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Hazardous waste found in Barrington
WGN NewsAttorney General Lisa Madigan obtained indictments against a Barrington pool company for illegally dumping a hazardous chemical used to clean filters. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency allegedly found evidence that muriatic acid was...Tags: WGN, Barrington, Lisa Madigan, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Issues
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Fracking comes to Illinois
Representatives of the oil and natural gas industries scratched their heads this week when they read two proposed amendments to an Illinois drilling bill.
The amendments, drawn up by House Speaker Michael Madigan's staff, would create the nation's most...Tags: Energy Resources, Water, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support
A few short months ago, the future looked bright for three coal plant developers with the idea that they would create a new market for the state's abundant, but dirty, coal.
Proponents even called the coal "clean" because it wouldn't be burned and sent...Tags: Nicor Incorporated, Energy Resources, Ameren Corporation, Credit Ratings, Chicago Tribune
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Testing the water
As the lakefront officially opens to swimmers Friday, the Lake Michigan shoreline joins the cutting edge in the war on bacteria after decades of using day-old water samples to decide whether to close beaches.
In Chicago, the Park District will use a...Tags: Beaches, Lakes and Ponds, Chicago Tribune, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Louis Martocchio Expected To Be Named To Fill Vacancy On Southington Town Council
The Hartford CourantThe town's assistant town attorney has stepped down and is expected to be named to the town council on Tuesday. Louis Martocchio has been chosen to fill the vacancy created when former council Chairman Edward Pocock resigned earlier this month, council...Tags: Environmental Issues, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lawyers
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Durbin calls for chemical regulation
Urging colleagues to overhaul the nation's chemical laws, Sen. Dick Durbin spoke Wednesday on the Senate floor about his own frustrations as a grandfather to twins born into a world laden with flame retardant chemicals. Two other senators joined the...Tags: Parenting, Chicago Tribune, U.S. Senate, Health, Chemicals
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BP agrees to spend $400 million to reduce pollution at Whiting refinery
Tribune reporterBP will spend more than $400 million to significantly reduce noxious air pollution from its massive refinery in northwest Indiana, the company announced today in a settlement with federal authorities and environmental groups that could set a precedent for...Tags: BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Heavy Engineering, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Companies and Corporations
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BP agrees to cut air pollution at refinery, pay $8-million fine
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8-million fine and install more than $400 million in equipment to cut air pollution from an oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., as part of a settlement over...
Tags: Air Pollution, BP Plc, North America, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Coal plant debate reaches Hampton
HAMPTON — A depate spreading across Hampton Roads municipalities concerning a 1,500-megawatt power plant proposed for rural Surry County has landed here in front of the City Council. The group agreed Wednesday to wait until after July 1 for...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Environmental Issues, Surry County, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Ethanol leaves consumers stranded
Ready or not, here it comes. At least that is the message from the ethanol lobby about E15, gasoline with 15 percent ethanol. Ethanol producers are in the process of clearing the final requirements to increase the amount of ethanol in our gas. Because...
Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Ethanol
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BP's Whiting refinery agrees to cut air pollution
In a move that promises cleaner air throughout the Chicago area, BP on Wednesday agreed to spend more than $400 million to settle legal complaints about chronic pollution problems at the oil company's sprawling refinery in northwest Indiana. Steps that...
Tags: Energy Resources, BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Barack Obama
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Watchdog Update: Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants
Chicago Tribune reportersIn New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for tougher federal regulation of the chemicals. And in Washington...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Health, Environmental Issues, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Companies and Corporations
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