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The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is preparing regulations that will govern how oil and gas companies use both surface and below-ground water sources in their water-intensive hydraulic fracturing operations in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale development.

It's tough to find stocks to buy in a bullish market, because very few are cheap.

Smoke drifts north toward the Texas Gulf Coast from Mexico in these imagaes provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which obtained them from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Students at Washington Elementary released rainbow trout into the Boise River Friday in conjunction with Boise WaterShed and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

Those who recycle in the Northshire might not have to sort their bottles, cans, and cardboard this summer and will be able to recycle heavier plastics, provided enough towns agree to make the change.

In its quest to deliver promising new recycling innovations to the fast-growing urban mining industry, Green Technology Solutions, Inc.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Waste Connections traded up 0.87% on Thursday, hitting $40.70. Waste Connections has a 52-week low of $28.70 and a 52-week high of $41.02. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $37.38. The company has a market cap of $5.023 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.37. Waste Connections ... (more)

's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at TheStreet in a report released on Thursday, StockRatingsNetwork reports.

US Ecology traded down 4.09% on Thursday, hitting $27.88. US Ecology has a 1-year low of $16.52 and a 1-year high of $26.98. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $25.79. The company has a market cap of $510.8 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.20. US Ecology last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 25th.

Fort Smith residents have filed a lawsuit over chemical contamination of the groundwater in the neighborhood of Whirlpool's now-closed refrigerator factory in Fort Smith.

Clean Harbors is on standby and may be deployed to assist in the clean up of the damage, shown here at Plaza Elementary School, caused by the Oklahoma tornadoes.

Republic Services opened at 34.55 on Thursday. Republic Services has a 1-year low of $25.15 and a 1-year high of $35.28. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $33.63. The company has a market cap of $12.504 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.88. Republic Services last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 25th.

When representatives from S&H Logging arrived at Rolling Hills Community Church May 15 for yet another public meeting regarding their proposed facility, they carried a few new details to augment the same basic message for concerned citizens.

Battle Ground Village's Outdoor Market is organizing a Recycle Fair for Saturday, May 25th, from 10am-4pm. Visitors are welcome to bring their inoperable cell phones, computers, appliances, and televisions.

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and that could mean major headaches for drivers traveling through a stretch of Saginaw County.

Due to a reduction in pressure due to a line break, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the Hearne water system to notify some of its customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption.

Exxon Mobil Corp. reported that a safety valve relieved during a hydrogen compressor shutdown at its Baytown, Texas, facility Tuesday, resulting in flaring.

The city's garbage will soon be going to a different landfill, but city hall is also looking favourably at a garbage disposal option that doesn't involve burying waste.

In this October 22, 2008 photo, Gary Christian and Hugh Newsom share a moment of silence as they look at the demolished Chipman Street house where their children were killed in a brutal double murder in January of 2007.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money.