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EPA Awards $100K to Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality

2014-08-28 10:54:21| Waste Management - Topix.net

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $100,000 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for water management planning.

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Superior Industries Closure Sparks Northwest Arkansas Efforts To Find Jobs for Workers

2014-08-25 08:55:21| Automakers - Topix.net

Cameron Smith: "There's going to be a lot of people to step up. It's a lot of people laid off at the same time.

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Up to 33 Bakken oil trains cross Arkansas weekly

2014-08-24 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Arkansas emergency officials' records show that as many as 33 trains carrying Bakken crude oil pass through the state in a given week, each one hauling more than the amount spilled in last year's Pegasus pipeline spill in Mayflower, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The oil trains do not use a Union Pacific rail line through Hoxie, where two freight trains collided head-on Aug. 17, killing two crew members. In June, the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads...

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Coal-Dependent Arkansas Faces Stiff Emissions Target and a Running Clock

2014-08-20 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: At the end of 2012, at a time when many states were replacing their aging coal plants, Arkansas switched on a new $1.8-billion coal plant, one of two the state has fired up in the past five years. The state saw emissions from its power plants rise 35 percent between 2005 and 2012, even as other states turned to cleaner-burning natural gas and the nation's overall power plant emissions trended downward. "We know we're a coal-heavy state," said Teresa Marks, director of the Arkansas Department...

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