Environmental News

What if your child's school was infected with a dangerous gas, but you were never told about it?

A group that wanted to prevent a Boise-based hazardous-waste services company from bringing low-level nuclear waste into Owyhee County in southwest Idaho has folded.

One man's trash is another man's treasure is an idea an Oroville trash company is taking seriously.

In a bid to boost its flagging tourism industry, Cyprus is laying golf courses by the acre.

First manufacturer to simplify shingle recycling for contractors. Owens Corning will be providing a new program that makes it easier for contractors to recycle asphalt shingles for its preferred roofing contractors.

Houston - Reno-based Itronics, Inc. says it doubled silver sales during the first 9 months of the year, despite a downturn in spent photoliquid volume which the company recovers heavy metals from in the manufacture of its green silver.

(11/5/09) - Watch raw aerial video from Interstate 24 after it was shut down from a Clorax leak on a tractor-trailer.

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will be in Clayton, Sicily Island, Urania and West Monroe on Friday for loan closings and principal forgiveness on sewer projects.

Last week, with three of seven members absent, Columbia City Council voted 3-1 to extend the city's landfill contract with the Houston-based company Waste Management.

A surf culture is beginning to develop on China's tropical island of Hainan as both middle-class and counter-culture hippie types learn to ride the waves.

The State Senate has approved a new water bond measure.

BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Thursday, November 5th and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and November earnings reports.

The threat of strong rip currents is keeping the Beach Patrol busy.

Nov. 1 - A group of Maasai warriors in southern Kenya have turned from hunting lions to protecting them as part of a wildlife project.

KMBC's Martin Augustine reports on a sewage spill at Weatherby Lake.

Facing a cutback in state funding, the state's top environmental regulator wants businesses to pay more for the permits they need from his agency.

McALESTER a ' The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality says E. coli has been detected in the drinking water at an alcohol and drug treatment center in Pittsburg County.

Home energy assistance in NM; Accused robbers plead not guilty

Dredging of the Fox River will end for 2009 on Nov. 14. Scott Stein, a spokesman for the Fox River Cleanup Project, said the dredging, dewatering and hauling of PCB sediment is scheduled to resume April 5. Tetra Tech Inc.

Oct 29 - The competitors in the 2009 World Solar Challenge celebrate crossing the finish line with champagne and a swim in a fountain in Adelaide, Australia.