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Eco-Garden Club at Calexico High School teaches students to reduce waste
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — Rather than rush home straight after school on a Wednesday, six students made their way to the garden they help grow with Calexico High’s Eco-Garden Club. For the past year and a half, students have been learning how to build...Tags: Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues
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Voice: Everybody wins with smoke-free casinos
Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Imperial CountyShe walked into the room with an air of mystery. It was there next to the dollar machine that he saw her. The song “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” played as they stared each other down. The room reeked with the recycled pollution of the careless...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Employees, Environmental Politics, Career and Workplace, Health Organizations
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Binational environmental program seeks input
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented its binational environmental program Border 2020 to members of the Calexico community Wednesday night and is soliciting written public comments through the end of November. Response to...Tags: Conservation, Politics, Regional Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Computer Hardware, Oceania Cruises, Rope Gymnastics, Government
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Final Route 219 permit in place
The final permit for the long-awaited Route 219 four-lane extension from Somerset to Meyersdale has been approved. U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, made the announcement Wednesday saying construction of the 11-mile project is set to begin late...
Tags: Bill Shuster, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Environmental Politics, U.S. Army
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Water district head leaving to take environmental consulting job
Sun SentinelMelissa Meeker is stepping down as head of the South Florida Water Management District to take a private sector job with a Stuart-based environmental consulting firm. Meeker resigned Monday after two years leading the agency that is charged with...Tags: Everglades, Politics, Executive Branch, Employment Opportunities, Regional Authority
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Water district leader submits resignation letter
The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....
Tags: Everglades, Politics, Employment Opportunities, Executive Branch, Charlie Crist
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South Florida Water Management District head resigns
Sun SentinelThe head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....Tags: Everglades, South Florida Water Management District, Politics, Environmental Politics, Executive Branch
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
ReutersBy Carey Gillam May 20 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the...Tags: The Ohio State University, Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Syngenta AG, Purdue University
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NRG Energy to idle Pennsylvania coal plant in 2014, six months early
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - NRG Energy said on Wednesday it agreed to idle two coal-fired units in Pennsylvania about six months ahead of schedule as part of a settlement to end a lawsuit filed by New Jersey and Connecticut in 2007. NRG will shut two units...Tags: Bethlehem (Litchfield, Connecticut), Environmental Politics, NRG Energy Incorporated, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Editorial: It's about safe water
A state board assigned to protect the environment is taking a second look at a controversial ruling it issued last year. The Illinois Pollution Control Board will revisit a ruling on groundwater protection at certain dump sites. The board has...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Politics, Lisa Madigan, Environmental Politics
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Illinois Chamber, AFL-CIO agree on compromise over fracking rules
It's no secret our two organizations, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, don't always see eye to eye on issues. However, we're proud that the issue of hydraulic fracturing is one where our voices have united as part of a broader coalition...Tags: John E. Bradley, Pat Quinn, Politics, Lisa Madigan, Executive Branch
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