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Vermont's Sugarbush resort gets award for work to clean up stream | The Republic
The Republic
AP BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont's Sugarbush resort has won a Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for its work to restore nearby waterways. Sugarbush hired an environmental consulting firm to develop a long-term water quality plan for the resort ...

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EPA cleanup comes into focus with report
Berkshire Eagle
The EPA is weighing a plan that would excavate and cap the pond to clean it of PCBs. (Ben Garver / Berkshire Eagle Staff) PITTSFIELD -- The US Environmental Protection Ag ency could remove upward of 1 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment and ...

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Slow going for Milford Superfund site cleanup
The Union Leader
... since the Environmental Protection Agency identified the former Fletcher Paint Works on Elm Street and a storage facility on Mill Street as Superfund sites, but it looks like it's going to be at least another year before any clean-up work begins.
Soil Cleanup to Begin at Smalley-Piper Superfund Site ....U.S. EPA.gov (press release)

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Cleanup safety flawed
The Nelson Mail
At least four workers at the toxic chemicals site in Mapua could have been made sick from working on the cleanup and they may suffer further work-related health problems, a report has revealed. The Environment Ministry, as the main resource consent ...

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SK to join China's city cleanup project
The Korea Herald
SK Group said it will participate in a large-scale environmental cleanup business in China in coordination with a group of Korean subcontractors. The group's coming advancement into the Chinese government-led environment sector comes after the country ...

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Compromise reached in oilfield cleanup dispute
Bastrop Daily Enterprise
By Staff reports AP Louisiana lawmakers said Thursday that they have brokered an agreement in a dispute between the oil and gas industry and landowners over how to clean up environmental damage done in drilling years ago. "There's been a compromise.
Deal reached on process for cleaning up old drilling sitesNOLA.com
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Environmental Leader
Clean Up This Fracking Mess!
Discovery News
In an attempt to remedy that problem, Buffalo University recent led a review of environmental violations resulting from fracking operations in Pennsylvania between 2008 and 2010. The study suggested that fracking was causing less environmental damage ...
Investor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up FrackingEnvironmental Leader
Major Push To Clean Up Shale Gas Fracking As 55 Top Investors With $1 Trillion ...MarketWatch (press release)
SRI Investor Coalition Tells Shale Energy Companies to Clean Up Their ActAdvisorOne

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Ogdensburg industrial site cleanup to begin
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Before Monday's City Council meeting, Stephen B. LeFevre of Barton & Loguidice, the Syracuse engineering firm hired to oversee the cleanup, gave a progress report. “All buildings have been demolished to their lowermost concrete floor,” he said.

County Clean Up on June 2
Corsicana Daily Sun
This program seeks to provide an opportunity for the proper disposal of solid waste in order to improve the environmental quality and community pride in the city of Corsicana and Navarro County. In 2011, the Clean Up day saw residents bring almost 2600 ...

Cleanup to begin soon at former GAF site
GoErie.com
By KEVIN FLOWERS, Erie Times-News About $2 million in environmental cleanup work should be under way soon at the former GAF Materials Corp. property on the city of Erie's west bayfront. The Erie County Convention Center Authority's board of directors ...

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Deal reached on process for cleaning up old drilling sites
NOLA.com
... would allow a defendant in a so-called "legacy lawsuit" to claim responsibility for environmental damage as defined under the state's environmental regulations without admitting any liability for damages beyond the regulatory cleanup.

Chemicals from damaged storage tanks should be cleaned up by Friday
phillyBurbs.com
... Dow cleanup crews expect to complete the removal of chemical materials Friday from the above-ground storage tanks damaged in a massive fire at the Bristol Township coatings plant, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

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Broward poised to clean up lead contamination at Markham Park gun range
MiamiHerald.com
But on May 22, the County Commission will consider proposals from five companies for cleaning up what county officials long have known was a festering, environmental mess posed by lead shot and clay targets in a small lake and an adjacent wooded area.

Crews clean up fuel spill at Point Roberts Marina
All Point Bulletin
“It was horrible,” said resident Shirley McConnell after crews from NRC Environmental Services cleaned up the spill on May 15 and 16. “We're all sick, the dogs are sick and now it's three days later. This was a toxic spill that should have been handled ...

Compromise reached in oilfield cleanup dispute
KFOX El Paso
By MELINDA DESLATTE AP Louisiana lawmakers said Thursday that they have brokered an agreement in a dispute between the oil and gas industry and landowners over how to clean up environmental damage done in drilling years ago. "There's been a compromise.
'Legacy suit' bills sent to SenateThe Advocate
Compromise announced on 'legacy lawsuit' reformLegal News Line

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Will St. Louis have to wait for clean up money?
The Morning Sun
... meetings here, there and in Washington DC , after all the i's and t's were dotted and crossed, the Environmental Protection Agency now says it must have a priority list to determine if St. Louis should get clean up money any time soon.

American Water Announces 2012 Environmental Grant Award Recipients
MarketWatch (press release)
Living Lands and Waters will receive its requested $1500 grant in full for the Great Mississippi River Clean Up. The goal of the project is to engage volunteers to help with the removal of approximately four tons of debris from the river.

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Patcong Creek Cleanup set Sunday, May 20
Shore News Today
The public can participate10 am to noon Sunday, May 20 in the eighth annual cleanup of the Patcong Creek between Ocean Heights and Poplar avenues in Linwood. Volunteers will meet 9:30 am at the Linwood Public Works Building on Hamilton Avenue and be ...

Cleanup At Junkyard In Plainville Is Underway
Hartford Courant
By KEN BYRON, kbyron@courant.com The Hartford Courant Cleanup has been ongoing recently at Shultz Salvage, which state and local officials have described as an illegal junkyard and which is the focus of a lawsuit brought by the state that is soon to go ...

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Money to pay for cleanup of environmental pollution is flowing into Silver Valley
The Republic
Meanwhile, efforts to clean up a century of mining pollution may not take as long or be as expensive as initially proposed, officials for the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday during a quarterly update at the agency's Coeur d'Alene office.
Cd'A basin cleanup could be reducedCoeur d'Alene Press

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