News tagged with clean water act
EPA holds up 79 permits for Appalachian surface mines
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 79 applications for surface coal-mine permits in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee might violate the nation's Clean Water Act and require closer scrutiny.
Scientists analyze Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing ...
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US tops $1 bln in stimulus for clean energy projects
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The US government has spent more than one billion dollars on private sector renewable energy projects from the massive economic stimulus program passed seven months ago, officials said Tuesday.
Stronger EPA leadership needed to improve water quality in Mississippi River
Oct 16, 2007 |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency must take a more aggressive leadership role in implementing the Clean Water Act if water quality in the Mississippi River and the northern Gulf of Mexico is to improve, says a new report ...
Memphis to clean up water act
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Memphis officials are considering treating wastewater with small amounts of bleach to protect Mississippi River recreational users from E. coli infection.
Obama signs wide-ranging conservation law
Mar 30, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama signed legislation on Monday expanding and protecting US public parks and wilderness areas from oil and gas development, billed as the largest US conservation measure in more than 15 ...
From grass to water, Chesapeake Bay experts differ on meaning of 'clean'
Sep 29, 2009 |
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After a recent rain, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is clogged with an eclectic combination of garbage -- soda bottles and a large purple ball, sticks and dirt, candy wrappers and a hollowed-out television.
EPA's powers challenged in Supreme Court
Feb 21, 2006 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in what reportedly might become a landmark case involving federal environmental powers.
Roof-collected rainwater fails health test
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Drinking water from your roof carries a significant risk of illness, according to a five-year study from Massey University.
EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a facility ...
Database shows effects of acid rain on microorganisms in Adirondack Lakes
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Prior to the federal Clean Air Act, unhindered industrial emissions were released into the air throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States for decades. Many of those harmful chemicals came right back down to earth ...
Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom.
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