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Tiki torches: 5 how-to tips for safety, use and storage
With the start to summer and backyard entertaining, it's time to pull out the barbecue, beach balls and torches. Tiki torcheslight up the night, and with BiteFighter torch fuel, they are a helpful way to help repel mosquitos during outdoor parties,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Year later, California oil regulators unsure what caused worker death
PolitiCalNearly a year after a Kern County oil worker was sucked underground and boiled to death, state regulators still don’t know what caused the accident and have outsourced the investigation to two leading oil companies. On Monday, the Division of...... -
California relies on oil firms to probe worker's death
SACRAMENTO — Nearly a year after a Kern County oil worker was sucked underground and boiled to death, state authorities have turned to the two leading oil companies involved in the incident to investigate it. On Monday, the Division of Oil, Gas and...Tags: Natural Resources, Unions, Petroleum Industry, Jerry Brown, Politics
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Pebble mine could devastate Alaska rivers, streams, EPA says
SEATTLE -- The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that plans for a massive mine in the hills above Bristol Bay in Alaska — home of the biggest sockeye salmon fishery in the world — could have devastating consequences for rivers and...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Mining, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Potomac named America's most endangered river
The Potomac River, which flows between Maryland and Virginia, was named the nation's "most endangered" waterway today by a Washington-based environmental group. American Rivers put the Potomac atop its annual list of endangered rivers. Though cleaner...
Tags: Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay, Floods, Politics, Rivers
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South Dakota¿s Big Sioux among dirtiest rivers in nation
SIOUX FALLS - The Big Sioux River snakes 420 miles down eastern South Dakota. From its headwaters in Roberts County, it gradually drops 800 feet as it cuts through the Coteau des Prairies flatiron and meanders into Iowa and flows into the Missouri River....Tags: Entertainment, Water, Manufacturing and Engineering, Rivers, Bodies of Water
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Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
The study, presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...Tags: Annapolis, Environmental Politics, Demographics, Water, Science and Technology
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South Florida groups target cigarette butts on beaches
A massive amount of toxic waste has been dumped on South Florida beaches, and it has nothing to do with oil spills, sewage leaks or any of the usual environmental suspects. Volunteers in Hollywood next weekend will head out to the beach to clean up...
Tags: American Lung Association, Lake Worth, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Beaches, Palm Beach County
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Six Flags Magic Mountain polluting river, coalition alleges
Environmental groups are accusing Six Flags Magic Mountain of polluting the Santa Clara River with huge volumes of contaminated water and allowing trash with its logos to spill into the Southern California waterway and toward the ocean. The allegations...
Tags: Travel, Rivers, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Tourism and Leisure
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Report: Stronger rules needed to stop oil spills in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — States should approve their own rules to protect the Great Lakes basin from oil pollution because federal laws inadequately address the problem, according to a new report written in response to a massive oil spill in southern...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Oil Spills, Enbridge Incorporated, University of Michigan, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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'Mahogany tide' of algae turning harbor murky
Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
The bloom is somewhat...Tags: Natural Resources, Water, National Aquarium Baltimore, Cherry Hill, Environmental Issues
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Study finds dramatic drops in L.A. beach pollution since 1970s
Metal contaminants in Southern California coastal waters have plummeted over the last four decades, according to a new study that attributes the cleaner water to 1970s environmental regulations.
The improvements are so dramatic that, in some spots, USC...Tags: Science and Technology, Metal and Mineral, Metal, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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