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Masonry heaters may be allowed in Silverthorne

summitdaily.com
yesterday
        

The ban on pellet stoves in Silverthorne won’t be lifted By Caitlin Row summit daily news Summit County, CO Colorado SILVERTHORNE — The Town of Silverthorne may allow masonry-fireplace installations in homes, despite worries...

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The Cement Industry: An Underreported Source of Mercury Pollution

alternative-energy-news.info
yesterday 2 related
        

Guest Column by James Pew, Attorney for Earthjustice There are nearly 150 cement kilns operating in the U.S. In 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - the federal agency required to protect us from harmful toxic air...

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EDITORIAL: A good plan for reducing rainwater runoff

pennnet.com
yesterday
        

The proposal calls for green infrastructure in neighborhoods around the city. So will the new proposal -- scheduled to come to City Council members next week -- meet their mandate for the Water Services Department to submit a...

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President Bush lost respect by working at it - roanoke.com

roanoke.com
yesterday
        

President Bush lost respect by working at it Re: Matt Merricks' Nov. 21 letter to Obama supporters stating, "I will give your new president the same respect you have shown my president for the last eight years" ("Bush supporter...

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Westchester faces $235M work on sewage plants to limit Sound pollution

thejournalnews.com
yesterday
        

WHITE PLAINS - Westchester residents who live along Long Island Sound could pay as much as $350 more on average a year in sewer fees under a plan to drastically reduce nitrogen levels in the water. Nitrogen, a nutrient that...

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'Helpful hints' on going green from EPA

suntimes.com
Nov 29, 2008
        

One of the Bush administration's most egregious environmental sins has been the blatant flouting of a Supreme Court ruling that carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases that cause global warming, should be regulated as...

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Testing continues in Emmaus: Concern of PCE 'not that great' because most are on public water,...

tmcnet.com
Nov 29, 2008
        

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 29--An Emmaus property that was once home to a dry-cleaning operation is underlain with a potential cancer-causing chemical, but officials say it has not posed a significant health threat....

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MRSA, what you need to know about the most infectious disease known to man.

thailandfriends.com
Nov 29, 2008
        

You get a pimple, a red spot, it's sore, looks like a spider bite and getting bigger. What can it be? Thai doctors tell you it's a cyst and to take some tylenol, they may even perscribe an anti-biotic. But that won't work on...

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Triumph, but Also Vulnerability

truthout.org
Nov 29, 2008 1 related
        

The senior EPA analyst whose historic anti-discrimination case led to legislation protecting whistleblowers is being fired from her job at the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo sees her ouster as the...

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Green scene: It’s time to dish the dirt on dry-cleaning

dailymail.co.uk
Nov 29, 2008
        

hy do we take our most prized items of clothing to be dry-cleaned – at great expense? The fact is, there is very little that is ‘clean’ about conventional dry-cleaning. The normal method of dry-cleaning involves drenching your...

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