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Portland fined $40,800 by state for dumping chlorinated water during Powell Butte reservoir construction
2014-04-26 07:39:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
The fines, announced Friday by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, stem from construction of a new reservoir atop Powell Butte in east Portland .
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Coal Chemical Spill Contaminates Drinking Water Prompting State of Emergency in West Virginia
2014-01-10 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Tomblin (D-WV) declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water. The chemical, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, used to wash coal of impurities spilled from a tank at Freedom Industries into the Elk River, contaminating the drinking water for more than 300,000...
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State set to water down hog manure rules
2013-10-27 05:35:31| Agriculture - Topix.net
Georgia would loosen rules meant to prevent hog manure from washing into streams and rivers under a proposal before regulators, but critics argue environmental harm would come from the plan touted by backers as a way to help level the economic playing field.
State Warns Water Campaign to Knock off the Nestle Talk
2013-10-23 23:48:25| PortlandOnline
Aaron Mesh in Willamette Week, October 23, 2013
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NC Fracking Commissioners Vow to Relax State Water Testing Standard
2013-09-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charlotte Observer: RALEIGH North Carolinas fracking commissioners said Friday that fracking is so inherently safe that they will recommend relaxing the standard by which operators will have to test local well water before they begin drilling for natural gas. The states current testing standard, the strictest in the nation, is designed to give residents a legal remedy against the threat of chemical contamination of wells and aquifers from natural gas drilling. Members of the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission said...
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