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West Virginias Water Nightmare Closes Schools
2014-02-07 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Crude MCHM, one of two chemicals that leaked into West Virginia`s Elk River last month, was detected in the water supply of George Washington High School this morning, according to Kanawha-Charleston Health Department officials, weeks after the water was declared safe to use. But Nassandra Wright, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department`s head sanitarian, said the school`s results are below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention`s recommendation of one-part-per-million. George Washington...
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Another Spill Reported West Virginia's Freedom Industries
2014-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: A subsequent MCHM chemical spill has been reported at Freedom Industries in West Virginia, local media sources said Friday, but state officials have said that the leak was contained before reaching the Elk River, sparing the already weary downstream residents. Test results from water samples taken from area schools, however, showed the continued presence of the chemical in five schools. A spokesman for a West Virginia environmental agency said cleanup crews at the site of the previous chemical...
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Dangers Water Privatization Emerge In the Wake of West Virginias Chemical Spill
2014-01-17 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It took a few days after a state of emergency was declared across nine West Virginia counties--and one-sixth of the states population was told not to drink or bathe using their tap water--for the national news media to discover a story of national importance occurring in the political backwaters of Appalachia. Filings by the West Virginia Public Service Commission reveal the dramatic expansion of West Virginia American Water Companys water network over the past 20 years, and why one-sixth of...
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Input sought on Virginia's road, rail and transit plan
2013-10-29 04:44:52| Paper - Topix.net
A public meeting will be held Tuesday in Chesapeake to gather feedback on the state's six-year spending plan and priorities for highway, rail and transit projects.
Virginia's Solid Waste Drops 2.3 Percent in 2012
2013-06-28 17:10:00| Waste Age
The volume of solid waste Virginia received in 2012 decreased by 2.3 percent, or 470,000 tons, from the previous year, according to a state study. read more
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