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Judge tells Jersey City Mayor Fulop he can't halt toxic land cleanup
2015-02-11 06:06:40| Chemicals - Topix.net
A Hudson County Superior Court judge on Friday halted Mayor Steve Fulop's attempt to bar PPG Industries from the chromium-contaminated land the firm is cleaning up on Garfield Avenue. Fulop said last week that he wanted to stop the cleanup effective yesterday because, he said, the firm refuses to clean up the land to the city's preferred standards.
City shuts down chromium cleanup site Redevelopment of Garfield Avenue property at heart of conflict
2015-02-08 07:48:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
Jersey City is locking the gates to the Garfield Avenue chromium cleanup site until it gets the clean up company to comply with a federal consent order In a fight that will affect the future development of a 20-acre chromium-contaminated site along Garfield Avenue, city officials say they will close down cleanup operations there on Monday, Feb. 9 to put pressure on PPG Industries to do more than just remove the contamination. The city claims PPG is balking at meeting its obligation to prepare the site for redevelopment.
Planning, Execution Key to Large-Event Cleanup in New York, New Orleans
2015-02-02 06:47:00| Waste Age
Communities across the country pride themselves on hometown events and festivals drawing large crowds from near and far. But visitors to some of the nation's biggest festivals leave piles of garbage for cleanup. read more
Cleanup Yellowstone's Icy Oil Spill Offers Cautionary Tales
2015-01-30 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: On a muddy bluff overlooking the Yellowstone River, Paul Peronard watched as workers tried to mop up oil through holes drilled into the frozen surface. Nearby, a whirring vacuum truck held crude from the first serious U.S. spill into icy water in a quarter-century. The week had begun sunny and unseasonably mild. Peronard, the Environmental Protection Agency's on-scene coordinator, asked for an update. The response: Ice was melting upstream, adding to the cleanup's danger. "Oh," Peronard winced....
Montana oil spill cleanup to slow as river gets dangerous
2015-01-29 02:55:29| Waste Management - Topix.net
The struggle to recover 30,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spill into Montana's Yellowstone River is expected to grind to a near-halt in coming days as warmer weather makes ice on the river increasingly dangerous, state regulators and a company spokesman said Wednesday. Because of brittle ice, crews trying to recover oil trapped beneath the Yellowstone could be pulled off the river as early as Thursday, said Bonnie Lovelace with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
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