune: Nation

Michael Sadowski — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary

Italy’s Petri Dish for New Path - NY Times: World

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Like the politicians they defeated in local elections, the anti-politicians of the Five Star Movement have broken promises, too, but have maintain their idealism.

Education Woes Seen as Achilles' Heel of Brazil - International Herald Tribune: Americas

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Education Woes Seen as Achilles' Heel of Brazil

Wisconsin: 100 million pounds of e-waste recycled - Twincities.com: News

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Wisconsin officials say more than 100 million pounds of electronic waste has been collected since the state began an e-waste recycling program three years ago.

Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts - Boston Globe: Massachusetts

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts

S.E.C. Says Harrisburg, Pa., Misled Its Bond Investors - NY Times: Business

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

S.E.C. Says Harrisburg, Pa., Misled Its Bond Investors

SEC Says Harrisburg, Pa., Misled Bond Investors - NY Times: Business

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

SEC Says Harrisburg, Pa., Misled Bond Investors

Maine bill would create paint recycling program - Boston Globe: Latest

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Maine bill would create paint recycling program

Maine bill creates paint recycling program - Boston Globe: Maine

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Maine bill creates paint recycling program

Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy - NYT > World

By JOHN TAGLIABUE — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy

Inver Grove Heights trash hauler rescues discarded jewelry - Twincities.com: News

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Some valuable jewelry was saved from incineration thanks to an Inver Grove Heights trash hauler.

U.S. military faulted for burn-pit use - Washington Post: World

Ernesto Londoño — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. military spent $5 million on incinerators at a base in Afghanistan that never became operable, forcing troops to use a type of open-air burn pit that has been linked to serious respiratory problems among veterans, according to a government ...

The '70s Photos That Made Us Want to Save Earth - Wired Top Stories

Alexis Madrigal — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The '70s Photos That Made Us Want to Save Earth

NE colleges win awards for reducing food waste - Boston Globe: New Hampshire

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

NE colleges win awards for reducing food waste

Good Question: Reply All: Prescription Drugs, Goose Bumps, Tattoos - WCCO: National

sdswanson — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT

You're not supposed to flush leftover prescription down the toilet because they end up in our lakes and rivers. We don't want them in landfills because they'll dissolve into the soil.

Could Rochester Be The 1st All-Recycled City? - WCCO: Local News

Jonathon Sharp — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Let's face it: Americans produce a lot of garbage.

Bozell Column: No 'Playing Gotcha' With Obama - NewsBusters

Brent Bozell — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Did you see that hard-hitting report on "60 Minutes" on Sunday, the one that charged that one of our nation's most famous leaders and role models is a shameless liar, a ruthless intimidator and even "incinerator" of enemies, a man who operates like the Mafia? No, that wasn"t the interview with Barack Obama, alongside Hillary Clinton. It was an interview later in the same show about the drug-enhanced bicyclist Lance Armstrong. That"s CBS News for you – a guy who pedals a bike through France is hammered as if he is the most powerful man in the world, while the most powerful man is treated like a lovable celebrity -- because that is precisely how they feel. read ...

Clint Eastwood’s Chair Finds A New Home - Outside the Beltway

Doug Mataconis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The chair used by Clint Eastwood in his bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention has found a new home: The chair, perhaps the most famous chair in political history, stands in the office of a large, nondescript cement building just a stone’s throw away from the U.S. Capitol. That’s right, the chair Clint Eastwood [...]

Jury rejects San Jose sisters' Watson Park claims - San Jose Mercury News: Politics

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A jury Friday rejected claims by two San Jose sisters that they suffered illnesses linked to long-term exposure to toxins at Watson Park, a former dump site that the city closed for seven years to clean up lead and other toxins in the topsoil.

Massachusetts proposes loosening moratorium on incinerators - Boston Globe: Latest

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Massachusetts proposes loosening moratorium on incinerators

Biddeford incinerator close to shutting down - Boston Globe: Latest

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Biddeford incinerator close to shutting down

India Ink: The Taboo of Menstruation - International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific

By THE NEW YORK TIMES — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Don't cook food. Don't touch idols. Don't handle pickles.

Op-Ed Contributor: The Taboo of Menstruation - NY Times: Asia-Pacific

By ROSE GEORGE — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Basic lavatory facilities are one of the easiest ways to keep Indian girls in school after they reach puberty.

Moab recreation calls the shots - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

by Jim Stiles Writers On The Range Published Dec 22, 2012 01:01AM MDT Last August, I read that construction would soon begin on a proposed $9 million “Moab Transit Hub and Elevated River Bikeway.” I’d caught only a snippet of the plan a couple of years ago. The news story called for a three-mile “bikeway” partially suspended over the Colorado River. There were references to piers and girders and cantilevers. Cantilevers? Impossible, I thought, and concluded it was yet another Utah-grown fantasy, such as highways over the Book Cliffs and toxic-waste incinerators. ... ...

Implementing a dual vaccine launch – lessons from Ghana - The Guardian -- World Latest

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

As the first developing country to deliver two immunisation campaigns at the same time, Ghana made history. Here are 10 lessons health officials can learn from the west African state When Ghana announced plans for the double delivery of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines, the international immunisation community was happy but also nervous. The logic was clear: accelerating access to these two vaccines would provide protection from the primary causes of pneumonia and diarrhoea respectively – diseases that rank as the top two killers of under-fives in the world. However, no other developing country's health system had successfully managed such a rapid rollout. In the event, Ghana defied the odds in April this year and made immunisation history. This week Tanzania will also attempt to do the double. In October, Tanzania's health and social welfare ministry made a fact-finding visit to their counterparts in Ghana to guide their own 'dual vaccine launch'. Based on meetings with frontline ...