"Dredging of Pollutants Begins in Hudson"
After a 25-year delay, dredging has finally begun to remove PCB-laced sediments from the stretch of the Hudson River polluted by a GE plant.
Source: NYTimes, 05/18/2009
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NJ To Appeal Kiddie Kollege
"The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that it would appeal a court ruling that the owner of the Kiddie Kollege building in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, is not responsible for its $1 million cleanup."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 05/08/2009
Newsdate Aug. 27: New England, Canada May Leapfrog Kyoto
On Aug. 27, 2001, a conference of six New England states and five Eastern Canadian provinces will consider a groundbreaking strategy for reducing greenhouse gasses in the region.
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Terror and the Electric Grid
The Sept. 11 attacks should remind reporters of the vulnerability of the electric power supply system not just to terrorism, but to other natural and man-made disasters that could bring serious outages.
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Fish Farming Roundup
As populations of wild salmon decline and cans and slabs of farmed salmon proliferate on supermarket shelves aquaculture practices that help feed the demand for the fish are gaining attention.
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If Pollution Cleanup Sounds Too Good To Be True, Maybe It Is
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New Jersey Sues EPA Over NSR Air Pollution Reporting Cutbacks
New Jersey filed a lawsuit Feb. 19, 2008, challenging the US-EPA's December 2007 rule that utilities could decide for themselves whether their air pollution increases are significant enough to require detailed record-keeping.
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