Agreement Reached on Fort Meade Clean-Up
The Army has finally agreed to an enforceable timetable for cleaning up Superfund sites at Fort Meade in Maryland.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 06/23/2009
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WV DEP Won't Expand Slurry Injection Moratorium
West Virginia's "Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman said Wednesday his agency is continuing to allow coal slurry to be injected underground at 13 locations in West Virginia, despite being unable to tell lawmakers if the process is safe."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 06/18/2009
New Trails Are in 13 States
Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
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"Judge Orders Halt To Mining Protests"
"A Raleigh County [WV] judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block anti-mountaintop removal activists from further peaceful protests on certain Massey Energy mining sites."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 06/04/2009
"DC Gets Tough On Disposable Bags"
The District of Columbia's city council is poised to tax disposable plastic and paper bags and to use the revenue to clean up the trash-strewn Anacostia River.
Source: Environment Report, 06/02/2009
Shad Struggle for Comeback in James River
American shad are struggling with little success to make a comeback in Virginia's James River. Historically abundant, this "founding fish" disappeared for years because its spawning was blocked by dams.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 05/28/2009
"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up"
"The thick, milky white liquid looks like Elmer's glue, though it's greasy to the touch. It has a sweet, alcohol smell. It's not your father's heating oil, to be sure. But it will do the same job, says Cary J. Claiborne, and a lot more cleanly.
Claiborne is president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels, a Florida-based startup that's producing fuel from vegetable and soybean oil at a small production plant it set up this year in southern Baltimore.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/26/2009
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