Tag: Environment
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Greenhouse Gas Rules Survive Senate Vote
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Obama's greenhouse gas rules survive a bid against them in the Senate.
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Senate Grills Oil Executives on Spills
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
In all-day Senate inquiries on Tuesday, Congress chastised the companies responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on their lack of risk preparation, blowout prevention measures and crisis management.
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New Plastic Recycling Rules Introduced
Monday, April 12, 2010
The city council is proposing to expand the kinds of plastic that can be recycled.
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Remediation at Staten Island Landfill Begins
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
New York City officials are kicking off what they say is a long overdue remediation of the Brookfield Avenue Landfill on Staten Island.
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Obama Signs New Fuel-Efficiency Rules
Thursday, April 01, 2010
The president says the rules should save 1.8 billion barrels of oil.
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Obama Reverses Offshore Drilling Rules
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The new rules would allow offshore drilling from Delaware to Florida.
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Hotel Owner Admits to Polluting Hackensack
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A Secaucus, New Jersey hotel owner has admitted to illegally discharging its sewage into the Hackensack River.
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Storm Erodes Long Island Beaches
Monday, March 15, 2010
The weekend's storm caused major beach erosion at Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park on Long Island.
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Gowanus Canal Is Now A Superfund Site
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
The city had fought the Superfund listing, arguing that it would hinder its rezoning and development plans.
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Obama Pledges Loans for Nuclear Reactor
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
President Obama says it is time for the U.S. to build its first nuclear reactor since the 1970's, and he's committed billions to make sure it happens.
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Cuomo Announces Duke Energy Settlement
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced a pollution-reduction settlement with the nation's third largest power producer.
