NewsRack: 'Hazardous Waste' news in 'Urban Waste' topic for user irge304

Photos of the Day: May 24	25.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: World
In today's pictures, a man goes deep to collect recyclable paper in Spain, a camel in Egypt has a leg tied up to keep it from running away, a man sits atop his vehicle after a bridge collapse in Washington, and more.
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Intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 to be rebuilt in St. Louis Park	24.5.2013	Star Tribune: Business
The busy intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 will become an interchange with on- and off-ramps. The city hopes it will spur development.
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'Scientists, engineers must join hands to meet 'grand challenge' of clean water supply' (Cached)	23.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
Washington, May 23 : Scientists and engineers together must initiate a major new effort to educate the public and decision makers on a crisis in providing Earth's people with clean water that looms ahead in the 21st century.
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Cadmium-Tainted Rice Discovered in Southern China	22.5.2013	International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific
Cadmium-Tainted Rice Discovered in Southern China
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Salt Lake City plume now on Superfund list	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 02:51PM MDT A contaminated groundwater plume on Salt Lake City’s east side is among the latest additions to the Superfund cleanup list. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the PCE plume at 700 South 1600 East is among nine new sites being prioritized for cleanup nationally. “Sites that pose serious risks to human health and the environment and warrant Superfund attention continue to be identified by EPA and our state partners,” said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office o... ...
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Tainted Rice Found in Guangzhou	20.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: World
A government test showed nearly half of the rice sold in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou is contaminated with cadmium, triggering anger from consumers.
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How do you scrap an aircraft carrier?	20.5.2013	BBC: Technology
How do you dismantle an aircraft carrier?
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Life-sized Barbie house unveiled in Berlin	15.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Barbie house will have to be guarded by police after feminist groups said they would picket the pink, plastic villa To some it would be a dream home, albeit a slightly kitsch one. To others it resembles a (very pink) house of horrors that has no place in a modern city. On Thursday , the first life-sized Barbie house to be unveiled in Europe is opened in Berlin and will have to be guarded by police after feminist groups and leftwing activists said they would picket the plush plastic villa, calling it "sexist propaganda". Built on a slice of industrial wasteland sandwiched between a railway and communist housing blocks in north-east Berlin, for €15 (£13) young Barbie fans can explore 2500 square metres (26,900 square feet) of the iconic doll's realm. They can try on her clothes, bake cup cakes in her kitchen, stroll along her catwalk, even hang out in her living room. Electronic armbands and LED touchscreens are meant to enhance the experience, say organisers, who have described it as a ...
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UN seeks protection against hazardous chemical wastes (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, May 14 : Representatives from 170 countries have adopted a series of measures to strengthen protections against hazardous chemicals and waste during a United Nations conference in Geneva.
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EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites	13.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites
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Nations agree to new ban on flame retardant, tighter export controls on other materials	11.5.2013	Star Tribune: World

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Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls	10.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
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Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls	10.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals.
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Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls	10.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
U.N. officials and delegates say more than 120 nations agreed to tighter controls on several chemicals and hazardous waste, including a gradual ban on a flame retardant and some new export requirements for other substances.
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Oil barrel needs to be disposed of properly	7.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Oil barrel needs to be disposed of properly
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The future of American cities: greener, safer, more compact?	4.5.2013	Seattle Times: Opinion
Across the country, writes Neal Peirce, growing numbers of close-in suburbs are undergoing the transformation from dullsville to walkable and inviting places. Once such city is Bellevue.
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State: Parachute Creek pipeline spill may violate waste-disposal laws	2.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
State: Parachute Creek pipeline spill may violate waste-disposal laws
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Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy	30.4.2013	NYT > World
Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy
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GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson	30.4.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson
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California suspends operations at Vernon battery recycler	25.4.2013	LA Times: Science
Toxics regulators say Exide Technologies has been releasing hazardous waste into the soil beneath its plant because of a degraded pipeline. State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at a Vernon battery recycler that has discharged harmful quantities of lead for years and more recently has been deemed to pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people because of arsenic emissions.
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