"DC Gets Tough On Disposable Bags"
The District of Columbia's city council is poised to tax disposable plastic and paper bags and to use the revenue to clean up the trash-strewn Anacostia River.
Source: Environment Report, 06/02/2009
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Shad Struggle for Comeback in James River
American shad are struggling with little success to make a comeback in Virginia's James River. Historically abundant, this "founding fish" disappeared for years because its spawning was blocked by dams.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 05/28/2009
"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up"
"The thick, milky white liquid looks like Elmer's glue, though it's greasy to the touch. It has a sweet, alcohol smell. It's not your father's heating oil, to be sure. But it will do the same job, says Cary J. Claiborne, and a lot more cleanly.
Claiborne is president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels, a Florida-based startup that's producing fuel from vegetable and soybean oil at a small production plant it set up this year in southern Baltimore.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/26/2009
Zebra Mussels Invade Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Zebra mussels, which have caused an estimated $5 billion in damage to the Great Lakes, have been found in a Maryland tributary of Chesapeake Bay. If they spread, they could threaten the less-salty waters of the Bay.
Source: WashPost, 05/25/2009
WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste
Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.
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WV DEP: Low Fish Consumption Justifies Higher Mercury Levels
West Virginia's environmental agency says it's OK for fish there to contain more mercury than the federal EPA recommends -- because West Virginians consume less fish than the national average.
Source: WV Public Broadcasting, 05/19/2009
"Obama's EPA Clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits"
"The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups"
05/18/2009
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Bringing a Fish Back from the Brink
A million year old cycle of fish migration almost came to an end in the waters off of the nation’s capital. But a monumental conservation effort has brought the American Shad them back from the brink.
Source: Environment Report, 05/14/2009
"Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup"
President Obama issued an executive order empowering EPA to set a more demanding timetable for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and to penalize states that fail to meet it.
Source: WashPost, 05/13/2009
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