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Puerto Rico promises Culebra island more independence with hospital, school, recycling center
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23.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Puerto Rico's Culebra Awaits New Hospital, School
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23.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| Puerto Rico's Culebra Awaits New Hospital, School |
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Council sets date for public hearing on plastic-bag fee
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22.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Voices for and against a 10-cent fee on plastic and paper bags at supermarket checkouts will be heard June 4, the date of the first public hearing for the proposed ordinance as set Tuesday by City Council.Proponents for the fee argue that it will go a long way toward the reduction of disposable bags and the spread of litter. City staff... |
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Mustard-filled weapons found in Utah desert
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21.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 20, 2013 02:36PM MDT
Some of the World War II-era munitions recovered in recent months from Deseret Chemical Depot landfills have been found to contain mustard, a liquid blistering agent. The depot’s Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, 20 miles south of Tooele, was shut down in January 2012 with the incineration of the last of a decades-old stockpile of chemical weapons. But still remaining on the 19,000-acre property are 27 informal dumps where weapons and debris were burned over the decades before environmental haza... ... |
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New wastewater plant planned for Central Landfill
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20.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| New wastewater plant planned for Central Landfill |
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Dayplanner
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Meetings and EventsDurango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org.La Plata Conservation District outreach informational booth for youth and landowners, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Breen Community Center, 15300 Colorado Highway 140 in Breen, wwww.laplatacd.org,... |
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17.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Meetings and EventsCity of Durango will host Mulch Mania, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today and Saturday, old Van Dal landfill, three-quarter mile past the end of Tech Center Drive, www.durangorecycles.com, 375- 5004.Durango Kennel Club Dog Show, 9 a.m., Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160, located east of Cortez,... |
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17.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Meetings and EventsCity of Durango will host Mulch Mania, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today and Saturday, old Van Dal landfill, three-quarter mile past the end of Tech Center Drive, www.durangorecycles.com, 375- 5004.Durango Kennel Club Dog Show, 9 a.m., Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160, located east of Cortez,... |
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A powerful use for spoiled food
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16.5.2013 |
LA Times: Business |
| A powerful use for spoiled food |
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Radioactive material at Mesa County landfill raises health concern
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16.5.2013 |
Denver Post: News: Local |
| Radioactive material at Mesa County landfill raises health concern |
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Wisconsin: 100 million pounds of e-waste recycled
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13.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| 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. |
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Public/Private by product networks help businesses turn waste into cash
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13.5.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News |
| The examples of how industry can recycle waste stretch back through history, but now it’s urgent as resources are slim and profits sometimes slimmer. Some recent examples put into focus how waste becomes extra revenue and also how pollution is negated. |
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Their Instruments May Be Garbage, but the Music Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes
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13.5.2013 |
Mother Jones |
| Close your eyes and listen to Juan Manuel Chavez launch into the Prelude of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, and you would never guess that, instead of spruce and maple, his instrument is crafted from an old oil can, a beef tenderizing tool, and a discarded pasta making device—all of it scavenged from the landfill that surrounds his home in Paraguay.
Chavez is a cellist in the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra in Cateura, an Asunción slum where bottle caps, door keys, and paint cans have been given new purpose. Under the supervision of local musician Favio Chávez, these utterly impoverished kids make beautiful music on instruments constructed almost entirely out of materials reclaimed from the dump.
Filmmaker and Asunción native Alejandra Nash first heard about the phenomenon back in 2009, and decided to produce a documentary about the kids—she and her co-producers are aiming for a 2014 release. She'll have plenty of support. The teaser she posted online last November ... |
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EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites
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13.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites |
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Green diary rescue: Wading out of the abstract into the practicalities of sustainability
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12.5.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 225 of these spotlighting more than 12,630 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 72 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.]
Sustainability: The Challenge of Change —by phoenixvoice : "I don’t know of any non-lethal ways to handle wasps’ nests—but I figure that wasps are probably good pollinators. I needed a quick solution, so that the guys could get on with the work I was paying them to do. They had dealt with this problem in the past, and wasp spray was how they would handle it. So we got the wasp spray. My friend recognized the can ... |
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Open-air coal-ash landfill at troubled Prairie State plant
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11.5.2013 |
Crooks Liars |
| 1. “ The Prairie State Energy Campus is also projected to produce 3.6 million to 4.8 million tons of toxic ash, which must be disposed. ”
2. “ The 1,600 MW plant would generate thousands of tons of coal ash, which includes toxins like arsenic, mercury, and cadmium…
[the ash landfill will ] ultimately contain a 250-foot high pile of coal ash sitting on flat farmland… ‘We’ve heard complaints from people up to a mile away about ash hitting the side of the house and respiratory irritation.’”
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So far as I’ve been able to tell, almost all of the environmental review related to permitting the landfill examined water quality issues. But see that red spot in Illinois, to the east and south of St. Louis, MO? According to the map, that red spot indicates the highest frequency of tornado incidence in the country. And the Prairie State ash heap – dry ash sprayed down with a veneer of water to limit dust – sits smack in the middle that red spot. Smack in the middle of tornado alley…
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EnergySolutions takes another step toward private status
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10.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 9, 2013 05:50PM MDT
EnergySolutions, Inc. expects to see its stock delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on or about May 24, now that the Salt Lake City company’s merger with Energy Capital Partners II LLC has been approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Listed since 2007 as ES, the nuclear waste company already has received shareholder approval for the move to private hands, as well as the blessing of authorities in Utah and the other states where it has operations. The company owns and operates a... ... |
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Salvation Army Collects Students’ Discarded Items
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9.5.2013 |
WCCO: National |
 The University of Minnesota is partnering with the Salvation Army to recycle student furniture and other items discarded curbside at the beginning and end of each semester.  |
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Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity
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8.5.2013 |
LA Times: Business |
| Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity |
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Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts
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8.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts |
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