Environmental News

Arizona has received federal stimulus money for cleanup of contamination from leaking underground fuel storage tanks throughout Arizona.

Gov. Carcieri signed legislation into law today in Tiverton to better regulate pollution.

A plant near Leighton that turned treated human waste into fertilizer has closed after being targeted by neighbors and public officials.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality says toxic and air pollutants continue to drop in Southeast Texas.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has warned that ozone levels are rising statewide to levels that could be a problem for people with respiratory ailments.

The EPA held a public meeting in St. Joseph to discuss soil tests in northwest Missouri deemed not cause for concern despite a recent surge in the number of tumors of area residents.

Tetra Tech, Inc. today announced the planned dates for its third quarter 2009 results and conference call.

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has fined Chesapeake Energy Corp.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a boil water notice for residents of the La Ventana Development in Hays County.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. , a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced today that it has priced the previously announced offering of $180 million aggregate principal amount of 11.00% senior secured second lien notes due 2014 at an issue price of 97.212% of the principal amount of the Notes.

Sutron's Hydrological Services Division received purchase orders totaling $817,897 to deliver MOSCAD SCADA panels for a number of projects for the South Florida Water Management District.

A city worker garbage strike in Windsor is now in its twelfth week. The crisis has trash piling up and people coping with the mess and the stench.

Chris Snow in Adelaide Bronco Wine Company has taken on the Australian 'critter labels' with the launch of Down Under, a US$2.99 range of entry level wines made from surplus Australian stock.

Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality says a waste hauler has agreed to help clean illegal dumps in eastern New Orleans as community service for using one before hurricane Katrina.

The state predicts it will lose at least 64,000 trees in our six county area by the end of the year.

The state has fined a Sudan feedlot for letting at least 2,000 dead cattle pile up and decompose, becoming a haven for flies and foul odors.

ION Media Networks, Inc. , owner and operator of the ION Television network, today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted final approval for the Company's $150 million debtor-in-possession financing being provided by a majority of its first lien senior secured lenders.

Rainbow Gatherers have flooded the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba preparing for Saturday's July Fourth peace observance.

This article continues my Clean Energy Stocks Shopping List series. So far I've brought you: Kilowatts from Trash As I discussed in my recent article on Advanced Biofuels , I expect that advanced biofuels are likely to have to compete with electricity generation for feedstock, and electricity generation is likely to take a large part of the pie.

State environmental officials say leakage from a landfill is contaminating Vickery Creek in Marshall County.