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Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide
2013-05-11 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Laura Garcia was halfway through the breakfast dishes when the spigot went dry. The small white tank beneath the sink that purified her undrinkable water had run out. Still, as annoying as that was, it was an improvement over the days before Ms. Garcia got her water filter, when she had to do her dishes using water from five-gallon containers she bought at a local store. Ms. Garcias well water, like that of her neighbors, is laced with excessive nitrates, a pollutant associated with agriculture,...
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Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Efforts in Communities Across the Nation
2013-05-10 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA, along with federal partners, announced Urban Waters Federal Partnership will add 11 new locations. Additionally, 2 more federal partner agencies – U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Energy – will join this partnership in its collaborative efforts to restore waterways and their environments, boost recreation, help local economies, create jobs, and protect Americans' health. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Federal Agency Requests Public Input on Vehicle Safety Evaluations
2013-05-09 23:24:52| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is inviting public input concerning vehicle safety, and new rules to protect pedestrians and children, to improve its New Car Assessment Program. NHTSA conducts crash tests in addition to rollover assessments under the program that was established in 1978. The agency then organizes information for consumers concerning about the relative [...]The Article Federal Agency Requests Public Input on Vehicle Safety Evaluations appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Sandy Eco-Restoration Gets $1 Billion+ in Federal Grants
2013-05-08 19:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Department of the Interior is releasing $475.25 million in emergency Hurricane Sandy disaster relief appropriations to 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges and other Interior assets damaged by the storm. Sandy struck the U.S. Atlantic coast on October 29, 2012, and affected 24 states, including the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine and west across the Appalachian Mountains to Michigan and Wisconsin, with severe damage in New Jersey and New York. In New York...
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Best Buy loses federal court case over gift cards
2013-05-05 03:36:16| Apparel - Topix.net
Best Buy Co. and other retailers have lost a court case in which they tried to invalidate patents for prepaid electronic gift cards they use, Bloomberg reports.
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